Charles Roche (1764 - 1830)

Born 1764 in Cork Co., Ireland

Husband of Elizabeth Tully — married 14 Feb 1795 in Shelburne, Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died 6 Aug 1830 at about age 66 in Shelburne, Nova Scotia

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Charles Roche, came from Cork, Ireland and as a young ship’s master sailed to the East Indies on vessels owned by a London alderman, later he sailing to the West Indies as well.

The American War of Independence found him in New York City, then the headquarters of the British army. In 1783, with many thousands of others, he went as a Loyalist refugee to Shelburne, N.S. There he married Elizabeth McNab, the daughter of William McNab, another New York Loyalist family. She died in Shelburne in 1837 aged 71 .^[1]

Charles' will reads: ^[2]

I give and bequeath to my wife Elizabeth all my real & ??? estates. goods. ??? and effects. By ??? freely ? ? ? and enjoyed during her life.

I give to my son Charles, (whom with my son William I ??? make and ??? the executors of this my last will & testament) ??? and singluar my houses, lands, and ???. by the houses in which I now live with the stores and ??? ???. One lot on(or in) Ann Street, Three lots in the South Division and two in the North Division of the town of Shelburne ???.

I give to my daughter Elizabeth Ann the sum of one hundred pounds current money.

My goods and Chattels with all my personal Estates I request to be equally divided between my three afformentioned children."

Research Notes

Elizabeth McNab appears to be the same person as Elizabeth Tully ... or - less likely - did Charles marry twice?

Sources

1. ↑ Acadian Recorder, 27 May 1837
2. ↑ Probate record A303 from the Nova Scotia Probates online resources, sent to me by email from JG on 16 Jan 2020 - Ken McEvoy

• Brad McNellen's genealogical database, compiled from family and public records
• Julian Gwyn, Shipping to the Caribbean in the 1820s – 1840s: William Roche, Halifax Merchant, in The Northern Mariner / Le marin du nord, Vol XXIII (2013), Canadian Nautical Research Society - Société canadienne pour la recherche nautique, Ottawa, p. 99