This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: BonnieWiley77 Surnames: Rice, Lewis, Pratt Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.saintlawrence/16523/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The Edmund Rice (1638) Association http://www.edmund-rice.org/ is conducting a DNA project for male Rice surname descendants of Edmund Rice and other Rice surnames. Information about the project can be found at the above URL. Abner Rice who married Betsey Pratt is a descendant of Abner Rice who married Experience Shepard 8 Aug 1754 in Westfield, MA. It is my belief that this Abner is a direct descendant of Edmund Rice of Sudbury and Marlborough, MA. However, no present day male Rice surname descendants have elected to join this project. If you know any current Rice surname males in the St. Lawrence Co., NY area, please contact them and ask them to join the project. I am a descendant of Abner and Experience Rice through their daughter Experience, who married William Lewis. I live in the midwest and have never been in northern NY, so have no contact with the Rice families there. I have been researching Abner and Experience Rice for years, but have not been able to find the necessary documents tying him to Edmund Rice. Abner fought in the Revolutionary War, and I have registered him as a Rev. War Patriot with the NSDAR. I would like to see him accepted as a descendant of Edmund Rice. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.