WAINWRIGHT Mehetabel

1662 - 1708  (45 years)

• Name	WAINWRIGHT Mehetabel
  Born	4 Dec 1662	Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts   [1, 2]
  	(spelled Mehittabell in VR.)
  Gender	Female
  _UID	B8F70587B3D547EF84E14AE2ECA9E25C5D0A
  Died	29 Aug 1708	Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts   [3]
  	(killed by Indians in the 1708 Haverhill Massacre http://www.mocavo.com/The-History-of-Haverhill-Massachusetts-From-Its-First-Settlement-in-1640-to-the-Year-1860-5/950179/244#233 ; died in her 46th year; spelled Rolf in VR.)
  Buried	Aft 29 Aug 1708	Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts   [4]
  	Address: Pentucket Cemetery
  		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 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 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 ????????????????? 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 ,   d. 19 May 1692, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 72 years)
  Mother	SEWELL Phillipa,   c. 8 Mar 1628/9, England ,   d. 6 Oct 1669, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 40 years)
  Married	Abt 1647	Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts   [2, 5]
  Family ID	F35747	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	ATWATER John,   b. 1662, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts ,   d. 1692/3  (Age 31 years)
  Married	1687	Salem, Essex, Massachusetts   [6]
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2019
  Family ID	F43410	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Rev. ROLFE Benjamin, Jr.,   b. 13 Sep 1662, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 29 Aug 1708, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 45 years)
  Married	12 Mar 1693/4	Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts   [7, 8]
  	(identified as Mrs. Mehetebel Atwater in VR.)
  Children	1. ROLFE Mary,   b. 9 Mar 1694/5, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. ROLFE Benjamin, III,   b. 2 Sep 1696, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. ROLFE John,   b. 2 Jul 1698, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 3 Aug 1698, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 0 years)   4. ROLFE John,   b. 1 Sep 1699, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 19 Sep 1699, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 0 years)   5. ROLFE Elizabeth,   b. 1 Sep 1699, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. ROLFE Francis,   b. 16 Jan 1701, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. ROLFE Mehetable,   c. 19 Aug 1706, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 29 Aug 1708, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 2 years)
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2019
  Family ID	F43411	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

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

  
  

• Sources

  [S313] Book-VR Ipswich, MA, 1:377. [S1237] Periodical-NEHGR, 67:269 Genealogical Research In England. [S297] Book-VR Haverhill, MA, 2:464. [S86] Death-gravestone, Pentucket Cemetery; Haverhill, MA. [S175] Book-Torrey; NE Marriages Prior to 1700, p.770. [S175] Book-Torrey; NE Marriages Prior to 1700, p.24. [S297] Book-VR Haverhill, MA, 2:271. [S116] Book-Old Families of Salisbury & Amesbury, MA, p.302.