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FIRST SETTLERS OF YE PLANTATIONS OF PISCATAWAY and WOODBRIDGE OLDE EAST NEW JERSEY 1664-1714 A Period of Fifty Years AUTHOR'S NOTE This book is a continuation of a book previously issued from the printer, under the title of 'FIRST SETTLERS OF YE PLANTATIONS OF PISCATAWAY AND WOODBRIDGE, OLDE EAST NEW JERSEY, 1664-1714,' denominated 'PART TWO,'PART ONE having been theretofore issued, of a SERIES to comprise six or more PARTS, all of which should be secured before this edition is exhausted. Necessarily and naturally the pagination continues, in sequence, from the last page of PART TWO. (p. 292) so as to insure accurate reference, in the final index to be compiled. The latter can only be assured by the full co-operation of subscribers. Continuation can not be otherwise guaranteed. PERTH AMBOY For the reasons given in the text and to show the FIRST SETTLERS, at this point, in their relation, to the close, neighboring communities of PISCATAWAY and WOODBRIDGE, the accompanying MAP of PERTH AMBOY is reproduced from 'Contributions to East Jersey History, PERTH AMBOY,WOODBRIDGE, and PISCATAWAY,' by William A. Whitehead, 1856. The locations, in contiguity, with names and dates, form a most illuminating introduction to the records and data, offered in this PARTTHREE.--O.E.M. BY ORRA EUGENE MONNETTE, B.A. áeBK LL.D. Author 'MONNET FAMILY GENEALOGY' 1911 FLORENS SUO ORBE MONET. (Chassant) PART THREE THE LEROY CARMAN PRESS LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 1931 COPYRIGHT, 1931, BY ORRA EUGENE MONNETTE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ROLFE and ROLPH (Not of the Virginia Lineage) One of the prominent Woodbridge First Settler Families. Intermarried with RICHARD DOLE. Piscataway, 1685. Call1 NUMB F144.P68M74pt.3 Examine Hoyt's SALISBURY, (Vol. I, 1897, pp. 300 et seq. and Vol. III,pp. 1003, et seq.); also, Paige's CAMBRIDGE, (pp. 645 et seq.); likewise, COFFIN, (Newbury), (pp. 316 and 357); then, SAVAGE, (Vol. III, pp. 570and 571). These references are important for the origins of the Woodbridge contingent. (See also, N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Vol. III, 1849, pp. 149. et seq.). The illustration on the reverse is an exemplification of BENJAMIN ROLFE,Town Clerk. This is an original document, 1669-1682, in the possession ofOrra E. Monnette. Note: Scarborough and Casco were in Maine. According to SALISBURY, JOHN ROLFE b. 1550, orig. of White Parish, Wilts,England, was the common ancestor. His son, HENRY ROLFE, bp. Sept. 5, 1585, m. May 28, 1621, Honor Rolfe(Richard), and they were the ancestors of the following: JOHN ROLFE (HENRY1), b. ca. 1622-35, of Newbury. Mass., Nantucket andCambridge, m. Dec. 4, 1656, at Newbury. MARY SCULLARD. Of their children,all the sons, including JOHN, removed to Woodbridge, New Jersey. (PAIGE,p. 646). This was before 1688, as son, SAMUEL ROLFE, sold his possessionsat Cambridge, that date. (In all print, check for errors). In New Jersey, the following records: Making the Newbury origin and relationship clear, 1685, RICHARD DOLE of Newbury, Essex Co., Mass.,conveyed to John ROLF of Cambridge, Mass., a farm in Woodbridge, N. J.(ARCHIVES, VOL. XXI. p. 195). In 1698, JOSEPH ROLPH, of Woodbridge, deeded to 'his brother, BENJAMIN ROLPH,' certain land, 'on the Northsideof Jonathan Bishop's sawmill brook,' etc. (Idem, p. 293). In 1696, 'JOHNROLPH of WOODBRIDGE,' died intestate, and administration was granted to JOSEPH ROLPH of the same place. (Idem, p. 243). WILLIAM CUTTER (Cottar), was a brother-in-law, married to a sister, REBECCA ROLPH, of the above.(Idem, p. 277 and PAIGE). He also came from Cambridge, Mass., to Woodbridge. Also, in the settlement of the same estate, (Idem, Vol.XXIII, p. 394), it shows other intermarriages, as 1697, the brothers and 'sisters' of JOHN ROLPH, decedent, were JOSEPH ROLPH, BENJAMIN ROLPH, BENJAMIN CROMWELL, JONATHAN DUNHAM, MOSES ROLPH, HENRY ROLPH, et al. The deceased, clearly a son of JOHN ROLFE and MARY SCULLARD, died June II,1696. REV. JOHN WOODBRIDGE, after whom WOODBRIDGE, NEW JERSEY, was named, figured in a land transaction, at W., in 1685, with both RICHARD DOLE and JOHN ROLFE. (DALLY, p. 6).