Mary Rolfe

Mary Scullard was born 09 JAN 1641 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. She married John Rolfe on 03 DEC 1656 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Samuel Scullard and Kent.

Family

Mary married John ROLFE, son of Henry ROLFE and Honor ROLFE, on 4 Dec 1656 in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts. (John ROLFE was born after 1621 and died on 1 Oct 1681 in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.)

Children of Mary Scullard and John Rolfe are:

1. Mary Rolfe was born 02 NOV 1658 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, and died 10 DEC 1658 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts.
2. Mary Rolfe was born 16 JAN 1659/60 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts.
3. Rebecca Rolfe was born 09 FEB 1661/62 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, and died 23 NOV 1751.
4. John Rolfe was born 05 MAR 1663/64 in Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts.
5. Samuel Rolfe was born 08 MAR 1665 in Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts.
6. Sarah Rolfe was born 02 DEC 1667 in Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts.
7. Joseph Rolfe was born 12 MAR 1669 in Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts.
8. Hannah Rolfe was born 05 FEB 1671 in Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts.
9. Benjamin Rolfe was born 01 APR 1674 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
10. Henry Rolfe was born 26 SEP 1678 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
11. Moses Rolfe was born 14 OCT 1681 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

Biography

John Rolfe was born in England, but traveled with his parents to Newbury as a young child. He married Mary Scullard in 1656. Her parents arrived in Newbury by 1637 and she was born there in January 1641/2. John and Mary remained in Newbury until 1663 and had their first three children there (two girls named Mary, the first dying in early infancy, and Rebecca). In 1663, while John was away on a fishing trio to Nantucket, there was an incident involving Mary and Dr. Henry Greenland. You can read the full story at this link: http://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/henry-greenland-tries-to... Shortly after this event in 1663, John and Mary moved to Nantucket where they had five more children (John, Joseph, Hannah, Samuel, and Sarah). Around 1670, the family relocated again to an area of Cambridge that is now part of Arlington. John purchased about 200 acres including the old Cook's Mill. He rebuilt the mill on Mill Brook and operated the mill until his death in 1681. Although his death is recorded in Newbury, he seems to have been living in the Cambridge/Arlington area. Four more children were born in Cambridge (Benjamin, Esther/Hester, Henry, and Moses). Moses was born a few weeks after his father's death.

Notes

• Jno. Roffe of the Island of Nantucket acknowledged the receipt from Jno . Bishop, sr., sometime of the Island of Nantucket, of "forty od pounds, " in behalf of his wife Mary Rolfe, formerly Mary Sculler, it being her share given unto her by her father, Samuell Sculler. The 5li. given her b y her grandfather Richard Kent included in the value. Dated Sept. 19, 1670. Witness : Wm. Chandler, Nathaniell Clark, Richard Dole. (Ipswich Deeds, vol. 3, page 162.) [1]
• 1663 March 31: Dr. Henry Greenland was charged with making indecent proposals to Mary, wife of John Rolfe. He was convicted and sentenced "to go from hence to the prison, there to remain until the next session of the court and then to be brought forth and whipt unless he pay a fine of thirty pounds." [Ipswich Court Records, at Salem, vol. 1, leaf 115. Currier, p. 142]

References

• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=paulhuntr...
• Title: Vital records of Newbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, Volume: 2 vol. Page: 2:421 Publication: Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., 1911 Author: Compiler: Town Clerk
• 2. Title: Vital records of Newbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, Volume: 2 vol. Page: 1:469 Publication: Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., 1911 Author: Compiler: Town Clerk
• 3. Title: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register: Some Materials Towards a Genealogy of the Family of the Name of Rolfe, Volume: 3 Page: 151 Publication: April 1849
• [S47] CD-NEHG Register, Vol. 66, July 1912, p.251.
• http://www.noyesgenealogy.net/getperson.php?personID=I28118&tree=noyes

https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Newbury/aBirthsS.shtml "(Scullerd) Mary, d. Samuell, Jan. 9, 1641."

https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Newbury/aMarriagesS.shtml "(SCULLARD (Scullerd)) Mary, and John Roafe, Dec. 4, 1656."