Ernest Roe Genealogy Line

Ernest Roe is descended from the immigrant David Roe, who arrived in on Long Island about 1662. His grandson Nathaniel moved upstate to Orange County, probably as a result of the Revolutionary War. Nathaniel's grandson George then moved down to Sussex County purchasing alarge tract of land, probably to for available farmland. At this point they were primarily farmers. For the next 200 years five generations of Roe's would live in the August-Branchville area becoming businessmen and developers as new areas opened up.

The Roe immigrants were English although their name and heritage trace back to Normandy, France and before that Norway. During the Nineteenth Century they intermarried with families of German and Dutch descent.

In New Jersey they helped establish the Presbyterian Church of which they were strong supporters. Most of the New Jersey Roe's are buried in the Roe Circle of the Branchville Cemetery, originally a part of George Roe's farm.

Following is the Roe Line. Click on each name for their story.