Display Patriot - P-281428 - John ROLL Jr

John ROLL Jr

SAR Patriot #: P-281428

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
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State of Service: NJ      Qualifying Service: Sergeant
DAR #: A097116

Birth: 17 Oct 1733 / / Germany
Death: bef 18 May 1808 Cincinnati / Hamilton / OH

Qualifying Service Description:

Also, Pvt, Capt Peter Layton, Morris Co., NJ Militia


Additional References:
  1. Dailey, Official Roster of the Soldiers of the American Rev. Who Lived in OH, Vol 2, 1938
  2. Stryker, Officers and Men of NJ in the Rev War, 1872, pg 738,
  3. Hoskins, Men from Morris Co., NJ, Who Served in the American Rev., Morristown & Morris Twp., 1979, pg 155
  4. DAR cites NJ Rev War Slips: Single Citations of the New Jersey Department of Defense Materials, FHL Roll 571319

Spouse: (1) Rachel Van Winkle; (2) Edith Wick; (3) Lydia XX;
Children: Abraham; John; Matthias;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
2013-06-12 OH 53198 Michael John Blum (181058) Abraham   
2017-09-08 SC 74719 Billy Dean Cook (190969) Matthias   
2020-03-06 NY 90843 Richard Douglas Roll (214728) Abraham   
Burial:
Wesleyan (aka Cummingsville) Cemetery (C-0371706)
Location:
Cincinnati / Hamilton / OH / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
44017
Grave Plot #:
Sec H Roll, Lot 61
Grave GPS Coordinates:
39.160794 / -84.546179
Find A Grave Memorial #:
90090946
Marker Type:
SAR granite
SAR Grave Dedication Date:
18 Oct 2015

Comments:
  • Modern SAR group marker
  • Photo used with permission of Michael B. Gunn, 185230, Cincinnati Chapter, OHSSAR


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:


Author: Billy Dean Cook
John Roll had three sons who also were patriots.  Besides Abraham who is listed, there are two more sons,  John Roll (served in the NJ militia with his father) and Matthias Roll Sr. (DAR # A097137)
 



Author: Michael J. Blum
Sergeant in the New Jersey Troops under Col. Selvanus Seely, Capt. Peter Layton's Company, Eastern Battalion, Morris County, New Jersey.
Guarded prisoners.
He was originally buried in Roll Cemetery. Buried in Wesleyan Cemetery (Colerain Ave. at Hoffner St.), Section H lot 61, no personal stone.
Hamilton County Recorder’s Office. Veterans’ Graves Registration Cards. (Cards are located at the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.)
{ Works Progress Administration (WPA) Revolutionary War Veteran burial records in Ohio; Cincinnati-Hamilton County Public Library, History/Genealogy department.}
He married Rachel Van Winkle who died in 1768. A second wife was Edith Wick. He made a will on September 11, 1807, and it was probated May 18, 1808. His wife at the time of his death was Lydia ?___.
Children from Rachel Van Winkle: John m. Martha Force, Abraham m. Prudence Vance, Matthias m. Mary Rutan, Abigail m. Samuel Miller, Isaac, Rachel m. Robert Badgley. Children from Edith Wick: Wickham, Edward m. Phebe Louder, Jacob.
Revolutionary War Soldiers, Buried in Hamilton County, Ohio”; Little Miami Publ. Co. Milford, Ohio, 2010. By DAR, Cincinnati Chapter.
SAR Ancestor #P-281428, Official roster III: Soldiers of the American Revolution who lived in the State of Ohio. Wilbur R. Branthoover, compiler. Veterans Affairs, Ohio. Reprinted by the Ohio Society Daughters of the American Revolution (OHSDAR). 1959.


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Additional Information:
  • per FindaGrave John Mangels Roll Jr
    • b. 17 Oct 1733, Staten Island, Richmond Co., NY
    • d. 23 Aug 1808, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH
    • John Roll born 10/10/1757 in Essex Co., NJ, died 4/23/1818, Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH. He served in the Revolutionary War.


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