Individual Details
Zachariah Rhodes
(1603 - October 11, 1665)
Events
| Birth | 1603 | Lancashire, England | |||
| Arrival | 1642 | Massachusetts, British America |  |  | |
| Civil | July 3, 1644 | Rehoboth, British America | | | |
| Civil | June 9, 1645 | Land lots - Rehoboth, British America | | | |
| Civil | February 18, 1646 | Land lots - Rehoboth, British America | | | |
| Marriage | June 29, 1647 | Providence, British America - Joanna Arnold | | ||
| Will | April 28, 1662 | Rhode Island, British America | | | |
| Death | October 11, 1665 | Pawtucket, British America | | ||
| Probate | May 29, 1666 | Providence, British America | | | |
| Occupation | Town services | | | ||
| Burial | | ||||
| Cause of death | Drowned | |
Families
| Spouse | Joanna Arnold (1617 - 1692) |
| Child | Rebecca Rhodes (1651 - 1727) |
| Child | John Rhodes (1658 - 1716) |
Notes
Arrival
The only source for arrival is Ancestry U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, not great, no solid evidence.Civil
July 3, 1644 Zachariah, Thomas Bliss with others in Rehoboth signed a compact “to order the prudential affairs of the plantation”Civil
9 Jun 1645 land lots, p 34, drawing, Widow Walker is No. 2, Zachariah Rhodes is No. 45, like a land lottery in Seakonk, also known as RehobothCivil
Land lots No. 2 Nicholas Ide, No. 18 Widow Walker, No. 37 Zachariah RhodesWill
Will written, signed "if any of them Shall Marry or Match themselves with any Contrarey to ye Mind of their Mother; my will is then that it shall be their Mothers liberty what to give them, whether anything or No."Death
Sources state Zachariah Rhodes "drowned off the Pawtuxet shore".Probate
"A True Coppy May ye 29th 1666 Tho. Olney jun’r clerk of ye towne of Providence".Occupation
At different times a deputy, commissioner, constable, treasurerCause of death
Sources state Zachariah Rhodes "drowned off the Pawtuxet shore".Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com, U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Provo, UT, USA; 2010, Keep as only source, Massachusetts; 1642.
2. Bliss, Leonard. The History of Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Boston: Otis, Broaders, and company, 1836, Page 28 History of Rehoboth.
3. Bliss, Leonard. The History of Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Boston: Otis, Broaders, and company, 1836, Page 25 Widow Walker and Zachariah Rhodes of Seakonk alias Reheboth.
4. Bliss, Leonard. The History of Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Boston: Otis, Broaders, and company, 1836, Page 38 land lots: Nicholas Ide, Widow Walker, Zachariah Rhodes.
5. Ancestry.com. New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Provo, UT, USA; 2013, Great Migration, Vol 1, A-B page 88, 89 William Arnold.
6. AmericanAncestors.org. New England marriages to 1700 database, Boston, NEHGS, 2008., Volume 2 page 1265.
7. Providence (R.I.). Record Commissioners. The Early Records of the Town of Providence, V. I-XXI. Providence, Snow and Farnham, city printers, 1892, Volume 3 page 80, 81, 82.
8. Providence (R.I.). Record Commissioners. The Early Records of the Town of Providence, V. I-XXI. Providence, Snow and Farnham, city printers, 1892, Volume 3 page 80, 81, 82.
9. Guild, Howard Redwood, Ancestry of Calvin Guild Salem Press; Salem; 1891, Part IV Rebecca C Martin page 38 of 51.
10. Find A Grave online indexed database, https://www.findagrave.com, Memorial 34348763.