Patience Roles

Brief Life History of Patience

When Patience Roles was born in 1783, in North Carolina, United States, her father, Christopher Roles, was 34 and her mother, Nancy Ryals, was 33. She married Benjamin Amos Halstead on 26 February 1803, in Monroe, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Monroe, Virginia, United States in 1850 and Peterstown, Monroe, Virginia, United States in 1860. She died in 1860, in Monroe, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Indian Mills, Summers, West Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Benjamin Amos Halstead
1780–1856
Patience Roles
1783–1860
Marriage: 26 February 1803
Jacob Halstead
1801–1889
Benjamin Halstead
1817–
Alexander Hamilton Halstead
1805–1870
Mordecai Edward Halstead
1808–1863
Asenath Halstead
1811–
Virginia Elizabeth Halstead
1811–
Chloe Halstead
1814–1881
Amos Halstead
1819–1881
Preston Halstead
1821–1900
Nancy Halstead
1822–1906
Emily Amanda Halstead
1823–1861
Lorenzo Dow Halstead
1824–1916

Sources (8)

  • Patience Halsted, "United States, Census, 1860"
  • Patience Roles, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
  • Patience Roles Halstead, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1783 · A Free America

The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.

1789 · Becomes 12th State

On November 21, 1789, North Carolina became the 12th state in the Union.

1804

Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Rowles .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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