Some additions to Nancy's info. Have descendants for most all of these children. Jan Husband: Matthias ROLL - ------------------------------------------------ Birth: 22 Aug 1762 Place: Elizabethtown, NJ (Essex Co.) Death: 7 Oct 1831 Place: Hamilton, Butler Co., OH Burial: Place: Roll Cem.,McGonigles, Butler Co.,OH Remarks: SeeNotes Father: John ROLL Jr. (1733-1808) Mother: Rachael VAN WINKLE (1738-1768) - ------------------------------------------------ Marriage: 7 Apr 1785 Place: Essex Co., NJ - ------------------------------------------------ Wife: Mary RUTAN - ------------------------------------------------ Birth: 7 Apr 1764 Place: Essex Co., NJ Death: 9 Feb 1838 Place: McGonigles, Hanover Twp., Butler Co., OH Burial: Place: Roll Cem.,McGonigles, Butler Co.,OH-100 Acre Farm Remarks: See Disk #10 For More On This Line Father: Abraham RUTAN (1734-1792) Mother: Mrs. Anna RUTAN (1765-1787) - ------------------------------------------------ Children... - ------------------------------------------------ 1. F Child: Charity ROLL Birth: 16 Jun 1787 Place: New Providence, Union, NJ Death: 11 Nov 1864 Place: Butler Co., OH Burial: Place: Old Roll Cem. On Millville Rd., Butler Co., OH Spouse: Samuel TRUESDALE Marriage: 27 Aug 1808 Spouse: John AYRES - ------------------------------------------------ 2. M Child: Joseph ROLL Birth: 24 Sep 1789 Place: New Providence, Union, NJ Death: 17 Sep 1864 Remarks: 1840-Center Twp., Marion Co., IN Spouse: Rebecca JOHNSTON (MILLER) Marriage: 13 Mar 1810 Place: Or 12/12/1811 Or 3/13/1810 - ------------------------------------------------ 3. F Child: Abigail ROLL Birth: 15 Jul 1791 Death: 17 Jan 1859 Remarks: Has D. 9-17-1864-Butler Co., OH Spouse: Reuban BLACKFORD Marriage: 14 Feb 1809 Place: Warren Co., OH - ------------------------------------------------ 4. F Child: Rachel ROLL Birth: 16 Jun 1793 Death: 3 Sep 1835 Place: Butler Co., OH Burial: Place: Old Ebenezer Methodist Episl, Hanover Twp., Butler Co., OH Spouse: William S STEWART Marriage: 5 Apr 1810 Place: Warren Co., OH - ------------------------------------------------ 5. F Child: Anna ROLL Birth: 15 May 1795 Place: New Providence, Union, NJ Death: 11 Jan 1883 Spouse: Christopher LINTNER Marriage: 9 Feb 1813 - ------------------------------------------------ 6. M Child: Isaac ROLL Birth: 18 May 1797 Place: New Providence, Union, NJ Death: 1881 Remarks: Res: Battle Plains, MN Spouse: Hanna DECAMP/HAWKINS Marriage: 19 Sep 1821 Place: Butler Co., OH - ------------------------------------------------ 7. F Child: Mary (Polly) ROLL Birth: 16 Jun 1799 Death: 20 Jun 1831/1841 Spouse: David BAKER Jr. Marriage: 20 Jan 1816 - ------------------------------------------------ 8. M Child: John ROLL Birth: 22 Mar 1801 Place: Butler Co., OH Death: 26 May 1851 Place: Butler Co., OH Occupation: Farmer Remarks: Lived & Died In Hanover Twp., Butler Co., OH Spouse: Elizabeth DODDS Marriage: 20 Jan 1823 Place: Butler Co., OH - ------------------------------------------------ 9. M Child: Israel ROLL Birth: 17 Aug 1803 Place: Butler Co., OH Death: 16 Sep 1883 Place: Butler Co., OH Burial: Place: Millville Cem., Butler Co., OH Occupation: farmer Spouse: Mary L. JONES Marriage: 17 Nov 1836 - ------------------------------------------------ 10. M Child: Matthias ROLL Jr. Birth: 20 Aug 1805 Place: Butler Co., OH Death: 15 Mar 1885 Place: Blackford Co., Roll, IN Spouse: Jane Stewart WILLIAMS Marriage: 20 Nov 1828 Spouse: Lucy WILLIAMS Marriage: 11 Jun 1843 - ------------------------------------------------ 11. M Child: Samuel F ROLL Birth: 10 Dec 1807 Place: McGonigle, Butler Co., OH Death: 26 Jul 1845 Place: Butler Co., OH Burial: Place: Oxford Twp. Cem. Butler Co., OH Remarks: Res" Reily Twp., Butler