Elizabeth Rotch

1757 - 1856  (98 years)

• 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

  
  

• 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]

  
  

• 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.