ROLFE Mehetable

Female 1706 - 1708  (~ 2 years)


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  • Name ROLFE Mehetable 
    Christening 19 Aug 1706  Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    _UID D06D20E55511465BAC72FEB6C9CD2CAD8AFA 
    Death 29 Aug 1708  Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 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)




    Mehetable Rolfe gravestone
    Mehetable Rolfe gravestone

    MEHETABLE
    YE DAUGHTER
    OF YE REVERAND
    MR BENJAMIN
    ROFE WHO
    DIED AUGUST
    YE 29, 1708
    AGED 2 YEARS
    & 7 DAYS

    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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    ROLFE ECCLESI?T ?????
    ?W?? EST IN HAVERHILL
    PAS CORIS FIDELISSIMM???
    DOMI SUAE A?? HOSTISUS
    BARBARE TRUCIDATUS
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    QUIETUS ??? XXIX ANNO
    DOMINI ??????
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    Person ID I108371  Noyes Family Genealogy
    Last Modified 20 Feb 2015 

    Father 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) 
    Mother WAINWRIGHT Mehetabel,   b. 4 Dec 1662, Ipswich, 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  [3, 5
    • (identified as Mrs. Mehetebel Atwater in VR.)
    Family ID F43411  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

  • Sources 
    1. [S297] Book-VR Haverhill, MA, 1:260.

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

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

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

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