Individual Details

Mary married in Watertown, 5 Feb 1662/3, to Abraham Brown. She married (2) Samuel Rice.

Mary Dix. Born on 2 May 1639 in Watertown, MA. Mary died in Marlboro, MA, on 18 Jun 1675; she was 36.

On 5 Feb 1663 when Mary was 23, she first married Abraham Brown , son of Abraham Brown (ca 1588-1650) & Lydia [Brown], in Watertown, MA. Born on 6 Mar 1639 /40 in Watertown, MA. Abraham died bef 28 Sep 1667 (inv.) in Watertown, MA.

Abraham purchased land in Groton, where he proposed to settle near his sister Lydia. But, Mary Dix, to whom he was engaged to be married, was unwilling to go to Groton, and she ‘desired Thomas Parks to go to Ipswich to treat with Mrs. Hodges to see what she would do for her son Abraham Browne upon his marriage.’ He went, and ‘Mrs. Hodges gave him (her son Abraham) full power to settle upon her land in Watertown,’ etc. (Henry Bond, Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Boston: NEHGS, 1860, archive.org/details/genealogiesoffam00bond.)
Their chidren include:
i.Lydia Brown (11 Nov 1663-aft 1711)
ii.Abraham Brown (Died young) (1665-May 1678)

In Aug or Sep 1668 Mary second married Samuel Rice, son of Edmund Rice (ca 1594-3 May 1663) & Thomasine Frost (ca 1600-13 Jun 1654). Born ca Nov 1634 in Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire. Samuel was baptized in Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, on 6 Mar 1634. Samuel died on 24 Feb 1685 in Marlboro, MA. (See Henry Bond, Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early settlers of Watertown,, Mass)

Their chidren include:
i.Mary Rice (6 Aug 1669-)
ii.Edward Rice (20 Jun 1672-20 Jul 1741)
iii.Abigail Rice (10 Mar 1673/4-)

Birth	2 May 1639	Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Marriage	2 Sep 1668	Samuel Rice
Death	18 Jun 1675	Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Spouse	Samuel Rice (1634 - 1685)
Child	Edward Rice (1672 - 1741)

Father	EDWARD Dix (1610 - 1660)
Mother	Jane [Dix] (1615 - 1642)
Sibling	ABIGAIL Dix (1637 - 1690)
Sibling	John Dix (1640 - 1714)
Sibling	Rebecca Dix (1641 - )
Sibling	Living