John Rodman (1775 – February 1847 in
New Brunswick, New Jersey
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and
Florida
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.
Life
He married Harriet Fenno, daughter of
John Fenno
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. Harriet Rodman died in 1808, and was buried in
Trinity Churchyard
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. Their only child was Anna Eliza Rodman (ca. 1801–1881) who married
Major General Harvey Brown.
During the
War of 1812
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, he was a
major
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of
artillery
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.
In 1814, he published in New York his translation of the ''Commercial Code of France''. He was
New York County District Attorney
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from 1815 to 1817.
In May 1821, expecting the cessation of
Florida
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by the
Adams–Onís Treaty
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to take effect in July, Rodman was appointed by President
James Monroe
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the first Collector of the Port of
St. Augustine. Rodman was re-appointed several times, and remained in office until 1842. During his tenure as Collector, he also held other local offices (at times acting as Mayor), and practiced law in the local courts.
North Carolina Supreme Court Justice
William B. Rodman was his nephew.
Sources
''The New York Civil List''compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (page 369; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
''Niles' Register''(issue of June 2, 1821)
''Genealogy of the Rodman Family 1620-1886''by Charles Henry Jones (p. 53ff)
tates erroneously that he was U.S. District Attorney of the Southern D. of NY
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1775 births
1847 deaths
New York County District Attorneys
People from St. Augustine, Florida
Politicians from New Brunswick, New Jersey
Mayors of places in Florida