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Rice John Edwards (abt. 1615 - bef. 1683)

Rice John Edwards
Born about in Englandmap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 1643 in Salem, Essex, Massachusettsmap
Descendants descendants
Father of and
Died before before about age 68 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Baymap [uncertain]
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Biography

The following is an interim compilation of sourced facts and text which would benefit from a review once an additional records search has been done for the purpose of detecting further information that could be included in his bio.

Origin

There were two Rice Edwards of mid 17th c. Massachusetts Bay. This profile is for Rice Edwards who was in Salem, Mass as early as 1642. [1] H emigrated to Beverly in 1642 He was a joiner (a finish carpenter, cabinetmaker).[2] He was admitted to the Church in Boston, 9 May 1647. [1]

Marriage(s)

The following two marriage records are sequentially presented in the Torry source (pg.244)

Edwards, Rice m 1st wf Eleanor, b. abt 1640 (deposed 1680, ae 40); b. 1680, Boston/Salem [3]

Edwards, Rice m. 2nd Joan (1620-adm 1647, Boston); b 1647, b. 26 Dec 1643 [3] "He m. Joan" [4]

Death

Rice Edwards passed away in 1683, Beverly, MA.[2] Source Cutter's bibliographies, pg 1326, states "he died before 15 Jun 1683 when his children made an agreement concerning the settling of the estate."[5]

But the name of these 3 sons (John, Thomas, Benjamin) appear to have belonged to the Rice Edwards of Ipswich/ Wentham, Essex county, Mass. Does this mean this specific death date of 15 Jun 1683 actually belonged to Rice Edwards of Ipswich/Wenham?

Children

He might have had a daughter named Sarah.

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cutter, William Richard. "Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of ...," Vol 3; pg.1326-1327. E-book available at https://books.google.com/books?id=qaK9Vz1UdDcC&pg=PA1326&lpg=PA1326&dq=Rice+John+Edwards+Joan+Elnor+Edwards&source=bl&ots=kVtdY5c62p&sig=T6xUDqmM7IEOrvVDchQcUfsYjws&hl=en&sa=X&ei=gGnjVPuRAcidgwSD2oCwDg&ved=0CEIQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=Rice%20John%20Edwards%20Joan%20Elnor%20Edwards&f=false
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Benno Forman, "The Joiners of Essex County" reprinted in U.S. Craftperson Files 1600-1995; Delaware, Craftperson Files, 1600-1995.[Edwards, Rice; b.1615; 2.1683. The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc., Winterthur, Delaware. Reprinted online db Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Accessed 5 Apr 2020.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700; pg.244; Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA. Reprinted online Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012. Accessed 5 Apr 2020. https://books.google.com/books?id=mOgK8dM9qqUC&pg=PA244&lpg=PA244&dq=Rice+John+Edwards+Joan+Elnor+Edwards&source=bl&ots=ZhCm8jNLKi&sig=P2G1Mp8BoHQM9peoYQpNCVqZoDw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=gGnjVPuRAcidgwSD2oCwDg&ved=0CE4Q6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=Rice%20John%20Edwards%20Joan%20Elnor%20Edwards&f=false
  4. ↑ See Cutter source cited above.
  5. ↑ See Cutter source cited above.

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Wendy Mulligan
If you read Mr. Kenney's thoroughly documented research it's clear there are two Rice Edwards: Rice of Salem, Wenham, Beverly who married Elnor 1643, died 1683 in Beverly and was a pavior. The other was Rice of Boston who married Joanna, died before 1662 in Boston and was a joiner. I propose that Rice 21851 be edited to reflect the correct info for Rice who married Elnor and that Rice 674 be edited to reflect the correct info for Rice of Boston who married Joanna. Having studied Mr. Kenney's research I will volunteer myself as the editor.
posted by Wendy Mulligan
Knowlton-352 Samuel Knowlton
I've added a research note with links to current research and a somewhat lengthy explanation on this guy, who in his present incarnation on Wikitree is a conflation of two Rice Edwards both in Massachusetts Bay. As it involves some fairly extensive edits and cuts, I'm not going to make them myself (at least not for a while, unless nobody else does).
posted by Samuel Knowlton
Nichol-198 Bob Nichol
Thanks for pointing that out. Good chance that "Rice" appears in records as a nickname for "Richard"--nicknames were different back then; I would likely have been called "Robin" rather than "Bob", which explains Robert of Locksley's famous nickname, "Robin Hood".
posted by Bob Nichol
Michael Palmer
The genealogical records of the Church of the Latter Day Saints identify a Rice Edwards as being Christened on 30 November 1614 at Willoughby-With-Slothby, Lincolnshire, England. This is true within the pedigree resource files. However a closer look at the database "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975" reveals the name is "Ricardus" not "Rice."
posted by Michael Palmer
Nichol-198 Bob Nichol
Edwards-4284 and Edwards-674 appear to represent the same person because: These are a match--please merge. Somehow this man got separated from daughter Bethia (Edwards) Knowlton when I uploaded my database....thanks!
posted by Bob Nichol

Rejected matches › Rice Edwards (1809-1887) › John Edwards (-bef.1600) › Rice Whitfield Edwards (1615-1683)

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