John Philip Adams
Thank you.
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From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history
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Subject: Rolfe vs. Rosse
Interesting information on the extinction of English surnames can be found
at:
http://homepages.newnet.co.uk/dance/webpjd/intro/big.htm
In a nutshell within 30 generations 85 percent of the English surnames have
become extinct.
That said in the 1881 British census there are more than 200 entries for
Rolfe (or its vairiations).
One surname that I am interested in is Poythress appearing in Virginia about
30 years after Rolfe. It has only 85 entries in the 1881 British census.
Wonder which will become extinct first.
By 1881, by exampe the surname Pennypurse was extinct, as was Barlaycorn.
Not finding a surname in an English surname book is not indicative of
anything other than you have not looked in enough books or that the authors
of the surnames books did not consider the surname to be worth their time.
You will find the entry for Rolfe in Charles Wareling Barsley's English
Surnames: Their Sources and Signifcations (1898, reprint Heritage Books,
1990).
You will also find and entry for Rolfe in Mark Antony Lower's Patronymica
Britannica: A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom (1860,
reprint Heritage Books, 1996)
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From: "John P. Adams" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 6:11 PM
Subject: Re: MALICK'S PIRATES OF THE CHESAPEAKE
> Not to change the subject, totally. However I have a very serious
> question.
> Is it possible that ROLFE is not a Rolfe, but ROSSE. I cannot find any
> Rolfe's in the English name books and since I am little familiar with the
> Germanic script of this time. The double SS format would look Ro"lf"e
> instead off the spelling ROSSE.
> Can any of you help me out.
> Thank you,
>
> John Philip Adams
>
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