Husband of Mary Stone Rice, married on Feb 10,1701/2 at Sudbury,MA.
Children: Silence Rice King Bond, Adonijah Rice, Jonas Rice Jr, Absalom Rice, and Adonijah Rice.
Note: The stone in the photo posted by c seiger is a reproduction. The original stone is in the collection of the Worcester Historical Museum. Probable work of William Young of Tatnuck. Advance arrangements are required to view the stone. A photo of the original stone has now been posted by contributor Patricia Price Watkins. In 1853 this stone was laid flat and covered with soil, along with all the other stones of the cemetery of Worcester Common. In 1966 it was exhumed by Daniel Farber and Charles H. Bouley in their successful effort to prove the existance of the underground burying ground in the center of the city. The stone is now housed at the Worcester Historical Society, and a copy stands on Worcester Common.
Children: Silence Rice King Bond, Adonijah Rice, Jonas Rice Jr, Absalom Rice, and Adonijah Rice.
Note: The stone in the photo posted by c seiger is a reproduction. The original stone is in the collection of the Worcester Historical Museum. Probable work of William Young of Tatnuck. Advance arrangements are required to view the stone. A photo of the original stone has now been posted by contributor Patricia Price Watkins. In 1853 this stone was laid flat and covered with soil, along with all the other stones of the cemetery of Worcester Common. In 1966 it was exhumed by Daniel Farber and Charles H. Bouley in their successful effort to prove the existance of the underground burying ground in the center of the city. The stone is now housed at the Worcester Historical Society, and a copy stands on Worcester Common.
Husband of Mary Stone Rice, married on Feb 10,1701/2 at Sudbury,MA.
Children: Silence Rice King Bond, Adonijah Rice, Jonas Rice Jr, Absalom Rice, and Adonijah Rice.
Note: The stone in the photo posted by c seiger is a reproduction. The original stone is in the collection of the Worcester Historical Museum. Probable work of William Young of Tatnuck. Advance arrangements are required to view the stone. A photo of the original stone has now been posted by contributor Patricia Price Watkins. In 1853 this stone was laid flat and covered with soil, along with all the other stones of the cemetery of Worcester Common. In 1966 it was exhumed by Daniel Farber and Charles H. Bouley in their successful effort to prove the existance of the underground burying ground in the center of the city. The stone is now housed at the Worcester Historical Society, and a copy stands on Worcester Common.
Children: Silence Rice King Bond, Adonijah Rice, Jonas Rice Jr, Absalom Rice, and Adonijah Rice.
Note: The stone in the photo posted by c seiger is a reproduction. The original stone is in the collection of the Worcester Historical Museum. Probable work of William Young of Tatnuck. Advance arrangements are required to view the stone. A photo of the original stone has now been posted by contributor Patricia Price Watkins. In 1853 this stone was laid flat and covered with soil, along with all the other stones of the cemetery of Worcester Common. In 1966 it was exhumed by Daniel Farber and Charles H. Bouley in their successful effort to prove the existance of the underground burying ground in the center of the city. The stone is now housed at the Worcester Historical Society, and a copy stands on Worcester Common.
Inscription
His age he was the first setler in Worcester & one of the judges of the inferior court for Worcester
Gravesite Details
In 1853, all markers in the Old Burial Ground were buried a foot deep over their grave, and the Common was "smoothed over". All markers and inscriptions were carefully recorded before their burial.
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