Co., OH Spouse: Frances JONES Marriage: 6 Mar 1828 Place: McGongile, Butler Co., OH - ------------------------------------------------ 12. M Child: Silas ROLL Birth: 6 Dec 1810 Place: Butler Co., OH Death: 31 May 1871 Place: OH Burial: Place: Oxford Twp. Cem, OH Occupation: Physician Spouse: Fannie WILSON Marriage: 3 Apr 1832 Place: Butler Co., OH Spouse: Martha MOORE Marriage: 20 Feb 1840 Place: Butler Co., OH - ------------------------------------------------ 13. F Child: Phebe ROLL Birth: 14 Jun 1818 Place: or 1799 or 1809 Death: 1889 Remarks: She May Have Been Another Daughter??? Spouse: Charles SMITH Husbands Notes... - ------------------------------------------------ Notes: Mathias and Mary, along with other members of their family are interred at McGonigles, (near Hamilton) Butler Co., OH in the private family Cemetery on the farm of 100 acres which Matthias received from the Federal Government for his services in the Revolutionary War. ----------------------- Butler Co., OH Cemetery Site http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohbutler/butler-cem.html ROLL CEMETERY Located near McGongible Station, Hanover Township, Butler County, Ohio. (The following inscriptions were copied by Mrs. Hazel Stroup of Hamilton, Ohio, and printed by Robert D. Craig in "Butler County Cemetery and Church Records," Volume I, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1962, pp. 45.) ROLL, Mary, d. 1838, age 74 yrs, wife of Mathew Roll. Mathew, Rev. Soldier, d. 1831. Research: 11-2-1972 From: State of NJ, State Library, Dept. of Education, 135 West State St., P.O. Box 1398, Trenton, NJ 03625, Archives and History Bureau: The following has been correctly copied from the military records, formerly in the War Records Office, NJ Dept. of Defense now on file in the Archives and History Bureau. Roll, Matthias - (Also shown as Rall and Raul) Private, Captain Jonathan Forman's Company, Colonel Martin's Fourth Regiment, NJ Continental Line; enlisted in Essex County, February 1779; transferred to the First Regiment; on rolls January 1781. Transferred to Captain Aaron Ogden's Company, Colonel Matthias Ogden's Regiment, NJ Continental Line; on rolls and mustared May 20, 1783, by Colonel W. Stewart, Inspector of the Northern Army. Discharged June 5, 1783. Received Pay and Gratuity to First Regiment, 1780, 1781 and 1782. Born 1762. Resided in Butler County, OH, 1819. I hereby certify that the foregoing is correctly copied from the original record on file in the Archives and History Bureau, NY Library, Trenton, NJ. (signed) Sincerly Yours, Kenneth W. Richards Head --------------------- A copy of Matthias' will (dated 1831) is in the Court House of Butler Co., OH.. The County Archivist of the Butler Co. Records Commission gives the following information: Re: Mathias (sic) Roll Estate No. 0500 Will Bk. I, Page 530 Will states his wife Mary, son Israel, son Joseph, daughter Abigail, daughter Rachel homestead in the S.E. corner of Section 17, Hanover Twp. Town 4, Range 2. Sons Israel and Isaac get 2/3 of farm, 1/3 to wife Mary. Abigail and Rachel already advanced rec'd $1.00, daughter Charity $80, Ann $30, and Polly $18. Son Matthias $50. Sons John, Samuel and Silas $80 each. As to parents of Mathias (sic) Roll -- we have no information Hope the above helps. (signed) Esther Benzing, County Archivist ------------------------- *Ref: Symmes Purchase Records, by Chris McHenry, 1979 Pg. 20--Jan 21, 1790 - Israel Ludlow - in behalf of Mathias Roll of NJ, presents for enty and location a warrant for 640 acres by virtue of which he locates the twenty fourth section in the 3rd twp. East from the Great Miami in the first entire range it being the fourteenth mile from the Ohio