Peter Elwin, of Booton Hall

In 1659, Peter Elwin of Thurning (1623–1695) married Anne Rolfe.

Biography

From “The Royal Lineage of Our Noble and Gentle Families: Together with Their Paternal Ancestry,” Volume 1. Hazell, Watson, and Viney, 1883 - Families of royal descent - 88 pages. Page 83. “Elwin, of Booton, formerly of Thirning, Norfolk.” GoogleBooks

PETER ELWIN, of Thirning, married Anne, dau. and heir of Anthony Rolfe, of Tuttington, Norfolk, and died July,. 1695, aged 72, having had 2 sons and a dau.:

• [1] Fountain, of whom presently. Married Ann Hastings.
• [2]Peter, of Tuttington afsd., and of Booton, by purchase, 1713, high sheriff 1720; d. 5 Keb., 1721, aged 60, having m. Anne, only dau. and heir of Thomas Scambler, of Heveningham; shed.26Sept., 1697, aged 37, M.I. Tuttington, having had a son and dau. (1) Peter, of Booton, admitted to the Middle Temple 15 May, 1702 ; d. 15 Sept., 1731, aged 47, having m. Anne, dau. of Thomas Chute, of Pickenham, Norfolk ; she d.s.p. 6 Aug., 1756, aged 63.
• [3] Ann, m. to William Bulwer, of Dalling.

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Comments

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurning,_Norfolk as of June 2019 misidentifies his wife Anna Rolfe as a daughter of Thomas Rolfe. She was not. Her father was Anthony Rolfe, Esq.

So this identification of Anna Rolfe seems incorrect:

”In 1659, Peter Elwin of Thurning (1623–1695) married Anne Rolfe, the elder daughter of Thomas Rolfe, who was the son of John Rolfe and his wife Pocahontas. John Rolfe was originally from Heacham in Norfolk, and his granddaughter Anne was brought up there ...”

Descent

From https://web.archive.org/web/20080820001009/http://www.threlkeld.org...

Note: this site misidentified this Anne’s father.

Thomas ROLFE’s first daughter Anne married Peter ELWIN (1623-1695) of Thurning, Norfolk, England in 1659.

• They begat Fountain (1661-1696) who married 1698 Ann HASTINGS (c1675-1767).
• They begat Peter (1701-1782) a barrister who married 1729 Philippa MARSAM (c1703-1784).
• They begat Peter (1729-1798) who married secondly 1768 Susanna BELL (c1748-1830).
• They begat Marsham (1784-1831) who married 1809 Emma Louisa WHITWELL (1781-1870). (She was the divorced wife of Sir George Berney BROGRAVE who had cited Marsham as the “other man”)
• They begat Mary Ellen (1820-1893) who married 1845 Rev George Edward SYMONDS (1820-1892).
• They begat Dr Edmund (1853-1907) who married 1882 Fanny Turton ARCHBELL (1862-1918).
• They begat Mary Ellen (1892-1947) who married 1910 Sir Arthur James Croft HUDDLESTON (1880-1948)
• They begat Ethel Mary (1912-2002) who married 1935 Dr Pearson Edward CRESSWELL (1906-1972)
• They begat Pearson Stuart Arthur (1936-) who married Marion Lindsay McCREADIE (1937-)

Notes

From https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/findingaids/view.php?eadid=ICU....

Box 3 Folder 7 Deed 24 June 1699

• 1. Bartholomew Stone of Minklewood
• 2. Thomas Claxton of Hackford (Hingham)
• 3. Peter Elwin of Cuttington
• Lands in Hackford

Box 3 Folder 8 Obligation Bond 24 June 1699

• 1. Thomas Claxton of Harlford next Hingham
• 2. Peter Elwin of Tuttington
• 3. Bartholomew Stone
• Fullfillment of Indenture tripartite

References

• Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900. Elwin, Peter. Adm. pens. at EMMANUEL, Mar. 3, 1641-2. Of Norfolk. S. and h. of Peter, of Thurning, Norfolk. B. c. 1623. Matric. 1642. Adm. at the Inner Temple, 1643. Died July 7, 1695. Buried at Thurning. M.I. Will (Norwich) 1695. Father of the next.
• From “Biographical History of Gonville & Caius College, 1349-1713. University Press, 1897. Page 245. GoogleBooks Rolfe, Anthony: of Tuttington, Norfolk: son of Clement Rolfe, gent. (formerly of the college; p. 148). Admitted, July 7, 1619, pensioner to the bachelors' table. Surety, Mr Michell. Of Tuttington, Esq. Left two daughters, one of whom married Mr Elwin, of Booton Hall, and the other Sir Thomas Leigh, of Addington, Surrey.
• copied from Notable Kin: Some Descendants and Kinsmen of Descendants of Pocahontas: An Excursion into Southern GenealogybyGary Boyd Roberts.Published Date : April 1986 at www.americanancestors.com. link
• William Thorndale, "Two Rolfe Negatives," in The Virginia Genealogist, 34(1990):211
• “The Pocahontas Portrait.” The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, vol. 35, no. 4, 1927, pp. 431–436. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/4244174.
• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Booton_Hall_-_geograph.org....

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