Gershom Rice
Male, #2624, (9 May 1667 - 19 December 1768)
Gershom Rice|b. 9 May 1667\nd. 19 Dec 1768|p2624.htm|Thomas Rice|b. 26 Jan 1625/26\nd. 16 Nov 1681|p592.htm|Mary King|b. a 1630\nd. a 1715|p594.htm|Deacon Edmund Rice|b. a 1594\nd. 3 May 1663|p590.htm|Thomasine Frost|b. 11 Aug 1600\nd. 13 Jun 1654|p318.htm|Thomas King|d. b 1 Mar 1685|p2354.htm|Anne Collins|d. 24 Dec 1642|p2355.htm|
Gershom married Elizabeth Balcom, daughter of Henry Balcom and Elizabeth Hayes. Gershom Rice was born on 9 May 1667 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He was the son of Thomas Rice and Mary King. Gershom Rice died on Monday, 19 December 1768 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, at age 101 years, 7 months and 10 days. From the Boston Gazette, 26 December 1768 as reported by Ward (1858):
"This day died here Mr. Gershom Rice, who completed the age of 101 years some time last May, besides retaining his reason and understanding in a very good degree to the last. He enjoyed a long and almost uninterrupted state of bodily health; was able, till very lately, to travel on foot a mile or two a day among his neighbors; eat his food with a good appetite, and slept quietly at night without any attendance. He was naturally of very pleasant disposition, very courteous in his behavior towards all, and withal grave and serious. Of late the decays of nature came on him fast; and he went away calmly and quietly at last, expressing his hope and trust in his Redeemer for admission to a better world."
"This day died here Mr. Gershom Rice, who completed the age of 101 years some time last May, besides retaining his reason and understanding in a very good degree to the last. He enjoyed a long and almost uninterrupted state of bodily health; was able, till very lately, to travel on foot a mile or two a day among his neighbors; eat his food with a good appetite, and slept quietly at night without any attendance. He was naturally of very pleasant disposition, very courteous in his behavior towards all, and withal grave and serious. Of late the decays of nature came on him fast; and he went away calmly and quietly at last, expressing his hope and trust in his Redeemer for admission to a better world."
Children of Gershom Rice and Elizabeth Balcom
- Gershom Rice (a 1696 - )
- Elizabeth Rice (20 Oct 1696 - b 1744)1
- Abishai Rice (16 Oct 1701 - )
- Sarah Rice (9 Feb 1703 - )
- Matthias Rice (26 Jan 1707 - )
- Ruth Rice (11 Apr 1710 - )
Citations
- Ward, Andrew Henshaw. Genealogical History of the Rice Family: Descendants of Deacon Edmund Rice. Boston: C. Benjamin Richardson, 1858.