Category: Rhoades, Rhoads, Rhodes, Rhodus, Roads, de Rodes, Rodes Family Genealogy

The site is called “American Journeys”. A great tool for early American history. A John Rhodes is mentioned on page 71 of “An Account of Two Voyages to New-England, Made during the Years 1638, 1663”, by John Josselyn, (1630-1675)

Here is its link:
http://www.americanjourneys.org

http://rhodesfamily.org/bio_daniel_rhoads.php

The following is a quote from the biography: “a native of Montgomery County, Ohio, and born November 8, 1839, is the son of Benneville and Mary Rhoads, who for years made their home in the Buckeye State. The father and mother were both natives of Buck County, Pa., and were descendants of lines of sturdy ancestors who from the early settlement of the United States”.
To read the article in its entirety go here:
http://rhodesfamily.org/bio_daniel_rhoads.php

Thanks to Wayne Rhodes of the Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia for bringing us the following data. Check out their website at www.jmlibrary.org.
A new page, the name says it all “Rhodes/Roads Marriage Records of Duplin County North Carolina”, its at http://rhodesfamily.org/rhodes_duplin_nc.php

All the best, Carl

http://phpgedview.rhodesf…ason_rhodes.ged

http://www.rhodesfamily.org/lynn_mass_soldiers.php

Taken from the book “Lynn in the Revolution”, by Howard Kendall Sanderson, Part II, Published in 1909, by W. B. Clarke Company, Boston, page 218-221.
The following Rhodes’ were Revolutionary War soldiers that served from Lynn, Massachusetts. This is some of the information that may be found on this web page: their parents, spouses, children, some biographical information, along with their military records.
The soldiers:
JESSE RHODES
JOHN RHODES,-son of Ignatius and Sarah (Merrian) Rhodes
JOHN RHODES,-son of Hezekiah and Abigail
JOSIAH RHODES
SAMUEL RHODES
THOMAS RHODES
WILLIAM RHODES

The link: http://www.rhodesfamily.org/lynn_mass_soldiers.php

Below is what I found on William and Sophia Rhodes in the FamilySearch? International Genealogical Index v5.0, at http://www.familysearch.org/

William Rhodes
Birth: About 1764
New York, New York, New York
Marriage: 25 JUL 1791
, New York, New York
Death: SEP 1813
New York, New York, New York
Spouse:
Sophia Rohrbach
Birth: 1770
New York, New York, New York
Death: About 1896
New York, New York, New York

http://rhodesfamily.org/v…tute_cadets.php

Thanks to Wayne Rhodes of the Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia for bringing us the following data. Check out their website at www.jmlibrary.org.
This new page lists twenty Rhoads/Rhodes/Rodes men who where former cadets in the the Virginia Military Institute of prior to 1984. Some dating back to the 1840’s. It shows name, class, place from which the cadet matriculated, period of cadetship, degree/s, military service and awards (if any), occupation and place, death date (if any).
http://rhodesfamily.org/virginia_military_institute_cadets.php

FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON ? The archaeologists were delighted to at last find the remains of George Washington?s boyhood home but got stumped when they looked for evidence of the cherry tree and rusty hatchet.

??This was the setting for many important events in Washington?s life,?? David Muraca, director of archaeology for The George Washington Foundation, announced Wednesday.

Most biographies offer little detail of the first president?s youth, so the discovery may provide insight into Washington?s childhood, he said. The site is located at Ferry Farm, just across the Rappahannock River from Fredericksburg, Va., about 50 miles south of Washington.

Philip Levy, associate professor of history at the University of South Florida, found evidence that the house was a one-and-a-half-story residence perched on a bluff overlooking the river. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/07/080702-gw-house.html ??If George Washington did indeed chop down a cherry tree, as generations of Americans have believed, this is where it happened,?? said Levy. The researchers said the artifacts they have recovered did not include a hatchet.

Check it out here: http://news.nationalgeographic.com
/news/2008/07/080702-gw-house.html

The following document grants William Rhodes four hundred sixteen & 2/3 acres of land for serving as a corporal, and for his seven years of service in the American Revolution. You can learn more about William and his descendants at: http://wm.rhodesfamily.org.

The front of Wm Rhodes’ Rev War Land Warrant

The back of Wm Rhodes’ Rev War Land Warrant

William Rhodes’ signature from warrant

http://rhodesfamily.org/bio_samuel_rhodes.php

From: THE HISTORY of CLARK COUNTY, OHIO, CONTAINING Biographies of Early Settlers and Prominent Men (and Women) CHICAGO, W. H. BEERS & CO., 1881:
Samuel RHODES, retired farmer; P.O. Springfield. Samuel Rhodes is one of eight children – seven sons and one daughter-of Jacob and Barbara Rhodes. of Lancaster Co., Penn., and was born in Chambersburg, Penn., on Nov.11, 1812; his ancestors on his mother’s side were from Holland . . .
See the biography in its entirety here: http://rhodesfamily.org/bio_samuel_rhodes.php