Henry ROLFE

1677 - 1752  (74 years)

• Name	Henry ROLFE  [1, 2]
  Birth	12 Oct 1677	Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA   [1, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	19 Jul 1752	Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA   [1]
  Notes	Excerpt from "Descendants of Thomas Hale": Henry Rolfe lived and died in Newbury Oldtown, and is buried in the burying- ground there, his name on the gravestone being spelled Rolph, though it is believed he uniformly spelled it Rolfe. He ws a man of handsome estate, a leading man in the town, and as his gravestone records "for many years in commission for the Peace and member of ye Gen Court of this Province." He was one of the original proprietors of "Pennacook," afterwards Rumford, and now Concord, N.H., under the charter granted by the Province of Mass., and was evidently the master spirit among them, as his son, Col. Benjamin, afterwards was in the town. With a few others he passed the winter of 1726-7 there, the first winte spent there by white men. Dr. Bonton, in his Histgory of Concord, says "tghey suffered severly from cold and for want of suitable provisions, and were relieved by friendly Indians dwelling there." He was usually moderator in the meetings of the proprietors and their agent before the Legislature of Mass. He was one of the commissioners of Mass. in 1637 for running the boundary line between that province and New Hampshire.
  Person ID	I47204	Main Tree
  Last Modified	12 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	Benjamin ROLFE,   b. Between 1637 and 1640   d. Aug 1710, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 73 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Apphia HALE,   b. 1642, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 24 Dec 1708, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 66 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	03 Nov 1659  [1]
  Family ID	F07749	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah TOPPAN,   b. 04 Mar 1679, Newbury, Massachusetts
  Marriage	1705  [1]
  Children	1. Henry ROLFE,   b. 21 Oct 1706, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA  [Birth]   2. Hannah ROLFE,   b. 07 Nov 1708, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA  [Natural]   3. Benjamin ROLFE,   b. 08 Jul 1710, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 21 Dec 1771 (Age 61 years)  [Birth]   4. Elizabeth ROLFE,   b. 14 Jan 1711/2, Newbury, Massachusetts d. 28 Jan 1711/2, Newbury, Massachusetts (Age 0 years)  [Birth]   5. Nathaniel ROLFE,   b. 26 Jan 1712/3, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA  [Birth]   6. Mary ROLFE,   b. 19 Sep 1720, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 17 Apr 1788 (Age 67 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F07810	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Aug 2021

  
  

• Sources

  [S00053] Robert Safford Hale, LL.D., Genealogy of Descendants of Thomas HALE of Watton, England, and of Newbury, Massachusetts. [S12622] Daniel Langdon Tappan, TAPPAN-TOPPAN Genealogy: Ancestors and Descendants of Abraham TOPPAN of Newbury, Massachusetts, 1606-1672. [S03539] Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, (Name: Name: The Essex Institute Salem, Mass., 1911;;).