ROA.en~ ROBBRcr~~ RID~BWA1C and ALLIED FAMILIES THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO MY BELOVED PARENTS, The Late DOUGLAS FAIR ROACH (1851-1917) and his wife MARY JANE HILL (1860-Living 1951) PREFACE •In attempting to compile a correct genealogy of these families, much time and effort has been expended and a careful study made of records in Virginia, North and South Carolina and Alabama. Much research has been done in the National Archives and D.A.R. Library of Washington, D.C., aside from a tremendous correspondence with authorities from Massachusetts to Texas. THE REAL PURPOSE OF THIS WORK is the PRESERVATION OF FAMILY RECORDS for our very young generation and those boys and girls who shall come after them. Lineage charts have been prepared of the Revolutionary Lines in order that the unskilled in genealogical research may readily discern the line from which they are descended. I should like to express my gratitude and appreciation to those who have given me much assistance in the compilation of this work. First, the late Major James Fair Hardin of Shreveport, Louisiana, has left to me much data on ROACH, ROBERTS, and FAIR families from which he had anticipated compiling a family genealogy; Mrs. Leonora Higginbotham Sweeny (Mrs. William M.) of New York City; Mrs. S. A. Fortson of Augusta, Georgia; Mrs. Edythe R. Whitley of Nashville, Tenn.; Mrs. Lucille Mathews Herndon of Ozark, Ala­ bama; Mrs. Katie Printz Esker of Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Ida Cato Lankford of Emporia, Virginia; Miss Ann Chamberlain of William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Virginia; Mrs. B. W. Gandrud, Tuscaloosa, Alabama; Mrs. Elizabeth Mathison, Jackson, Mississippi; Mr. Paul J. Ridgway, Jr., of Toccoa, Georgia; Mr. George C. Ayde­ lott, RCA Bldg., Rockefeller Center, New York City; Mr. Wm. M. Spencer of Birmingham, Alabama, and Mr. George Leland Summer of Newberry, South Carolina. Thanks to numerous others who have given valued assistance. MARIELOU ROACH FAIR (MRS. PERCY CALDWELL FAIB) 530 Louisiana Street, Mansfield, La. (1951) a REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS ALLEN, JOSEPH of Virginia and Georgia_______________________ 129 CALDWELL, CAPTAIN JOHN of South Carolina___ l52, 158 CATO, LIEUT. HENRY of Virginia and South Carolina,_--49, 50, 82 CATO, JOHN (His Father) of Virginia and South Carolina ____ 37, 83 CATO, BURRELL________________________________________ . ____ 50, 51 COOK, JOHN of Virginia and South Carolina________________ _ __ 60 ERVIN, COL. JOHN ___________________________________________________ 144 FLANDERS, ENOCH of Massachusetts _______________________________________________ 143 FLUKER, WILLIAM O:i Georgia and Virginia__________________ 16 FORTSON, LIEUT. THOMAS of Virginia and Georgia _______ l 79, 189 HAILS, CAPT. ROBERT of South Carolina_______________________ 11 HIGGINBOTHAM, AARON of Virginia____________________________________ l96, 197 HIGGINBOTHAM, CAPT. SAMUEL of Virginia_________ l96, 197 HILL, THOMAS of Halifax County, North Carolina ________________________ 225 HILL, BENJAMIN (His Son) of North Carolina____________ 215, 216, 225 HILL, WILLIAM of Surry County, North Carolina ________________________ 206 JOHNSON, CAPT. JOHN of Georgia and South Carolina____________ 111 MACLIN, COL. FREDERICK of Virginia _________________________ 161 MARTIN, PLEASANT ---------------·----- _____ 27 McMASTER, JAMES of South Carolina_______________ ____ 153, 158 RIDGEWAY, THOMAS of Virginia__________________________________________________ 174 ROACH, SERGEANT JOHN of South Carolina_________________________ 33 ROBERTS, LIEUT ALEXANDER of Delaware and Virginia __ 96, 106 ROBERTS, ALEXANDER SANDERS (His Son) of Delaware and Virginia ---------------------------- _________________________________________ 96, 106 SATTERWHITE, ANN of Virginia______________ _ ___ 193 TENNISON, JOHN of Virginia____________________________ 173 WOOTEN, JESSE of North Carolina _____________________________________ ~226 YOUNG, JAMES of South Carolina____________ ______ 151 4 COLONIAL LINES 1. ALLEN, John of Fauquier County, Virginia __________________ 113, 128 2. AYDELOTT, Benjamin, wife Mary, Immigrant to North­ hampton County, Virginia, living there May 3, 1687. Bought land in Somerset, Maryland on above date. First known Aydelott immigrant to America ____________________________________ 94, 95, 96 3. AYDELOTT, John, second son of Benjamin Aydelott, wife Mary ____________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------ 92 14. BOLLING, Col. Robert of Virginia ________ ------------------------------------ 160 5. BOLLING, John of Chestnut Grove _______________________________ 160 6. BOLLING, Major John _____________________________________________ 160 7. BOLLING, John of "Cobbs" __________________________________ 160 8. C!II~~S, Lieut. Col. Walter, Member of the Council, V1rg1ma ______________________ _________________________________ ----~-- 127 9. CONTESSE, Dr. Louis, French Huguenot physician of Williamsburg ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 115 10. COOKE, William, wife Mary, immigrant from Bristol, England in 1670, father of William Cooke who married Jane Roper __________ ------------------------------------------------------------------- 74 11. COOKE, William and Jane Roper of Surry County, Va.