Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Joseph Rotch

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Name Joseph Rotch [1] Alternate birth 6 Mar 1704 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts [2]
Birth 6 Mar 1705 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts [3]
Gender Male Death 24 Nov 1784 Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts [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 (Age ~ 55 years)
Mother Hannah Potter, b. 27 Mar 1666, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Family ID F10096 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Love Macy, b. 20 Jun 1713, Nantucket, Massachusetts d. 14 Nov 1767 (Age 54 years)
Marriage 21 Feb 1734 Nantucket, Massachusetts [4]
Children + 1. William Rotch, b. 4 Dec 1734, Nantucket, Massachusetts d. 14 May 1828, New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts
(Age 93 years)
Family ID F10093 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 5 Nov 2023
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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]
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Sources - [S1708] June (Butler) Miller, "Nicholas Potter of Lynn and His Descendants." The Essex Genealogist 19:142, 1999.
- [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., says "probably born at Salem".
- [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.
- [S1708] June (Butler) Miller, "Nicholas Potter of Lynn and His Descendants." The Essex Genealogist 19:142, 1999.