Hannah Rolfe (Immigrant)|b. c 1630\nd. 16 Nov 1678|p1653.htm|Henry Rolfe (Immigrant)|b. 5 Sep 1585\nd. 1 Mar 1642/43|p1878.htm|Honour Rolfe (Immigrant)|b. c 1593\nd. 1650|p1879.htm|John Rolfe|b. c 1550\nd. a 1625|p3956.htm|Honor (__________)||p3957.htm|Richard Rolfe|b. c 1567\nd. a 1598|p3758.htm|Agnes Rolfe|b. c 1573|p3759.htm|
Hannah Rolfe (Immigrant) was mentioned in the will of HonourRolfe(Immigrant) in 1650; at the home of her son-in-law Thomas Blanchard where she lay 'berry sick". The will was noncupative (an oral will given in the presence of witnesses usually at the time when the testator is very near death). She wished her possessions to go to her sons, Benjamin and John, and her two daughters, Hannah Dole and Anna. She also wanted each of her four grandchildren to have tweny shillings four or five years after her death. Benjamin and John were not yet married, while Hannah had married Richard Dole and was the mother of two son. The other two grandchildren were the daughters of Anna (Rolfe) Blanchard.6
Death*
16 November 1678
Hannah Rolfe (Immigrant) died on 16 November 1678 at Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.4,7,5
[S487] Descend-O-Gram, The Newsletter of The Sons & Daughters of The First Settlers of Newbury MA, vol xii pg 6.
[S88] The English Ancestry of Richard Dole of Newbury, Massachusetts, Leslie Mahler , The American Genealogist Whole Number 293, January 1999 Vol 74 #1 pgs 53-57.
[S531] A Sketch of the History of Newbury, Newburyport and West Newbury, Joshual Coffin , Peter Randall for Sons & Daughters of First Settlers of Newbury MA, 1977 SLC 2055170 Item 2 and 6050089 Fiches 1-5.
[S497] "Sarah, Mother of Jeremiah Bumstead" by Ruth Gray and "Diary of Jeremiah Bumstead of Boston 1722-1727", NEHGS Register Sarah: v.140 pgs 312-316 and Diary: v.15 Jul 1861 pg 193-204 and Oct 1861 pg 305-315.
[S96] History of the town of Gloucester, Cape Ann : including the town of Rockport, John J. Babson , Procter Brothers: Gloucester [Mass.], 1860 SLC 974.45/G3 H2bj film 973277 Item 2.
[S534] Four Generations of the Descendants of Richard Dole, Noreen C Pramberg , circa 1984 SLC 929.273 A1 no. 4963.