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Joseph Rotch

Male 1705 - 1784  (79 years)


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  • Name Joseph Rotch  [1
    Alternate birth 6 Mar 1704  Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Birth 6 Mar 1705  Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Gender Male 
    Death 24 Nov 1784  Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Person ID I16160  Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
    Last Modified 5 Nov 2023 

    Father William Rotch,   b. Abt 1650   d. Bef 28 Jun 1705, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 55 years) 
    Mother Hannah Potter,   b. 27 Mar 1666, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F10096  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Love Macy,   b. 20 Jun 1713, Nantucket, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Nov 1767 (Age 54 years) 
    Marriage 21 Feb 1734  Nantucket, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
    +1. William Rotch,   b. 4 Dec 1734, Nantucket, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 May 1828, New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years)
    Family ID F10093  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Nov 2023 

  • Notes 
    • "Joseph appears to be the first Quaker of the Rotch family. It is suggested that he arrived from Salem to Nantucket in 1725, though within the Nantucket Monthly Meeting Records he is not mentioned until the Monthly Meeting held 26th 9 mo. 1733 when he and Love Macy declare their intentions to marry. According to the Nantucket register of births and other events, he was received 26th 9 mo. 1733. The following month, Jethro Folger and Nathaniel Coleman, having been tasked the previous month with examining the clearness of Joseph Rotch to be married, indicate that he has no impediments. This indicates that he is a Friend in good standing." [Rhonda R. McClure, citation details below]

  • Sources 
    1. [S1708] June (Butler) Miller, "Nicholas Potter of Lynn and His Descendants." The Essex Genealogist 19:142, 1999.

    2. [S1532] The Rotches by John M. Bullard. New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1947.

    3. [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., says "probably born at Salem".

    4. [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.