Mary (Willcocks) Rhodes

Ancestors

Wife of James Rhodes — married 13 Jun 1792 in Nelson County, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died about 1847 in Knottsville Precinct, Daviess, Kentucky

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Biography

Mary Willcocks was born about 1775.

She married James Rhodes on June 13, 1792, in Nelson County, Kentucky.^[1]

According to the published profile of their son, George W. Rhodes, James and Mary and their family moved to Daviess County from Washington County 1n 1932 and settled in Knottsville Precinct, "where they remained until their death."^[2] However, the evidence would indicate the move was actually made from Nelson county since that is where James is enumerated in the 1830 census.

Although her exact date of death is not known, by the 1840 census James seems to have disappeared, leaving Mary with a small household. They were both definitely dead by January 10, 1848, when his sons, John A. Rhodes and George W. Rhodes filed bond for the administration of James' and Mary's separate estates. Also signing as sureties were Michael D. Wells and Moses P. Fuque.^[3] The filing of the bonds leads one to believe that she died in either late 1847 or very early January, 1848. Both James and Mary apparently died in the Knottsville Precinct, Daviess County, Kentucky^[4].

Timeline

1840 - United States Federal Census - By 1840, James seems to have died. Mary Rhodes is shown in Daviess County, Kentucky. Her household consists of 1 white male, 20-29; one white female, 60-69; 1 female slave under 10; one female slave ages 24-35 and one male slave under 10. Two persons were employed in agriculture.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Elizabeth Prather Ellsbury, Ancestry.com, "Nelson County, Kentucky Marriage Records, 1785-1815," database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com), Rhodes, James.
2. ↑ Inter-State Publishing Company, editor, History of Daviess County, Kentucky: together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history, portraits of prominent persons, biographies of representative citizens, and an outline History of Kentucky (Chicago, Illinois: Inter-State Publishing Company, 1883), p. 550.
3. ↑ Daviess, Kentucky, Probate Records 1792-1977, Administrator bonds, 1834-1852, Vol. 1-A: p. 123, Mary Rhodes; FHL microfilm, item 244.
4. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGVB-DHSC : 15 June 2022), Mary Willcocks Rhodes, ; Burial, West Louisville, Daviess, Kentucky, United States of America, Saint Raphael Original Log Church and Cemetery; citing record ID Find A Grave: Memorial #182927390, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
5. ↑ 1840 U.S. census, Daviess, Kentucky, not stated, p. 20, line 2, Mary Rhodes; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M704, roll 109.