WAINWRIGHT Mehetabel

Female 1662 - 1708  (45 years)


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  • Name WAINWRIGHT Mehetabel 
    Birth 4 Dec 1662  Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    • (spelled Mehittabell in VR.)
    Gender Female 
    _UID B8F70587B3D547EF84E14AE2ECA9E25C5D0A 
    Death 29 Aug 1708  Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Burial Aft 29 Aug 1708  Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Address:
    Pentucket Cemetery 
    1708 Haverhill Massacre monument
    1708 Haverhill Massacre monument

    Rev. Benjamin Rolfe
    Mehetabel (Wainwright) Rolfe
    Mehetable Rolfe
    Capt. Samuel Ayer
    Capt. Simon Wainwright
    Lieut. John Johnson
    Katherine (Skipper) Johnson
    Ruth (Wiliford) Ayer, wife of Thomas Ayer
    Ruth Ayer, daughter of Thomas Ayer
    Ruth (Bradley) Johnson, wife of Thomas Johnson
    Hannah (Frame) (Hartshorn) Smith
    John Hartshorn, Jr.
    John Hartshorne, III, son of John Hartshorne, Jr.
    Thomas Hartshorne, son of John Hartshorne, Jr.
    Jonathan Hartshorne, son of John Hartshorne, Jr.
    Joanna [Hartshorne], step-mother of John, Jr.
    John Dalton

    Several soldiers from Salem also died in this massacre, among them:
    William Coffin, husband of Sarah (Ahorn)
    Veren Lindall
    Samuel Sibley, husband of Sarah (Wells)




    Mehetabel (Wainwright) Rolfe gravestone
    Mehetabel (Wainwright) Rolfe gravestone

    MEHETABLE YE WIFE
    OF YE REVEREND
    MR BENJAMIN ROLF
    WHO WAS BARBAR
    OUSLY MURDERED
    BY ENEMIES ON
    AUGUST YE 29 1708
    IN YE 46 YEAR
    OF HER AGE


    Rev. Benjamin Rolfe family triple gravestone
    Rev. Benjamin Rolfe family triple gravestone

    MEHETIBLE
    Ye DAUGHTER
    OF Ye REVEREND
    Mr BENJAMIN
    ROFE WHO
    DIED AUGUST
    Ye 29 1708
    AGED 2 YEARS &
    25 DAYS

    MEHETIBLE Ye WIFE
    OF Ye REVEREND
    Mr BENJAMIN ROFE
    WHO WAS BARBAR
    OUSLY MURDERED
    BY ENEMIES ON
    AUGUST 29 1708
    IN Ye 46 YEAR
    OF HER AGE

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    DOC ???? ????? ???????
    ROLFE ECCLESI?T ?????
    ?W?? EST IN HAVERHILL
    PAS CORIS FIDELISSIMM???
    DOMI SUAE A?? HOSTISUS
    BARBARE TRUCIDATUS
    CABORIB?? SUIS R????
    MAN?? ?? SACR??? ???????
    QUIETUS ??? XXIX ANNO
    DOMINI ??????
    ??? ??? XIVI



    Person ID I108368  Noyes Family Genealogy
    Last Modified 20 Feb 2015 

    Father Colonel WAINWRIGHT Francis,   b. CA 1620, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 May 1692, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 72 years) 
    Mother SEWELL Phillipa,   c. 8 Mar 1628/9, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Oct 1669, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 40 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1647  Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5
    Family ID F35747  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 ATWATER John,   b. 1662, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1692/3 (Age 31 years) 
    Marriage 1687  Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Family ID F43410  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2023 

    Family 2 Rev. ROLFE Benjamin, Jr.,   b. 13 Sep 1662, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Aug 1708, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years) 
    Marriage 12 Mar 1693/4  Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8
    • (identified as Mrs. Mehetebel Atwater in VR.)
    Children 
     1. ROLFE Mary,   b. 9 Mar 1694/5, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     2. ROLFE Benjamin, III,   b. 2 Sep 1696, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     3. ROLFE John,   b. 2 Jul 1698, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Aug 1698, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     4. ROLFE John,   b. 1 Sep 1699, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Sep 1699, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     5. ROLFE Elizabeth,   b. 1 Sep 1699, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     6. ROLFE Francis,   b. 16 Jan 1701, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     7. ROLFE Mehetable,   c. 19 Aug 1706, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Aug 1708, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 2 years)
    Family ID F43411  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2023 

  • Photos
    Haverhill 1708 residences
    Haverhill 1708 residences
    from the book "Red Sunday" by Francis W. Cronan

  • Sources 
    1. [S313] Book-VR Ipswich, MA, 1:377.

    2. [S1237] Periodical-NEHGR, 67:269 Genealogical Research In England.

    3. [S297] Book-VR Haverhill, MA, 2:464.

    4. [S86] Death-gravestone, Pentucket Cemetery; Haverhill, MA.

    5. [S175] Book-Torrey; NE Marriages Prior to 1700, p.770.

    6. [S175] Book-Torrey; NE Marriages Prior to 1700, p.24.

    7. [S297] Book-VR Haverhill, MA, 2:271.

    8. [S116] Book-Old Families of Salisbury & Amesbury, MA, p.302.