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.
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.
Six of my ancestors emmigrated to the Puritan colony of Massachusetts Bay in 1633. Within 5 years, all of them would be exiled for heresy.
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.