____ 74 12. COOKE, John and wife Hanna Jones, son of William Cooke, and Jane Roper and father of Henry Cooke of Surry and Brunswick Counties, Virginia _______________ -------------------------------------- 73 13. COOKE, Henry, of Surry and Brunswick Counties, Vir­ ginia and father of Jane Cato (wife of John Cator, Cato), and John Cooke of Brunswick County, Virginia and Cooke's Ferry, South Carolina, also Drury Cooke of Greenville County, Virginia and North Carolina________________________________________ 73 14. FLANDERS, Stephen, immigrant to Salisbury (Ames­ bury) in 1638. Wife Jane ----------------------------------------------------------- 139 15. FORTSON, Thomas Sr., Caroline County, Virginia. Will presented in court in 1742, wife Elizabeth (most probably Winn). See will book 1741-1746 Caroline County, Va., p. 158 190 16. GRAVES, Capt. Thomas, came to Virginia from England in "Margaret and Mary" 1608. Member First Legislative Assembly in Virginia in 1619." Wife Katherine __________ 198, 199 17. GRAVES, Francis Sr., wife Jane (Francis Sr., son of Capt. Thomas Graves) ______________________________________________________________________ 198, 199 18. GRAVES, Francis Jr., son of Francis Sr., wife Ann ________________ 199 5 19. HILL, Robert with wife Mary, immigrant to Isle of Wight County in Virginia in 1642 _______ ____________________________________ 204 0 20. HILL, Sion, son of Robert Hill and· wife Mary, married Elizabeth. Sion Hill served as foot-soldier in militia, Surry County, Virginia ---------------------------------------------------------- 205 21. HILL, Robert and wife Tabitha of Virginia, and Halifax County, North Carolina _ ___ ______________ _______________________________________ 206 22. HIGGINBOTHAM, Capt. Aaron of Amherst County, Vir­ ginia, wife Clara Graves, descendant of Capt. Thomas Graves of Virginia_________________________________ _________ _________________ 190 23. HIGGINBOTHAM, Lieut. Samuel, and wife Jane Satter­ white, of Amherst County, Virginia, (son of Capt. Aaron) __ 196 24. PAGE, John, Burgess, Councillor, Trustee for founding William & Mary College, 1629-1692. Father, Francis Page of Bedfont, England --------------------------------------------------- 120, 128 25. RIDGEWAY, Samuel of Virginia. Very probably son of Dr. Ridgeway of London whose sister married Dr. Thomas Gilmer of Williamsburg. First found in Virginia in 1739 __ 169 26. SATTERWHITE, John, wife, Ann Satterwhite, patriot of Caroline County, Virginia during the Revolution _ 193 27. STROTHER, William who married Margaret Watts, Bur- gess of King George County 1727-1732 (death) _________ 128 28. STROTHER, William and wife Margaret Thornton 128 29. STROTHER, William, immigrant to Virginia in 1650 (from England) ___ ___________ _ _____________________________________________________ 128 30. TYLER, Henry 1st of Shropshire England, to York County, Virginia about 1640 ________________________________________________________________ 114, 127 . 31. TYLER, Henry 2nd, son of Henry 1st of York County, Virginia ________________________________________________________ 114, 127 32. TYLER, John, son of Henry 2nd, wife Elizabeth Jarrett. President Tyler a descendant of this John Tyler___________________ 114 33. TYLER, Francis, son of Henry Tyler, and wife Rebecca, Marshall of Vice-Admiralty Court in 1714, York County, Va. __________________________________________________________ 125, 126 34. WOOTEN, Dr. Thomas. Came to Jamestown, Virginia in 1607. First Surgeon in Virginia _________________________________________________ 229 35. WITHERS, James of Stratford County, Virginia ________________ 113 6 ROACH FAMILY THE ROACH FAMILY IS OF ANCIENT ORIGIN, emigrating to the Colonies from the British Isles, especially England and Ireland at a very early date in history. We find many of this family in Dela­ ware, Virginia and South Carolina. We are especially interested in the ROACH FAMILY of South Carolina. The following record has been photostated in the office of Secretary of State, Columbia, South Carolina. "South Carolina- George the Second by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, KING, Defender of the Faith, etc. To all to whom THESE PRESENTS shall come Greeting: Know Ye, That We of our special Grace, certain Knowledge and mere Motion, have