KING/ROLFE/SHARP/FOSKETT IN BUCK 1860'S

[Chattykathy]

The following information proved to be a false tie in to my KING family --  "My" Charles did not marry this Elizabeth ----  married another Elizabeth nee unknown ---

Thought all this info was too good to discard --  may be of help to someone else's search.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact, I may have other related information of interest to you.  I have a hunch there is link in this muddle to my search but just don't know what the common denominator is yet.

Sources are a combination of IGI extracted, IGI member submittals, FreeBMD and census information.


Elizabeth Rolfe Sharpe
b.  unknown
c. November 25, 1835 in St. Mary Ayesbury, Buckinghamshire

m. June 25, 1860 to Charles King Hale Leys Chapel
Marriage record from Buckingham GRO look up:
25th June 1860 Charles King, 23 Grocer, Hemel Hempstead Father Samuel King (coach maker) married Elizabeth Rolfe Sharp 24,  spinster, Aylesbury Father Cyrus Sharp

Father:  Cyrus Sharp   
c. Jan. 18, 1792 Leighton Buzzard, Bedford (only Cyrus Sharp found 1790-1800)           
d.  Dec Qtr 1863 Aylesbury (confirm)

     Father:  John Sharp c. Jun 18, 1769LeightonBuzzard,Bedford
     Mother:  Ann unknown

Mother: Ann Rolfe   
Possible Birth dates:    
1.  Jan 24, 1795/c. Feb 18, 1795 St. Mary   
OR
2.  July 8, 1796/c. Aug 3, 1796 St. Mary
          Father:  William Rolfe
          Mother:  Elizabeth unknown
Possible Death:  Dec. 1878  Age 81 <b. 1797>  Aylesbury

Cyrus Sharp & Ann Rolfe married October 25, 1819 St. Mary Aylesbury

Known Children (7) :  All Christenings St. Mary Aylesbury
Sarah    c. May 25, 1823
Mary    c. April 19, 1824
John    c. Feb 23, 1825
William    c. April 20, 1828
Ann    c. Aug 11, 1830
Hannah    c. January 16, 1833
Elizabeth Rolfe  c. June 25, 1835

Weston Road , Aston Clinton   1861 UK Census
Henry Rolfe b. 1821 Aston Clinton Straw Dealer
Wife Ann b. 1831,
son Fredrick (1851)
son George (1850)
Boarder John Foskett (1834)

Wife Ann is nee Foskett  married October 13, 1851 to Henry Rolfe
Above John Foskett  possibly Ann’s brother.

In following years, there are many Rolfe and Sharp families on Weston Road and nearby.


kathy

[GrangeMoor]

I am descended from a ROLF or ROLFE family from Aston Clinton, possibly related to above.
If you believe in "naming-patterns", then you'll see why I wonder if there's a connection.

Thomas ROLFE - born unknown
married c1809 to -
Susannah, nee JOHNS, b.c1793; parents William JOHNS, soldier, & Frances, maiden name n/k
The story goes that they had 23 children !
Thomas predeceases Susannah.  I suspect that he has died no later than 1857.
So far, the few items that I have uncovered in English records have this ROLFE family in Aston Clinton.

Their sons David & John migrate to Van Diemen's Land in 1842. They marry, start families, and move to Victoria in early 1850s, where more kids are born.

In 1857, the matriarch Susannah and one daughter migrate to Victoria; followed by Four sons.

Most of these have families:
 the names Thomas, John, George, William, and Joseph, are repeated with great frequency in the generations that follow.

I have found records for the family with various spellings -
RALFE;
ROFF;
ROFFE;
ROLF;
ROOF;
ROOFE; &
RUFF,
but from 1880s, they are consistently spelling their name ROLFE.