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State of Service: VA
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
Birth: 21 November 1730 / / GER Death: 26 Sep 1802 Lovettsville / Loudoun / VA
Qualifying Service Description:
Paid Supply Tax in Loudoun County, VA in 1782 and 1783
Additional References:
Patricia B. Duncan, Loudoun County, Virginia Personal Property Tax Lists (Westminster, Maryland: Willow Bend Books, 2004) 1782B, pg 20, and 1783A, pg 37.
Spouse: Rosina XX Children: Conrad; Rosina; John; Elisabeth; Magdalena; Catharine; Margaret;
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Image taken and provided with permission from compatriot Edward Spannaus (VA) member 205200.
Site 00 4, in wooden frame, last row on right side of cemetery
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Author: Edward Wise Spannaus
Johannes Andreas David Roller was born on 21 November 1730 in what is now Germany.1 Johannes was naturalized in Frederick, Maryland, on 11 September 1765.
He married Rosina Roller in 1755. They had at least six children:
Conrad
Rosina married Christopher Bornhouse
John
Elisabeth married [?] Snyder
Magdalena married [?] Precht
Catharine married George Abel
Margaret married Frederick Slates
Within a few years of his marriage, he apparently moved to Loudoun County, Virginia. He first appeared on the Loudoun County Tithables list in 1767 and remained on that list until 1779. Conrad Roller is listed in the household as of 1771, and from 1772 to 1779, Conrad (Cunrad) is identified as John's son.2 Conrad is recognized as a Patriot of the American Revolution (P-343721).
A "John Roller" is listed as paying the Personal Property (Supply) Tax in 1782 and 1783 and then again through 1788.3 "Conrad Roller" is listed only for 1783. It seems likely that this "John" is John Andrew, the father, and not his son John, since both his sons John and Conrad were serving in the 3rd Virginia Regiment in the Southern Theatre in 1782 and 1783 and were not discharged until December 17834 – and thus would not have paid the Personal Property Tax in 1782.
John's wife Rosina died on or about 30 January 1794 and was buried at New Jerusalem Lutheran Cemetery. The church's burial register lists her as "Rosina Rollerin, Johan Andreas David Roller's wife, buried Jan. 20, 1794, aged 69 years, 3 months."5,6
In his Will, dated 20 September 1802, John Andrew left his "moveables" (personal property) to his son-in-law Christian Bornhouse and his fishpot for the sum of six Pounds currency, which was to be put into the remainder of his estate which was to be sold at auction to the highest bidder, the proceeds to be equally divided among his children: his sons Conrad and John; his daughters Elizabeth Snyder (deceased), Magdalen Precht, Rosina Bornhouse, Catherine Able, and Margaret Sletz [Slates]. He appointed his son-in-law Christopher Bornhouse and his friend Matthias Smitley as Executors. Witnesses were Frederick Smith, Christian Wine, John Stiers, and Jacob Long. The Will was proven in court and ordered to be recorded on 11 October 1802. (Will Book F 457)7
It is interesting that daughter Rosina's husband, Christopher Bornhouse, and daughter Catherine's husband, George Abel, were both "Hessian" soldiers in the Erbprinz Regiment from Hesse-Kassel, who were prisoners of war at the Frederick, Maryland prison barracks, and who defected or stayed behind at the end of the war. Daughter Margaret married Frederick Slates (Schlötz), who is also reported to have been a "Hessian" from Hesse-Kassel – although no documentation of this has been found. Son Conrad married Elisabeth Slates, likely a sister of Frederick Slates.8 There is a suggestion that Conrad was deployed at one time guarding prisoners at the Frederick Barracks – which might explain these marriages.
The Patriot died on or about 26 September 1802 and was buried at New Jerusalem Lutheran Cemetery on that date.9 The church's burial register shows his age at 71 years, 10 months, and 5 days.10
Sources:
Biographical information found in Roller Family File, Lovettsville Historical Society Museum.
Hiatt, Marty, Loudoun County, Virginia Tithables, 1758-1786 (Athens, Georgia: Iberian Publishing Col, 1995).
Patricia B. Duncan, Loudoun County, Virginia Personal Property Tax Lists (Westminster, Maryland: Willow Bend Books, 2004) 1782B, p. 20, and 1783A, p. 37.
Copies of Revolutionary War records listing Conrad and John Roller, obtained from Library of Virginia, and maintained at Lovettsville Historical Society Museum.
New Jerusalem Lutheran Church Register, "Burials," 20 January 1794.
Find-a-Grave: memorial 28050721
Will cited in Patriot Biography of Conrad Roller, P-343721, submitted by David E. Cook.
Roller Family File; Hessian research conducted by this author.
New Jerusalem Lutheran Church Register, "Burials," 26 September 1802.
Find-a-Grave memorial 28050792
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