Rotch family papers, 1764-1947

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Rotch family papers, 1764-1947

1764-1947

https://www.whalingmuseum.org/collections/highlights/manuscripts/mss-2/

Business records and personal papers of a Nantucket and New Bedford, Massachusetts, family, 1764-1947.

9 linear feet

eng, Latn

New Bedford Whaling Museum

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SNAC Resource ID: 11664623

New Bedford Whaling Museum

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Rotch, Charity Rodman, 1766-1824

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Charity Rodman Rotch (1767-1823) was a Quaker minister from Massachusetts who was an early settler of Massillon, Ohio. Rotch was born Charity Rodman on October 31, 1766, to Captain Thomas Rodman (1724-1766) and Mary Borden Rodman (1729-1798) of Newport, Rhode Island. Her father's ship was lost at sea mere weeks after her birth. In 1790 Charity married her brother-in-law Thomas Rotch, a merchant from the island of Nantucket. The new couple lived on the island for several months before moving t...

Rotch, Thomas, 1767-1823

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Thomas Rotch (1767-1823) was a merchant, wool manufacturer, and Quaker minister from Massachusetts who was an early settler of Massillon, Ohio. Rotch was born July 13, 1767, to William Rotch Sr. (1734-1828) and Elizabeth Barney Rotch (1735-1824) of Nantucket. His father was part of a prosperous family mercantile firm, which Rotch joined upon coming of age. Soon thereafter, in 1790, he married his sister-in-law Charity Rodman of Newport, Rhode Island. In 1791 the Rotches left Nantucket for New...