I left off with the Pralls and few allied families yesterday. I'll continue from there with the Rhodes family.
Although immigrant Zachariah Rhodes seems to have pursued political and community interests over any particular career - he did drown off the coast of Rhode Island, so may have been involved in maritime pursuits. Son John was a farmer, as was grandson, John. Little is known of John's son Holden. His son Holden took to the seas. He was a privateer during the Revolution and was a sea captain. His son Zachariah was also a sea captain. He and his brother, Perry, were lost at sea in 1815.
Captain Holden Rhodes' father-in-law, Daniel Remington, was a ship's carpenter.
The in-laws of Captain Zachariah Rhodes also had ties to the seafaring world. His wife's father and brother [James Cunningham Sr. and Jr.] were sea captains. Harriet's five sisters all married seamen, shipbuilders or others in similar trades.
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