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Joanna Rolfe 1539–1593 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1539

Birth Location: Heacham, Norfolk, England

Death Date: June 1593

Death Location: Heacham, Norfolk, England

Father: John Gaynor

Mother: Lady (Russell)

Spouse(s): Eustace Rolfe, Richard Pierce

Children(s): Michael Pierce, CAPT Ma, John Rolfe, John Pierce, John Peirce, Alice Pierce, Grace (PEARCE), Captain Pearce, Abraham Pearce, Joan Pearce, Thomas Pierce, John Pierce, Eustacius Rolfe, Mary Rolfe, Edward Rolfe, Henry Rolfe

Joanna Rolfe was born in 1539 in Heacham, Norfolk, England, the child of John Edward Sir Knight Jenner Gaynor And Lady Agnes Jenner Russell. Joanna Rolfe married Eustace Rolfe, Richard Pierce, and had children including Abraham Pearce, Alice Pierce, Capt William 13Th Ggf Pierce Sr Ma, Captain Michael J Pearce, Edward Rolfe, Eustacius Rolfe, Grace Pierce Pearce, Henry Rolfe, Joan Pearce, John Immigrant Pers Peirce, John Of London Pierce, John Pierce, John Rolfe, Mary Rolfe, Michael J Pierce, Thomas Pierce. Joanna Rolfe passed away in 1593 in Heacham, Norfolk, England.

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Biography

  • Joanna Rolfe was born in 1539 in Heacham, Norfolk, England, the child of John Edward Sir Knight Jenner Gaynor And Lady Agnes Jenner Russell.
  • Joanna Rolfe married Eustace Rolfe, Richard Pierce, and had children including Abraham Pearce, Alice Pierce, Capt William 13Th Ggf Pierce Sr Ma, Captain Michael J Pearce, Edward Rolfe, Eustacius Rolfe, Grace Pierce Pearce, Henry Rolfe, Joan Pearce, John Immigrant Pers Peirce, John Of London Pierce, John Pierce, John Rolfe, Mary Rolfe, Michael J Pierce, Thomas Pierce.
  • Joanna Rolfe passed away in 1593 in Heacham, Norfolk, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Joanna Rolfe's Ancestors

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Joanna Rolfe
1539–1593
Birth Place: Heacham, Norfolk, England
Parents
John Edward (Sir) (Knight) Jenner \ Gaynor
1516–1596
Heacham, Norfolk, England or Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England
Lady (Agnes Jenner) (Russell)
1515–1539
Rockhampton, Gloucestershire, England
Grandparents
Sir (William Charles) Gaynor
1486–1569
Lady (Joan Ann) Knight
1491–1579
Sir (John) Russell
1494–1556
Strensham, Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Edith) Unton
1502–1562
Wadley, Buckinghamshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Unton
1464–1533
Elizabeth Unton
1470–1536
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Joanna Rolfe's Descendants

