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#52 Ancestors – No. 12 – The start of the Roll surname

This post is number 12 in the series of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge where a group of us blog about a different ancestor for each week of the year.  The learn more about the 52 Ancestor Challenge visit Amy’s website.

The extra “l” in my first name, Caroll, came from my grandmother’s “Roll” surname. It was my mother’s way of paying homage to the family name.  I wrote about Oliver Cromwell Roll in in #52 Ancestors post #7.  The Roll name is a variation of “Rol” and comes from my 8th great-grandfather is, Jan Mangelsen (Rol).

Jan Mangelsen came from the Netherlands (Holland)  to New Amsterdam (New York) in the mid-1650’s. His name,  Mangelsen, is a Dutch patronymic meaning, Jan, son of Mangels.  It is alleged that Jan’s father or grandfather was a Burgomaster named Jan Mangels of Rol.  Surnames were not common in the past, they became a necessity to distinguish who was who as populations grew.   People of wealth or status were the first to start passing down last names to their children.

Jan Mangelsen children started to use a variant of “Rol” as their last names.  Some of the variations include, Roll, Rol, Ral or Rall, Rool.  Later descendents use Mangelrol as a last name.  My branch settled on “Roll”.

My Roll Lineage

Jan MANGELSEN & Tryntje Pieters VAN WOGGELUM
→Mangel Jansen ROL & Annetje Hendriex VOLCX / VOLCK/ VOLKERTS
→→Jan Mangelse ROLL & Altje BAS
→→→Johannes ROLL & Mary NEVIS
→→→→Michael ROLL & Christina VOUGHT (VAUGHT)
→→→→→Isaac ROLL & Elizabeth Wier
→→→→→→David W. ROLL & Catherine Traylor GUY
→→→→→→→Oliver C. ROLL & Mabel PITTMAN
→→→→→→→→Olive ROLL & Hugh HOWES

My great-grandfather Oliver C. Roll did not have sons.  My first name is the last remnant of the this twig.

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