Born [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Daughter of Jonathan Rice
and Elizabeth (Wheeler) Rice
Sister of
Martha Rice [half], Jonathan Rice [half], David Rice [half], Anna (Rice) Cutter [half], Henry Rice [half], Hezekiah Rice, Abraham Rice, Ezekiel Rice, Elizabeth (Rice) Pratt, Bethalia Rice, Phineas Rice, Sarah Rice, Richard Rice, Richard Rice and Abigail (Rice) Pratt
Wife of
James Whitney
— married
2 Feb 1715 in Massachusetts
Descendants 
Mother of
John Whitney, James Whitney, Mary Whitney, Martha Whitney, Benjamin Whitney, Micah Whitney, Benjamin Whitney and Ezra Whitney
Died
at about age 39
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 15 May 2013
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Biography
Martha was born about 1693 and died in 1731. She married in 1715 James Whitney.
Sources
- Unless otherwise noted, extracted from Andrew Henshaw Ward, C.B. Richardson, A Genealogical History of the Rice Family: Descendants of Deacon Edmund Rice, who Came from Berkhamstead, England, and Settled at Sudbury, Massachusetts, in 1638 Or 9, (1858).
- "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F45Z-LML : 4 December 2014), Martha Whitney in entry for Micah Whitney, 04 Jun 1725; citing Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, P 89 R 2; FHL microfilm 872,789.
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Jillaine Smith
Jillaine Smith
Rice-5054 and Rice-3439 appear to represent the same person because: Same/similar vitals; correct mother is Elizabeth Wheeler; Rebecca Watson had died by the time Martha was born. Source: Genealogical History of the Rice Family, p 12. Thank you.
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by Jillaine Smith
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