William Nehemiah Rhodes

Male 1768 - 1853  (84 years)

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  • Name William Nehemiah Rhodes 
    Birth 29 Dec 1768  Providence or North Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 1853  [2] 
    Person ID I02423  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father Captain Nehemiah Rhodes,   b. Between 9 Aug 1731 and 1732, Providence or Cranston, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jan 1801, Cranston, Providence Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Abigail Thomas,   b. Abt 1743   d. 12 Jan 1800 (Age 57 years) 
    Marriage 14 Nov 1762  Newport, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Notes 
    • Kent County Vital Records p. 361
    Family ID F00907  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Betsey Elizabeth Rhodes,   b. Abt 1773   d. Bef 13 Oct 1795 (Age < 22 years) 
    Marriage 3 Oct 1793  Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Notes 
    • William & Betsey were first cousins.

      RHODES, Betsey and William Nehemiah Rhodes, Oct. 3, 1793. Marriage, Providence
    Family ID F00945  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Family 2 Mary Throop Jenckes,   b. 9 Dec 1775   d. 3 Apr 1850 (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage 1 Mar 1796  North Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    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,   b. 12 May 1797, Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jun 1870 (Age 73 years)
     2. Mary Joanna Rhodes,   b. 6 Feb 1799, North Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Amos Jenckes Rhodes,   b. 6 Aug 1800, North Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Mar 1832 (Age 31 years)
     4. William Nehemiah Rhodes, Jr.,   b. 2 Mar 1803, North Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Freelove Crawford Rhodes,   b. 3 Jun 1807, North Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Feb 1811 (Age 3 years)
     6. Ebenezer Albert Rhodes,   b. 31 Aug 1813, North Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Charles Wild Rhodes,   b. 4 Jul 1820, North Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F00943  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

  • Sources 
    1. [S012510] Dorothy Higson White, Descendants of Roger Williams Book I, Waterman & Winsor Lines, (Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc., 1991), 59.

    2. [S012510] Dorothy Higson White, Descendants of Roger Williams Book I, Waterman & Winsor Lines, (Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc., 1991), 162.

    3. [S013329] James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, Newport Marriages.

    4. [S012510] Dorothy Higson White, Descendants of Roger Williams Book I, Waterman & Winsor Lines, (Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc., 1991), 163.

    5. [S012550] Genealogy of Zachariah Rhodes, 279.