| Name |
John Eustace ROLFE |
Relationship | with Henry Walter ROLFE
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| Birth |
17 Oct 1562 |
Heacham, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
29 Nov 1594 |
Heacham, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England |
| Burial |
1 Dec 1594 |
St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Heacham, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England |
- John Rolfe, gentleman, of Hitcham died on the twenty-nineth day of November, in the year of our Lord, 1594, in the thirty-second year of his age. While he lived he was of much service to his fellows; his wish to enrich all his neighbors and kinsfolk by assisting the poor with his wealth; nothing could be kinder than he was; he bore the insults of many men quietly without offence; by exporting and importing such things as England abounded in or needed, he was of the greatest service, inasmuch as he spent both pains and labor upon it. Thus he seemed to die as the force of fire is quenched by excess of water. For his strength was unimpaired, nor had he completed many years when he died. His death brought grief to many, but he had done nobly upon the consciousness of a well spent life, and the record of many benefits not allowed to die utterly: John Rolfe had, no doubt, been a successful merchant at Lynn. Rolfe had, with other issue, 1. Eustace, and 2. John (twins) baptized May 6, 1585; 3. Edward, baptized Feb, 22, 1591. There was another son, Henry, afterwards a merchant in London and a member of the Virginia Company, who is included in a manuscript pedigree mentioned by Mrs. Jones in her Old Sandringham.
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Origins  |
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Patriarch & Matriarch |
Eustace ROLFE, b. Abt 1536, Heacham, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England d. Jun 1593, Heacham, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England  (Age 57 years) (Father) Agnes RUSSELL, b. Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England d. Dec 1539, Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England  (Grandmother)  |
| Person ID |
I12961 |
Rolfe Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
16 Apr 2022 |
| Father |
Eustace ROLFE, b. Abt 1536, Heacham, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England d. Jun 1593, Heacham, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England (Age 57 years) |
| Mother |
Joanna JENNER, b. 1539 d. Jun 1593, Heacham, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England (Age 54 years) |
| Marriage |
27 May 1560 |
Heacham, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England |
| Family ID |
F3863 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Dorothy MASON, b. 24 Sep 1559, Heacham, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England d. 26 Oct 1645, Heacham, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England (Age 86 years)
Other Partners: Robert REDMAINE m. Between 9 Mar 1594 and 9 Mar 1595 |
| Marriage |
9 Mar 1582 |
Heacham, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England |
| Children |
| | 1. Eustace ROLFE, (twin), b. 1585, Heacham, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England d. 1588, Heacham, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England (Age 3 years) |
| + | 2. Cpt. John ROLFE, b. 6 May 1585, Heacham, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England d. 20 Mar 1622, Varina Plantation, Varina, Henrico County, Virginia, USA (Age 36 years)
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| | 3. Edward ROLFE, b. 1591, Heacham, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England  |
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| Family ID |
F3862 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
28 Nov 2021 |