John Rhodes

1722 -

• Name	John Rhodes
  Born	ca 1722	Mannheim, Baden, DE
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I24099	Jacob and Barbara (Schenk) Hoover
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2016

  
  

  Father	Heinrich Roedt,   b. ca 1686, Mannheim, , Baden, Kurpfalz, DE ,   d. ca 1747, Ephrata, Lancaster Co., PA  (Age ~ 61 years)
  Mother	Katherina Koebel (?),   b. ca 1686
  Family ID	F9277	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Married	ca 1770
  Children	1. Jacob Rhodes,   b. 2 Nov 1749, Lancaster County, PA ,   d. 4 Mar 1837, Cumberland County, PA  (Age 87 years)
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2016
  Family ID	F9276	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Composite Record of John Rhoads / Rohdes of Franklin County, PA ca 1722 Birth, evidently in the Mannheim area of Baden in southern Germany, under the rule of the Kurpfalz (Electoral Palatinate). 1737, 31 Oct, arrival at Philadelphia on the ship William under the direction of Captain John Carter. First lived with parents at the Cocalico settlement, Ephrata, Pennsylvania. ca 1745, marriage, but spouse unknown. Children, including Jacob Rhodes, names and dates unknown. 1762, 22 July, land purchase and settlement along the turnpike, east of Mount Rock in what is now Franklin County, PA. (Until 1784, part of Cumberland County, PA.) Death in Franklin County, PA. . HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pennsylvania, Chapter XXXVII, West Pennsborough Township A place several miles east of Mount Rock, on the turnpike [between Chambersburg and Shippensburg, currently the Molly Pitcher Highway], belonging to J. Z. Paul, was settled by John Rhoads July 22, 1762. Pg. 362. . Cumberland County, Quarter Session Docket 4 1768-1772 John Rhoades being three times solemnly called appears not, therefore his recognizance forfeited. Pg. 69. [Obviously, suggesting that John Rhoedes was no longer living.] .