Individual Details
John ROLFE
(Abt 1588 - 1664)
Events
| Birth | Abt 1588 | England |  |  | |
| Emigration | 1638 | Melchet-Park, Wiltshire, England | | ||
| Marriage | Bef 1638 | Ann [wife of John Rolfe] [UNKNOWN] | | ||
| Arrival | 1638 | John Rolfe with wife Ann, daughter Esther, and servant Thomas Whittier, on ship Confidence - Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | | |
| Will | 4 Feb 1663 | Newbury, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | | |
| Will | 4 Feb 1663 | Newbury, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | | |
| Death | 1664 | | |||
| Probate | 29 Mar 1664 | Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America | |
Families
| Spouse | Ann [wife of John Rolfe] [UNKNOWN] ( - 1646) |
| Child | Esther ROLFE ( - ) |
| Child | Joane ROLFE (1613 - 1663) |
| Child | Sarah [NON-EXISTENT PERSON] ROLFE ( - ) |
Notes
Birth
inferred from age at arrivalArrival
cites Savage, vol 3, p 571 and NEHGR, vol 14, p 335Will
He names people with relationships as shown:d Hestur the wife of John Sanders;
Sarah Cottell the wife of willm Cottl;
Grand Children Isac Ring and Josep Ring and Elizabeth Shropshere and hester Ring;
Thomas whittyre for his children;
Church of newbre;
Richard whittyr my sisters sonn and his sonn John whityr;
John Rofe my brothrs sonn and his two daughtrs marie and Rebeca Rofe;
beniamn Rofs sonn John Roffe and his sonn benimin Roffe;
Ann Gardner the wife of Richard gardner;
honore dole the wife of Richard dole;
Richard dols six Children;
heneri lefenby Richard dols servant;
mari Kinrick
I can identify all but "mari Kinrick". Also, I know "honore dole" as "Hannah Dole".
Will
He names people with relationships as shown:d Hestur the wife of John Sanders;
Sarah Cottell the wife of willm Cottl;
Grand Children Isac Ring and Josep Ring and Elizabeth Shropshere and hester Ring;
Thomas whittyre for his children;
Church of newbre;
Richard whittyr my sisters sonn and his sonn John whityr;
John Rofe my brothrs sonn and his two daughtrs marie and Rebeca Rofe;
beniamn Rofs sonn John Roffe and his sonn benimin Roffe;
Ann Gardner the wife of Richard gardner;
honore dole the wife of Richard dole;
Richard dols six Children;
heneri lefenby Richard dols servant;
mari Kinrick
I can identify all but "mari Kinrick". Also, I know "honore dole" as "Hannah Dole".
Endnotes
1. Henry Rolfe, "Henry and John Rolfe of Newbury and Salisbury and their Children," New England Historical and Genealogical Registers, vol 36, pp 143-144 (April 1882), online archives, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/vital-records-from-the-nehgs-register/image/?pageName=143&volumeId=21100&filterQuery=databasename:Register : accessed 7 April 2016), p 144, genealogical sketch of John Rolfe.
2. Henry Rolfe, "Henry and John Rolfe of Newbury and Salisbury and their Children," New England Historical and Genealogical Registers, vol 36, pp 143-144 (April 1882), online archives, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/vital-records-from-the-nehgs-register/image/?pageName=143&volumeId=21100&filterQuery=databasename:Register : accessed 7 April 2016), p 144, genealogical sketch of John Rolfe.
3. Henry Rolfe, "Henry and John Rolfe of Newbury and Salisbury and their Children," New England Historical and Genealogical Registers, vol 36, pp 143-144 (April 1882), online archives, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/vital-records-from-the-nehgs-register/image/?pageName=143&volumeId=21100&filterQuery=databasename:Register : accessed 7 April 2016), p 144, genealogical sketch of John Rolfe.
4. Henry Rolfe, "Henry and John Rolfe of Newbury and Salisbury and their Children," New England Historical and Genealogical Registers, vol 36, pp 143-144 (April 1882), online archives, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/vital-records-from-the-nehgs-register/image/?pageName=143&volumeId=21100&filterQuery=databasename:Register : accessed 7 April 2016), p 144, genealogical sketch of John Rolfe.
5. Author unnamed, "Will of John Rolfe," The Essex Antiquarian, vol 12 (January 1908), online archive, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/essex-antiquarian/about/?filterQuery=databasename:essex : downloaded 7 April 2016), p 29, "Will of John Rolfe".
6. Author unnamed, "Will of John Rolfe," The Essex Antiquarian, vol 12 (January 1908), online archive, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/essex-antiquarian/about/?filterQuery=databasename:essex : downloaded 7 April 2016), p 29, "Will of John Rolfe".
7. Henry Rolfe, "Henry and John Rolfe of Newbury and Salisbury and their Children," New England Historical and Genealogical Registers, vol 36, pp 143-144 (April 1882), online archives, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/vital-records-from-the-nehgs-register/image/?pageName=143&volumeId=21100&filterQuery=databasename:Register : accessed 7 April 2016), p 144, genealogical sketch of John Rolfe.
8. Author unnamed, "Will of John Rolfe," The Essex Antiquarian, vol 12 (January 1908), online archive, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/essex-antiquarian/about/?filterQuery=databasename:essex : downloaded 7 April 2016), p 29, "Will of John Rolfe".