Waking the Tree

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James Henry Brintzinghoffer Transcriptions

1650. Will of Honour Rolfe. Taken by witness. Charlestown, MA

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,…
James Henry Brintzinghoffer Transcriptions

1633-1674. Records in Roxbury, Boston, Portsmouth & Newport. John & Margaret Porter

Margaret Lang Odding and John Porter were my 10th great-grandparents. Their daughter Hannah Porter was my 9th great-grandmother. They moved to Roxbury, then Boston, but were banished and founded a new colony on Aquidneck Island, holding properties in Portsmouth and Newport. John was also party to the Pettaquamscutt Purchase in South Kingston. Margaret successfully sued…