Ko William Barnard Rhodes, rātou ko tana wahine a Sarah, ko tana tamāhine a Mary Ann. Nō te matenga o te whaea Māori o Mary Ann, ka haria e te matua tāne, nāna ia i whakatupu. Nō te matenga o tana pāpā, ka noho ko Mary Ann te wahine tino whai rawa o Aotearoa katoa.

William Barnard Rhodes with his wife Sarah and daughter Mary Ann. When Mary Ann’s Māori mother died, she was taken to her father and raised by him. When her father died Mary Ann became the wealthiest woman in Aotearoa New Zealand.