Gershom Rice

1696 - 1781  (85 years)

• Name	Gershom Rice  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	1696	Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 Sep 1781	Auburn, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Person ID	I18039	Master
  Last Modified	15 Jul 2012

  
  

  Father	Gershom Rice,   b. 9 May 1667, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 19 Dec 1768, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (Age 101 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Balcom,   b. 16 Aug 1672, Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 16 Aug 1752, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	12 Aug 1696	Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
  Family ID	F4590	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Esther Haynes,   b. 28 Jan 1697, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 16 Aug 1770, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	8 Dec 1715	Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
  Children	1. Elizabeth Rice,   b. 31 Mar 1721, , Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 29 Aug 1723, , Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (Age 2 years)  [Father: Natural]   2. Darius Rice,   b. 23 Jun 1723, , Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 20 Sep 1723, , Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (Age 0 years)  [Father: Natural]   3. Keziah Rice,   b. 15 Sep 1724, , Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 23 Aug 1728, , Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (Age 3 years)  [Father: Natural]   4. Comfort Rice,   b. 10 Aug 1729, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 31 Aug 1816, Auburn, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (Age 87 years)  [Father: Natural]   5. Darius Rice,   b. 21 Mar 1731, , Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 19 Sep 1741, , Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (Age 10 years)   6. Keziah Rice,   b. 14 Jun 1734, , Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 13 May 1802 (Age 67 years)  [Father: Natural]   7. Gershom Rice,   b. 1736, , Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 1829, Auburn, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (Age 93 years)  [Father: Natural]   8. Peter Rice,   b. 31 Mar 1739, , Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 16 Oct 1741, , Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (Age 2 years)  [Father: Natural]
  Family ID	F4610	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1696 - Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Marriage - 8 Dec 1715 - Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Death - 24 Sep 1781 - Auburn, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Lieut Gershom Rice Jr was born about 1696 in Groton, CT, and died on 24 Sep 1781 in Worcester, MA, aged about 85. Death Notes: From EPITAPHS FROM THE CEMETERY ON WORCESTER COMMONS: "Lieut. Gershom Rice; d. Sept. 24, 1781; aged 85. Gershom Rice, Jr. was the next one to live in the homestead and he assisted in organizing the new church and town. He was succeeded by his son, Comfort Rice, who is buried in Auburn beside Center Church. Then his son Edward Rice and his son, Ezra Rice lived there. From 1736 when the house was built, five generations of Rice family lived there for 152 years. Thirty one children were born there by the name of Rice. Pakachoag Church used to be a school and the land was given by a Rice. From the "Muster Roll of Captain Paul Brigham's Company, 1775-77", from the Clayton Genealogy Library and New England Genealogy database: Peter Rice, Corp., Continental Army 1776, 1 turn. Ashbel Rice, North. Army, 1776, hired; MA service 3 months, 1777, 1 turn; militia North. Army, 3 months and 2/4, 1777, 1 turn. Thomas Rice, Jr., North. Army, 1776, 1 turn; militia to North. Army, 30 days, 1777, 1 turn. Gershom Rice, Jr., Militia, 6 weeks, 1775, 1 turn; Continental Army 1776; 1 turn. Solomon Rice, Province service, 1776, 1 turn; militia North. Army, 3 months and 2/4, 1777, 1 turn. Phineas Rice, Militia to NY, 2 months, 1776, 1 turn; militia North. Army, 3 months and 2/4, 1777, 1 turn. Gershom married Esther Haynes, daughter of Peter Haynes and Elizabeth Rice, about 1720. Esther was born in 1697 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA and died in 1770 aged 73. Residence: circa 1720; Worcester, Worcester Co, MA. Children of Gershom and Hester born at Worcester, Worcester Co, MA. Dau: Elizabeth Rice 31 Mar 1721 Son: Darius Rice 23 Jun 1723 Dau: Keziah Rice 15 Sep 1724 Dau: Elizabeth Rice 21 Feb 1726/27 Son: Comfort Rice 10 Aug 1729 Son: Darius Rice 21 Mar 1731 Dau: Keziah Rice 14 Jun 1734 Son: Gershom Rice 1736 Son: Peter Rice 31 Mar 1739 F i. Elizabeth Rice was born on 31 Mar 1721 and died on 29 Aug 1723 aged 2. M ii. Darius Rice was born on 23 Jun 1723 and died on 20 Sep 1723. F iii. Keziah Rice was born on 15 Sep 1724 and died on 23 Aug 1728 aged 3. F iv. Elizabeth Rice was born on 21 Feb 1727 and died in 1814 aged 87. M v. Comfort Rice was born on 10 Aug 1729 in Worcester, MA, USA and died in Aug 1816 aged 87. M vi. Darius Rice was born on 21 Mar 1731 and died on 19 Sep 1741 aged 10. F vii. Keziah Rice was born on 14 Jun 1734 and died on 11 Apr 1767 in Leicester, Middlesex Co, MA aged 32. M viii. Gershom Rice was born in 1736 and died in 1829 in Auburn, MA aged 93. M ix. Peter Rice was born on 31 Mar 1739 and died on 16 Oct 1741 aged 2.

  
  

• Sources

  [S338] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.). Birth date: abt 1696 Birth place: Death date: 24 Sep 1781 Death place: Worcester, Massachusetts [S624] Ancestry.com, Worcester, Massachusetts Burials, 1727-1859 , (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.). Birth date: abt 1696 Birth place: Death date: 24 Sep 1781 Death place: Worcester, Massachusetts [S340] Findagrave.com, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi: accessed 16 July 2011.). Birth date: 1696 Birth place: Death date: 24 Sep 1781 Death place: