Born about in Hempstead, Queens, New York Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Raynor
and Phebe (Mollineaux) Raynor
Wife of
Samuel Rhodes
— married
9 May 1784 in St. George's Episcopal Church, Hempstead, N.Y.
Descendants 
Mother of
Nancy (Rhodes) Smith, John Rhodes, Rueben Rhodes, Samuel Rhodes, Richard Rhodes, Mary (Rhodes) Smith, Sarah Raynor (Rhodes) Smith, Elizabeth Rhodes and Stephen Rhodes
Died
at about age 86
in Hempstead, Queens, New York, United States
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Biography
Sarah Raynor was born in 1764 in Hempstead, Queens, New York. [1]. She married Samuel Rhodes at St. Georges Episcopal Church in 1784. [2] [3] Sarah’s will (as Sarah Rhoades) was drawn in 1844, mentioning several children and her deceased husband Samuel. The will and an 1850 codicil were included in her probate documents dated November 11, 1851. [4]. The inferred date of her death was 1851. Sarah is said to have been buried in the Old Town Burial Ground in Hempstead.
Sources
- ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to Emily Rhodes
- ↑ Haight, John Sylvanus, Adventures for God: A History of St. George's Episcopal Church, Hempstead, Long Island, New York: J.S. Haight, 1932. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006800970
- ↑ "New York Marriages, 1686-1980", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VK1K-5V2 : 21 January 2020), Samuel Rhoades, 1784.
- ↑ New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999 for Sarah Rhodes, Queens, Wills of Personal Estate, Vol 0001-0003, 1835-1875. Ancestry.com.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:
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~3.12%
~9.38%
Joan Selinger 
:
23andMe
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~3.12%
~9.38%
D. Selinger :
AncestryDNA
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~3.12%
Jeff Erickson :
Living DNA, GEDmatch JM4643549 [compare]
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~0.78%
Deana Rhodes :
23andMe
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Finally, I've reformatted the bio to be more consistent with current guidance, keeping the previous information and adding the will.
edited by Michael Schroeder