Sarah Rolfe ^{851,1215,1330}

   Another name for Sarah was Sara Rolfe.¹³²²

  General Notes:

Will of John Rolfe - 1742, Nov. 20. Rolfe, John, Esq., of Salem County; Will of Sons: John, plantation in Maninton Precinct, Salem County, in occupation of Thomas Stow, when my son Josiah will be 21; Josiah (at 21), house, lot and meadows I live on in town of Salem. Daughter Mary Rolfe, in New Castle, Pa, to be paid L50 by my son John. Son-in-law, David Ross, and Sarah his wife, my house and lot in Bridge Street, in Salem, occupied by Daniel Meystayer. Residue of personal estate (negroes alloted) to be divided between three children when they arrive at 21. Executor, The Rev. Dr. George Ross, Minister of New Castle, Richard Smith, James Whitton, and my son John.
Witnesses - Daniel Meysteyer, Robert Hart, F. Gaudonett. Proved 9 Dec 1742.
Letters granted to Richard Smith in absence of others named. Lib 3 p. 225

Inventory and account indexed, but not found.

From Accounts relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey, first series, Vol XXX. Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Vol. II, 1730-1750. Edited by A. Van Doren Honeyman, 1918.

Little is known of Sarah Rolfe other than she is named in her father's will as the wife of David Ross. Sarah and David received a house in Salem as part of her inheritance. It appeared to be rented to another person and there is no record showing that they ever lived there.

David and Sarah went to Albany, NY where he was killed by indians. Nothing is known of her life after this point. Did she return to Salem to be near her brother's families? Did she return to Pennsylvania or Delaware to be near David's family? Did she remarry? ¹²⁵⁵

Sarah married Rev. David Ross, son of Rev. George Aeneas Ross and Joanna Williams, on 12 Feb 1731 in New Castle, New Castle, Delaware, USA.¹³²² (Rev. David Ross was born in 1708 in New Castle, New Castle, Delaware, USA,^851,1330 died in 1753 in Albany, Albany, New York, USA ^851,1330 and was buried in 1753 in Alamogordo, Otero, New Mexico, USA.)