Terry D. Fortner Family Tree » John Rolfe (1562-1594)

Personal data John Rolfe 

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Household of John Rolfe

He is married to Dorothea Mason.

They got married on September 24, 1582 at Heacham, Norfolk, England, he was 19 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Eustace Rolfe  1536-1593
  2. John Rolfe  1585-1622 
  3. Henry Rolfe  1587-????
  4. Edward Rolfe  1591-1592
  5. Dorothy Rolfe  1595-1596

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Ancestors (and descendant) of John Rolfe

Agnes Russell
1515-????
Joanna Jenner
1539-1593

John Rolfe
1562-1594

1582

Dorothea Mason
1559-1645

Eustace Rolfe
1536-1593
John Rolfe
1585-1622
Henry Rolfe
1587-????
Edward Rolfe
1591-1592
Dorothy Rolfe
1595-1596

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    Sources

    1. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Trees / Ancestry.com
    2. Library of Congress Photo Collection, 1840-2000, Ancestry.com
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      Residence place: USA
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    3. UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    4. Millennium File, Heritage Consulting
      Birth date: 17 Oct 1562
      Birth place: Heacham, Norfolk, England
      Death date: 29 Nov 1594
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    Historical events

    Birthday October 17, 1562

    • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
    • In the year 1562: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 17 » France grants religious toleration to the Huguenots in the Edict of Saint-Germain.
      • January 18 » Pope Pius IV reopens the Council of Trent for its third and final session.
      • March 1 » Sixty-three Huguenots are massacred in Wassy, France, marking the start of the French Wars of Religion.
      • July 12 » Fray Diego de Landa, acting Bishop of Yucatán, burns the sacred idols and books of the Maya.
      • December 19 » The Battle of Dreux takes place during the French Wars of Religion.

    Day of marriage September 24, 1582

    • Stadhouder Prins Willem I de Zwijger (Prins Willem van Oranje) (Huis van Oranje) was from 1581 till 1584 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
    • In the year 1582: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 15 » Truce of Yam-Zapolsky: Russia cedes Livonia to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
      • April 16 » Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of Salta, Argentina.
      • June 21 » Sengoku period: Oda Nobunaga, the most powerful of the Japanese daimyōs, is forced to commit suicide by his own general Akechi Mitsuhide.
      • October 4 » The Gregorian Calendar is introduced by Pope Gregory XIII.
      • October 14 » Because of the adoption of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Austria, Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
      • November 28 » In Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway pay a £40 bond for their marriage licence.

    Day of death November 29, 1594

    • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
    • In the year 1594: Source: Wikipedia
      • February 19 » Having already been elected to the throne of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1587, Sigismund III of the House of Vasa is crowned King of Sweden, having succeeded his father John III of Sweden in 1592.
      • February 27 » Henry IV is crowned King of France.
      • June 11 » Philip II recognizes the rights and privileges of the local nobles and chieftains in the Philippines, which paved way to the stabilization of the rule of the Principalía (an elite ruling class of native nobility in Spanish Philippines).
      • July 5 » Portuguese forces under the command of Pedro Lopes de Sousa begin an unsuccessful invasion of the Kingdom of Kandy during the Campaign of Danture in Sri Lanka.
      • August 30 » The christening of Prince Henry of Scotland is celebrated with the Masque at the baptism of Prince Henry at Stirling Castle.
      • October 9 » Troops of the Portuguese Empire are defeated on Sri Lanka, bringing an end to the Campaign of Danture.
    

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