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 United States Senator, and two United States Representatives.
William Rodney (or Rodeney) 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 HollymanWilliam Rodney, m. Ruth CurtisJohn Rodney, m. Ruth HunnJohnThomasDaniel Rodney (1764–1846), Governor of Delaware, m. Sarah Fisher (daughter of Henry Fisher)Hannah (1794–1828), m. Dr. John WhiteGeorge B. Rodney (1803–1883), U. S. Representative from DelawareGeorge B. Rodney, Jr. (1842-1927)JohnWilliamHenry Fisher (1800–1869), m. Mary BurtonNicholasSusanMaryCaleb Rodney (1767–1840), Governor of Delaware, m. Elizabeth West (1771–1812)Hannah (1807–1889), m. Laban L. LyonsHester, m. Dr. Henry Fisher HallPenelope, m. Caleb S. LaytonEliza, m. LandrethDanielWilliam Rodney m. 2) Sarah JonesCaesar Rodney (1707–1745) m. Elizabeth Crawford (daughter of the Rev. Thomas Crawford)Caesar Rodney (1728–1784), Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Continental Congressman, and President of DelawareThomas Rodney (1744–1811), U. S. Representative from Delaware, m. Elizabeth FisherCaesar Augustus Rodney (1772–1824), U.S. Senator from Delaware, m. Susan Hunn (daughter of Capt. John Hunn)LaviniaWilliam Rodney, m. ?Letitia
