He was born in Annapolis, Nova Scotia, the son of John Roach, and went to Jamaica at the age of 19, where he served as bookkeeper and then overseer for the Trewlawny estate at Montego Bay.
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For a time, he was based on the Hudson River in New York state, but he was forced to return to Nova Scotia at the start of the War of 1812, settling in Digby.
William Henry Roach (1784–1861), merchant and politician in Nova Scotia
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