Dear List Members, Isaac Roll (1735-1809), son of John Mangles Roll and Elizabeth Strickhauser, married (1764) Sarah Cauldwell (1738-1804). Sarah's parents were James Cauldwell (1690- ) and Mary GASTON (1695- ). So the GASTONs are ancestors of all who descended from Isaac and Sarah. There are many very old family legends concerning the origins of the GASTON line, some rather surprising. Jean GASTON, supposed ancestor of Mary GASTON, was likely born in France during the reign of Henry IV, who was originally a Huguenot and then a Roman Catholic. Henry was born at Foix, now in France. Jean, to whom some attribute the surname De Foix, was probably a Huguenot as well, having fled from religious persecution to Scotland about the middle of the 17th century. During that time, there was a great religious persecution in Scotland. So Jean's sons, and probably daughters, went to Antrim, Northern Ireland, and some of their descendants emigrated to America. The new surname mail list GASTON-L@rootsweb.com is now open for business. As with all new lists, things are not very active until the existence of the list becomes known. So, if you subscribe, hang around for a while until the list gets active. There are a lot of GASTON researchers out there, and it will take time for them to discover the list. If you are a GASTON descendant, please broadcast news about this new list to anyone you believe may be interested. You may forward this message to save some writing. I believe that I am the owner of the list, although this has not yet been confirmed. You may subscribe to either of two modes: 1. To subscribe so as to receive every message posted to the list separately, send the word subscribe in an email message to GASTON-L-request@rootsweb.com. 2. To subscribe so as to receive several postings combined as a single large message or digest, send the word subscribe in an email message to GASTON-D-request@rootsweb.com. Additional instructions will be emailed to you when you subscribe. 3. You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Send the postings to GASTON-L@rootsweb.com. Sincerely, William Henry Roll Blythe, California, USA Telephone: 760.922.7181 Primary email: <wroll@redrivernet.com> Secondary email: <whroll@aol.com> __________ Dutch Genealogy from New York, New Jersey, and the Netherlands: The Roll Family Genealogy Windmill <http://members.aol.com/whroll>

Some of you might be interested in the new Rootsweb surname lists below. Nancy Lohbrunner lohbrunner@prodigy.net -----Original Message----- From: Halsey Flannery <jhflann@drizzle.com> To: LOHBRUNNER <LOHBRUNNER@prodigy.net> Date: Monday, May 24, 1999 5:44 PM Subject: Re: Van Buskirk & LaGrange >Hi Nancy: > >Thanks for the offer to include announcements for the LAGRANGE & MERSEREAU >on your ROLL maillist. These lists ae too new to be indexed at rootsweb, >although they are operational. > >LAGRANGE. a mailing list for the discussion and sharing 0f information >regarding the surname LaGrange and it's variations (e.g., La Grange, De La >Grange, De Grange) in any place and at any time. To subscribe send the word >"subscribe" (without the quotes) as the only text in the body of the message >to lagrange-l-request@rootsweb.com (mail mode) or >lagrange-d-request@rootsweb.com (digest mode). Mailing address for posting >of messages is lagrange-l@rootsweb.com (regardless of mode). > >MERSEREAU. a mailing list for the discussion and sharing 0f information >regarding the surname Mersereau and it's variations (e.g., Mercereau, >Mercerean, Meisereau) in any place and at any time. To subscribe send the >word "subscribe" (without the quotes) as the only text in the body of the >message to mersereau-l-request@rootsweb.com (mail mode) or >mersereau-d-request@rootsweb.com (digest mode). Mailing address for posting >of messages is mersereau-l@rootsweb.com (regardless of mode). > >That should suffice. > >I am allowed up to 8 mailing lists, & may add one for the VAN BUSKIRK >surname. > >I also have GenConnect boards at rootsweb for the surnames LaGrange & >Mersereau, & I may request one for surmame Van Buskirk. > >I transferred my web pages at drizzle.com, here in Seattle, to rootsweb. The >URL is: > >http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~jhflann > >Once I get all my genealogical transferred to "The Master Genealogist" >software, my plan is to place my various "family files directly to my pages >at rootsweb.

Does anyone know the line of John RALL SR and John RALL JR who were on the 1790 Federal Census, Westchester Co NY, town of Bedford? For John Rall Sr there were 2 males over 16, 2 males under 16, 5 females and 1 slave. For John Rall Jr there were 1 male over 16, 2 males under 16 and 3 females. The surname ROLL is listed on the "Later inhabitants 1700 to 1800" Westchester Co, town of Rye. Any ideas anyone? Nancy Lohbrunner lohbrunner@prodigy.net

Received a note from John Morrow today saying that Edna had passed away. She has been in a nursing home for about the last 5 years. I corresponded with her for about 15 years sharing the Roll family history. Edna May Roll b. Nov. 20, 1900, Hamilton, OH d. May 17, 1999, Brookville, IN. First child of Theodore Everett & (2nd wife) Sarah Jean (Sears) Roll. Edna never married. She was a registered nurse for over 40 years in OH and IN. Survived by sister-in-law Mrs. Walter Everett (Beatrice Fongdong) Roll Edna will truly be missed. Will pass along obit. when I get it. Jan

