Born in Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island
Ancestors 
Daughter of Zachariah Rhodes
and Mary (Randall) Rhodes
Wife of
William Knight
— married
about 1734 in Providence, Rhode Island
Descendants 
Mother of
Henry Knight
Died before
before age 46
in Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island
Profile last modified
| Created 15 May 2021
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Biography
Marcy was born in 1714, the daughter of Zachariah Rhodes and Mary Randall of Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island Colony. She passed away before 1761.
Sources
- Rhode Island, U.S., Vital Extracts, 1636-1899
Rhode Island, Births, 1636-1930
Name Marcy Rhodes
Birth Date11 Apr 1714
Birth Place Rhode Island
Relation Daughter
1st Parent Zechariah Rhodes
2nd Parent Mary Rhodes [1]
The family of William Knight and Marcy/Mary Rhodes Knight
Text:
Mary RHODES was born in 1714 in Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island. She died in 1761 in Providence County, Rhode Island. Mary married William KNIGHT in 1740 in Providence County, Rhode Island.
They had the following children.
M i Job KNIGHT-1479 was born in 1742. He died on 3 Feb 1794.
M ii Henry KNIGHT-1413 was born in 1743. He died on 13 Jan 1798.
M iii Christopher KNIGHT-1428 was born in 1745. He died on 8 Jan 1787.
F iv Susannah KNIGHT-1430 was born in 1750.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Marcy by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Marcy by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Christopher Ferguson
:
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup t2b15, FTDNA kit #46951 - Martha (Singletary) Ward :
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup T2b15, FTDNA kit #501357
- Ann (Pangborn) Weiner :
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup U5a1b1
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~0.78%
Shirley (Blackwell) Southworth :
23andMe, GEDmatch M479072 [compare]
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~0.39%
Fletcher Trice :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member fletch2018
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https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Rhodes-2152
You can see that his daughter Mercy already had a profile. Then there are claims, which I have not verified, that the widow Mercy Rhodes of Roger Sheldon married Thomas Angell and had further children in the 1740s. This would prevent her from being the wife of William Knight.