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Title page to Andrew Henshaw Ward's A Genealogical History of the Rice Family: The Descendants of Deacon Edmund Rice , financed by members of the Rice family and published in 1858. This is a list of descendants of
Edmund Rice , a noted colonial settler.
In 1638, Rice immigrated to the
Massachusetts Bay Colony with his kin, where he became a founder of both
Sudbury, Massachusetts , and
Marlborough, Massachusetts .
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Frederick Henry Ball (1915–2007), movie studio executive, actor, and brother of comedian
Lucille Ball .
Lucille Désirée Ball (1911–1989), actress, comedian, television personality, and studio executive
Desilu Productions
Donald Clinton Barton (1889–1939), geophysicist and pioneering petroleum geologist
George Hunt Barton (1852–1933), geologist, educator, explorer of Greenland with
Robert E. Peary
Asa Brigham (1788–1844), signer of
Texas Declaration of Independence , Texas treasurer, Austin mayor
Carl Campbell Brigham (1890–1943), controversial pioneer of
psychometrics , known for creating the
Scholastic Aptitude Test
Elbert Sidney Brigham (1877–1962), U.S. Congressman from Vermont
Elijah Brigham (1751–1816), Massachusetts state representative and state senator; U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts.
Mary Ann Brigham (1829–1889), American educator and 8th President (President Elect) of
Mount Holyoke College
Robert Breck Brigham (1826–1900), philanthropist endowing the
Robert Breck Brigham Hospital in Boston.
Joseph Emerson Brown (1821–1894), Governor of Georgia during the U.S. Civil War and U.S. Senator from Georgia
Joseph Mackey Brown (1851–1932), Two non-consecutive term governor of Georgia implicated in the lynching of
Leo Frank ; son of
Joseph E. Brown
Catharinus Putnam Buckingham (1808–1888), professor of mathematics and brigadier general in
Union Army ; grandson of
Rufus Putnam
Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875–1950), author and creator of the
Tarzan character
John Coleman Burroughs (1913–1979), book illustrator and son of
Edgar Rice Burroughs
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Paul Rice Camp (1919–2012), physicist, academic, and Chief of Materials Research at
CRREL
Miriam C. Camps (1916–1994), economist, author, and State Department official
George Rice Carpenter (1863–1909), educator and literary scholar
Margaret Seymour Carpenter (1893–1987), author of the novel Experiment Perilous
Herman Churchill (1869–1941), educator, genealogist and historian
Charles Colson (1931–2012), Director of the
Office of Public Liaison
Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933), Thirtieth
President of the United States
Charles Austin Coolidge (1844–1926), Brigadier General
John Coolidge (1906–2000), businessman and philanthropist from
Plymouth Notch, Vermont , and son of President Coolidge
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Robert Grant (1852–1940), American novelist and probate judge in Massachusetts.
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Erastus Otis Haven (1820–1881), Methodist bishop, Massachusetts state senator, and president of three major universities
John James Hollister Jr. (1901–1961) California state senator and grandson of
William Welles Hollister
William Welles Hollister (1818–1886) a California rancher and entrepreneur, namesake of
Hollister, California
Arthur Otis Howe (1871–1951), Vermont state representative and senator
Elias Howe (1819–1867), inventor of the first practical sewing machine
Frank Edmund Howe (1870–1953), Vermont state legislator, House speaker, and Vermont lieutenant governor
Gardner Howe (1759–1854), Vermont state legislator
Gilman Bigelow Howe (1850–1933), genealogist and president of the
National Genealogical Society
Jonas Howe (1786–1865), Massachusetts state legislator
Jonas Holland Howe (1821–1898), abolitionist, artist, and Minnesota state legislator
Marshall Otis Howe (1832–1919), Vermont state legislator
Simon Herbert Howe (1835–1911), businessman, Massachusetts state legislator and first mayor of
Marlborough
Levi Hubbard (1762–1836), Massachusetts state legislator, U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts (Maine District)
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Abbott Barnes Rice (1862–1926), businessman and Massachusetts state legislator
Alexander Hamilton Rice (1818–1895), industrialist, Boston mayor, Massachusetts governor, and U.S. Congressman
Alexander Hamilton Rice Jr. (1875–1956), physician, geographer and explorer
Alexandrea Kawisenhawe Rice (born 1972), contemporary Canadian actress from the
Kahnawake
Mohawk nation
Americus Vespucius Rice (1835–1904), banker, brigadier general, U.S. Congressman from Ohio
Andrew Eliot Rice (1922–2010), American political scientist, founder of
Peace Corps and the
Society for International Development
Arthur Wallace Rice (1869–1938), architect from
Boston and partner in
Parker, Thomas & Rice
Caleb Rice (1792–1873), attorney; first president of
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company and mayor of
Springfield, Massachusetts
Charles Rice (1787–1863), brigadier general of the Massachusetts Militia and state representative
Charles Allen Thorndike Rice (1851–1889), publisher, editor and journalist
Charles Francis Rice (1851–1927), Methodist minister, author
Edmund Rice (1819–1889), U.S. Congressman from Minnesota
Edmund Rice (1842–1906), brigadier general and
Medal of Honor awardee
Edward Everett Rice (1847–1924), composer and musical theater producer
Edward Hyde Rice (1847–1895), American educator from Massachusetts
Edward Loranus Rice (1871–1960), biologist and university administrator
Eustace Bond Rice (1871–1938) professor of music theory at
New England Conservatory
Franklin Pierce Rice (1852–1919), publisher, historian and antiquarian
George Merrick Rice (1808–1894), businessman, steel industry pioneer, Massachusetts state senator
George Walter Rice (1855–1884), pioneering Canadian photographer and arctic explorer
George Washington Rice (1823–1856), businessman and founder of
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
Harvey Rice (1800–1891), lawyer, publisher, author and Ohio state legislator
Henry Rice (1786–1867), U.S. military officer, merchant and Massachusetts state legislator
Henry Mower Rice (1816–1894), U.S. Senator from Minnesota, prominent in its statehood
Horace Jacobs Rice (1882–1964), Massachusetts lawyer and law school administrator
Ingraham "Gitz" Rice (1891-1947), Canadian military officer and musical entertainer
Jacob Rice (1787–1879), New Hampshire state legislator
James Clay Rice (1828–1864), educator, lawyer and brigadier general
James Stephen Rice (1846–1939), businessman, rancher & early resident of
Tustin, California
Joel Taylor Rice (aka Joel Ryce-Menuhin ), (1933–1998) pianist and
Jungian psychologist
John Asaph Rice (1829–1888), prominent
Chicago hotelier & book collector, father of
Wallace Rice
John Richard Rice (1895–1980), Baptist evangelist and pastor.
