Rebecca Rolfe

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 9 Feb 1661, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts
• Alternate death: 13 Nov 1751

Family/Spouse: William Cutter. William (son of Richard Cutter and Elizabeth) was born on 22 Feb 1649 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 1 Apr 1723. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Richard Cutter was born on 13 Nov 1682 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 17 Dec 1756 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey; was buried in First Presbyterian Churchyard, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey.
2. Rebecca Cutter was born about 1693; was christened on 15 Sep 1700 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 12 Jan 1718.

Rebecca married John Whitmore on 3 Jun 1724 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. John (son of Francis Whitmore and Isabel Parke) was born on 1 Oct 1654 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 22 Feb 1737 in Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried in Salem Street Burying Ground, Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 1 Oct 1681, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts

John married Mary Scullard on 4 Dec 1656 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Samuel Scullard and Rebecca Kent) was born on 9 Jan 1641 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts; died after 2 Oct 1683 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 9 Jan 1642, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts

Notes:

"While her husband was away, Mary (Scullard) Rolfe was involved in an adulterous relationship with Dr. Henry Greenland, for which he was ordered out of Newbury. He went to Kittery, Maine, which also forced him to leave, and eventually settled at Piscataway, N.J., with his family. Shortly after John returned, he, Mary, and their two daughters, Mary and Rebecca, relocated to Nantucket. They moved to Cambridge about 1672, where he purchased 'Cook's Mill,' which he operated. He purchased land in Woodbridge shortly before his death. His wife and all of his children, except their daughter Rebecca, moved to Woodbridge." [Paul C. Reed, citation details below.]

Henry married Honour Rolfe on 28 May 1621 in Whiteparish, Wiltshire, England. Honour (daughter of Richard Rolfe and Agnes Rolfe) was born about 1593 in of Hamptworth, Wiltshire, England; died on 19 Dec 1650 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachussets. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was a follower of the Rev. Stephen Bachiler.

Samuel married Rebecca Kent before 1641. Rebecca (daughter of Richard Kent) was born about 1622; died before 19 Sep 1684 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Honor about 1578. Honor died before 8 Jul 1619 in Whiteparish, Wiltshire, England; was buried on 8 Jul 1619 in Whiteparish, Wiltshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Agnes Rolfe. Agnes (daughter of (Unknown) Rolfe and Alice) was born about 1573. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was a joiner.

Robert married Alice about 1614. Alice died after 20 Sep 1617. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 15 Jun 1654, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts

Notes:

He was a maltster. His origins are unproved, but circumstantial evidence suggests that he and his brother Stephen Kent both came from the entertainingly-named parishes of Nether Wallop and Over Wallop in Hampshire.

What is known of his wife with certainty is that the first two letters of her name were "Em." It is not known if she was the mother of all his children. An "Emma Kent widow" died at Newbury on 10 Jan 1677.