The second son, named John Samuel Rhoads, married Hannah Willcox in 1692.
10 Facts About Samuel Rhoads
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Samuel Rhoads was born in Philadelphia in 1711, their fifth child.
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Samuel Rhoads first worked as a carpenter and builder before becoming a merchant.
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Samuel Rhoads designed the east wing of the Pennsylvania Hospital.
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Samuel Rhoads designed the west wing and an additional outdoor structure that weren't built until after his death, in 1794.
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Samuel Rhoads served on the Board of Managers of the hospital.
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Samuel Rhoads shared the revolutionary sentiment spreading through the city in the 1770s and was a delegate to the First Continental Congress.
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An associate and friend of Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Rhoads played a role in many of the important institutions of colonial Philadelphia.
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Samuel Rhoads was an early Director of the Library Company of Philadelphia, a founding Director of the Philadelphia Contributionship, and a Vice-President of the American Philosophical Society.
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Samuel Rhoads was a master of the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia.