Benjamin ROLFE

1710 - 1771  (61 years)

• Name	Benjamin ROLFE  [1]
  Birth	08 Jul 1710	Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Education	1727  [1]
  	Graduated from Harvard College
  Death	21 Dec 1771
  Notes	Excerpt from "Descendants of Thomas Hale": Benjamin, graduating at the age of 17, seems to have gone almost immediately to "Pennacook," where he spent his life as the leader of the infant settlement and afterwards of the town. He was "clerk of the proprietors of Pennacook" in 1731, and continued so till 1770. Was for many years town clerk of Rumford. In 1737 was clerk of the commissioners to determine the boundary line between Mass. and New Hampshire, of which commission his father was a member. In 1745 he held the commission of Colonel. He ws the first representative of Rumford in the General Assembly of New Hampshire, and repeatedly held the same office afterwards, and during his life-time held almost every responsible office in the town in the gift of his fellow-citizens. He lived a bachelor till near 60 years of age.
  Person ID	I47192	Main Tree
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	Henry ROLFE,   b. 12 Oct 1677, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 19 Jul 1752, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 74 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Hannah TOPPAN,   b. 04 Mar 1679, Newbury, Massachusetts
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	1705  [1]
  Family ID	F07810	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah WALKER,   b. 06 Aug 1739, Rumford, Massachusetts d. 10 Jan 1792, Concord, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts (Age 52 years)
  Marriage	1769  [1]
  Children	1. Col. Paul ROLFE,   b. 04 Aug 1770, Rumford, Massachusetts d. 28 Jul 1819, Concord, Merrimack Co., New Hampshire (Age 48 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F07828	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

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