Matthew Rodham

Some believe the parents of Matthew Rodham are Edmund and Margaret (Grey) Rodham. More evidence needs to be found. If these are Matthew's parents, he has older brothers Ralph (d. 1615), John, Edward, and Thomas.

Rodham came to America with a group of men who were servants c. 1634, '35, or '36 on the ships James and Revenge. He worked as a servant for about 5 years. It was recorded on 28 Oct. 1639 that Matthew had served his full time for William Clobery & Company of London, England, Merchants. Part of his time as a servant was spent with the Hale family.

In 1648[3], he married Elizabeth Hewitt in either Northumberland, Virginia or Kent Island, Maryland, and the couple had four [sic: five] daughters:

1. - Hannah Rodham m. Christopher Neale
2. - Elizabeth Rodham m. Richard Kenner
3. - Susannah Rodham m. Robert Mason
4. - Mary Rodham m. Richard Rice
5. - Sarah Rodham m. Claudius Tullos

He held the offices of Commissioner, Juror, Justice, and Vestryman.[4]

By 1663, he had acquired 393 acres of land from Hugh Lee[5].

His date of death is alternately given as 1665 or 20 March 1671.

Will

• 1674-1677 Northumberland County, Virginia Order Book, Part 3; [Antient Press]; Page 219
• Northumberland County Court 3d of February 1674/5
• - Probate Mr. RHODUM's Will
• Upon ye Petition of Mr. ROBERT MASON, Executor of the Will of MRS. ELIZABETH RHODUM, ye Executrix of Mr. MATTHEW RHODUM deceased, a Probate of the Will of ELIZABETH RHODUM is granted Mr. ROBERT MASON ye Will being proved by the Oaths of MORGAN LEWIS and JOHN WILLIAMS, wittness to the Will

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Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775 for Christopher Neale Colonial Families of the United States of America, Volume IV Neale Family

References

• Reference: WikiTree Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jan 24 2017, 22:28:58 UTC
• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Family:Matthew_Rodham_and_Elizabeth_H...
• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mysouthernfamily/...
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Rodham-3
• 1. Manahan, John E.. The Coppage-Coppedge family : 1542-1955. Radford, Va.: Commonwealth Press, 1955, p.107
• 2. Place: Maryland; Year: 1633-1641; Page Number: 262 Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.
• 3. Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
• 4. Seventeenth-Century Colonial Ancestors, Vol III. Supplemental III.
• 5. Virginia Colonial Abstracts 1632-1810, Northumbria Collectanea 1645-1720 A-L, p.564.
• Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
• 1664 Deed of Gift, Northumberland Co., Virginia. (Documents marriage of daughter Elizabeth to Richard Kenner.
• HARDY, Stella Pickett. Colonial Families of the Southern States of America. Baltimore, 1958, p. 395.
• https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I2326...