Edmund Rice Association monument, North Cemetery, Wayland, Massachusetts
Image
The physical anchor of the Rice line in America. A late-Victorian Association-funded monument marking the colonial patriarch's burial 251 years after his death.
Edmund Rice Monument North Cemetery Wayland
Creator
Designed by Arthur Wallace Rice of Boston; dedicated by the Edmund Rice (1638) Association
Physical form
Slate stele with weeping willow and floral relief carvings, on a stepped granite base
Current location
North Cemetery, Wayland, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Find a Grave memorial 29453093)
Provenance
Photo by a Find a Grave volunteer (2009 contribution). Downloaded at 661 x 1024 px from images.findagrave.com.
Content note
Inscription on the stele: 'In Memory of DEACON EDMUND RICE / Born in Buckinghamshire England 1594 / Died in Marlborough Mass May 3 1663 / The Righteous Shall be in Everlasting Remembrance / Erected by the Edmund Rice Association 1914.' Note: the monument identifies Edmund's birthplace as Buckinghamshire, conflicting with the Ward 1858 book (Berkhamstead) and the WikiTree research summary (Stanstead Suffolk).
Find a Grave Memorial #29453093: Deacon Edmund Rice (1594-1663)
burial-record · Find a Grave community contributors
Burial: North Cemetery, Wayland, Massachusetts. Grave monument designed by Arthur Wallace Rice of Boston, dedicated by the Edmund Rice Association on 29 August 1914. Biographical summary corroborates the WikiTree profile.
Edmund Rice (1638) Association
genealogical-society
Established society of Edmund Rice descendants. Maintains DNA project (Y-DNA haplogroup I1 confirmed for the Edmund Rice line) and published a 1967 supplement plus a continuation of the Ward 1858 genealogy. Brant likely qualifies for membership via the Charles Leslie Rice line.
