Benjamin William Rolfe^[1]

1822 - 1882  (59 years)

• Name	Benjamin William Rolfe
  Born	7 Oct 1822	Rumford, Oxford, Maine, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1850	Utah (Utah Territory), USA   [3]
  	Census 1850 Utah Territory, Great Salt Lake, Dwelling 139, Family 139 Benjamin Rolfe, 28, plasterer, born in Maine. Prudence, wife, 26, born in Vermont. Value of real estate is $40. Census records indicate that they married within the year. Next door to Henson and Elizabeth Walker; Elizabeth Burton.
  	Age: 28
  Census	10 Jul 1860	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA   [4]
  	Census 1860 Utah, Salt Lake, Salt Lake City, page 158 and 159, 10 Jul 1860, dwelling 1161, family 38 B.W. Rolfe, head, 38. Prudence A., wife, 36. Children: Benjamin W., son, 8; Gideon G, son 6; Samuel A., son, 2. He is a carpenter and joiner. Value of real estate is $250; value of personal property is $200. He was born in Maine; she was born Vermont; the children in Utah. Next door to John and Harriet Parry; Jepe W. Fox.
  	Age: 38
  Census	12 Jul 1870	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA   [5]
  	Census 1870 Utah Territory, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Ward 16, 12 Jul 1870, page 7, Dwelling 48, Family 48 Benjamin Ralf, head 46. Prudence, wife 42. Children: Young, son 19; Gideyon, son 12; Samuel, son 7. He is a carpenter; she is keeping house. Value of real estate is $1,000; personal property $500. Young is a teamster; Gideyon is at home. He is born in Conneticut; she was born in Vermont; the children are born in Utah. Next door to Emily Spencer; [unreadable] Kimball. Note: Surname was record by census taker as Ralf and not Rolfe.
  	Age: 46
  Census	1 Jun 1880	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA   [6]
  	Census 1880 Utah, Salt Lake, Salt Lake City, page , SD 136, ED 48, dwelling 45, family 64 Benjamin Williams Rolfe, head, 57. Prudence Gibbs, wife, 56. Children: Benjamin Williams Jr., son 27; Gideon Gibbs, son 25; Samuel Aaron, son 22. He was a carpenter; she kept house. All three sons were farmers. He was born in Maine, she was born in Vermont and the children born in Utah. Record states that he Benjamin has epilepsy. Next door to Lenard and Emeline Kesler; Presinda Lathrop and Phoebe Ann Kimball
  	Age: 57
  Died	31 May 1882	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA   [2]
  Buried	2 Jun 1882	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA   [2]
  		Benjamin William Rolfe Born in Rumford, Maine October 7, 1822 Died in Salt Lake City, Utah June 2, 1882
  		Benjamin Wiliam Rolfe (1822 - 1882) - Find A Grave Memorial
  Person ID	I466	clanSoren | FRS101
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2013

  
  

  Father	Samuel Jones Rolfe,   b. 26 Aug 1794, Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA ,   d. Jul 1869, Lehi, Utah, Utah, USA  (Age 74 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Elizabeth Hathaway,   b. 29 Aug 1802, Levonia, Oxford County, Maine, USA ,   d. 22 Oct. 1877, Lehi, Utah, Utah, USA  (Age 75 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	04 Mar 1818	Maine, USA
  Family Record	ROLFE, SAMUEL JONES (son of Benjamin Rolfe and Mary Sweet of Massachusetts). He was born Aug. 26, 1794, Concord, N. H. Came to Utah September, 1847, A. H. Smoot company. Married Elizabeth Hathaway March 4, 1818, Maine. She was born Aug. 29, 1801. Their children: Gilbert H. b. 1820; Benjamin W. b. 1822; Tallman H. b. 1824; lanthus J. b. 1826; Weltha, b. 1328; Lydia b. Dec. 26, 1831; Horace C. b. Jan. 4, 1834; Samuel J. b. Jan. 3, 1836; William J. b. Dec 8, 1839; Mary Ann b Feb. 6, 1843; David L. b. 1846. Member high priests quorum; bishop at Winter Quarters, Neb., 1846-47. County treasurer San Bernardinn, Calif. House carpenter and joiner. He died July, 1867, at Lehi, Utah.  [7]
  Family ID	F262	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Prudence Larilla Gibbs,   b. 10 Jul 1823, Benson, Rutland County, Vermont, USA ,   d. 4 Dec 1907, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA  (Age 84 years)
  Children	+ 01. Benjamin William Rolfe, JR,   b. 19 Apr 1852, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA ,   d. 9 Aug 1920, Hunter, Salt Lake, Utah, USA  (Age 68 years)   02. Gideon Gibbs Rolfe,   b. 23 Mar 1853, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA ,   d. 15 Aug 1895  (Age 42 years)   03. Samuel Jasper Rolfe,   b. 6 Sep 1856, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA ,   d. 6 Mar 1857, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA  (Age 0 years)   04. Samuel Aaron Rolfe,   b. 9 Dec 1857, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA ,   d. 16 Nov 1883  (Age 25 years)
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2011
  Family ID	F446	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S166] The Winter Quarters Project, (http://winterquarters.byu.edu) (Reliability: 3). [S157] Findagrave.com, (Findagrave.com), Memorial 9056926 (Reliability: 3). [S120] 1850 United States Federal Census, United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: , Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory; Roll: M432_919; Page: 34 (Reliability: 3). [S111] 1860 United States Federal Census, Bureau of the Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Great Salt Lake City Ward 16, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory; Roll: M653_1313; Page: 238; (Reliability: 3). [S103] 1870 United States Federal Census, Bureau of the Census, Salt Lake City Ward 16, Salt Lake, Utah Territory; Roll: M593_1611; Page: 678 (Reliability: 3). [S85] 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah; Roll: T9_1337; Family History Film: 1255337; Page: 132.3000; Enumeration District: 48 (Reliability: 3). [S119] Utah Pioneers and Prominent Men, (Ancestry.com ) (Reliability: 3).