Friday, May 19, 2017

52 Ancestors - Week 176: #255 Betsey (Rolfe) Martin (1766-????) of New Jersey and New York

Here is my 52 Ancestors biography for week #176:

Betsey Rolfe (1766-????)  is #255 on my Ahnentafel List, my 5th great-grandmother, who married #255 Mulford Martin (1763-????) in about 1789, probably in Perth Amboy, New Jersey.

I am descended through:

*  their daughter, #127 Sarah Martin (1792-1860), who married #126 John Putman (1785-1863) in 1810.
*  their daughter, #63 Elizabeth Putman (1818-1895)  who married #62 Alexander Sovereen (1814-1907), in 1840.
*  their daughter, #31 Mary Jane Sovereen (1840-1874), who married #30 James Abraham Kemp (1831-1902) in 1861.
*  their daughter #15 Georgianna Kemp (1868-1952) who married #14 Charles Auble (1849-1916),  in 1898.
*  their daughter #7 Emily Kemp Auble (1899-1977) who married #6 Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976) in 1918.
* their daughter #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002), who married #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983), in 1942.
*  their son #1 Randall J. Seaver (1943-....)

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1)  PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):


*  Name:                       Betsey Rolfe[1-2]    
*  Sex:                           Female   

*  Father:                      Ephraim Rolfe (1743-1818)   
*  Mother:                    Sarah Campbell (1746-1838)   
  
2)  INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
  
*  Birth:                       1766, Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States[1]   
  
3)  SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
  
*  Spouse 1:                Mulford Martin (1763-    )   
*  Marriage 1:             about 1789 (about age 23), Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States[2]   

*  Child 1:                  Rolfe Martin (1789-    )   
*  Child 2:                  Moses Martin (1790-    )   
*  Child 3:                  Sarah Martin (1792-1860)   
*  Child 4:                  Timothy Martin (1794-1841)   
*  Child 5:                  Mulford Martin (1801-    )   
*  Child 6:                  Phoebe Martin (1807-1874)   
  
4)  NOTES  (with source citations as indicated in brackets):    

 Betsy Rolfe was born in about 1766, probably in Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey to Ephraim and Sarah (Campbell) Rolfe[1].  

Betsy Rolfe married, as his second wife, Mulford Martin in about 1789, son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Ayers) Martin of South Amboy[2].  Mulford and Betsy (Rolfe) Martin had at least six children and perhaps more, probably all in the Woodbridge, New Jersey area.

The book by Frederick G. Rolfe, The Early Rolfe Settlers of New England, provides limited information about the Ephraim and Sarah (Campbell) Rolfe family and the Mulford and Betsy (Rolfe) Martin family.

Ephraim and Sarah (Campbell) Rolfe moved to Ulysses, Seneca County, New York in about 1808 and are buried in Tompkins County[1].  It is probable that Mulford and Betsy (Rolfe) Martin went with them because their daughter, Sarah Martin, born in 1792, married John Putman in Seneca County, New York in about 1810, and had their children in nearby Steuben County, New York.  

It is not known when Mulford or Betsy (Rolfe) Martin died - there are no known death, burial or probate records.
 
5)  SOURCES

1. Frederick G. Rolfe, The Early Rolfe Settlers of New England (Baltimore, Md. : Gateway Press, Inc., 1995), page I-6-8, Ephraim Rolfe family sketch.

2. Frederick G. Rolfe, The Early Rolfe Settlers of New England, page I-7.9, Mulford Martin family sketch.

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NOTE:  Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors" in her blog post Challenge:  52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog.  I have extended this theme in 2017 to 208 Ancestors in 208 Weeks.

NOTE:  This completes the list of 5th great-grandparents.  I will start on the 6th great-grandparents next week.  This generation may take two years or more to complete.


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