Thomas Roach (1769–1833) was an Irish-born merchant, farmer and politician in Nova Scotia. He represented Cumberland County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1799 to 1826. He was born in

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, was originally educated there for the priesthood and came to Nova Scotia with his father around 1790, settling at Fort Lawrence. He was a prominent member of the

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in that area; his house was used as a church.Smith, TW ''History of the Methodist Church within the territories embraced in the late conference of eastern British America ...'' (1877)
/ref> Roach was married four times: to Ruth Dixon in 1793, the widow Sarah Allen, Mary Dixon and Charlotte Wells.

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Trueman, H ''he Chignecto isthmus and its first settlers'' (1902)Milner, WC ''History of Sackville New Brunswick'' (1755)
1769 births 1833 deaths Nova Scotia pre-Confederation MLAs Canadian Methodists 19th-century Methodists {{NovaScotia-MLA-stub