Born in Derby, Derbyshire, England
Daughter of John Rhodes
and Agnes (Shortt) Rhodes
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Thomas Oldham
— married
25 Jan 1616 in All Saints Parish, Derby, Derbyshire, England
Descendants 
Mother of
Ann Oldham, John Oldham, Thomas Oldham II, Sarah Oldham, Joseph Oldham, Rebekah Oldham and Jethro Oldham
Died before
before age 40
in Derby, Derbyshire, England
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Aug 2010
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Biography
Elizabeth Rhodes (Roads) was born about 1595 or 1596. There is no known christening record for her. It is doubtful that she was the Elizabeth Roodes christened 15 Jan 1587/8 at Staveley, Derbyshire, daughter of Master John Roodes), because that would make her four years older than her husband. Also Staveley is some 25 miles north of Derby. Therefore we should not view Elizabeth Roodes of Stavely the same way we would an Elizabeth Roodes who might have been born in the immediate environs of Derby.
She married Thomas Oldham on 25 Jan 1615/6 in All Saints Parish, Derby, England in the marriage record, her name is spelled "Roades".[1]
There has been speculation that she was a descendant of the "John Rods" who married Agnes Shortt 30 Nov 1560 at All Saints. Some people have leapt from that speculative observation to assert that Elizabeth was the daughter of this couple. This seems very unlikely. Even if Agnes were merely 15 years old at the time of her marriage, her childbearing years would have ended around 1590.
Elizabeth wife of Thomas Oldham was buried from All Saints, Derby, on 18 September 1635.[2]
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Sources
- ↑ "England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KBD6-2GQ : 19 October 2020), Thomas Oldham and Elizabeth Roades, 25 Jan 1615; citing 25 Jan 1615; citing Marriage, All Saints Church, Derby, Derbyshire, England, Derbyshire Record Office, England; FHL microfilm 1,041,144,
- ↑ All Saints' parish register
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Anoter story says that "In 1623, Captain John “Mad Jack” Oldham, his sister Lucretia, and his brother Thomas's pregnant wife, Elizabeth Rhodes, boarded the Anne and set sail to Plymouth, Massachusetts." This seems unlikely, however,. Because some sources (none original I can find) tell the story that Thomas Oldham, husband of Elizabeth Rhodes, died from plague in 1636, in Derbyshire. It's possible - and I'm guessing - that Elizabeth Rhodes DID die in childbirth in 1631, and that Thomas remarried quickly, another Elizabeth. Because it was, according to most stories, in 1635 that both Thomas (aged 10 then) and his older brother John (aged 12 then) came to America because they had been orphaned, and were housed by Lucritia and by John (Mad Jack). Any insight is welcome. And yes - there are two different but same profiles.