Mehitable is the daughter of Francis Wainwright. She married 1st John Atwater in Salem in 1687 and had children John in 1687 and Francis in 1690. He died in 1692 per probate records.
She married 2nd Rev. Benjamin Rolfe Sr. on March 12, 1693-4 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. To this union, 6 children were born:
Mary born Mar 9, 1694-5
Benjamin born Sept 3, 1696
John born July 2, 1698 died Aug 5, 1698
John (twin) born Sept 1, 1699 died Sept 15, 1699
Elizabeth (twin) born Sept 1, 1699*
Francis (son) born Jan 6, 1701-2*
Mehitable born Aug 19, 1706 died Aug 29, 1708 with her parents
*Survived the Indian attack on the family.
Mehitable, her husband,Benjamin, and their daugther, Mehitable were killed by Indians on 29th of August, 1708. Mrs. Rolfe was found and murdered; while the youngest child, torn from her dying grasp, was dashed against a stone. A female slave, named Hagar, leaped from her bed, carried two of the children, one six [Francis], the other eight years old [Elizabeth], to the cellar, and covered them with tubs. She then hid herself behind a barrel. The Indians entered the cellar, plundered it of every thing valuable, passed and repassed the tubs, took meat from the barrel, and drank milk from the pans; yet the children and their faithful protectress escaped unnoticed. All three, were buried together in one grave at the Pentucket Cemetery in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachsetts.
Their tombstone reads:
MEHETIBLE
Ye DAUGHTER
OF Ye REVEREND
Mr BENJAMIN
ROFE WHO
DIED AUGUST
Ye 29 1708
AGED 2 YEARS &
25 DAYS
MEHETIBLE Ye WIFE
OF Ye REVEREND
Mr BENJAMIN ROFE
WHO WAS BARBAR
OUSLY MURDERED
BY ENEMIES ON
AUGUST 29 1708
IN Ye 46 YEAR
OF HER AGE
?????????????????
DOC ???? ????? ???????
ROLFE ECCLESI?T ?????
?W?? EST IN HAVERHILL
PAS CORIS FIDELISSIMM???
DOMI SUAE A?? HOSTISUS
BARBARE TRUCIDATUS
CABORIB?? SUIS R????
MAN?? ?? SACR??? ???????
QUIETUS ??? XXIX ANNO
DOMINI ??????
??? ??? XIVI
Birth and first marriage information provided by Lee Hale, a descendant and President of the Hale Family Organization.
She married 2nd Rev. Benjamin Rolfe Sr. on March 12, 1693-4 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. To this union, 6 children were born:
Mary born Mar 9, 1694-5
Benjamin born Sept 3, 1696
John born July 2, 1698 died Aug 5, 1698
John (twin) born Sept 1, 1699 died Sept 15, 1699
Elizabeth (twin) born Sept 1, 1699*
Francis (son) born Jan 6, 1701-2*
Mehitable born Aug 19, 1706 died Aug 29, 1708 with her parents
*Survived the Indian attack on the family.
Mehitable, her husband,Benjamin, and their daugther, Mehitable were killed by Indians on 29th of August, 1708. Mrs. Rolfe was found and murdered; while the youngest child, torn from her dying grasp, was dashed against a stone. A female slave, named Hagar, leaped from her bed, carried two of the children, one six [Francis], the other eight years old [Elizabeth], to the cellar, and covered them with tubs. She then hid herself behind a barrel. The Indians entered the cellar, plundered it of every thing valuable, passed and repassed the tubs, took meat from the barrel, and drank milk from the pans; yet the children and their faithful protectress escaped unnoticed. All three, were buried together in one grave at the Pentucket Cemetery in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachsetts.
Their tombstone reads:
MEHETIBLE
Ye DAUGHTER
OF Ye REVEREND
Mr BENJAMIN
ROFE WHO
DIED AUGUST
Ye 29 1708
AGED 2 YEARS &
25 DAYS
MEHETIBLE Ye WIFE
OF Ye REVEREND
Mr BENJAMIN ROFE
WHO WAS BARBAR
OUSLY MURDERED
BY ENEMIES ON
AUGUST 29 1708
IN Ye 46 YEAR
OF HER AGE
?????????????????
DOC ???? ????? ???????
ROLFE ECCLESI?T ?????
?W?? EST IN HAVERHILL
PAS CORIS FIDELISSIMM???
DOMI SUAE A?? HOSTISUS
BARBARE TRUCIDATUS
CABORIB?? SUIS R????
MAN?? ?? SACR??? ???????
QUIETUS ??? XXIX ANNO
DOMINI ??????
??? ??? XIVI
Birth and first marriage information provided by Lee Hale, a descendant and President of the Hale Family Organization.
