Henry Rhodes
1608 - 1675 (67 years)
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Name Henry Rhodes Born 1608 Lancashire, England 
[1] Gender Male _COLOR 8 _FSFTID L8TK-BYJ _UID 4436C89AB3CA4F059CD616C9848A55F253F6 Died 1675 Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts [1] Person ID I73 McPherson History Last Modified 1 Jan 2018
Family Elizabeth White, b. 1618, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts , d. 25 Nov 1700, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts (Age 82 years) Children 1. Samuel Rhodes, b. Feb 1642, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts , d. 1718, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts (Age ~ 75 years)Last Modified 15 Mar 2020 Family ID F15 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Henry Rhodes came to the Massachusetts Bay Colony, settling at Lynn before 1640, where he died in 1675. He was an ironmonger in Lynn, 1640; a witness 1647; representative to the General Court 1657. He served in King Philip's War and fought against the Indians in the Nipmugg Country, and at Narragansett in 1675. He signed his name with various spellings, but commonly "Rodes." Bodge, in his "History of King Philip's War," records him as "Henry Rhoades," as he is frequently quoted in other historical references. There are many branches of the Rhodes family existing in the United States, practically none are found spelling their names "Rhoades," except the descendants of Henry, of Lynn. In England, where the family originated, but one family is found which so spells its name and that is the one from which Amphillis Rhoades, great-grandmother of George Washington, descended.
This branch of the Rhodes family descended from a long line of English ancestors, tracing back to Willemus, of Rode, on many of whom heraldic honors had been conferred. Henry Rhodes brought to America a coat-of-arms and copy of the original charter inscribed, "These are the ancient names of the family of Rhodes of Adrod, Cheshire, whereof James Rhodes, of Lancashire, is descended of the second house, Henry Rhodes, son of George."
All descendants of Henry Rhodes are qualified for membership in the Society of Colonial Wars and Order of Founders and Patiots of America. - Colonial Families of the United States, 1920
- Henry Rhodes came to the Massachusetts Bay Colony, settling at Lynn before 1640, where he died in 1675. He was an ironmonger in Lynn, 1640; a witness 1647; representative to the General Court 1657. He served in King Philip's War and fought against the Indians in the Nipmugg Country, and at Narragansett in 1675. He signed his name with various spellings, but commonly "Rodes." Bodge, in his "History of King Philip's War," records him as "Henry Rhoades," as he is frequently quoted in other historical references. There are many branches of the Rhodes family existing in the United States, practically none are found spelling their names "Rhoades," except the descendants of Henry, of Lynn. In England, where the family originated, but one family is found which so spells its name and that is the one from which Amphillis Rhoades, great-grandmother of George Washington, descended.
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Sources - [S34] Colonial Families of the United States of America, Vol. VII, Page 395.
- [S34] Colonial Families of the United States of America, Vol. VII, Page 395.