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Rochester family of New York

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  Nathaniel Rochester (1752-1831) — of Hagerstown, Washington County, Md.; Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y. Born in Westmoreland County, Va., February 21, 1752. Postmaster at Hagerstown, Md., 1792-93; Presidential Elector for Maryland, 1808; member of New York state assembly from Monroe County, 1821-22. Episcopalian. Founder of Rochester, New York. Died in Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y., May 17, 1831 (age 79 years, 85 days). Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
  Relatives: Married 1788 to Sophia Beatty; father of William Beatty Rochester (1789-1838) and Thomas Hart Rochester.
  Political families: Rochester family of New York; Thompson-Sutherland family of New York (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Gershom Powers (1789-1831) — of New York. Born in Croydon, Sullivan County, N.H., July 11, 1789. Lawyer; Cayuga County Common Pleas Judge, 1823-28; U.S. Representative from New York 24th District, 1829-31. Died in Auburn, Cayuga County, N.Y., June 25, 1831 (age 41 years, 349 days). Interment at North Street Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Lydia (Sanger) Powers (1746-1825) and John Powers (1747-1824); married, November 10, 1811, to Chloe St. John (1790-1818); married to Eliza Hatch (1800-1885; half-sister of Enos Thompson Throop and George Bliss Throop; sister of Israel Thompson Hatch; who later married William Beatty Rochester (1789-1838)).
  Political families: Rochester family of New York; Thompson-Sutherland family of New York (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Beatty Rochester (1789-1838) — also known as William B. Rochester — of Bath, Steuben County, N.Y. Born in Hagerstown, Washington County, Md., January 29, 1789. Democrat. Member of New York state assembly from Allegany and Steuben counties, 1816-18; U.S. Representative from New York, 1821-23 (20th District 1821-23, 28th District 1823); candidate for Governor of New York, 1826. One of 128 people who perished on the the steam packet ship Pulaski, en route from Charleston to Baltimore, when it suffered a boiler explosion and sank in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of North Carolina, June 14, 1838 (age 49 years, 136 days); his remains were never recovered.
  Relatives: Son of Nathaniel Rochester and Sophia (Beatty) Rochester (1768-1845); brother of Thomas Hart Rochester (1797-1874); married 1812 to Harriet Irwin (1793-1815); married, January 31, 1816, to Amanda Hopkins (1799-1831); married, April 9, 1832, to Eliza (Hatch) Powers (1800-1885; widow of Gershom Powers).
  Political family: Rochester family of New York (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Thomas Hart Rochester (1797-1874) — also known as Thomas H. Rochester — of Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y. Born in Hagerstown, Washington County, Md., September 23, 1797. Mayor of Rochester, N.Y., 1839. Died October 6, 1874 (age 77 years, 13 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Nathaniel Rochester and Sophia (Beatty) Rochester (1768-1845); brother of William Beatty Rochester (1789-1838); married to Phebe Elizabeth Cuming (died 1868).
  Political families: Rochester family of New York; Thompson-Sutherland family of New York (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
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