Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Elizabeth Rotch

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Name Elizabeth Rotch Birth 9 Dec 1757 Nantucket, Massachusetts [1, 2, 3]
Gender Female Death 2 Aug 1856 New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts [1, 2, 3]
Person ID I15875 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of JTS Last Modified 5 Nov 2023
Father William Rotch, b. 4 Dec 1734, Nantucket, Massachusetts d. 14 May 1828, New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts
(Age 93 years)
Mother Elizabeth Barney, b. 23 Mar 1735, Nantucket, Massachusetts d. 14 May 1824, New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts
(Age 89 years)
Marriage 31 Oct 1754 Nantucket, Massachusetts [3, 4]
Family ID F9929 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Samuel Rodman, b. 11 Nov 1753, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island d. 24 Dec 1835, New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts
(Age 82 years)
Marriage 1 Jun 1780 Nantucket, Massachusetts [3, 5, 6]
Children + 1. Anna Rodman, b. 5 Nov 1787, Nantucket, Massachusetts d. 17 Jun 1848, New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts
(Age 60 years)
Family ID F9927 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 5 Nov 2023
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Notes - "Elizabeth (Rotch) Rodman, along with her younger sister Mary, who never married, were the impetus to so many of the Rotches and Rodmans leaving the Society of Friends, most of them because of what happened to these two women. [...] Samuel Rodman, after the vote that revoked Elizabeth's and Mary's position as Elders, was so incensed by what had taken place that he 'tendered a resignation of his right of membership to the Mo[nthly] Meeting. He declined entering into the reasons which had led to this step, which must be well known to most who were present -- he said it was not a hasty one, but taken after mature deliberation, [and] he should only request a copy of the minute made on this subject.'" [Rhonda R. McClure, citation details below]
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Sources - [S1531] Genealogy of the Rodman Family, 1620 to 1886 by Charles Henry Jones. Philadelphia, 1886.
- [S1532] The Rotches by John M. Bullard. New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1947.
- [S6949] Rhonda R. McClure, "The Rotches and the Rodmans: A Tale of New Bedford Quakerism." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 177:293, Summer 2023.
- [S1575] Nantucket Historical Association, Barney Genealogical Record., year only.
- [S1531] Genealogy of the Rodman Family, 1620 to 1886 by Charles Henry Jones. Philadelphia, 1886., date only.
- [S1532] The Rotches by John M. Bullard. New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1947., date only.
- [S1531] Genealogy of the Rodman Family, 1620 to 1886 by Charles Henry Jones. Philadelphia, 1886.