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Norfolk, Heacham - at the feet of her 2 husbands

"Here lyeth the body of Dorothy Redmayne wid: sometime wife of John Rolf of Hecham gent afterwards wife of Dr Redmayne Chancellor of Norwich after whose death she lived a widow 20 yeares and died 17 Oct 1645 in the 80th yeare of her age and is buried at the feet of her 2 husbands....

In their lives they were lovely and in their deaths they were no divided ..2 Samuel 23"

Dorothy was the daughter of William Mason and Agnes Brown

Dorothy had 4 children by John Rolfe www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/12203564173/

1. John Rolfe b. May 1585 d1621/22 www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/12203564173/ m1 Sarah Hacker m2 Pocahontas m3 Jane daughter of Capt William Pierce

2. Eustace Rolfe, b/d. May 1585

3. Edward Rolfe, b. 1591

4. Henry Rolfe

 

She m2 Dr Robert Redmayne 1625 www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/12203078135/

 

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Uploaded on January 29, 2014
Taken on September 24, 2013