Dear Roll List Members, I was sent the following interesting item about John Roll, probably the son of Jan Mangles Roll (see identification in my reply at the bottom). I thought some would be interested. Anyone have ~positive~ documentation as to the burial place of Jan Mangles Roll (1708-1782)? I notice some have Jan's burial at Presbyterian Church, Long Hill, Chatham, Morris, NJ, and others have Long Hill Chapel. Are they the same place? What is the source? ==begin quote form Connie== From: RONCONLAF@aol.com Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 23:50:44 EDT Subject: Re: [NJMORRIS-L] Re: History of Chatham, NJ To: wroll@redrivernet.com Hi William, Thank you very much for writing. I found a reference to your John Roll on page 123 of "History of Chatham, NJ" Page 121 has a letter from General Heard to Colonel Holmes, Monmouth County, Rocky Hill 12th April, 1779. Then, on page 122 there's a note which appears to be a P. S to the letter, but rather than P. S. it says N. B: "N. B. I am surprised that you have not sent me Returns of the state of your Regt I beg you will send me word by Express as Soon as the Beacons are Erected. Then, on page 123, in a footnote, your John Roll is mentioned as building a beacon. I would assume it's one of the beacons mentioned in the communication. "Item 11-The Laws of 1780, Chapter LVII, provided for the payment to Colonel Sylvanus Seeley the sum of 56 pounds, 8 shillings and 9 pence: paid to JOHN ROLL for building a beacon on Long Hill, and for six cords of wood." Interesting piece of history about your ancestor, isn't it? Do you have knowledge of the burial ground of John? I'm thinking there may be many of these early settlers in the same ground at Chatham. Hope your Monday is good. Connie ==end quote from Connie== ==begin quote from W. H. Roll== Dear Connie, Yes. Thanks for the nice bit of information about John Roll (1732-1808), son of Jan Mangles Roll (1708-1782). I had not seen this. I ordered the book today, as there seem to be several available for about $10. Jan Mangles Roll, who born on Staten Island and lived at Turkey, (now New Providence,) New Jersey, was buried either at the Long Hill Chapel grounds or in Chatham Presbyterian burial ground. I have seen neither source myself, so its up for grabs. I don't know why he would be buried in Chatham, unless it was connected to the Revolution, still in progress at the time. Both Jan and his son John were soldiers. Jan was a rather old for that, but is said to have trained troops. I descend from Jan's son Isaac Roll, who ran a tavern and stage line stop in Springfield, New Jersey. John Roll, Jan's son and an uncle of mine, lived in Springfield, Union, (then Essex County,) New Jersey, and later moved to Ohio. He is buried at the Old Cemetery, South Cumminsville, OH. Others on the Roll-L list at RootsWeb would be interested in this. May I post your message to that list? ==end quote from W. H. Roll==

Hello everyone Over the last week, I have had problems with my Internet Provider, and many e-mails sent to me were not delivered. If anyone has tried to contact me recently, please send the message again, as I have now changed servers. Maxine Rolls Pembrokeshire researching:- ADAMS, Pembrokeshire DAVIES, Pembrokeshire EDWARDS, Pembrokeshire FARRELL, Bolton JOHN, Pembrokeshire NOOT, Pembrokeshire PARKINSON, Bolton ROLLS, Norfolk & Suffolk STURLEY, Pembrokeshire WOODS, Norfolk & Suffolk

Hello, Jan, Well, I have been discussing the ancestry of my Joseph DUNHAM who married Mary "Polly" MILLER with DUNHAM researchers on the DUNHAM-DONHAM list. I am told that Joseph's father appears to be a Moses DUNHAM, but it is not etched in gold yet. His mother is unknown. I will see if I can discover any additional information on any of these families. It appears that there were 3 or 4 different DUNHAM lines who were in the same NJ area, and as with the ROLL family, many bore the same given name and many were born or died at similar times. I am descended from Ross DUNHAM & Sarah "Sally" ROLL via my father's side of the family, thus I am a MILLS descendant also. I am descended from the MILLS from both my father's side then and also via my mother's side. Well, let me see what more I can discover. Will let you know when I do. Wish I could solve who the parents of Joseph DUNHAM are. Audrey -----Original Message----- From: Jan Holland <hollandj@uonline.net> To: ROLL-L@rootsweb.com <ROLL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, May 03, 1999 8:23 PM Subject: [ROLL-L] Roll/Dunham >Hi all- >Because I lost all my mail in the crash I lost a lot of the connections I >had listed. Can anyone help with the questions below? >Looking for Dunham line- Parents of David Dunham who married Betsy Roll >(dau. of Caty & James) and Catherine (Caty) Dunham (1792-1865) who married >James Roll (1787-1871) and John Dunham who married Sarah Ann Roll (dau. of >Caty & James). >Also Elijah Samuel Dunham who m. Abbygail Roll (dau of Brooks and Phebe Ross >Roll). >Joseph Dunham and Mary Polly Miller had sons James, Moses and Ross who m. >Sarah (Sally) Roll (dau of Jacob Roll (1761-1834) & Eliz/Betsy Mills >(1764-1806). Joseph's parents ??? >Thanks in advance!!! >Jan >holland@uonline.net > > >==== ROLL Mailing List ==== >First Families of Westfield, New Jersey >http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/5096 > >

