Jonas
Rice
Born in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Rice Sr.
and Mary (King) Rice
Brother of
Grace Rice, Thomas Rice, Mary (Rice) Sawyer, Peter Rice, Nathaniel Rice, Sarah (Rice) Adams, Ephraim Rice Sr., Gershom Rice, James Rice, Frances (Rice) Allen, Grace (Rice) Moore and Elisha Rice
Husband of
Mary (Stone) Rice
— married
10 Feb 1701 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Descendants 
Died
at age 80
in Worcester, Worcester. Province of Massachusetts Bay
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Biography
Mar 2020 - Adding: There is a very nice, complete article posted in WikiPedia, Jonas Rice, that could enhance things not mentioned so far here.
Jonas was born in 1672.[1] He was the son of Thomas Rice and Mary King.
Mary Stone and Jonas Rice were married on February 10, 1701, in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.[2] These are their known children:
- Silence Rice (1703-1763)[3]
- Adonijah Rice (1705-1715)
- Jonas Rice (1707-1793)[4]
- Absalom Rice (1709-1781)[5]
- Adonijah Rice (1714-1802)[6]
Jonas passed away in 1753.[7]Note that his stone indicates he died Sept 20 rather than Sept 22 as indicated.
INSCRIPTION:
- IN MEMORY OF
- Jonas Rice ESQR.
- WHO DIED SEP 20TH
- 1753 IN THE 81TH YEAR OF
- HIS AGE : HE WAS THE
- FIRST SETLER IN WORC
- ESTER ONE OF THE
- JUDGES OF THE INFERM
- OR COURT FOR WORCESTER
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FCM1-2N5 : 13 July 2016), Jonas Rice, 06 Mar 1672; citing Birth, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offic...
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHTD-ZMJ : 13 July 2016), Jonas Rice and Mary Ston, 10 Feb 1701; citing Marriage, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 185,454.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FC3G-FPV : 4 December 2014), Jonas Rice in entry for Silence Rice, 30 Apr 1703; citing , Middlesex, Mass., 1640-1840; FHL microfilm 185,455.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FHPD-R35 : 4 December 2014), Jonas Rice in entry for Jonas Rice, Apr 1707; citing , Middlesex, Mass., 1640-1840; FHL microfilm 185,455.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4DJ-ZQD : 4 December 2014), Jonas Rice in entry for Abselon Rice, 29 Aug 1709; citing Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, yrs 1663-1829 p 22; FHL microfilm 185,454.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VQX2-2D9 : 4 December 2014), Jonas Rice in entry for Adonijah Rice, 07 Nov 1714; citing WORCESTER,WORCESTER,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 864,093, 864,090.
- ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 32751775
- Barton, William Sumner. Epitaphs From the Cemetery on Worcester Common (Henry J. Howland, Worcester, 1848) Page 7.
- Andrew Henshaw Ward, Genealogical History of the Rice Family (Boston: C. Benjamin Richardson, 1858), 29-30. (History and vital information Jonas Rice and his wife and children can be found on pages 29 and 30.)
- Exercises Held at the Dedication of a Memorial to Major Jonas Rice (Worcester, Massachusetts: No Publisher, 1903). https://archive.org/stream/exercisesheldatd00worc#page/n5/mode/2up
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- Wes Rice
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Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, FTDNA kit #11035
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~0.39%
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~0.39%
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~0.39%
Margaret (Sutherland) Scheffler :
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Categories: Sudbury, Massachusetts
On This Site In 1713, Major Jonas Rice Made the First Permanent Settlement In Worcester.