Edmund Rice (colonist)

Edmund Rice
Edmund Rice homesite marker tablet in Wayland, Massachusetts.[nb 1]
Deputy of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
In office 1640, 1643, 1652 – 1654
Selectman of Sudbury, Massachusetts
In office 1639, 1640, 1644 – 1656
Judge of Small Causes Sudbury, Massachusetts
In office 1641–1655
Selectman Marlborough, Massachusetts
In office 1657–1663
Personal details
Born	c. 1594 Suffolk, England
Died	3 May 1663 (aged 69) Marlborough, Massachusetts Bay
Resting place	Old North Cemetery, Wayland, Massachusetts 42°22′15″N 71°22′09″W / 42.370942°N 71.369048°W / 42.370942; -71.369048
Relatives	full list
Profession	Yeoman farmer, Surveyor, Land owner, Deacon of Puritan Church

Edmund Rice (c. 1594 – 3 May 1663), was an early settler to Massachusetts Bay Colony born in Suffolk, England. He lived in Stanstead, Suffolk and Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire before sailing with his family to America. He landed in the Colony in summer or fall of 1638, thought to be first living in the town of Watertown, Massachusetts. Shortly thereafter he was a founder of Sudbury in 1638, and later in life was one of the thirteen petitioners for the founding of Marlborough in 1656. He was a deacon in the Puritan Church, and served in town politics as a selectman and judge. He also served five years as a member of the Great and General Court, the combined colonial legislature and judicial court of Massachusetts.^[3][4]

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