River. The Above is a void entry as Mr. Ludlow did not file the warrant in the office but returned it to Roll who sold the same to Robert Benham who presented it for entry at the office and it was received and recorded. Pg. 42-- Feb. 24, 1791 - Cpt,. Robert Benham of Cincinatti, Assignee of Mathias Roll, presents for entry and location a warrant for One Section 640 acres by Virtue of which he locates the thirteenth Section in the third twp. in the first entire range of townships being the fourteenth mile North from the Ohio. ---------------- Ref: DAR Lineage Books, Vol 112, pg 223 Roll, Matthias (1762-1831) enlisted 1779 as Private in the Continental Army in the American Revolution serving under Captains Forman and Ogden, Colonels Ephraim Martin and Matthias Ogden, NJ Troops; applied for pension, 1819 granted. He built a house in Butler Co., OH on corner of Baltimore & McHenry Ave in 1819.` ---------------- Vol 3 Ohio DAR Rev Soldiers. "Mathias Roll, Butler Co., Ohio by I. Clifford Roll, Akron, Ohio. b 1/22/1762 Elizabethtown, NJ; died 10/7/1831 age 69y 1m 15d; bur on family cem on 100 acre farm which he received from the government for his rev. war service in McGonigles, near Hamilton Ohio, Butler County. Enl as Pve in 1779 serving under capts Froman and Ogden. Cols. Ephriam Martin and Mathias Ogden, NJ troops pensioned 1819. Brother of Abraham Roll, a rev. soldier. --------------------- Ref: Warren County Ohio Tax List for 1810. Franklin Twp. Rall, Mathias. - ---------------------------- Memorials of Butler Co., OH (Beers) Roll, Mathias and wife, Mary (Rutan) became members of Bethel Chapel in Hanover twp., Butler Co., OH which previously, they belonged to the Hamilton Church, then called Indian Creek Church. They became members of the former church about 1815. His name appears on the tablet of the Sailors and Soldiers Monument at Hamilton, OH. He is buried the the family cemetery on the 100 acre farm he received from the government for his services in the Revolutionary War, which is located in McGonigles, Hanover Twp., Butler Co., OH. (The cemetery is now abondoned) ------------------- Cemetery Inscriptions of Butler Co., OH, by Hazel Stroup: "Matthias Roll, d. 7 Oct. 1831, aged 69y. 1m 15d" "Mary Roll, wife of Mathias, d. 9 Feb, 1838, aged 74y, 1m,24d. ----------------- Will of Matthias Roll: dated 1831, names wife Mary and eleven children; viz: Israel, Silas, Joseph, Isaac, Mathias Jr., John, Samuel, Abigail, Rachel, Charity and Polly. *Cincinnati Land Office: Roll, Matthias 12-28-1801 S-34, T4, R4, A170 HL. -------------------- An account of his service, etc. can be found in the DAR's book of "Revolutionery Soldiers Who Lived in OH" Vol 3. ------------------ Marriage- See records of Presbyterian Church of New Providence, NJ. Double wedding with his sister Abigail Roll who married Samuel Miller. --------------------- Genealogies of the First Settlers of Passaic Valley by John Liettell. 1881, p. 352. -------------------- *I. Clifford Roll- "The Abraham Roll Family From NJ, Pioneers in Hamilton Co"., OH by I. Clifford Roll with Marie Dickore- In the Oct. 1960 issue of Historical & Philosophical Society of Ohio, Genealogy Dept. --------------------- Daughters of the American Revolution, Lineage Book" p 293. #111915. "Matthias Roll (1762-1831) enlisted, 1779, as a private, serving under Captains Forman and Ogden, Colonels Ephraim Martin and Matthias Ogden, New Jersey troops. In 1819 he applied for a pension. His claim was allowed. He was born in Elizabethtown, NJ; died in Hamilton, Ohio." - --------------------------- "DAR Patriot Index" Centennial Edition Part III. Wash: 1990, p 2507. "Roll: Matthias: b. 8-22-1762 NJ, d. 10-7-1831 OH m Mary Rutan. Pvt NJ WPNS."