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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Mary Joanna Rhodes was born 6 Feb 1799, North Providence, RI (daughter of William Nehemiah Rhodes and Mary Throop Jenckes).

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  William Nehemiah Rhodes was born 29 Dec 1768, Providence or North Providence, RI (son of Nehemiah Rhodes and Abigail Thomas); died 1853.

    William married Mary Throop Jenckes 1 Mar 1796, North Providence, RI. Mary (daughter of John Jenckes and Freelove Crawford) was born 9 Dec 1775; died 3 Apr 1850. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Mary Throop Jenckes was born 9 Dec 1775 (daughter of John Jenckes and Freelove Crawford); died 3 Apr 1850.

    Notes:

    Their marriage was published in the "Newport Mercury" 5 April 1796.

    William & Mary had at least 7 children. (See "Descendants of Roger Williams" Book I, p. 163; also "Genealogy of Zachariah Rhodes," p. 279.)

    Children:
    1. Edward Scott Rhodes was born 12 May 1797, Providence, RI; died 18 Jun 1870.
    2. 1. Mary Joanna Rhodes was born 6 Feb 1799, North Providence, RI.
    3. Amos Jenckes Rhodes was born 6 Aug 1800, North Providence, RI; died 13 Mar 1832.
    4. William Nehemiah Rhodes, Jr. was born 2 Mar 1803, North Providence, RI.
    5. Freelove Crawford Rhodes was born 3 Jun 1807, North Providence, RI; died 21 Feb 1811.
    6. Ebenezer Albert Rhodes was born 31 Aug 1813, North Providence, RI.
    7. Charles Wild Rhodes was born 4 Jul 1820, North Providence, RI.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Nehemiah Rhodes was born Between 9 Aug 1731 and 1732, Providence or Cranston, RI (son of William Rhodes and Mary Sheldon); died 22 Jan 1801, Cranston, Providence Co., RI; was buried , Historical Cemetery 35, Cranston, RI.

    Notes:

    A slave of Nehemiah Rhodes, named Richard Rhodes, entered the army in 1781 to obtain his freedom. During the Revolution he assisted in the capture of the British General Prescott at Portsmouth.

    James Arnold's VRs have Nehemiah's year of birth as 1731.

    RHODES Capt. Nehemiah, at Cranston, suddenly, at an advanced age, Jan. 22, 1801. Death, Providence

    "Of Nehemiah's Edgewood lands, the three sisters each received a portion of the seventy-eight acre farm bordering Providence River, with Sally receiving the south lot, Anstis the middle lot, and Abby the north lot containing the family homestead. William received a parcel at the corner of Broad Street and Park Avenue, and Anstis another tract immediately west of her brother, bounded by the present corner of Park and Warwick Avenues. In 1853 the heirs of Abby Thornton (the children of her sister Anstis Greene) sold Alien Shaw her share of her father's estate; in 1860, the heirs of Sally Rhodes Remington Greene sold her share to Joseph S. Winsor." (source: findagrave.com)

    Nehemiah married Abigail Thomas 14 Nov 1762, Newport, RI. Abigail was born Abt 1743; died 12 Jan 1800; was buried , Historical Cemetery 35, Cranston, RI. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Abigail Thomas was born Abt 1743; died 12 Jan 1800; was buried , Historical Cemetery 35, Cranston, RI.

    Notes:

    Notes from findagrave.com: ". . . Abigail Thomas is likely the daughter of Benjamin Thomas and Mercy Smith of East Greenwich and North Kingstown. She had a sister named Anstis aka Anstress or Antice who married Benjamin Nichols and they moved to Stephentown NY. Nichols Benjamin, of N. Kingstown, son of Thomas, and Anstress Thomas, of E. Greenwich, dau. of Benjamin, of N. Kingstown, dec.; m. by Giles Peirce, Justice, May 22, 1760. Town Page Detail: East Greenwich 1760 East Greenwich, Kent, RI."

    I have not verified this information.

    Notes:

    Kent County Vital Records p. 361

    Children:
    1. Sarah Rhodes was born Abt 1765; died 10 Aug 1854, Cranston, RI.
    2. 2. William Nehemiah Rhodes was born 29 Dec 1768, Providence or North Providence, RI; died 1853.
    3. Anstis Rhodes was born 1772; died 1849.
    4. Abby Rhodes was born Abt 1774; died 23 Dec 1848; was buried , Historical Cemetery 35, Cranston, RI.

  3. 6.  John Jenckes (son of Daniel Jenckes and Joanna Unknown).

    John married Freelove Crawford 27 May 1759. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Freelove Crawford
    Children:
    1. 3. Mary Throop Jenckes was born 9 Dec 1775; died 3 Apr 1850.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  William Rhodes was born 14 Jul 1695, Providence, RI (son of John Rhodes and Waite Waterman); died 11 Nov 1772; was buried , Historical Cemetery 35, Cranston, RI.

    William married Mary Sheldon 18 Dec 1721, Providence, RI. Mary (daughter of Nehemiah Sheldon and Rachel Mann) was born 1705; died 24 Nov 1767; was buried , Historical Cemetery 35, Cranston, RI. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Mary Sheldon was born 1705 (daughter of Nehemiah Sheldon and Rachel Mann); died 24 Nov 1767; was buried , Historical Cemetery 35, Cranston, RI.
    Children:
    1. Waitstill Rhodes was born 8 Feb 1721/22, Warwick, Kent Co., RI; died 21 Oct 1783; was buried , Historical Cemetery 35, Cranston, RI.
    2. William Rhodes was born 26 Aug 1725, Providence, RI; died Abt 1775, at sea.
    3. 4. Nehemiah Rhodes was born Between 9 Aug 1731 and 1732, Providence or Cranston, RI; died 22 Jan 1801, Cranston, Providence Co., RI; was buried , Historical Cemetery 35, Cranston, RI.
    4. Eunice Rhodes was born 13 Dec 1741, Providence, RI.

  3. 12.  Daniel Jenckes was born 18 Oct 1701; died 7 Jul 1774.

    Daniel — Joanna Unknown. Joanna was born 1703; died 13 Mar 1796. [Group Sheet]


  4. 13.  Joanna Unknown was born 1703; died 13 Mar 1796.
    Children:
    1. 6. John Jenckes