Unconnected
Roll Families
The family shield granted to Pierre Louis de Roll in France during the reign of King Louis XIV. The blazon is "d'azur à un lion d'or contourné, écartelé de gueules à une fasce d'argent, accompagnée en chef d'une roue d'or et en pointe d'un bezan d'argent." Roll - Rohl "....In Switzerland, several noble families had the name Von Roll. The family from Geneva owed its name to the village of Rolle in the canton of Vaud [Switzerland] where where they were land owners. The branches in the cantons of Bern and Soleure were related to that of the canton of Geneva. The Von Roll family of Soleure have served as colonels of regiments, of which some were in the service of the France. The Von Roll family, patricians of the canton of Uri, have no connection with the previous families. They have given birth to the German branch established in Black Forest (DHBS). Without any doubt, Pierre Louis de Roll, squire [lower nobility,] descended from this branch; his armorial bearings were recorded under Louis XIV. The description of the coat of arms is: "d'azur à un lion d'or contourné, écartelé de gueules à une fasce d'argent, accompagnée en chef d'une roue d'or et en pointe d'un bezan d'argent"(AGA). Pierre Louis was buried in 1706 in the church of Seppois-le-Bas. "At the very beginning of the 16th century, one Steffan Roll was paying a yearly due to Murbach for the vineyards located at the ban [an area controlled by a lord] of Guebwiller. In 1573, Hans Roll from Uffholtz appeared in some of the land recording register at Mulhousiens. Around 1615, Béat Roll of Leimbach had to pay, on the feastday of Saint-Georges, a tax for the meadows that he owned at Leimbach. This tax [perhaps to a church or monastery] had been created in 1654 by the widow of Pierre Roll. We are unaware today of the relationship that there could be between these various Roll families. "In January, 1635, Martin Roll, citizen of Cernay, married Ursule Walter, in the parish church at her hometown of Thann. The couple resided for a time at Thann where their son Jerome was born in 1638. Martin Roll, perhaps originating from Savoye [a region in France,] is already mentioned in Cernay in 1629 as a draper [or cloth merchant.] At the time of the enumeration ordered by Mazarin in 1659, Martin Roll was a vine grower in Cernay where, at the age of sixty, he lived with his four children and his wife. A member of the municipal council, he died about 1662, leaving all his fortune to its widow and his four sons. His son Jerome, married and father of a family, died in his turn about 1694. In estate inventory, one is surprised by the presence of two kegs of sauerkraut. Martin Roll, descended from this family, declared in 1723 as being abroad for many years. In this year 1723, he came to Cernay to take possession of his maternal heritage. Following the notarial records made to regulate the partition, he received a bed as well as a buffet which could be locked with a key that was found in the inn. He was probably at the origin of the branch that became citizens of Fribourg in Switzerland in 1763. Moreover, a Roll family, originating from the Tarentaise, was established by 1680 in Freibourg in Switzerland. "In Alsace, a branch from Nancy-sur-Cluse settled at Landser in 1706. There, Joseph was engaged to be married to Jacobée Menn. The pastor indicated that he came from "Nanzi on the Clouse". About the emigration from Savoye, one will read with interest the publications about the Maistre family, and in particular "The emigration of merchants from Savoye in the 17th and 18th centuries - the example of Nancy-sur-Cluse ". The same year 1706, Joseph signed a contract with his brother Pierre François and his father Jean Roll, contract preserved in the rich repository of archives of the bailifship of Landser. Sixty years later, Philippe Roll was a wet cooper in Landser. "Originally from Savoie, one family Roll were inhabitants the canton of Soleure. Is this perhaps the family which was the twig of the branch of Matzendorf, a small village of the district of Balstal in the canton of Soleure? It is certain that this branch gave rise to the Roll family of the valley of Masevaux. In 1710, Jean Roll, widower of Matzendorf, married, at Sewen, Marie Madeleine Jacob, the daughter of a citizen of Wegscheid. The pastor François Antoine Behra has researched, at the beginning of this century, all the descendants of this couple in the old parish of Sewen, with alliances with the families Iltis, Ringenbach, Ehret, Negelen, Ast, Studer, Wimmer, and others. Mainly farmers, the majority of the descendants lived in Wegscheid. Also from Matzendorf, Catherine Roll, the daughter of Jean, married the widower Jean Christ at Friesen in 1701. There we find the path followed by many Swiss families along the valley of the Argue, before settling in the villages of the Vosgeas, which resembled so much their region of origin. "A small village on the border, Kiffis is the cradle of numerous Roll families. Strewn across the two sides of the French-Swiss border, one finds them at Roggenburg and at Bourg. Jacques Roll was originally from the village Bourg, which was the ecclesiastical subsidiary of Raedersdorf. A widower, he