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Hi Andrea :)
> mother was Mary ROLFE (sometimes called "Ralph"), a daughter of Joseph ROLFE
USA President Elect Barack OBAMA is a descendant of this Mary ROLFE's sister :)
You can see an article by the New-England Historic Genealogical Society which mentions this at ...
http://www.wargs.com/political/obama.html
http://www.newenglandancestors.org/research/services/articles_ancestry_barack_obama.asp
> does anyone reading this post have any relations to this Rolfe branch?
Also descended from your Mary ROLFE's sister are ...
author Ernest Miller HEMINGWAY n=1899 d=1961
author John Ernest STEINBECK n=1902 d=1968
Your ROLFE line goes like this ...
.1 John ROLFE
..2 Henry ROLFE, I
...3 Henry ROLFE, II
....4 Henry ROLFE, III d=09 Jun 1558 England,Wiltshire,Douniton,St.Lawerance-parish m=Agnes BUTTER=BUTLER
.....5 John ROLFE=ROFE, Sr. d=abt.08 Oct 1624 m=23 Jan 1583\4 England,Wiltshire,White-Parish
to (Miss) HONOUR d=08 Jul 1617 England,Wiltshire,White-Parish
......6 Henry ROLFE=ROLPHE christened=05 Sep 1585 England,Wiltshire,White-Parish
res=England,Wiltshire,Downton,Melchett-Park (immigrant by 1635) d=01 Mar 1642\3 MA,Essex-Co,Newbury
m=28 May 1621 England,Wiltshire,White-Parish to (Miss) Honour ROLFE=ROF d=19 Dec 1650 MA,Suffolk-Co,Charlestown
(this couple were first cousins, once removed - their paternal grandfathers were brothers)
.......7 John ROLFE=ROLPH, Sr. n=1634 England,Wiltshire,White-Parish d=1681 MA,Essex-Co,Newbury (at brother's home)
m=04 Dec 1656 MA,Essex-Co,Newbury to (his last wife) Mary SCULLIARD d=10 Apr 1687 MA
(While her husband John was away, she became involved in a scandal with Dr. Henry GREENLAND,
a newcomer to MA,Essex-Co,Newbury. He was found guilty of adultery & ordered out of town)
sources:
* "Genealogical Dictionary of New-England Settlers" v3 p571 by John SAVAGE;
* "Early ROLFE Settlers of New-England";
* FARMER's Genealogical Register;
........8 Mary #3 ROLFE=ROLPH n=1681 m=Benjamin DUNHAM n=22 Aug 1681 d=31 Dec 1715
(OBAMA is 9 generations later from here)
........8 Rebecca ROLFE=ROLPH n=1662 MA d=1751 MA m=04 Dec 1679 William CUTTER d=1723
(HEMINGWAY & STEINBECK are 8 generations later from here)
sources:
* 1855 "Early Settlers of MA,Watertown including Waltham & Weston" p192, 2 volumes by
Henry BOND, M.D. & published by Little, Brown & Company of MA,Boston - call#F74.W33B8;
* 1871 "History of the CUTTER Family" p40 edited by William Richard CUTTER
& published by David Clapp & Son MA,Boston - call#CS71.C99 1871;
........8 Joseph ROLFE=ROLPH n=12 Mar 1669/70 MA,Nantucket m=Rebecca ???
.........9 Mary ROLFE=ROLPH m=Thomas PRICE, Sr.
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NICOLE
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