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From "The Descendants of Thomas Lord":
"...was an Indian interpreter for John Winthrop, Jr., in CT before the Pequot War. Served in the Pequot War and rendered valuable services at Saybrook Fort. He was an Indian interpreter to the General Court in all cases where the controversy was between the whites and the Indians(Ref. of Soc. and Col. Wars, 1896, p. 393). He bore the title "Interpreter General to the United Colonies" (from title-page of Rev.Abraham Pierson's Indian Catechism). In 1653, the Rev. Abraham Pierson of New Haven and Thomas Stanton were appointed to write a Catechism in the Indian language. It was "left to the two commissioners for the MA to give order for the printing of 500 or a Thousand Catechisms in the Indian language and to allow paper and the charge of printing; and that the work may bee carried on the more exactly and to better satisfaction it is ordered that Thomas Stanton's help bee used in the same; and for his incurragement the Commissioners for the present thinke fitt to allow him ten pounds and forty shllings toward his charges; and if his Time and paines Require more they will consider it and make further allowance at the next meeting" . (Acts of the Com'rs of the United Colonies, II,106).. The Catechism was printed in 1658. The only known copy with the original title-page is in the N.Y. Pub. Library.
Their first home in Hartford was on Ford Street where the building occupied, until a few years ago, by Jewell's Leather Belting Co. now stands. They had 12 children. The Woquetequock Burial Ground Ass'n on August 31 1899 dedicated a monument which had been erected as a memorial to the first 4 settlers of Waquetequock - William Chesebrough, ThomasMinor, Walter Palmer, and Thomas Stanton. Each side of the monument carried an epitaph, above which has been carved a coat of arms. The Stanton epitaph reads: Thomas Stanton - Interpreter General for the New England Colonies, Died Dec 2, 1677, aged 62 years. He came from England in 1635, was of Boston in 1636, Hartford, 1637, and Stonington in 1650. Was Marshall of the Colony, county commissioner, member of the General Court and one of the founders of the First Church of Stonington. A man of widespread and lasting importance to the colonies, and identified with nearly every transaction between the natives and colonists up to the year of his death.
The Stanton motto: "In God we trust. Moderate acquisitions are lasting."From "Thomas Stanton of Connecticut & His Descendants," by William A.Stanton, 1891, Jel Munsell's Sons, Publ. :
Embarked at London 2 Jan 1635 in the merchantman Bonaventura. He went first to Virginia and then to Boston. In 1637 he settled in Hartford CT where he married Ann Lord.
In 1650, he established a trading house in Stonington, CT, on the Pawcatuck River. His family lived in New London for a few years until finally their permanent residence came to be on the Pawcatuck. They had 10 children.
He signed the Constitution of the Colony of Connecticut, 5th Apr, 1638.
In 1665 became a Commissioner of Stonington, and had authority to hold a semi-annual court at New London, the county seat. In 1666 was reelected Commissioner or County Judge... was evidently greatly successful, for he was annually reelected to the office until his death in 1677, a continuous term of 12 years.
In 1666 was elected as a member of the General Assembly of CT, and continued to be reelected thru 1674. For his services to the Colony the General Court granted him, in Oct 1667, 250 acres of land on Pachaug River, in what became the town of Preston.
According to Caulkin's History of New London Ip. 285), Thomas is buried in an old family burying-ground, on the east side of WicketequackCove, half way between Stonington, CT and Westerly RI.
Info also contained in "Families of Early Hartford," by Lucius Barnes Barbour, Genealogical Publ Co, Baltimore, 1977 (reprint)
From wayne Olsen:
Listed in LDS Ancestral File, AFN: 9772-RQ
From "Goff-Davis Ancestral Lines":
Samuel Rowland of Stratford in the CT colony came from St.Bartholomew Great parish, London; whether he was accompanied by his wife is not known. Samuel had only one known child (Elizabeth); she married James Rogers in Stratford, probably in 1639. Elizabeth's eldest son, Samuel Rogers, mentioned his grandfather's will which has not survived, when he made a conveyance in 1662, stating his father had sold the Rowland land to Francis Hill.
