Background
He was the son of Francis Rotch (1788–1874) and Ann Wain (Morgan) Rotch (1800–1884).
politician member of the New York State Senate
He was the son of Francis Rotch (1788–1874) and Ann Wain (Morgan) Rotch (1800–1884).
He graduated from Harvard College in 1841.
In 1831, the family removed to Morris. From 1843 to 1846, he traveled around Europe. Afterwards he engaged in agricultural pursuits.
On February 12, 1862, he was appointed by Government.
Edwin Doctorate. Morgan as one of his aides-de camp with the rank of colonel. While on official business with the New York regiments of the Army of the Potomac, he contracted a fever in the swamps near Yorktown, Virginia.
After lingering on for a few months, he died suddenly at his home, and was buried at the Hillington Cemetery in Morris. His great-grandfather Francis Rotch owned the vessel Dartmouth one of three from which the tea was thrown overboard during the Boston Tea Party in 1773.
He was a member of the New York State Senate (20th Doctorate) in 1860 and 1861.