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About Thomas Rolfe
Biography
'Thomas Ralph, first of Guilford, Conn., and later of Warwrick, R.I., married (first) Elizabeth Desbrough, and (second) in 1656 Mary Cook, widow of John. Both Mr. and Mrs. Ralph died in 1682.
On Sept. 25, 1671, he and two others were appointed to make a rate and levy an assessment upon the inhabitants of Mashaulatauk, in Warwick. His will was proved June 15, 1682, at Warwick, and in it he bequeated land in Warwick to his sons Samuel and Thomas.
By his first marriage Thomas Ralph had a sone
- Samuel, of Providence, who married Mary, and they both died in 1723.
By his second marriage he was the father of children as follows:
- Alice, born Jan. 13, 1657, died in 1682; she married Thomas Fenner, born in September, 1652,son of Arthur and Mehetable (Waterman) Fenner, and he died Feb. 27, 1718. #Thomas, born July 12, 1658, died in 1696; he married Eleanor, who also died in that year, and he was a resident of Providence.
- Sarah, born Ded. 4, 1661, married a Mr. Benjamin.
- Deliverance was born Aug. 20, 1666.'
Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island;1969; p.360. '1651, Oct. 1. His first wife, from whom he had been divorced, married John Johnson.
Will
Thomas Rolfe His will proved in Warwick RI. Genealogical Dictionary of RI, comprising 3 gen of settlers who came bef 1690, by John Osborn Austin (Gen Pub Co Inc).: Ralph, Thomas, see Am Genealogist, Vl. 20, p. 228-229.
On Sep 25, 1671 Thomas Relf of Warwick and 2 others were appointed to make a rate and levy assessment upon the inhabitants of Mashantataca. In 1682 the will was proved June 15. The executor of the will was son Thomas. Overseers John Potter and cousin Samuel Stafford. His will dated at Prudence Island but proved at Warwick.
- To son Samuel he gave 50 acres in Mashantaca [sic] and 2 shares of meadow in Teckaunk.
- To son Thomas, all the rest of the lands and chattels in Mashantataca and elsewhere, except such cattle as his mother's, and he give her sufficient maintenance for life.
- To dau Deliverance Relph he gave 20 pounds paid by her bro Thomas of which 10 pounds to be paid her at 18 and 10 pounds at 21 with a feather bed.
- To dau Sarah Benjamin, 7 pounds, paid her by Thomas in 7 years.
- To grandchild William Fenner, 5 pounds when of age, paid by testator's son Thomas.
Savages Gen Dictionary lists second wife as Mary, widow of John Cooke of Warwick RI, married 1655/or 1656. Thomas prob lived some time before marriage in Warwick. [Prob because first wife remarried 1651 and had obtained a divorce from him)
Savages Gen Dict says children Thomas, Sarah, Deliverance, and Benjamin [but Benjamin is last name of dau Sarah] and grandchild William Fenner and cousin Samuel Stafford and Samuel Relf, son by first marriage named in will
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Thomas Rolfe's Timeline
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1615
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Westminster, Middlesex, England
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1615
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St Margaret's Church, Westminster, Middlesex, England
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1644
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Guilford, Connecticut
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June 3, 1647
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Guilford, New Haven Colony
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| 1657 |
January 13, 1657
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Warwick, Providence Plantation (Present Kent County), (Present Rhode Island)
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| 1658 |
July 12, 1658
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Warwick or Providence, Kent or Providence County, Rhode Island, United States
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| 1661 |
December 14, 1661
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Warwick, Kent Co, RI
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| 1666 |
August 20, 1666
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Warwick, Kent Co, RI
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