Rodney family of Delaware
The Rodney family of Delaware was a prominent family of farmers and politicians in Kent County and Sussex County, Delaware. It includes a signer of the Declaration of Independence, a member of the Continental Congress, three governors of Delaware, a U.S. senator, and two U.S. representatives.
William Rodney came to Philadelphia soon after William Penn and having settled at St. Jones Hundred, near what later became Dover, Delaware, was foreman of a Kent County jury in December 1681. The eldest of six children, he was baptized in Bristol, England, on December 14, 1660. His father worked as a royal prosecutor and surveyor of customs in New York, dying on Long Island Sound in 1679, while returning from the West Indies.
- William Rodney m. 1) Mary Hollyman
- *William Rodney, m. Ruth Curtis
- **John Rodney, m. Ruth Hunn
- ***John
- ***Thomas
- ***Daniel Rodney, Governor of Delaware, m. Sarah Fisher
- ****Hannah, m. Dr. John White
- ****George B. Rodney, U.S. Representative from Delaware
- *****George B. Rodney Jr.
- ****John
- ****William
- ****Henry Fisher, m. Mary Burton
- ****Nicholas
- ****Susan
- ****Mary
- ***Caleb Rodney, Governor of Delaware, m. Elizabeth West
- ****Hannah, m. Laban L. Lyons
- ****Hester, m. Dr. Henry Fisher Hall
- ****Penelope, m. Caleb S. Layton
- ****Eliza, m. Landreth
- ****Daniel
- William Rodney m. 2) Sarah Jones
- *Caesar Rodney m. Elizabeth Crawford
- **Caesar Rodney, signer of the Declaration of Independence, Continental Congressman, and President of Delaware
- **Thomas Rodney, U.S. Representative from Delaware, m. Elizabeth Fisher
- ***Caesar Augustus Rodney, U.S. Senator from Delaware, m. Susan Hunn
- ***Lavinia
- **William Rodney, m. ?
- ***Letitia