Diane, Have you considered Roeloff, Roeloffse or Roeloffsen? Dorrie in Lexington, Mass. Ferrett99@Prodigy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Graham" <meregra@cableone.net> To: <NYDUTCH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2003 3:55 PM Subject: [NYDUTCH] A puzzle > I am new here, and have been lurking for awhile. The list seems very > quiet, so I will throw this one out to see if anyone can help me. > > (An example from another list...I had a surname that I searched for many > years. Muckendue. Never found it. Finally, someone told me that it was > the Scottish name McIndoe. Of course! Why didnt I see that.) > > I have lots of names in my background that tie into the early upper New > York people. (Quick, Cole, Wells, VanAuken, Van Garden, DeWitt, Westbrook > etc) > > One of my surnames that tie into these lines is ROLFSMITH, or RHOLFSMITH. > > Could this one be a sound alike? Is there a name from the early Dutch > communities that would be similar in sound when spoken, but spelled > incorrectly to fool me (and others from this line) since 1747? > > I have never found anyone who recognizes or ties into a family name of > Rolfsmith. > > The specific woman in question is my gggggrandmother, Catherine Rolfsmith. > > William CRAWFORD b. 1731 in New Jersey. He lived in New Jersey, Minisink, > and Pennsylvania. He was in the Revolutionary War, and was a POW at Ft. > Washington. > > He married Catherine ROLFSMITH in May of 1764. She was born May, 1747. She > is supposedly the third wife of William Crawford. > > If anyone may have a suggestion of a sound-alike name, that might be > substituted for Rolfsmith, I would be so happy to hear. Thanks for any > help. > > Diane, in Iowa > > ______________________________