Shipowner, ship chandlery and Quaker, notable for being charged with treason for carrying on business during the American Revolution, he was absolved after the war - AsNotedIn
| Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Rotch and Sons | |||
| Quakers | |||
| William Rotch and Sons |
| 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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