Elizabeth (Fisher) Rodney (bef. 1741 - 1783)

Born before 1741 in Sussex, Delaware

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Died 1783 after age 42 in Delaware

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Biography

Elizabeth (Fisher) Rodney was born before 1742. She was the daughter of Jabez Fisher, who left her a bequest in his will dated Sept. 1742 and proved in December of that year.

She married Thomas Rodney 8 Apr 1771. ^[1][2] Thomas was a noted and well-connected person, younger brother of Caesar Rodney. For more information on his career and involvement with the new nation, please see his profile.

Elizabeth and her two sisters, Sarah and Margaret Fisher inherited property on Fishers Island at the death of her father. She and her husband sold the property to her cousins in 1773.

She and Thomas were the parents of Caesar Augustus Rodney( 1772-1824). Elizabeth died in 1783.

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.russpickett.com/history/sentbio.htm#rod2
2. ↑ https://archive.org/stream/genealogyoffishe00smit/genealogyoffishe00smit_djvu.txt

• Delaware, Wills and Probate Records, , 1676-1971: Sussex: General index 1682-1948 Wills, book A 1682-1781. Image 472. FamilySearch.org [1] accessed 17 Oct 2019.

Will of JABEZ MAUD FISHER

Signed: 13 Sep 1742; codicil 13 Sept 1742; Proved ? December 1742

Heirs: wife, Sarah Fisher; children: Margaret Fisher, Sarah Fisher, Elizabeth Fisher, Joshua Fisher, Edward Fisher, Finwick (Fenwick?) Fisher

Executors: wife, Sarah Fisher and brother, Joshua Fisher

Witnesses: Ralph Brock, Margery Miers Robert Hauckshire(?)

Codicil leaves Four hundred acres of Plumb Point marsh to be divided among daughters

• "Genealogy of the Fisher family, 1682 to 1896" Compiled by ANNA WHARTON SMITH. [2]

29. Elizabeth Maud Fisher 4 (Jabez M. 3 , Thomas 2 , John 1 ), d. Oct. 31, 1783; m. Apr. 8, 1771, Thomas Rodney, b. in Delaware in 1744; d. at Rodney, Miss., Jan. 21, 1811; son of Caesar Rodney, b. 1707; d. 1745.*

• Delaware, Land Records, 1677-1947 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. Original source: Delaware, Land Records, 1677–1947. Recorder of Deeds, Sussex County, RG 4555, Subgroup 000, Series 030. Delaware Public Archives, Dover, Delaware.

Sussex county: Roll 006: Image 35 [3]

purchaser: Thomas Fisher, Samuel Fisher, and Jabez Maud Fisher, of Philadelphia, merchants

seller:Thomas Rodney and Elizabeth, his wife, of Philadelphia

Date: 30 June 1773

Price: £400 of Pennsylvania;Property: large tract called Fishers Island including 400 acres of marsh called Plumb Point Marsh.

Whereas Jabez Maud Fisher died 13 September 1772 and bequeathed property to his three daughters Margaret Fisher, Sarah Fisher, and Elizabeth Fisher (now the wife of the said Thomas Rodney and party hereto) ; Margaret and Sarah died and Elizabeth has survived them and has become seized of the whole 400 acres.