Edmund Rice (1638) - Edmund's Descendants

Edmund's Descendants

The Edmund Rice (1638) Association estimates that after 13 or 14 generations, descendants of Edmund Rice may be in the many hundreds of thousands to millions. Edmund has several notable known descendants including:

• Lucille Désirée Ball (1911-1989), actress, comedienne, television personality, and studio executive Desilu Productions
• Asa Brigham (1788–1844), signer of Texas Declaration of Independence, Texas treasurer, Austin mayor
• Carl Campbell Brigham (1890–1943), controversial pioneer of psychometrics, known for creating the Scholastic Aptitude Test
• Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875–1950), author and creator of the Tarzan character
• Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933), thirtieth President of the United States
• Elias Howe (1819–1867), inventor of the first practical sewing machine
• William Henry King (1863–1949), U.S. Congressman and Senator from Utah
• Mary Ashton (Rice) Livermore (1820–1905), American abolitionist, social activist, and author.
• Alexandrea Kawisenhawe Rice (1972 - ), contemporary Canadian actress from the Kahnawake Mohawk nation
• Edmund Rice (1842–1906), brigadier general and Medal of Honor awardee
• Edward Everett Rice (1847–1924), composer and musical theater producer
• George Walter Rice (1855–1884), pioneering Canadian photographer and arctic explorer
• Henry Mower Rice (1816–1894), U.S. Senator from Minnesota, prominent in its statehood
• Jonas Rice (1672–1753), grandson of Edmund; first permanent English American settler and founder of Worcester, Massachusetts
• Luther Rice (1783–1836), Baptist minister, missionary to India, and educator, founder of George Washington University
• Thomas Rice (1654-1747), grandson of Edmund; Massachusetts colonial legislator and a founder of Westborough, Massachusetts
• Wallace deGroot Cecil Rice (1859–1939), author, poet and designer of the Chicago flag
• William North Rice (1845–1928), geologist, Methodist minister and university administrator
• George Edmund Royce (1829–1903), businessman and state senator from Vermont
• Gideon Welles (1802–1878), Secretary of the Navy during the Lincoln and Andrew Johnson administrations.
• Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867–1957), author of Little House on the Prairie