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.
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,…