On Thu, 20 Mar 2003 21:10:18 -0000 Barbara Mallyon wrote: > Hello John, > Would you have the answer to this message, being that ROLFE is > on your family tree. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Helen Anderson" <helenanderson.home@btopenworld.com> > | Could you look to see if you have a marriage/death for the > | two sisters below: > | > | Sarah Bear ROLFE b. 1820 > | Mary Spurrett ROLFE b. 1823 > | Both are the daughter of Joseph ROLFE and Bethany SPURRETT. I don't know what you have on this family so I'll include all I have so far. Descendants of William Rolfe To the grandchildren. William Rolfe. Married on 27 August 1789, St. Mary, Kingsclere, to Elizabeth Rozier, with Elizabeth, born about September 1790, Kingsclere, baptized on 12 September 1790, St. Mary, Kingsclere. Samuel, born about October 1791, Kingsclere, baptized on 23 October 1791, St. Mary, Kingsclere. Joseph, born about April 1794, Kingsclere, baptized on 4 May 1794, St. Mary, Kingsclere, Shoemaker/Cordwainer. Married on 12 July 1819, St. Mary, Kingsclere, to Bethany Spurrett, born about April 1795, Kingsclere, baptized on 26 April 1795, St. Mary, Kingsclere, with Sarah Bear, born about April 1820, Headley Common, baptized on 19 April 1820, St. Mary, Kingsclere. Mary Spurrett, born on 18 October 1822, nr. Tan House, baptized on 19 January 1823, St. Mary, Kingsclere. George, born on 23 December 1824, nr. Tan House, baptized on 7 September 1825, St. Mary, Kingsclere. Married on 31 October 1846, St. Paul, Woodlands, to Hannah Aldridge, born about 1825, Woodlands. Charles, born on 21 February 1827, nr. Tan House, baptized on 4 September 1827, St. Mary, Kingsclere. Joseph, born about 1830. Married on 21 November 1853, St. Paul, Woodlands, to Charlotte Aldridge, born about February 1830, Kingsclere, baptized on 2 February 1830, St. Mary, Kingsclere. William, born about June 1796, Kingsclere, baptized on 30 June 1796, St. Mary, Kingsclere, died in April 1818, Ecchinswell, buried on 1 May 1818, St. Mary, Kingsclere (age at death: possibly 21 years old). Sarah, born about October 1798, Kingsclere, baptized on 21 October 1798, St. Mary, Kingsclere. I cannot find the baptism for Joseph, his dob is based on stated age at marriage and I have put him in Joseph & Bethany's family as he stated father to be Joseph Rolfe, shoemaker and Hannah Aldridge was one of the witnesses at the wedding. (Hannah and Charlotte Aldridge are not sisters, I'm not sure if they are directly related at present.) Now back to the point of the original question. Mary was still in Woodlands in 1846 as she was a witness at wedding of George and Hannah, _but_ none of the family are listed in Kingsclere (or surrounding Hants parishes)in the 1851 census index. I have also checked to see if they had moved across the border into Berks but could not see them in the census data I have. So it look as tho' the whole family moved away between 1846 and 1851. The only thing I haven't checked so far are burials. Is there any reason why you think there may have been marriages of the two girls in Kingsclere? -- John Lewis <jayellatntlworlddotcom> from Bournemouth, Dorset, UK. using Debian GNU/Linux and GeneWeb genealogy software