Hi all- Because I lost all my mail in the crash I lost a lot of the connections I had listed. Can anyone help with the questions below? Looking for Dunham line- Parents of David Dunham who married Betsy Roll (dau. of Caty & James) and Catherine (Caty) Dunham (1792-1865) who married James Roll (1787-1871) and John Dunham who married Sarah Ann Roll (dau. of Caty & James). Also Elijah Samuel Dunham who m. Abbygail Roll (dau of Brooks and Phebe Ross Roll). Joseph Dunham and Mary Polly Miller had sons James, Moses and Ross who m. Sarah (Sally) Roll (dau of Jacob Roll (1761-1834) & Eliz/Betsy Mills (1764-1806). Joseph's parents ??? Thanks in advance!!! Jan holland@uonline.net

I am forwarding the following message in hopes that someone can help this person. She is NOT on the Roll list (yet). If you can help her, please reply directly to her with a cc to the Roll list. Thank you, Nancy Lohbrunner lohbrunner@prodigy.net -----Original Message----- From: David Queen & Family <qfamily@greatnorthern.net> To: lohbrunner@prodigy.net <lohbrunner@prodigy.net> Date: Sunday, May 02, 1999 3:44 PM Subject: Rolls I am looking for info on David Roll, born 1826 in Baden. Can you help? Thanks. Lorraine Queen qfamily@greatnorthern.net

Hi all- Have gotten some things sent directly from a few people on the list and so I wanted to let you know of my address change. hollandj@uonline.net just a j after holland. The fellow at my old address has been nice enough to forward everything to me but I am sure he is getting tired of it. Thanks Jan in WA

I don't get it. I have tried that adress so many times, but I always get shut down.?? Thanks anyway. Diane

The address is: http://www.nygbs.org/ good luck, Nancy Lohbrunner lohbrunner@prodigy.net

Hi, Can't get onto their web site. Do you have a current address for NYGB? Thank you, D Winant

Hello Everyone Sorry if I`ve been a little quiet but I was wiped out by the VIRUS!! I was wondering if ANYONE can help me. What I would like is if any kind person could look up the 1881 Index for this area and see if there are any ROLL families. I am expecting to find one in the Southtown area (I would still like the details howeveras I have lost some information with the virus), but I feel that somewhaere in either Norfolk or Suffolk there MUST be more of them as I have been told that my husbands grandfather (John William Septimus Roll) was a seventh son of a seventh son. I have found the last seeven, but not the first. PLEASE CAN ANYONE HELP!!! Thank you MAXINE PEMBROKESHIRE

For those who are not aware that the NY G & B (NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY has a quarterly publication THE RECORD. The first two 'RECORD'S' for 1999 will have an article about the Van Woggelum family. The first one is already published. I checked my local Genealogical Society this week and the second RECORD has not arrived yet. The local library is closing the Genealogical room for remodeling and it will be closed for almost a year. I thought someone on list wrote that we can buy copies of the only the article from the NY G & B. This might be our solution. By the way the 3rd and 4th articles are about the NY/NJ Roll's. Nancy Lohbrunner lohbrunner@prodigy.net

For those who missed the Fun Facts, try http://archiver.rootsweb.com/archives/ROLL-L/1999-04/msg00008.html if you can't get into the site from the above address, go to http://archiver.rootsweb.com/archives/ROLL-L/ Click on 1999 04, then scroll down to Fun Facts by my name. Nancy Lohbrunner lohbrunner@prodigy.net

Think you have us all curious about this. What did we miss?

Some how, I must have missed this - what were the fun facts? Hansel -----Original Message----- From: Bill Cook <bdcook@mtco.com> To: ROLL-L@rootsweb.com <ROLL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, April 28, 1999 8:13 PM Subject: Re: [ROLL-L] FUN FACTS >I really enjoyed your fun facts. Thanks! > >Bill Cook > > > >==== ROLL Mailing List ==== >Lucinda KIDD (1834-1902) married Jonathan Smith ROLL (1828-1904) >http://members.aol.com/RLCww/Kidd1.htm >

The Van Woggelum's are my ancestors. I don't believe I've seen the first article or the second. Could you bring me up to date? Bill Cook

I really enjoyed your fun facts. Thanks! Bill Cook