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Barbara’s family

Honour Rolfe

1554 – 19 JUL 1619 · 12th great-grandmother

Honour Rolfe (1554–19 July 1619) is identified in Barbara’s family branch as a 12th great-grandmother.

At a glance

Name: Honour Rolfe
Birth year: 1554
Death date: 19 July 1619
Relationship: 12th great-grandmother
Family branch: Barbara’s family
Spouse: John Rolfe, as identified in family-tree material
Marriage date: 15 September 1579, as stated in a family-tree note
Marriage place: White Parish, Wiltshire, England, as stated in a family-tree note
Child: HenryHenrye Rolfe, as identified in the relationship path
Mother: Agnes Rolfe, as stated in family-tree notes
Mother’s later spouse: Richard Rolfe, as stated in family-tree notes

Family connection

Doris Helen Sherrell (mother)
Floyd Nelson Sherrell (father)
Nora Leslie Fox (mother)
Phebe Celeste Tuthill (mother)
Celestia D. Plummer (mother)
Ebenezer Huse Plummer (father)
Joseph Dole Plummer (father)
Hannah Woodbridge (mother)
Mary Dole (mother)
Joseph Dole (father)
Richard Dole (father)
Hannah Ann Rolfe (mother)
HenryHenrye Rolfe (arrived 1635 Newbury, MA) (Dorothy and John Rolfe are cousins) "Founder of Newbury " (father)
Honour Rolfe (mother)

Honour Rolfe was born in 1554 and died on 19 July 1619.

Family-tree material identifies her as the wife of John Rolfe. A note states that John Rolfe married “Honore” on 15 September 1579 at White Parish, Wiltshire, England. The same material identifies Honour as the mother of HenryHenrye Rolfe, who is described in the relationship path as having arrived in Newbury, Massachusetts, in 1635.

The available notes also state that Honour’s mother, Agnes Rolfe, married Richard Rolfe. That note cautions that Richard Rolfe may or may not have been directly related to Agnes.

Sources & research

Original Family Tree Maker notes: “John Rolfe, born Abt. 1550 in Melchett Park, Wiltshire, England; died September 12, 1625 in White Parish, Wiltshire, England, Will Dated. He was the son of Henry Rolfe and Agnes Butler. He married Honore September 15, 1579 in White Parish, Wiltshire, England.”

Original Family Tree Maker notes: “Honor's mother Agnes Rolfe also married a Rolfe (Richard,) who may or may not have been directly related to her”

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