And First I Doe renounce Frustrate and make voyde All wills by mee formerly made And Declare and appointe this my Last will and Testament
Item I give and bequeath unto my Eldest Sonne John Rolfe of Marden my Hopgarden neare Towne Sutton with the hoppoles thereto belonginge
Item I give and bequeath to my Sayd Eldest Sonne John Rolfe the house and the Land thereto belonginge in Staplehurst wherein my youngest
Sonne John Rolfe now Liveth And one Wainscott Cupboard And presse now Standing in my now Dwellinge house in the Chamber over the hall marked
with ER
Item I give and bequeath to my Loveing wife All Such goods that were hers before wee married And one Fatt pyde Cowe
Item I give and bequeath unto my Daughter After the wife of Joseph Dann Forty pounds
Item I give and bequeath to my youngest Sonne John Rolfe of Staplehurst aforesayd my Tyme in the Lease of the Messuage or Tenement wherein I nowe
Liveth with all my Stocke of Cattle And alsoe Implements of Husbandry thereto belonginge
Item I give and bequeath all my other goods and Chattles which by these presents are not Disposed of to bee equally Devided betweene my Two Sayd
Sonnes
And Doe by these presents Constitute and ordaine my Sayd Two Sonnes Executors unto this my Last will and Testament
In Witnes whereof I have hereunto put my hand and Seale The Day and yeare first above written:
Alexander Rolfe:
Sealed and Delivered in the presence of The marke of Jane Taylor - James Higgins
This Will was proved at Westminstr The Thirteenth Day of September in the yeare of our Lord god Accordinge to the Computation of the Church of England one thousand Six hundred Fifty and foure Before the Judges for probate of wills and grantinge Administrations Lawfully Authorized by the oaths of John Rolfe the Elder And John Rolfe the younger The naturall and Lawfull Sonnes of the Sayd Deceased And Joynt Executors named in this Last will and Testament of the Sayd To whom was Committed Administration of all and Singular the goods Chattles and Debts of the Sayd Deceased They beinge first Sworne well and truely to Administer the Same/
Notes:
Alex Rolfe married Aphra Denn 15 August 1614, Staplehurst, Kent.
Affara Denne was baptised 11 March 1593, Canterbury and was buried 29 July 1627, Staplehurst.
Their two sons John were baptised 30 April 1615 and 28 January 1620/1, respectively, at Staplehurst.
Afre Rofe was baptised 29 July 1627, Staplehurst.
The wife of Alexander Rolfe was buried 30 Apr 1649, Staplehurst.
He may have then married Martha Tusse.. 4 Aug 1650 at Canterbury St. Mary Northgate.
Alexander Rolfe, sen'r, Clothier, sonne of Elias Rolfe late dec'd was buried 8 Aug 1654, Staplehurst.
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