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Essex County Massachusetts Freedom Case Participants 1760 - 1783
Martha Rolf (-)
Reading
Biography: Lived in Reading. Married to Daniel Rolf. Eight children between 1741 - 1757.
Comments: Summonsed to ECCP Sept. 1771 and SCJ Nov. 1771 but no record of reimbursement. Sworn testimony dated Nov. 13, 1771
Sources
- Dated Sept. 20 1771 Summons to Sept. ECCP 1771. A. Shelden, E. Hircom, T. Russell, M. Rolf
Citation: Samuel Taylor vs Casar, Superior Court of Judicature June 1772, 15. Suffolk # 132190.
- Dated Oct 15, 1771. Summons to SCJ Nov. 1771. E. Hircom, A. Shelden, M. Rolf, S. Buxton, E. Damon, D. Rolf, J. Felt.
Citation: Samuel Taylor vs Casar, Superior Court of Judicature June 1772, 15. Suffolk # 132190.
- Dated Nov. 13, 1771. Martha Rolf's sworn testimony of hearing Casar negotiate payment for freedom deal with Taylor and Taylor's concern that paying Casar's court fine had already cost him money. Also she spoke with Casar re his poor shoes and Casar replied that he had to work too hard for Casar to get better ones.
Citation: Samuel Taylor vs Casar, Superior Court of Judicature June 1772, 15. Suffolk # 132190.