Jonas Rice (1672–1753), grandson of Edmund; first permanent
English American settler and founder of
Worcester, Massachusetts
Joseph Rice (1638–1711), son of Edmund, Member of the Massachusetts General Court in 1683 and 1698
Joseph Waldo Rice (1828–1915), American-born entrepreneur and early settler of
Barmah ,
Victoria, Australia .
Kathleen Creighton Starr Rice (1882–1963), Math professor; trapper; homesteader; first female gold prospector in the Canadian North.
Lawrence Bridges Rice (1898–1992), architect and tennis champion
Leon Scott Rice (born 1958), Lieutenant General, U.S. Air Force; Director of
Air National Guard and formerly The Adjutant General (TAG) of the
Massachusetts National Guard
Laura North Rice (1920–2004), psychology professor, author
Lilian Jeannette Rice (1889–1938), architect from
San Diego
Luther Rice (1783–1836), Baptist minister, missionary to India, and educator; founder of
George Washington University
Michael Alan Rice (born 1955), biologist, Rhode Island state legislator
Ora Ray Rice (1885–1966), dentist, Wisconsin state legislator, Speaker of the
Wisconsin State Assembly 1951–54
Paul North Rice (1888–1967), librarian, reference department director of the
New York Public Library
Percy Fitch Rice (1882–1954), inventor and businessman
Richard Henry Rice (1863–1922), mechanical engineer and inventor
Robert Vernon Rice (1924-2020), biochemist and educator
Rosella Rice (1827-1888), American author contributing to the folklore of
John "Johnny Appleseed" Chapman .
Thomas Rice (1654–1747), grandson of Edmund; Massachusetts colonial legislator and a founder of
Westborough, Massachusetts
Thomas Rice (1734–1812), Massachusetts state legislator, judge,
Federalist Party politician
Thomas Rice (1768–1854), Massachusetts state legislator, U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts (Maine district)
Victor Moreau Rice (1818–1869), New York State legislator, educator, newspaperman, banker and insurance company executive.
Wallace deGroot Cecil Rice (1859–1939), author, poet and designer of the
Chicago flag
Willard Wadsworth Rice (1895–1967), silver medalist U.S. hockey player in the 1924 Winter Olympics
William Abbott Rice (1912–1991), geologist and university professor
William Rice (1788–1863), Massachusetts businessman and public servant
William Rice (1821–1897), Methodist minister, librarian
William Ball Rice (1840–1909), industrialist and president of
Rice & Hutchins, Inc.
William Chauncey Rice (1878–1941), American lawyer, prominent Methodist and editor of
Zion's Herald
William Gorham Rice Jr. (1892–1979) law professor at
University of Wisconsin–Madison
William Gorham Rice Sr. (1856–1945) American government official from
Albany, New York
William North Rice (1845–1928), geologist, Methodist minister and university administrator
William Whitney Rice (1826–1896), U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts
George Edmund Royce (1829–1903), businessman and state senator from Vermont
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William Upham (1791–1853), Vermont state legislator and U.S. Senator from Vermont
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References
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"Edmund Rice Six-Generation Database" . Edmund Rice (1638) Association. Retrieved 2009-04-12 .
^ Ward, Andrew Henshaw. 1858. A genealogical History of the Rice Family: Descendants of Deacon Edmund Rice, Boston: C. Benjamin Richardson, Publisher. 379pp.
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^ Smith, Elsie Haws. (1954). More About those Rices. Meador Publishers, Boston.
^ Edmund Rice (1638) Association, 2014. Descendants of Edmund Rice: The First Nine Generations.
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^ Ellis, Ray Lowther (ed.), 1970. A Genealogical Register of Edmund Rice Descendants. Edmund Rice (1638) Association and The Charles E. Tuttle Company, Rutland, Vermont. 1594 pp.
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