William Rotch

1734 - 1828  (93 years)

• Name	William Rotch  [1]
  Birth	4 Dec 1734	Nantucket, Massachusetts   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	14 May 1828	New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts   [3]
  Person ID	I15877	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of JTS
  Last Modified	5 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	Joseph Rotch,   b. 6 Mar 1705, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts d. 24 Nov 1784, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Love Macy,   b. 20 Jun 1713, Nantucket, Massachusetts d. 14 Nov 1767 (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	21 Feb 1734	Nantucket, Massachusetts   [3]
  Family ID	F10093	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	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]
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth Rotch,   b. 9 Dec 1757, Nantucket, Massachusetts d. 2 Aug 1856, New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts (Age 98 years)
  Family ID	F9929	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Nov 2023

  
  

• Notes

  He was an early whale-oil entrepeneur. He and his sons' whaling businesses continued well into the 1800s.

  
  

• 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.