Caesar Rodney was born in 1728 on his family's farm in Kent county, Delaware. He had been the oldest son of eight to Caesar and Elizabeth Crawford Rodney. Out of all the children, Caesar had been the only one taught what was near a formal education. Rodney started his education pretty late in life. At the age of 13, he attended school at the Latin school in Philadelphia. Caesar did not finish his education due to his father soon dying after he began.
After Caesar’s father passed, he was able to move into his