Additional information below was contributed by Diane:
According to Ward, a tribute to Gershom Rice appeared in the Boston Gazette. In part it reads:
"Worcester, 19 December 1768. This day died here Mr. Gershom Rice, who completed the age of 101 years some time last May, besides retained 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 sleep quietly at night without any attendance.
"He was naturally of a very pleasant disposition, very courteous in his behavior towards all, and withal grave and serious. Of late, the decay of Nature came on him fast; and he went calmly and quietly at last, expressing his hope and trust in his Redeemer for admission to a better world.".
The 'Descendents of Edmund Rice', 2003, give his birth dates as 9 May 1667. Marlborough, Middlesex Co., MA.
(Note: Gershom was one of 111 people supposedly moved from the Old Burial Ground to Hope Cemetery in 1968.)
Son of Thomas and Mary King Rice. Supposedy 102 years of age.
Other additions Children: Lt. Gershom Rice, Jr. (1696-1781); Elizabeth Rice Boyden (1698-1744) md. ~1740 Joseph Boyden; Abishai Rice ( 10/16/1701-aft 1769) Md. Frances Rice ( 1702-1740); Sarah Rice Mallary (1703-1723)MD. Zaccheus Mallary 4/17/1722 in Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.; Mary Rice (1704-dec.); Thomas Rice (1706-dec.); Matthias Solomon Rice (1707-1758) Md. Mary Boyden in 1727 in Middlesex, Mass.; Edmund Rice (1709-dec.); Ruth Rice (1710-dec.); Benjamin Rice (1712-dec.).
From the book: "Epitaths From the Cemetery at Worcester Common":
"He was on one of the fathers of the town, and occupied many situations of public trust and confidence. The first place of worship in Worcester was at his house."
According to Ward, a tribute to Gershom Rice appeared in the Boston Gazette. In part it reads:
"Worcester, 19 December 1768. This day died here Mr. Gershom Rice, who completed the age of 101 years some time last May, besides retained 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 sleep quietly at night without any attendance.
"He was naturally of a very pleasant disposition, very courteous in his behavior towards all, and withal grave and serious. Of late, the decay of Nature came on him fast; and he went calmly and quietly at last, expressing his hope and trust in his Redeemer for admission to a better world.".
The 'Descendents of Edmund Rice', 2003, give his birth dates as 9 May 1667. Marlborough, Middlesex Co., MA.
(Note: Gershom was one of 111 people supposedly moved from the Old Burial Ground to Hope Cemetery in 1968.)
Son of Thomas and Mary King Rice. Supposedy 102 years of age.
Other additions Children: Lt. Gershom Rice, Jr. (1696-1781); Elizabeth Rice Boyden (1698-1744) md. ~1740 Joseph Boyden; Abishai Rice ( 10/16/1701-aft 1769) Md. Frances Rice ( 1702-1740); Sarah Rice Mallary (1703-1723)MD. Zaccheus Mallary 4/17/1722 in Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.; Mary Rice (1704-dec.); Thomas Rice (1706-dec.); Matthias Solomon Rice (1707-1758) Md. Mary Boyden in 1727 in Middlesex, Mass.; Edmund Rice (1709-dec.); Ruth Rice (1710-dec.); Benjamin Rice (1712-dec.).
From the book: "Epitaths From the Cemetery at Worcester Common":
"He was on one of the fathers of the town, and occupied many situations of public trust and confidence. The first place of worship in Worcester was at his house."
Additional information below was contributed by Diane:
According to Ward, a tribute to Gershom Rice appeared in the Boston Gazette. In part it reads:
"Worcester, 19 December 1768. This day died here Mr. Gershom Rice, who completed the age of 101 years some time last May, besides retained 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 sleep quietly at night without any attendance.
"He was naturally of a very pleasant disposition, very courteous in his behavior towards all, and withal grave and serious. Of late, the decay of Nature came on him fast; and he went calmly and quietly at last, expressing his hope and trust in his Redeemer for admission to a better world.".
The 'Descendents of Edmund Rice', 2003, give his birth dates as 9 May 1667. Marlborough, Middlesex Co., MA.
(Note: Gershom was one of 111 people supposedly moved from the Old Burial Ground to Hope Cemetery in 1968.)
Son of Thomas and Mary King Rice. Supposedy 102 years of age.
Other additions Children: Lt. Gershom Rice, Jr. (1696-1781); Elizabeth Rice Boyden (1698-1744) md. ~1740 Joseph Boyden; Abishai Rice ( 10/16/1701-aft 1769) Md. Frances Rice ( 1702-1740); Sarah Rice Mallary (1703-1723)MD. Zaccheus Mallary 4/17/1722 in Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.; Mary Rice (1704-dec.); Thomas Rice (1706-dec.); Matthias Solomon Rice (1707-1758) Md. Mary Boyden in 1727 in Middlesex, Mass.; Edmund Rice (1709-dec.); Ruth Rice (1710-dec.); Benjamin Rice (1712-dec.).
From the book: "Epitaths From the Cemetery at Worcester Common":
"He was on one of the fathers of the town, and occupied many situations of public trust and confidence. The first place of worship in Worcester was at his house."
According to Ward, a tribute to Gershom Rice appeared in the Boston Gazette. In part it reads:
"Worcester, 19 December 1768. This day died here Mr. Gershom Rice, who completed the age of 101 years some time last May, besides retained 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 sleep quietly at night without any attendance.
"He was naturally of a very pleasant disposition, very courteous in his behavior towards all, and withal grave and serious. Of late, the decay of Nature came on him fast; and he went calmly and quietly at last, expressing his hope and trust in his Redeemer for admission to a better world.".
The 'Descendents of Edmund Rice', 2003, give his birth dates as 9 May 1667. Marlborough, Middlesex Co., MA.
(Note: Gershom was one of 111 people supposedly moved from the Old Burial Ground to Hope Cemetery in 1968.)
Son of Thomas and Mary King Rice. Supposedy 102 years of age.
Other additions Children: Lt. Gershom Rice, Jr. (1696-1781); Elizabeth Rice Boyden (1698-1744) md. ~1740 Joseph Boyden; Abishai Rice ( 10/16/1701-aft 1769) Md. Frances Rice ( 1702-1740); Sarah Rice Mallary (1703-1723)MD. Zaccheus Mallary 4/17/1722 in Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.; Mary Rice (1704-dec.); Thomas Rice (1706-dec.); Matthias Solomon Rice (1707-1758) Md. Mary Boyden in 1727 in Middlesex, Mass.; Edmund Rice (1709-dec.); Ruth Rice (1710-dec.); Benjamin Rice (1712-dec.).
From the book: "Epitaths From the Cemetery at Worcester Common":
"He was on one of the fathers of the town, and occupied many situations of public trust and confidence. The first place of worship in Worcester was at his house."
Inscription
Gershom Rice 2nd Settler 1768
Gravesite Details
Moved from Worcester Common in 1969. Original gravestones were laid flat and covered
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