Place:Rome, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States


NameRome
Alt namesRichfieldsource: History of Ashtabula County
TypeTownship
Coordinates41.6°N 80.85°W
Located inAshtabula, Ohio, United States     (1828 - )
Contained Places
Cemetery
Rome Center Cemetery
Inhabited place
Roaming Shores
Rome Station
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


Rome is an inhabited place.

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Richfield Twp, until name changed to Rome in 1828

First families of Rome, Ashtabula, Ohio:

Henry & Lucy Crowell Ackley [1];
Samuel & Thankful Ackley [2];
Samuel & Cynthia Sawyer Ackley [3];
James Baldwin [4];
Henry Brown [5];
William & Jerusha Hall Callendar [6] ;
Andrew and Lucy Bartlett Champion [7];
Erastus & Lydia Williams Chester [8];
Calvin & Susan Crowell Church [9];
Sylvester Cone [10];
Elijah & Phebe Church Crosby [11] (The Elijah Crosby family is generally accepted to be the first (white) family residing in Rome).;
Samuel Crowde [12];
John & Lucinda Crosby Crowell [13];
William & Ruth Peck Crowell [14];
Edward & Ursula Willey Dodge [15];
Abner Hall [16];
Daniel Hall [17];
Edward & Clarissa Cone Hall [18]
Joseph Hall [19];
Timothy Hawley [20];
Amasa Hubbard [21];
Henry Hungerford [22];
Timothy & Lydia Todd Knowlton [23]
Charles & Charlotte Blanchard Laskey [24];
Jonathan Leslie [25];
Simon Maltbie [26];
Richard & Phebe Beckwith Miller [27];
Hazard Morey [28];
Hiram & Rosamund Tinan Morgan [29]
John Reid [30];
Cyrus and Eliza Tinan Richmond [31];
Rev.Edmond & Ruth Loomis Richmond [32];
Sylvester & Esther Brown Rogers [33];
David Rood [34];
Ephraim Sawyer [35];
Sylvester Scoville [36];
Azariah & Ruth Ackley Smith [37];
Sukely & Harriett Richmond Stone [38];
Joseph Linan/Tinan[39]
Richard Linan/Tinan[40]
Samuel Linan/Tinan[41]
4th brother Linan/Tinan [Moina Large's book says there were 4 Linan brothers].;
Asa & Polly Smith Tinker [42];
Daniel and Alathea Ackley Tinker [43]
Linds/Lynds/Lynde/Lynder Tinker [44];
David Walkley [45]
Jonathan Walkley [46]

Sources:
Biographical history of northeastern Ohio : embracing the counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning:...

History of Ashtabula County, Ohio by Large, Moina W.
Topeka :: Historical Pub. Co.,, 1924,
Rome Township
CHAPTER XXXIV

Elijah Crosby took a look at the land in 1805 and ordered that some land start to be cleared in what would be Rome.

Ashtabula, Ohio, United States. Star-Beacon. (Ashtabula, Ohio, United States), 5 Jul 2006.
"First settler preserves the history of Rome Township
Doreen Sutliff is a descendant of Elijah Crosby. On 2 August 1806 Elijah Crosby, his wife, and their 8 children arrived in Rome to permanently settle there."

History of Ashtabula County, Ohio: with illustrations and biographical sketches of its pioneers and most prominent men.

Condensed History of New Lyme, Ashtabula County, Ohio There is quite a bit of overlap between the origin of the settlers of Rome and of New Lyme (East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut and Lyme, New London, Connecticut) and many of the settlers of Rome did commerce with, worshiped with and married the early settlers of New Lyme.

Rome Center Cemetery + North Cemetery (Rome North Cemetery/North Rome Cemetery/St Peters Church Cemetery) + Crosby Cemetery-- readings available on the Rome Township website and on www.findagrave.com .

Images of Rome by Doreen Sutliff (book) [47].

History of Rome [48]

Plain Dealer. (Cleveland, Ohio), page 11, 15 Sep 1946. "Ohio Scenes and Citizens One of the States Four Romes" by Grace Goulder

Plain Dealer. (Cleveland, Ohio), page 76, 9 Sep 1956. "Ohio's Rome Turns 150 Years Old" by David Vormelker