married Beard Baumann in 1713 at Dornach near Mulhouse. After the death of the latter occurred in 1722, he married the third time to Barbe Meyer. The daughter of another Jacques Roll, Anne Marie, married in 1759, in Folgensbourg, Laurent Walch (publications of Suzanne Allemann). Finally, the widower Frédéric Roll of Bourg took for a wife Anne Bride in 1753 at Hochstatt. "A branch of the Roll family from Bourg settled in Muespach after the marriage, in January 1710, of the young Jacques Roll and Catherine Inger from Muespach-le-Bas. But the Rolls were already present in 1698, with the baptism of Pierre, son of Jacques Roll and Elisabeth Miller of Muespach-le-Bas. Lastly, in April 1740, Jean Werner Roll was born with Muespach-le-Bas. He was son of Jean Jacques Roll and Christine Springinsfeld. "About Kiffis, in spite of the absence of old records, we are now well informed about the Roll family thanks to the work of Marie-Agnès Marbach of Zillisheim. In a very well presented book, the author drew up the genealogy of the Rolls of Kiffis from the middle of the 18th century until the end of the 19th century. We can add the marriage, in 1752, of Ursule Roll of Kiffis to Joseph Dopler of Leymen, the place where the marriage was celebrated. We can also state that Joseph Roll from Kiffis, born about 1746, was present at the drawing of lots for the provincial militia in 1766, being more than five feet tall. One branch of the family emigrated from Kiffis to Michigan. Finally, it is noteworthy that the Roll family was present in Waldighoffen as early as 1696, and about 1770 in Aspach-le-Haut where the a small branch came from Steinsoultz." _____ 1. The family crest granted to Pierre Louis de Roll was interpreted by the author, William Henry Roll. If you have any comments about the rendering or corrections to suggest, please email Mr. Roll at william.roll@gte.net. 2. This document, written in French, was titled Centre Departemental D'Historie Des Familles - Création originale du Conseil Général du Haut-Rhin Roll - Rohl. http://cdhf.telmat-net.fr/. The translation to English was done by the author, William Henry Roll. The translation was corrected and amended by Georges Picavet, listowner of BELGIUM-ROOTS-L, and webmaster of the site The Emigrants from Belgium to the United States and Canada. at http://www.ping.be/picavet. A Geographic Analysis of
the Above Von Roll Families from Switzerland The Von Roll Family from Canton Geneva, Switzerland The Geneva Von Roll family came from Canton Vaud, the family name came from village of Rolle, Vaud, Switzerland, about 30 miles northeast of Geneva on the northern shore of Lake Geneva. The Von Roll Family from Canton Bern, Switzerland The Von Roll family in Canton Bern was related to the Geneva branch. The Von Roll Family from Canton Soleure, Switzerland The Von Roll family from Canton Soleure was related to the Geneva branch. Colonels of regiments, some for France, came from the Soleure family. The Von Roll Family from Canton Uri, Switzerland The Von Roll family from Canton Uri was not related to the Geveva families. A descendant of the Von Roll family from Canton Uri, Pierre Louis de Roll, squire, had armorial bearings. He died 1706, and was buried at Seppois-le-Bas, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France, about 30 miles west of Basel, Switzerland. The Von Roll Family from the Black Forest, Germany Descendants of the Canton Uri Von Roll family emigrated to the Black Forest, Baden-Wurttenberg, Germany, on the other side of the Rhine River east of Alsace, France, north from Basel, Switzerland, toward Stuttgart, in Baden-Wurttenberg, Germany. A Geographic Analysis of
the Above Roll Families of France, Germany, and
Switzerland Guebwiller, France Steffan Roll lived in Guebwiller, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France, at the very beginning of the 16th century, just east of the Vosges range, about 50 miles northwest of Basel, Switzerland. Uffholtz, France to Mulhouse, France Hans Roll lived in Uffholtz, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France, about 40 miles northwest of Basel, Switzerland in 1573. He emigrated to Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France, about 25 miles northwest of Basel, Switzerland. Leimbach, France Around 1615, Beat Roll and Pierre Roll were residents of Leimbach, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France, in the Vosges range west of the Rhine River, about 35 miles northwest of Basel, Switzerland. Pierre Roll's widow lived in Leimbach in 1654. Savoie, France to Cernay, France In 1635 Martin Roll, citizen of Cernay, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France, about 50 miles northwest of Basel, Switzerland, married Ursule Walter at Thann, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France, about 50 miles northwest of Basel, Switzerland. Martin Roll, perhaps originating from Savoie, a second-order administrative division, France between Lyon, France, and Turin, Italy, went to Cernay, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France, about 50 miles northwest of Basel, Switzerland. In 1629 he was draper or cloth merchant. In 1659 a Martin Roll was a vine grower and a member of Municipal