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From "Genealogical History of the Rice Family", by Andrew Hensaw Ward, Benjamin Richardson Publ., Boston, 1858:
Settled in Sudbury MA in 1638 or 1639; shared in the 3 divisions of land in Sudbury, the first of which was made in 1639. His residence was on the east side of Sudbury River, in the southerly part of what is now Wayland, and near the border of the extensive meadows through which that river flows.
No record found of his embarkation for America, nor on what ship or where he first arrived.
He was Selectman in 1644 and subsequent years; deacon of the churchin 1648.
His second wife was Mercie, wid. of Thomas Brigham of Cambridge.
11 children.
Edmund Rice was one of subjects studied in "Puritan Village: TheFormation of a New England Town", by Sumner Chilton Power, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in History 1964.
Bio in "History of Sudbury," by Alfred Serano Hudson, 1889, publ by town of Sudbury:
From "Bullard and Allied Families", by Edgar J. Bullard, Detroit, 1930:
...In 1638, Edmund Rice, with his wife and 7 children arrived in New England. The earliest record is his arrival in Boston, MA 1638.
From Edmund Rice Association website:
Twice in the 20th century nationally recognized research genealogists have attempted to determine the parents and ancestors of Edmund Rice. Mary Lovering Holman described the negative result of her search for records in the parishes near Stanstead and Sudbury, Suffolk County, England in "English Notes on Edmund Rice � ", The American Genealogist, Volume 10 (1933/34), pp. 133 - 137. Mrs. Holman isconsidered by many to be one of the best research genealogists in the 20th century. In 1997 the Edmund Rice (1638) Association commissioned Dr. Joanna Martin, a nationally recognized research genealogist who lives in England only a few miles from Stanstead and Sudbury to search again for records of Edmund Rice's parents. Dr. Martin reported in 1999 that she found no record that identified Edmund's parents or ancestral line.
Several authors of published works and computer data sets have claimed names for Edmund Rice's parents. Regrettably they have not given sources that would assist in definitive genealogical research. For example, the Ancestral File and International Genealogical Index, two popular computer data sets widely distributed by the Church of JesusChrist of Latter Day Saints, offer parent candidates that include: Henry Rice and Margaret Baker, Henry Rice and Elizabeth Frost, Thomas Rice and Catherine Howard, and Thomas Rice and Elizabeth Frost.
From Mrs. Holman's paper we have an excellent record of one Henry Rice's marriage to Elizabeth Frost in November 1605 at Stanstead. Mrs.Holman also documents the baptism of Edmund's first child on 23 August 1619 at Stanstead. If this is the Henry Rice and Elizabeth Frost to which the LDS records refer, the LDS records must be erroneous. Our researchers have not been able to find records that support any Henry Rice and Elizabeth Frost, Henry Rice and Margaret Baker, Thomas Rice and Catherine Howard, or Thomas Rice and Elizabeth Frost as parents of Edmund Rice.
A scholarly investigation by Donald Lines Jacobus, considered by many as the dean of modern American genealogy, appeared in The AmericanGenealogist, Volume 11, (1936), pp. 14-21. Jacobus traced many of the false accounts to the book by Dr. Charles Elmer Rice entitled "By theName of Rice � ", privately published by Dr. Rice at Alliance, Ohio in 1911.
Edmund Rice deposed in a court document on 3 April 1656 that he was about 62 years old. Sudbury, England includes three parishes, two of which do not have complete records for the years near 1594, which is Edmund's most likely birth year. Thus, if he were born in Sudbury, England his records have been lost and we may never know his origin.
In his address to the 1999 annual meeting of the Edmund Rice (1638 )Association, Gary Boyd Roberts, Senior Researcher, New England Historic Genealogy Society, reviewed all of the genealogical sleuthing on Edmund's parentage. Mr. Roberts is well known for his research on royal lineage. He concluded that there was no evidence whatsoever that supports the published accounts of Edmund Rice's parents and no evidence that Edmund Rice was from a royal lineage.
