Zachariah Rhodes (abt. 1603 - abt. 1666)

Born about 1603 in England

Husband of Joanna (Arnold) Reape — married about 2 Jan 1646 (to 1665) in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island [uncertain]

Descendants

Died about 10 Apr 1666 at about age 63 in Pawtucket Shore, Providence, Rhode Island

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[Note: The Genealogical Dictionary of RI state there is no evidence of a relationship between Zachariah Rhodes and Walter Rhodes of early Providence RI. The The Rhodes Family in America, Vol. 1, no. 2, Nelson Rhoades Publisher, Los Angeles, CA, 1919, has made some connection to Walter, but unconfirmed. More recent research TEG: 22: 201 indicates research is ongoing, but offers no proof of parentage and only source seems to be an ancestral file. That article further states the the maiden name of Walter Rhodes wife is unconfirmed. ]

Biography

Zachariah Rhodes commences the history of this family in Rhode Island. He was born in 1603 and settled in Rehoboth in 1643 In 1644 with other settlers he signed an agreement forming a town government. In 1646 he left Rehoboth crossed the river and bay to Rhode Island and with others settled at Pawtuxet where he became a large owner of land. His reason for leaving Massachusetts appears to have been of a religious nature as records show that he refused to comply with the Massachusetts law which sought to compel him to contribute for the support of preaching In religious sentiment, he was an Independent or Baptist. ^[1]

• 1643 He was taxed as an inhabitant of Rehoboth. ^[1]
• 1644: Jul 3: Signed a compact with 29 others to to settle Seacunk (Seekonk) ^{[1] [2]}
• 1645: Jun 4: He was propounded for a freeman. ^[1]
• 1646/7: March 6: William Arnold of Pawtuxet deeded land daughter Joane, wife of Zachariah Roades, land and meadow on the west side of the river. ^[3]
• 1650 Taxed in Providence ^[1]
• 1653: Along with five others signed an address to the court assembled in Boston asking that Pawtuxet might be dismissed from the government of the Massachusetts Colony. ^[1]
• 1657: Mar 6: In a deposition, he is called aged about 54. ^[1]
• 1658: May 18: Admitted a freeman. ^[1]
• 1659 : 1662:1663 Member of the general court at Portsmouth.^[1]
• 1659: 1661: 1662: 1663 Commissioner ^[1]
• 1660: Constable ^{[1] [2]}
• 1661: Attended as commissioner from Providence, the general court at Newport; Appointed member of a committee to adjust difficulties existing between Massachusetts and Rhode Island; Appointed with Roger Williams and others to draw up and sign an address to His Majesty King Charles II. ^[1]
• 1661-63: Juryman. ^[1]
• 1663 (Mar):1664:1665 Deputy from Providence, attended the general assembly of Rhode Island held at Newport ^{[1] [4]}
• 1663: On a committee to agree with Indians on amount to be paid for lands previously purchased. ^[1]
• 1664: On a committee to set the boundary between Plymouth Colony and Rhode Island ^{[1] [4]}
• 1664: 1665: Deputy ^{[1] [2] [4]}
• 1664:1665 Treasurer of the Town of Providence; Member of the Town Council. ^[2]

In 1646, Zachary or Zachariah Rhodes, married Joanna Arnold, born February 27, 1617. ^{[1] [3]}

He made his will in 1662 and died in 1665. ^[1]

He was drowned at Pawtucket Shore, prior to April 6, 1666. ^{[5] [1]}

Zachariah's will was written April 28, 1662 and recorded May 29, 1666. ^{[2] [1]} He left bequests to:

• wife Joan, executor
• my eldest son (Jeremiah)
• youngest son Peleg
• sons Malachi, Zachariah and John
• daughters Elizabeth, Mary and Rebecca ^[1]

His widow Joanna married second Samuel Reape of Newport, at Providence on Jan. 11, 1666. ^{[3] [6] [7] [1]}