council. He died c.1662. He had resided for a time at Thann, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France, about 50 miles northwest of Basel, Switzerland. Jerome Roll, who died about 1694 was the son of Martin Roll. Martin Roll, decendant of Jerome Roll, 1723 returned from abroad in 1723 to Cernay. Probably Martin's descendants went to Fribourg, Switzerland, about 100 miles southwest of Basel, Switzerland, c.1763. Tarentaise, France to Freibourg, Switzerland A Roll family migrated from Tarentaise, Loire, Rhône-Alpes, France, about 40 miles southwest of Lyon, France, to Friburgo [Fribourg], Switzerland, about 100 miles southwest of Basel, Switzerland, about 1680. Nancy-sur-Cluses, France to Landser, France A Roll family moved from Nancy-sur-Cluses, Haute-Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France, 25 miles southeast of Geneva, Switzerland, and settled at Landser, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France, about 15 miles northwest of Basel, Switzerland, in 1706. Joseph Roll married Jacobee Menn in Landser. Pierre Francois Roll, brother of Joseph Roll in Landser. Jean Roll lived in Landser. Joseph Roll was the son of Jean Roll in Landser. Philippe, c.1766, was a wet cooper in anndser. Savoire, France to Canton Soleure, Switzerland A Roll family moved from from Savoie, a second-order administrative division, France between Lyon, France, and Turin, Italy, to Canton Soleure, Switzerland. Maseraux, France Descendants of the Canton Soleure family emigrated to Masevaux, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France. Sewen, France Jean Roll, from Matzendorf, Solothurn, Switzerland, about 25 miles south of Basel, 1710 married, at Sewen, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France, in the Vosges range about 40 miles northwest of Basel, Switzerland, Marie Madeleine Jacob, the daughter of a citizen of Wegscheid, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France, in the Vosges range about 40 miles northwest of Basel, Switzerland. Wegscheid, France There were alliances of the Roll family with the families Iltis, Ringenbach, Ehret, Negelen, Ast, Studer, Wimmer, and others, mainly farmers, the majority settled at Wegscheid, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France, in the Vosges range about 40 miles northwest of Basel, Switzerland. Sewen France to Friesen, France Catherine Roll, daughter of Jean, in 1701, married the widower of Jean Christ at Friesen, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France, about 20 miles west of Basel, Switzerland. Vosges, France Roll families migrated from the valley of the Argue to the villages of the Vosges. Vosges is a second-order administrative division, France, west of the Vosges range, about 150 miles northwest of Basel, Switzerland. Roggenburg, France Roll families lived in Roggenburg Dornach, France Jacques Roll, from Bourg, an ecclesiastical subsidiary of Raedersdorf, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France, about 15 miles southwest of Basel, Switzerland, 1713 married Beard Baumann and later Barbe Meyer, at Dornach near Mulhouse. He died in 1722 at Dornach near Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France, about 25 miles northwest of Basel, Switzerland. Folgensbourg, France Anne Marie Roll, daughter of another Jacques Roll, married in 1759 in Folgensbourg, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France, about 10 miles west of Basel, Switzerland, Laurent Walch. Hochstatt, France Frederic Roll of Bourg married, in 1753, Anne Bride at Hochstatt, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France, about 20 miles northwest of Basel, Switzerland. Bourg, France to Muespach-le-Bas, France Jacques Roll, from Bourg, married, in 1710, Catherine Inger from Muespach-le-Bas, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France, about 15 miles west of Basel, Switzerland, and settled there. Pierre Roll, baptized in 1698, was son of Jacques Roll and Elizabeth Miller of Muespach-le-Bas. Jean Werner Roll, born in 1740 in Muespach-le-Bas, was son of Jacques Roll and Christine Springsfield. Kiffis, France In Kiffis, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France, a village on the Franco-Swiss border about 15 miles southwest of Basel, Switzerland, Ursule Roll, married, in 1752, to Joseph Dopler of Leymen, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France, about 10 miles southwest of Basel, Switzerland. Joseph Roll, was born about 1746 in Kiffis. Michigan, United State A branch of this family emigrated to Michigan. Waldighofen, France A Roll family was in Waldighofen, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France, about 15 miles west of Basel, Switzerland, in 1696. Aspach-le-Haut, France A Roll family was in Aspach-le-Haut, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France, about 10 miles west of Basel, Switzerland, in 1770. Steinsoultz, France to Aspach-le-Haut, France A small branch came from Steinsoultz, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France, about 15 miles west of Basel, Switzerland to Aspach-le-Haut, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France, about 10 miles west of Basel, Switzerland. |