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Joanna Rolfe (1539–June 1593) m. Eustace Rolfe (16 May 1536–28 June 1593) m. Richard Pierce (10 Apr 1553–abt 1686)
  1. 1. Michael (J) Pierce 1615–1676 m. Persis Eames 1621–1662
    1. 1. Mary (Pierce\Pearce) Holbrook 1654–1735 m. Thomas (Pearcey Brownell) Jr 1650–1732 m. Samuel Holbrook 1643–1712
      1. 1. Jeremiah Brownell 1689–1756 m. Dorothy (Deborah) Burgess 1694–1779 m. Mary Pearce 1684–1739
        1. 1. Pearce (\ Pierce) Brownell 1715–1792 m. Ruth Thurston 1722–
        2. 2. Aaron Brownell 1722–1754
        3. 3. Jeremiah Brownell 1713–1738
        4. 4. Edward Brownell 1716–1754
        5. 5. Mary Brownell 1718–1799
        6. 6. George Brownell 1719–1816
        7. 7. Thomas Brownell 1724–1797
        8. 8. David Brownell 1725–1766
        9. 9. Joshua Brownell 1727–1803
        10. 10. Major (John) Brownell 1729–1798
        11. 11. Esther (Powell Brownell) Howland 1732–1814
        12. 12. Charles Brownell 1734–
        13. 13. Deborah Brownell 1721–1821
        14. 14. John Brownell 1753–
        15. 15. Mary Brownell 1716–1754
        16. 16. Paul Brownell 1721–1761
        17. 17. Georg Brownell 1711–1800
        18. 18. Jonathan Brownell 1719–1776
        19. 19. Eadith Brownell 1724–1766
        20. 20. Joahua Brownell 1727–
        21. 21. Thomas Brownell 1723–
      2. 2. Mary Brownell 1692–1717
      3. 3. Charles Brownell 1694–1774
      4. 4. George Brownell 1685–1756
      5. 5. Thomas Brownell 1679–1759
      6. 6. George Brownell 1685–1756
      7. 7. John Brownell 1685–1759
      8. 8. Charles Brownell 1693–1724
      9. 9. Anna Holbrook 1673–1745
      10. 10. Perses (Bethia) Farrow 1676–1758
      11. 11. Elizabeth Holbrook 1678–1685
      12. 12. Bethia Holbrook 1681–1703
      13. 13. Samuel Holbrook 1682–1708
      14. 14. Mary Holbrook 1686–1759
    2. 2. Persis Pierce 1643–1695
    3. 3. Elizabeth Pierce 1646–1669
    4. 4. Benjamin Pierce 1646–1730
    5. 5. Ephraim (Sr) Pierce 1650–1719
    6. 6. Deborah Pierce 1650–1675
    7. 7. Abigail Pierce 1652–1723
    8. 8. Sarah Pierce 1656–1675
    9. 9. Anna Pierce 1657–1665
    10. 10. John Pierce 1660–1738
    11. 11. Ruth Pierce 1661–1760
    12. 12. Deborah Pierce 1650–1703
    13. 13. Abiah Pierce 1659–1721
    14. 14. Peirsis Pierce 1662–1695
    15. 15. Persis Pierce 1645–1646
    16. 16. Anna (Elizabeth) PIERCE 1646–1759
    17. 17. Anna Pierce 1657–1735
    18. 18. Deborah Pierce 1655–1703
    19. 19. Ephraim (Pierce) Captain 1647–1719
    20. 20. Abigail (Pierce) Holbrook 1637–1643
    21. 21. Eliza 1637–1643
    22. 22. Benjamin Pierce 1657–1730
    23. 23. Ephraim Pierce 1647–1719
  2. 2. CAPT (William ... 13th GGf ... Pierce Sr ****!) Ma 1560–1622
  3. 3. John Rolfe 1562–1594
  4. 4. John Pierce 1588–1661
  5. 5. John ("Immigrant" Pers) Peirce 1588–1676
  6. 6. Alice Pierce 1600–1647
  7. 7. Grace (PIERCE) (PEARCE) 1585–1612
  8. 8. Captain (Michael J.) Pearce 1588–1676
  9. 9. Abraham Pearce 1587–1628
  10. 10. Joan Pearce 1585–1666
  11. 11. Thomas Pierce 1582–1666
  12. 12. John ("Of London") Pierce 1580–1643
  13. 13. Eustacius Rolfe 1564–
  14. 14. Mary Rolfe 1590–
  15. 15. Edward Rolfe 1591–1592
  16. 16. Henry Rolfe 1585–1622

Joanna Rolfe's Timeline

2 Records

1539
1539
Birth of Joanna Rolfe in Heacham, Norfolk, England
Heacham, Norfolk, England
1593
June 1593
Age 54
Death of Joanna Rolfe in Heacham, Norfolk, England
Heacham, Norfolk, England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1539
    Event Place: Heacham, Norfolk, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: June 1593
    Event Place: Heacham, Norfolk, England

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