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Thomas Rice (Massachusetts politician, born 1654)

Thomas Rice (Massachusetts politician, born 1654)

Thomas Rice (June 30, 1654 – 1747) was a member of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts representing Marlborough in 1715 and 1716 and was a founder of Westborough, Massachusetts, on 18 November 1717, and a selectman for the town in 1718 and 1727.

Personal background

Rice, F.P.]] (ed.) 1879. Early Records of the Town of Worcester, Book I, 1722-1739. Worcester Society of Antiquity, Worcester, MA.</ref>

Rice was among the first to settle prior to 1675 in the southwestern portion of Marlborough known as Chauncey, the portion of Marlborough that later became Westborough. Rice's home was a fortified garrison house that was used by area settlers for refuge from Indian raids during King Philip's War 1675-1676. He was one of the founding members of the town on 18 November 1717, and one of the original members of the Congregational Church at Westborough begun by Ebenezer Parkman in 1724. And he served as a selectman in Westborough in the years 1718 and 1727. Thomas Rice died in 1747, with the Boston Gazette claiming he died at age 94.

References

References

  1. Ward, Andrew Henshaw. ''[https://books.google.com/books/download/A_genealogical_history_of_the_Rice_famil.pdf?id=DKxOAAAAMAAJ&output=pdf&sig=ACfU3U3MH1Wk2ycAAqUP5Xs5hm4Uw5cqBg&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0 A genealogical History of the Rice Family: Descendants of Deacon Edmund Rice]'' Boston: C. Benjamin Richardson, Publisher, 1858, 379pp
  2. [[Franklin Pierce Rice. Rice, F.P.]] (ed.) 1879. Early Records of the Town of Worcester, Book I, 1722-1739. Worcester Society of Antiquity, Worcester, MA.
  3. p. 20 In: DeForest, Heman Packard (1891). ''The History of Westborough, Massachusetts, Part I.'' Published by the Town of Westborough. [https://archive.org/stream/historyofwestborm00defo#page/n9/mode/2up online version]
  4. During [[Queen Anne's War]] in 1704, two of Rice's sons, Adonijah and Ashur, were abducted from a [[flax]] field in Marlborough by [[Mohawk people
  5. He represented the Town of Marlborough in the Great and General Court of Massachusetts, the colonial legislature in Boston in 1715 and 1716.p. 324 In: Schultz, John A. (1979) ''Legislators of the Massachusetts General Court 1691-1780: A Biographical Dictionary'' Northeastern University Press, Boston.
  6. p. 466 In: DeForest, Heman Packard (1891). ''The History of Westborough, Massachusetts, Part I.'' Published by the Town of Westborough. [https://archive.org/stream/historyofwestborm00defo#page/n9/mode/2up online version]
  7. ''The Boston Gazette'', Boston, Massachusetts, December 26, 1768.
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