Timeline

Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
1734/12/15 William Rotch is born on Nantucket Island to Joseph and Love (Macy) Rotch. Born
1754/08/00 Elizabeth Barney marries William Rotch on Nantucket Island. Elizabeth was born 3 April 1735 in Nantucket and died 14 May 1824. Groom
1772/04/00 In the spring of 1772, William Rotch begins building a new, 3-story brick building at Main and South Water Sts to be used as offices and a warehouse for William Rotch and Sons. The structure survives today and is the only C18 brick building on Nantucket. Owner, Work Nantucket Massachusetts
1779/00/00 As part of a town-appointed committee, William Rotch persuades British commanders to stop attacking Nantucket ships. Nantucket citizen and patriot, Thomas Jenkins, charged the committee with treason for going to a British port without permission. Defendent
1780/00/00 A joint committee of the Continental Congress House and Senate listen to the complaint of treason. Rotch and his fellow committee members are not given full liberty until the war ended. Defendant
1783/00/00 William Rotch and Samuel Starbuck travel to Philadelphia, PA, and submit a petition to the US Congress seeking permission for Nantucket whaleships to sail unmolested by American ships fighting for independence. Defendant Independence Hall Philadelphia, PA
1783/00/00 A congressional committee finds that the inhabitants of Nantucket have been and still continue in a very distressed state owing to the destruction of their whale fishery. Defendant
1784/00/00 After the end of the American Revelution, William Rotch Sr moves his whaling operations to France. In time Rotch's son moved it to Wales. Work
1795/00/00 William Rotch returns to America and settles in New Bedford where he continues to own whaleships until his death. Life
1828/05/16 William Rotch Sr passes away. He is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, New Bedford, Massachusetts. Died
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