Henry A. Rice Esq. (1786 - 1867)

Born 15 Jan 1786 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Maria (Burroughs) Rice — married 26 Feb 1816 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 15 Oct 1867 at age 81 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

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Biography

Henry Rice was born 15 January 1786, in Marlborough, Massachusetts. He was the son of Noah Rice and Hannah Palfrey.^[1]

Henry Rice Esq. is Notable.

Henry Rice was an American Army officer in the War of 1812, a leading Boston merchant, a member of the Boston City Council and a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

Henry died at age 81 on 15 October 1867, in Malden, Massachusetts.^[3]

Rice's grandson Charles Austin Coolidge was a U.S. Army Brigadier General.

Descendant of Edmund Rice

Rice was a descendant of Edmund Rice, an English immigrant to Massachusetts Bay Colony, as follows:

Henry Rice, son of Noah Rice (1751-1820),

son of Jabez Rice (1702-1783),

son of Caleb Rice (1666-1739),

son of Joseph Rice (1637-1711),

son of Edmund Rice, (ca1594-1663)

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NH-394 : 15 January 2020), Henry Rice, 1786.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHKC-Y5V : 27 April 2021), Henry Rice, 1816.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWKH-CF7 : 2 March 2021), Henry Rice, 15 Oct 1867; citing Marlborough, Massachusetts, v 203 p 152, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,191.

• Find a Grave, memorial page for Henry Rice (15 Jan 1786–15 Oct 1867), Find A Grave: Memorial #145240344, citing Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. Note: FindAGrave incorrectly lists Alexander Hamilton Rice as a child. He is actually the son of Thomas Rice and Lydia (Smith) Rice.
• "Henry Rice in Edmund Rice six-generation database". Edmund Rice (1638) Association, 2010. Descendants of Edmund Rice: The First Nine Generations, Edmund Rice (1638) Association.
• Wikipedia contributors, "Henry Rice (politician)," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henry_Rice_(politician)&oldid=982323956 (accessed November 2, 2021).