The Edmund Rice (1638) Association is very interested in proving theancestry of Edmund Rice. The association encourages anyone who can identify a primary source that names Edmund and his parents to identify that source. Records of a baptism, estate probate, or land transaction naming Edmund and his parents are the most likely records to contain that proof. Until someone can cite such a record, the association must state emphatically that Edmund Rice's parents and ancestry are not known and that Edmund Rice's descendants can not claim royal ancestry.Who was Edmund Rice?
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Edmund Rice arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony about 1638. Our first record of his presence is in Township Book of the Town of Sudbury in the year 1639. Regrettably, no ship's passenger list has survived and we have no record of Edmund Rice and his family before 1639 so we can not be certain when or where he and his family arrived in the New World.
Knowing the names of Edmund Rice's children at Sudbury, family historians have traced his family back to England using church baptismal records for his children and, eventually, to his marriage to Thomasine Frost on 15 October 1618 at Bury St. Edmunds. However, we have found no record of his baptism or any other record that names his parents. Read more about the search for Edmund Rice's ancestry on another of these pages.
As yeomen farmers Edmund Rice and the other early settlers at Sudbury were well prepared for the tasks of forming and governing a new community. As yeomen they had assumed with both personal and community responsibilities back in England. As Protestant churchmen they had been encouraged to read and write so that they could study and understand their Bible. Although not of the noble class, they had shared many community and church responsibilities in their former communities in England.
Edmund Rice was one of the prominent leaders of his community at both Sudbury and Marlborough. In his Pulitzer Prize winning book, PuritanVillage, The formation of a New England Town, Sumner Chilton Powell sums up the high regard that his fellow citizens had for Edmund: "Not only did Rice become the largest individual landholder in Sudbury, but he represented his new town in the Massachusetts legislature for five years and devoted at least eleven of his last fifteen years to serving as selectman and judge of small causes." and "Two generations of Sudbury men selected Edmund Rice repeatedly as one of their leaders, with the full realization that they were ignoring men of far more English government experience who had come with him." If your ancestry goes back to Sudbury, be sure to read Powell's superb account of the development of this New England town in the mid 17th century.
Although much respected by his fellow townsmen, Edmund seems to have had an independent side to his nature. In 1656 Edmund Rice and others petitioned the Massachusetts General Court for a new town which became the City of Marlborough. Edmund moved his immediate family and was elected a Selectman at Marlborough in 1657. Later generations of Rices were founding members of many new communities, first in New England and Nova Scotia, and later across the United States and Canada.
Like many early New England families, Edmund Rice's family was a very large one. Of his twelve children, ten survived to have children of their own. Edmund Rice's descendants through his great great grandchildren number nearly 1,450. This pattern of large families seems to have continued well into the 19th century. The result is that many living people can trace their ancestry to Edmund Rice.From the Marlboro website:
EDMUND RICE, born about 1594, came from Barkhamstead, Hertfordshire, England, and settled in Sudbury in 1639. He was a prominent man in Sudbury; was one of the selectmen, or townsmen, as they were frequently denominated, and was one of the Deacons of the Church. He was honored with several appointments by the General Court, and was denominated therein "Goodman Rice." He was appointed to solemnize marriages in Marlborough, and enjoyed the confidence of his fellow citizens in both towns. He was one of the petitioners for the grant which was afterwards made the town of Marlborough, and moved to the place.
His wife Tamazine, died in Sudbury, June 13, 1654, and he married March 1, 1655 as a 2d wife, Merrie (Mary Brigham), widow of Thomas Brigham, the ancestor of the numerous Brighams which afterwards settled at Marlborough. He married Mercie, March 1, 1655, and died at Marlborough May 3, 1663, and was buried at Sudbury. His widow married 1664, William Hunt, of Marlborough, an early settler of Concord. He died at Marlborough, 1667, and his widow died December 28, 1693. Edmund Rice came to Marlborough soon after the grant of the township, and took up his abode on what is known as the "great road," on the northerly side of the Pond, not far from the Williams Tavern. We have no record of the birth of his children, and cannot set them down in chronological order.
