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1662 - 1708 (45 years)
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Name |
WAINWRIGHT Mehetabel |
Born |
4 Dec 1662 |
Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts [1, 2] |
- (spelled Mehittabell in VR.)
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Gender |
Female |
_UID |
B8F70587B3D547EF84E14AE2ECA9E25C5D0A |
Died |
29 Aug 1708 |
Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts [3] |
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Buried |
Aft 29 Aug 1708 |
Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts [4] |
Address: Pentucket Cemetery |
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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)
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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
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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 ??????
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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 |
2 Jan 2021 |
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.)
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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) |
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Last Modified |
2 Jan 2021 |
Family ID |
F43411 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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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.
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