Mehitable is the daughter of Francis Wainwright. She married 1st John Atwater in Salem in 1687 and had children John in 1687 and Francis in 1690. He died in 1692 per probate records.
She married 2nd Rev. Benjamin Rolfe Sr. on March 12, 1693-4 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. To this union, 6 children were born:
Mary born Mar 9, 1694-5
Benjamin born Sept 3, 1696
John born July 2, 1698 died Aug 5, 1698
John (twin) born Sept 1, 1699 died Sept 15, 1699
Elizabeth (twin) born Sept 1, 1699*
Francis (son) born Jan 6, 1701-2*
Mehitable born Aug 19, 1706 died Aug 29, 1708 with her parents
*Survived the Indian attack on the family.
Mehitable, her husband,Benjamin, and their daugther, Mehitable were killed by Indians on 29th of August, 1708. Mrs. Rolfe was found and murdered; while the youngest child, torn from her dying grasp, was dashed against a stone. A female slave, named Hagar, leaped from her bed, carried two of the children, one six [Francis], the other eight years old [Elizabeth], to the cellar, and covered them with tubs. She then hid herself behind a barrel. The Indians entered the cellar, plundered it of every thing valuable, passed and repassed the tubs, took meat from the barrel, and drank milk from the pans; yet the children and their faithful protectress escaped unnoticed. All three, were buried together in one grave at the Pentucket Cemetery in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachsetts.
Their tombstone reads:
MEHETIBLE
Ye DAUGHTER
OF Ye REVEREND
Mr BENJAMIN
ROFE WHO
DIED AUGUST
Ye 29 1708
AGED 2 YEARS &
25 DAYS
MEHETIBLE Ye WIFE
OF Ye REVEREND
Mr BENJAMIN ROFE
WHO WAS BARBAR
OUSLY MURDERED
BY ENEMIES ON
AUGUST 29 1708
IN Ye 46 YEAR
OF HER AGE
?????????????????
DOC ???? ????? ???????
ROLFE ECCLESI?T ?????
?W?? EST IN HAVERHILL
PAS CORIS FIDELISSIMM???
DOMI SUAE A?? HOSTISUS
BARBARE TRUCIDATUS
CABORIB?? SUIS R????
MAN?? ?? SACR??? ???????
QUIETUS ??? XXIX ANNO
DOMINI ??????
??? ??? XIVI
Birth and first marriage information provided by Lee Hale, a descendant and President of the Hale Family Organization.
She married 2nd Rev. Benjamin Rolfe Sr. on March 12, 1693-4 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. To this union, 6 children were born:
Mary born Mar 9, 1694-5
Benjamin born Sept 3, 1696
John born July 2, 1698 died Aug 5, 1698
John (twin) born Sept 1, 1699 died Sept 15, 1699
Elizabeth (twin) born Sept 1, 1699*
Francis (son) born Jan 6, 1701-2*
Mehitable born Aug 19, 1706 died Aug 29, 1708 with her parents
*Survived the Indian attack on the family.
Mehitable, her husband,Benjamin, and their daugther, Mehitable were killed by Indians on 29th of August, 1708. Mrs. Rolfe was found and murdered; while the youngest child, torn from her dying grasp, was dashed against a stone. A female slave, named Hagar, leaped from her bed, carried two of the children, one six [Francis], the other eight years old [Elizabeth], to the cellar, and covered them with tubs. She then hid herself behind a barrel. The Indians entered the cellar, plundered it of every thing valuable, passed and repassed the tubs, took meat from the barrel, and drank milk from the pans; yet the children and their faithful protectress escaped unnoticed. All three, were buried together in one grave at the Pentucket Cemetery in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachsetts.
Their tombstone reads:
MEHETIBLE
Ye DAUGHTER
OF Ye REVEREND
Mr BENJAMIN
ROFE WHO
DIED AUGUST
Ye 29 1708
AGED 2 YEARS &
25 DAYS
MEHETIBLE Ye WIFE
OF Ye REVEREND
Mr BENJAMIN ROFE
WHO WAS BARBAR
OUSLY MURDERED
BY ENEMIES ON
AUGUST 29 1708
IN Ye 46 YEAR
OF HER AGE
?????????????????
DOC ???? ????? ???????
ROLFE ECCLESI?T ?????
?W?? EST IN HAVERHILL
PAS CORIS FIDELISSIMM???
DOMI SUAE A?? HOSTISUS
BARBARE TRUCIDATUS
CABORIB?? SUIS R????
MAN?? ?? SACR??? ???????
QUIETUS ??? XXIX ANNO
DOMINI ??????
??? ??? XIVI
Birth and first marriage information provided by Lee Hale, a descendant and President of the Hale Family Organization.
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