call on Roach 13.3.1798 (in Bath)
Perhaps John Roach DNB fl 1789-96 bookseller, but no special reason to think he was in Bath in 1798. A Mr & Mrs Roach were among Bath arrivals in 1789 and a Mrs Roach in Oct 1798. There were also some of the name in Bristol. Solomon Roach of Hotwells, Bristol, merchant married Mrs Rachel Spencer, sister to Mrs Morgan of Bristol (Bath Chronicle 3.6.1784) and his will was PCC 1803, (wife Rachel, brother Benjamin deceased, brother Samuel, sons James & John, son Timothy beyond the seas dated 3.3.1803). John Roach (probably son of Solomon) was a timber merchant, until 1789 in the partnership of Hill, Eagle & Roach whose deal yard was at Cannon's Marsh. He then moved to Birmingham but may have been the John Roach who married Hannah Hignell at Bristol St James in 1807 and/or the John Roach of Bristol whose will was proved PCC 1812