Richard Kent is my 10th great-grandfather. He was born about 1590 in Upper Wallop, Hampshire, England. He emigrated to Massachusetts Bay colony in 1634 on the ‘Mary & John’. He died in Newbury, 14 JUN 1654. These are excerpts regarding him from the various Newbury, MA town records.
Henry Rolfe was my 10th great-grandfather, born 5 SEP 1585 in Melchett Park, Downton, Wiltshire England, died March 1643 in Newbury, Essex, MA. These are records related to his time in the Massachusetts Bay colony.
John Bishop was my 9th great-grandfather. He was a carpenter born in England around 1621, as well as an early settler to the MA Bay colony. He later was a founding settler in Woodbridge, NJ. These records are incomplete and in progress.
Henry Rolfe was my 10th great-grandfather, born 5 SEP 1585 in Melchett Park, Downton, Wiltshire England, died March 1643 in Newbury, Essex, MA. He married his cousin Honor Rolfe in 1621 and these this is his Last Will & Testament.
Honor Rolfe was my 10th great-grandmother, born in Wiltshire, England around 1593. She emigrated in 1635 and was an early settler to Newbury, MA. She died, perhaps unexpectedly in the Charlestown home of her eldest child, Anna Rolfe Blanchard – my 9th great-grandmother. Anna’s young husband, Thomas, also died at more or less same time,…
My 9th great-grandfather, Richard Gardner was born on 13 JUN 1628, in Surrey, England. He died 29 MAY 1698, in Woburn, Massachusetts Bay Colony. This is his will.
My 11th great-grandfather, John Rolfe, was born around 1550 and died around 1625 in Whiteparish, Wiltshire, England. His will is helpful in learning about two of his sons who emigrated to Massachusetts Bay colony.
One of my Forman ancestors loaned money to Henry VIII – bad idea. One arrested the governor of NJ for holding court while Scottish. There was a patriot tarred as a traitor for ages, and a religious refugee who persecuted Quakers on Long Island. Knights, vicars, patriots & scoundrels – 12 generations of Formans.