Rev Benjamin ROLFE

1662 - 1708  (45 years)

• Name	Benjamin ROLFE  [1, 2]
  Prefix	Rev
  Birth	13 Sep 1662	Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA   [1, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Education	1684  [1]
  	Graduated from Harvard College
  Residence	1689	Chaplain to the forces at Falmouth   [1]
  Residence	1694	Ordained as the second minister of Haverhill, Mass.   [1]
  Death	29 Aug 1708	Haverhill, Mass.   [1]
  Notes	Benjamin, his wife and the youngest child were killed by Indians Daughters, Mary and Elizabeth were saved from death at the hands of the Indians by the coolnees, inrepidity, shrewdness and faithfulness of Hagar, a negro servant, who concealed them and herself in the cellar.
  Person ID	I47189	Main Tree
  Last Modified	7 Feb 2019

  
  

  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	Mehitable ATWATER,   b. Abt 1662, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 29 Aug 1708, Haverhill, Massachusetts (Age 46 years)
  Marriage	12 Mar 1693/4  [1]
  Children	1. Mary ROLFE,   b. 09 Mar 1695, Haverhill, Massachusetts d. 21 Oct 1763 (Age 68 years)  [Foster]  [Birth]   2. Benjamin ROLFE,   b. 02 Sep 1696, Haverhill, Massachusetts  [Natural]   3. John ROLFE,   b. Jun 1698, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts d. 05 Aug 1698, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts (Age 0 years)  [Natural]   4. John ROLFE,   b. Aug 1699, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts d. 15 Sep 1699, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts (Age 0 years)  [Natural]   5. Elizabeth ROLFE,   b. 01 Sep 1699/00, Haverhill, Massachusetts d. 1 Dec 1769, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 69 years)  [Birth]   6. Francis ROLFE,   b. 16 Jan 1702/3, Haverhill, Massachusetts  [Birth]   7. Mehetible ROLFE,   b. 22 Aug 1706, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts d. 29 Aug 1708, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts (Age 2 years)  [Natural]
  Family ID	F07806	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Feb 2019

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 29 Aug 1708 - Haverhill, Mass.  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S00053] Robert Safford Hale, LL.D., Genealogy of Descendants of Thomas HALE of Watton, England, and of Newbury, Massachusetts. [S10357] Atwater History and Genealogy, (Complied by Francis Atwater and Francis Atwater). [S03539] Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, (Name: Name: The Essex Institute Salem, Mass., 1911;;).