Much of "Puritan Village, The Formation of a New England Town" is about Edmund Rice and his differences with Peter Noyes in creating the town of Sudbury. Author is Sumner Chilton Powell, Publ by Wesleyan Univ. Press,Hanover, NH, 1963. Won Pulitzer Prize for History in 1964.
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Bio in "History of Sudbury," by Alfred Serano Hudson, 1889, publ by town of Sudbury:
John Moore was at Sudbury by 1643, and may have come to America from London in the "Planter", in 1635, at the age of 24, or he may have arrived in 1638. He was twice married, his first wife's name being Elizabeth, and he had several children. His seond wife was Ann, daughter of John Smith. His daughter Mary married Richard Ward, and Lydia (bornJun 24, 1643) married, in 1664, Samuel Wright. In 1642 he bought the house-lot of Edmund Rice. In 1645 he bought of John Stone "his house' lot,..." The Moore family have long been numerous in Sudbury, members of it living on both sides of the river, and at times taking prominent part in the affairs of the town. ...Listed in LDS AncestralFile, AFN: 9QHL-DW
From "Bullard and Allied Families":
The surname Moore came to England with the Conqueror, and among the survivors of the Battle of Hastings in 1066 was Thomas de Moore, who was the recipient of many favors at the hands of the triumphant invaders. Bearing on its roll the names of Sir John Moore and Tom Moore, this family has just reason to be pround of their honored surname.
John Moore, the immigrant ancestor of an early New England family of this name, was born in England, and is found on the town records of Sudbury MA as early as 1642, at which time he purchased of the pioneer, Edmund Rice, a house and land in Sudbury. The Rice farm was in the oldest part of the town, and was in that section later called Wayland. John Moore took the oath of fidelity in Sudbury July 9, 1645, and died there Jan 6, 1674. His will, dated Aug 25, 1668, was proved Apr 7, 1674, at Cambridge, MA. He bequeaths to sons John of Lancaster, William, Jacob, Joseph (to whom he left the homestead), and Benjamin. Also daughters Elizabeth, wife of Henry Rice; Mary, wife of Daniel Stone; and Lydia, wife of James Cutler. The inventory of the estate showed goods valued at 804 pounds and 7 shillings. His widow, Elizabeth was named executrix. He married, doubtless in England, Elizabeth, daughter of Philemon Whale. Widow Elizabeth Moore died in Sudbury, Dec 14, 1690.From "Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines," by Mary W. Ferris, privately printed 1943:
John Moore was a resident of Sudbury by or before 1642 for on Sep 1 of that year he bought of Edmund Rice his dwelling house and land on the old north street between Hugh Griffin and Henry Rice in the section that is now Wayland. In 1645-6 he bought of John Stone "his house lot and all other land belongings..."
John is said to have been a town officer. He very evidently was married first to a wife who died, probably in England, leaving a daughter Elizabeth and a son John whom John in his will designated as his eldest daughter and eldest son. He married secondly before his arrival at Sudbury and perhaps even before his emigration, Elizabeth Whale who survived him. No especial trade or occupation is recorded relative to John though he is called "yeoman." John Moore made his will on Aug 25,1668, referring to his "age". It provided for his wife Elizabeth, gave 5 shillings each to his "eldest son"John of Lancaster, "eldest" daughter Elizabeth wife of Henry Rice, daughter Mary wife of Daniel Stone, and youngest daughter Lydia wife of James Cutler "for that I have already paid them their portions" and of Lydia it added "when I gave her in marriage unto Sam Wright her former husband." It made bequests to his sons William, Jacob, Joseph, and Benjamin. He made wife Elizabeth his executrix and died on Jan 6, 1673-4. The will was proved on Apr 7, 1674, showing an estate of over 804 pounds.
