Census 1860
Utah, Beaver, Beaver, page 128, 19 Jul 1860, Dwelling 1087, Family 976
Saml Rolph, head 65. Elizth, wife, 58. Children: Jasper Rolph, son 21; Mary A.E., daughter, 17. His occupation is not recorded. Value of real estate is $200; personal property $500. Both Jasper and Mary attended school within the census year. He was born in New Hampshire, Elizth in Maine, Jasper in Missouri and Mary A.E. in Illinois. Next door to John and Lydia Stewart (daughter); Robert and Jane Gillies. |
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- Statistics of the Winter Quarters Thirteenth Ward
Bishop: Samuel Rolfe (Samuel Rolfe)
Counselors: Joseph Fielding; Jacob Zundel (Jacob Zundle)
Clerk: Gilbert Belnap
Number of members: 149 as of 31 December 1846
#Rolfe, Samuel Jones (Ralfe, Samuel)
Rolfe, Elizabeth Hathaway
Rolfe, Gilbert Hathaway (listed above)
Rolfe, Benjamin William
Rolfe, Tolman Peter
Rolfe, Ianthis Jerome
Rolfe, Wealthy H.
Rolfe, Lydia Mandana
Rolfe, Horace Cowin
Rolfe, Samuel Jones
Rolfe, William Jasper
Rolfe, Mary Ann Elizabeth
Rolfe, David Lorenzo
#Rolfe, Gilbert Hathaway
Rolfe, Eliza Jane Bates
Rolfe, Samuel Joseph
Rolfe, Mary Ann Harris [5]
- Samuel Jones Rolfe
An excerpt from the book entitled "History of Samuel Jones Rolfe, Elizabeth Hathaway and Their Descendants Through Gilbert Hathaway Rolfe and Eliza Jane Bates and William Benjamin Rolfe and Mary Ann Maccarrell. Compiled, Edited and Partially Written during 1994 Mona Ethel Rolfe and Leslie E. Liechty.
Samuel Jones Rolfe was born at Concord, New Hampshire, August 26, 1794. (History found in the family records but no source is given). One source lists his birthday as August 26, 1793. One source also gives Rorkam, New Hampshire as his place of birth (Heart Throbs of the West Vol. 8. Pp. 439-440).
He married Elizabeth Hathaway, March 4, 1818, at the age of 24. Elizabeth was 16. She was born at Levonia, Oxford County, Maine, August 29, 1801. Her parents were Gilbert Hathaway and Lydia Tolman. Her great-grandfather, Ebenezer, was a Captain in the English Army. At least on source gives her the middle name of Williams probably after her fathers’ mother, Elizabeth Williams (Her history Vera Schow a great-granddaughter). Samuel Jones and Elizabeth moved to Rumford, Oxford County, Maine, where seven of their eleven children were born. Their oldest daughter, Welthy, died when she was three years old.
They heard about the gospel and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints while living in Rumford. We do not have a baptismal date for either Samuel Jones or Elizabeth. It must have been sometime about 1833 or 1834. They then moved to Kirtland, Ohio, in the fall of 1834, when their own Horace C. Rolfe was just a few months old.
In Kirtland, their 8th child, Samuel Jones Rolfe Jr was born January 3, 1836. Their oldest son Gilbert was 14 years old when they moved to Kirtland. He was baptized November 10, 1835, by L.E. Johnson, a member of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles. Many years later he told his grandson’s wife, Ethel Rasmussen Rolfe about knowing the Prophet Joseph Smith for at least ten years. He told her the story about the golden plates being hidden in a barrel of beans. He said that he know Joseph Smith had the plates. Later in Missouri and Illinois, he was one Joseph’s body guards.
While in Kirtland, Samuel Jones made set of wooden planes and with these and other carpenter tools, he worked on the Kirtland Temple. These planes are in the Hutchings Museum in Lehi, Utah. His daughter, Lydia told her children about playing at the home of the Prophet Joseph and that he often took her on his knee along with his own children. (Biography of Samuel Jones Rolfe by Vera Schow in DUP files).
Their son William J. Rolfe was born December 8, 1839, in Far West Missouri (Pioneer Company Records). One source indicates that William was born in Clayton, Illinois, after they were driven out of Missouri (History of Elizabeth by Vera Schow). They were driven out of Missouri with the rest of the Saints into Illinois. Samuel Jones being a carpenter and joiner by trade, also worked on the Nauvoo Temple along with his son Benjamin William who had not yet joined the Church.
Sherry Ann King, daughter of Ernest and Utahna Robinson and fourth great-granddaughter of Samuel Jones Rolfe submitted the following Spiritual experience about Samuel Jones Rolfe in the Nauvoo Temple. It is taken from the book Temple Manifestations. In it is the following story:
Brother Samuel Rolfe, who was seriously afflicted with a felon upon one of his hands, was President Smith (Joseph) instructed him to wash in the font and told him that the hand would be healed. The doctors had told him that he could not recover before spring, and had advised him to have his hand cut off. He dipped his hand in the font, and within a week he was perfectly healed.
After this time baptisms were continued in the font, and many Saints realized great blessings both spiritually and bodily (Andrew Jensen, The Historical Record. Vol. 8 p. 862).
Then came a great tragedy, the Prophet Joseph and his brother, Hyrum were killed by a mob on June 27, 1844 This caused great confusion among church members. On August 8, 1844 a special meeting was called in behalf of Sidney Rigdon by William Marks, President of the Brigham Young had said that Joseph had told him that the authority would rest with the Twelve, that he Joseph, had laid the foundation and the Twelve must build thereon.
Sidney Rigdon who said that he would be the guardian of the church, spoke for one and a half hours, but without the Spirit of the Lord. Brigham Young then announced that a meeting wouldbe held at 2 o’clock in the afternoon. He spoke only for a few minutes but with the voice and it was enough to convince all who was him, that the authority lay with the Twelve Apostles. The mantel of Joseph Smith had fallen upon Brigham Young. The Twelve Apostles then continued to govern the Church until December 5,1847. (Found in Vera Schow’s history. No source was given.)
Lydia Rolfe told her children that she and her family were present at this meeting. The Nauvoo Temple was privately dedicated and during the winter of 1845-46 many saints received their endowments. Samuel Jones and Elizabeth received their endowments December 12, 1845 and were sealed together in the Temple January 15, 1846.
Samuel Jones and his family left Nauvoo with the rest of the saints, drove down the Road of Tears to the Missippi River during the early part of; 1846 (probably during February), crossed into Iowa and slowly made their way to Winter Quarters. Church leaders had spent a lot of time planning and organizing members for the movement west.
There at Winter Quarters in April 1846, their last child David L. Rolfe was born. He lived only six days. At Winter Quarters, Samuel Jones was ordained a Bishop. They also spent time preparing to cross over the Rocky Mountains into the Great Basin.
An excerpt from the book entitled "History of Samuel Jones Rolfe, Elizabeth Hathaway and Their Descendants Through Gilbert Hathaway Rolfe and Eliza Jane Bates and William Benjamin Rolfe and Mary Ann Maccarrell. Compiled, Edited and Partially Written during 1994 Mona Ethel Rolfe and Leslie E. Liechty.
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1794 - 1869 (74 years)
1764 - 1803 (39 years)
Benjamin Rolfe, b. 31 May 1746, Newbury, , Massachusetts, USA 
2x , b. 4 Jan 1834, Rumford, Oxford, Maine, USA