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Peter Wolfe (abt. 1610 - 1675)

Peter Wolfe
Born about in Englandmap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 65 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusettsmap
Profile last modified | Created 19 Apr 2015
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The Puritan Great Migration.
Peter Wolfe migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See Great Migration Begins, by R. C. Anderson, Vol. 3, p. 2067)
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Biography

Birth and Origin

Based on the estimated birth year of his presumed first child, Freeborn, Peter was probably born by 1610 and most likely in England.

Death

6 Dec 1675, at Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts (date found on the inventory document[1]

Will and Probate Records

Peter's will, inventory of his estate, and other probate records indicate he wrote his will 20 Nov 1675, died 6 Dec 1675, inventory taken 13 Dec 1675, attestation of will and inventory 21 Dec 1675.[2] Transcriptions of the documents can be found in The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts, Volume III, 1675-1681.[3].

Immigration

According to Anderson, he immigrated in 1633.[4]

Marriage and Children

Based in the calculated age their presumed first child, Hannah (b. ~1633) it is believed that Peter married Martha (Unknown) about 1633, either before they left England, or shortly after arrival. Together they had two daughters:[5]

Life in New England

Peter Wolfe (and John Blacke) on a list of persons making a covenant with God and the “Church of X” at Salem in 1637.[6])

[Anderson has a lot of life events that could be added here by someone with the time to look up the original sources he cites]

Sources

  1. Essex County, Massachusetts, Probate Court, Probate Records, 1672-1691 13 Dec 1675 inventory entry; Massachusetts, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 image 145 of 884, p. 154 penned in top left corner by subscription Ancestry.com.
  2. Essex County, Massachusetts, Probate Court, Probate Records, 1672-1691 13 Dec 1675 inventory entry; Massachusetts, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 images 144-6 of 884, pp. 152-56 by subscription Ancestry.com.
  3. The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts, Volume III, 1675-1681 (Salem: The Essex Institute, 1920); images of pp. 37-38 at HathiTrust.org
  4. Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III 3:2067 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), image of p. 2067 by subscription AmericanAncestors.org.
  5. Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III 3:2068 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), image of p. 2068 by subscription AmericanAncestors.org.
  6. Historical Collections of the Essex Institute, Vol. I (Salem: Henry Whipple & Son, 1859); image of p. 38 (mislabeled p. 2)

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posted by S (Hill) Willson
I believe both Peter Woolfe, and his wife Martha ____, should be PGM.

Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995), p. 2067-2069 (Peter Woolfe); digital images by subscription, American Ancestors.

In 1995, Anderson reported Peter's origin is not known; has migration as 1633, first to Salem; removes to Beverly.

About his wife, Anderson reported Martha, was "admitted to Salem church before the end of 1636," citing Salem Church Records. For those so admitted see Thomas Barnard (pastor), compiler, Records of the First Church of Salem, Mass. [1629-1843] (manuscript, bound volume), see "Digital Materials" > "Church records ..." > "Browse images ..." > image 210; digital images, Congressional Library and Archives, notes "copied from the original ..."

posted by GeneJ X
I've added Peter and will add his wife as well. Thank you Gene.
posted by S (Hill) Willson
Wolfe-2549 and Wolfe-2548 appear to represent the same person because: I believe these are duplicates, that Peter is father of Both Freeboen and Hannah
posted by Adrian Stanley

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