Mary Rice
Baptized: August 23, 1619 Stanstead, England
Married: About October 10, 1638 [License Granted]
Died:April 22, 1659 Sudbury, Massachusetts
Father: Edmund Rice b.c.1594
Mother: Thomasine Frost b.1600
Spouse: Thomas Axtell b.1619
Children
Henry Axtell b.1641
Notes:
Thomas did not live long after his immigration (probably for religious reasons) to America, and Mary remarried to John Maynard.
Mary has been frequently called Mary Starr, daughter of Comfort Starr, but this is immpossible due to chronological issues.
Sources:
-Birth Source: Stanstead Parish Records and Articles below:
-Marriage Source: License granted at Archdeconry of St. Albans to Thomas Axtell of Bushley and Mary Rice, maiden.
Marriage Source: "A probable wife of Thomas Axtell by Eleanor R Wesson published in "Connecticut Nutmegger Vol 31, p390.
Marriage Source "The Enigmatic 1638 Marriage of Mary Rice and Thomas Axtell in Hertfordshire" by Chandler,Rice, Rice, and King from Edward Rice Association Newsletter Vol 90, No1. page 8. Although this article states that the Mary Rice of this marriage may be to Mary Rice, the daughter of Edmund Rice's brother and Thomasine Frost's sister, there is no reason to believe this is the case. Edmund Frost's land transactions selling land to Mary and buying land from her are much more indicative of a father daughter relationship. However, since the two Mary's were double cousins, they share the same four grandparents either way.
-Death Source: NEHGR, http://www.axtellfamily.org/axgenea/