Hello, Someone got me looking at my RICE ancestors over the weekend, and the more I look at the patriarch's family, and look on-line for more information, the more confused I get. :o( To start with, I'm told my RICE line is: Edmund RICE and Thomasine FROST Joseph RICE and Mary BEERS Joseph RICE and Mercy KERLEY Jesse RICE and Beulah (unknown) Ashabel / Ashbel RICE and Percissa / Persis KNIGHT Daniel V. RICE and Lucy McDANIEL / McDONALD Charles W. RICE and Adelaide Crosby HUTCHINSON And then from the HUTCHINSON's I believe I am descended from: Edmund FROST and Thomasine CLENCH /E Ephraim FROST and Hepzabah PRATT Ephraim FROST and Sarah COOPER Samuel FROST and Abigail CUTTER Sarah FROST and John HUTCHINSON Thomas HUTCHINSON and Elizabeth HOMER Jacob Homer HUTCHINSON and Eliza CROSBY Adelaide Crosby HUTCHINSON IF I'm summarizing what I'm finding in on-line web sites correctly, the wife of Edmund FROST was Thomasine, the daughter of Robert CLENCH and Joan WEBBE. And, the wife of Edmund RICE was Thomasine, the daughter of Edward FROST and Thomasine BELGRAVE. This is good information from the archives of a posting on the FROST List: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/FROST/2004-04/1082573458 ... It looks like I have to go back a few generations to see a connection between Edmund FROST and Edward FROST. Betty (near Lowell, MA) Remember to check the archives of all the Lists and Boards for your surnames and place-names. And, please remember to check the on-line auctions for for your surnames and place-names. Interested in: New-England-Memories List ?