Evidence that Elizabeth Whale Moore was not the mother of the two older children of John Moore is further evidenced by the will of her father Philemon Whale dated Jan 19, 1675-6, for therein he made bequests to the "four sonnes of my loving daughter Elizabeth Moore, viz William, Jacob, Joseph, and Benjamin." Widow Elizabeth survived John Moore 16years, dying at Sudbury on Dec 14, 1690.
From Wayne Olsen:
From "Genealogy and History of the Derthicks and Related Derricks", By Spencer and Goodpasture. Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, 1986: First married Mary Gifford. Susanna (Shelley) GARNER was second wife. States he was born at Plymouth (Lakenham) MA.
1698- Joshua sells land at Plymouth to Samuel Waterman. Same year he possibly moved to father's homestead at Lakenham (near Plympton). New church at Plympton established that year.
1702 - Town of Plymouth makes grant of land to Joshua.
From Genealogy of the Ransom Family of America:
Date and place of Joshua's death uncertain; he was living at the old homestead in Plympton, Dec 3, 1713. Susanna Garner's death different than previously listed,... states 10 Mar 1735. Also does not list birth of daughter Susanna.. lists Robert and Mary children by Mary Gifford, and John , Sarah, and Joshua by Susanna Garner.
The record of Joshua's life and career is obscure and involved in much uncertainty. It is obvious from a close review of the Plymouth records that he was a man active in affairs, having numerous land deals, indicating that he was a general trader and property man. After his second marriage his relations to his children seem to have been mainly restricted to John, the son by his wife Susanna. He gave him the home at Plympton previous to his death. It seems quite likely that Robert and Mary, the children by Mary Gifford, remained in Rhode Island after their mother's death in their uncles's (Yelverton-Gifford) family, where they were reared.
From "Historical Outline of the Ransom Family of America & Genealogical Record of the Colchester CT Branch," by Wyllys C. Ransom. Ann Arbor MI, 1903:
...He was born at the paternal home at Lakenham, Plymouth. It does not seem that he in any way inherited his father's querulous disposition. The court records contain no mention of his appearance there form misconduct of any sort.
...It is said that Joshua and Mary immediately upon their marriage went to Rhode Island to live, which is not improbable in as much as Yelverton Gifford, Mary's brother, had already settled at or near North Kingston in the Providence Plantations, which had already began to attract many settlers from the Plymouth colony. But it did not long remain their home. Mary died in 1689, and Joshua's marriage to Susannah Garner occurred Mar 10, 1692, and is the first record we have of Joshua's presence in Plymouth after Mary's death.
... The records do not prove the birth of but one child (John) to Joshua and Susanna, although there may have been others.
... From the little information that can be gathered pertaining to the matter it is likely that Joshua and his wife, Susanna, after their marriage were residents in RI for some years but went back to Plympton about 1702. It seems almost certain that Joshua's children by his first wife remained under the care of their uncle, Yelverton Gifford, at North Kingston, RI, by whom after their uncle's death, they were mainly reared.
There is something mysterious about the close of Joshua's eventful career. No record has been found of his death. He simply disappeared after 1713, when he was living at the old homestead at Lakenham, and unless it might possibly be he that married Mary Wright Dec 1722, nothing further of his career is known, and it is probable that he died soon after giving his home to his son John...
It is certain that Joshua, in the final disposition of his concerns, gave his property for the most part, to his son John, for whom he appearsto have had a close affection. He made no provision for his children, Robert and Mary, probably because he considered them already sufficiently prospered in their worldly affairs. If he had a son Joshua by his second wife, so far as is known he was left to his own resources, and his descendants, if he had any besides the daughter Hannah, are not, with our present in sight to his family record, designated and proven.
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8 Apr 2003 • Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
"He served in the Army beginning in 1942, and participated in the Pacific Theatre in Okinawa, retiring in 1962 as a Lt. Col. He then worked 14 years for the State of Utah as an auditor. He loved to travel going all over the United States with Marj..(Marjorie Openshaw - 2nd wife)"