Joanna died in 1692. ^[1]

Children

1. Jeremiah born June 24, 1647; married Madeline Hawkins. ^{[1] [8]}
2. Malachi born ___; died October 11, 1682; married Mary Carder May 27, 1675. ^{[1] [8]}
3. Zachariah born ___ ^[1]; m. Elizabeth ___ (Mo xxx?). ^[8]
4. Elizabeth. ^{[1] [8]}
5. Mary born ___; married John Lowe on March 3, 1675. ^{[1] [8]}
6. Rebecca born ___; died in 1727; married first Nicholas Power on February 3, 1672; married second Daniel, son of Roger and Mary Williams on December 2, 1676. ^{[1] [8]}
7. John born in 1658; died August 14, 1716; married first, February 12, 1685, Waite Waterman, born in 1668; died in 1711; married second Sarah ___, born in 1653; died March 30, 1730. ^{[1] [8]}
8. Peleg born 1660; died in 1724; married Sarah ___ (? Stevens).^[8]

Source notes

Warwick Deaths

1-19: Rhodes, John Sr., died Aug. 14, 1716.

1-19: Rhodes, Sarah 2d, wife of John died, Mar. 30, 1730. ^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30} Austin, John Osborne, The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island: Comprising Three Generations of Settlers who Came Before 1690 Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, Maryland 1887
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Browning, Charles Henry, Americans of Royal Descent: Collection of Genealogies Showing the Lineal Descent from Kings of Some American Families, 1883 : Reprint by Genealogical Publishing Co., 1911
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume 1, A-B, by Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.). p. 86
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Bartlett, John Russell, Editor, Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, in New England: 1664-1677, A. C. Greene & Brothers, State Printers, Providence, RI, 1857
5. ↑ Jordan, John Woolf, editor, Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, Volume 2, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, 1914
6. ↑ Arnold, James N., Vital Record of Rhode Island : 1636-1850 : First Series : Births, Marriages and Deaths : a Family Register for the People, Vol. 2: Providence County, by James N. Arnold, Narragansett Historical Publ. Co., Providence, Rhode Island
7. ↑ Rhode Island Historical Society Collections, Volumes 11-14, Rhode Island, 1918
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7} Chatfield, Carrie Eastman, Some Records of the Northrup and Tucker Families of Rhode Island: With Notes on Intermarrying Families. Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1914
9. ↑ Arnold, James N., Vital Record of Rhode Island, First Series, Births, Marriages and Deaths 1636-1850 : A Family Register for the People, Volume 1: Kent County, Narragansett Historical Publ. Co., Providence RI, 1900

See also:

• Arnold, Fred Augustus: The Arnold Memorial: William Arnold of Providence and Pawtuxet, 1587-1675, and a Genealogy of His Descendants, Tuttle Publishing Company, Rutland, VT, 1935
• Chatfield, Carrie Eastman Secombe: Some Records of the Northrup and Tucker Families of Rhode Island: With Notes on Intermarrying Families, D. Clapp & Son, Boston, MA, 1914
• Arnold, Samuel Greene, History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations: Vol. 1, 1636-1700, D. Appleton & Company, New York, 1859
• Austin, John O. The Journal of William Jefferay, Gentleman (E. L. Freeman & Sons, 1899) Page 72: 1666. May 1: "Mr. Rhodes, of whose death, by drowning, ... one of the valued men at Pawtuxet,, where he long dwelt. A little before his death he had been committed in Massachusetts, for saying, "The court has not to do in matters of religion." A true saying, nevertheless. He married a daughter of old Mr. Arnold, and leaveth a family."
• Cutter, William Richard. New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial (Baltimore, Maryland: Clearfield Company, 1913) Vol. 2
• Burial unknown: This FAG bio is unsourced/unconfirmed parents etc. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34348763/zachariah-rhodes
• Jordan, John W. Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1915, Vol. 3., p. 1260-1262)