Nathaniel Rochester

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Nathaniel Rochester was an American Revolutionary War officer, land speculator, and founder of the city of Rochester in New York.

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Nathaniel Rochester canonical 4

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instanceOf American military officer
city founder
human
land speculator
burialPlace Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York
causeOfDeath stroke
coFounded Rochester
surface form: Rochester, New York
coFounderWith Charles Carroll
William Fitzhugh
countryOfBirth British America
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1752-02-21
dateOfDeath 1831-05-17
ethnicGroup European American
familyName Rochester
founded Rochester
surface form: Rochester, New York
givenName Nathaniel
hasMonument statue of Nathaniel Rochester in Rochester, New York
memberOf Maryland House of Delegates
militaryBranch Continental Army
militaryRank colonel
namedAfter Nathaniel Rochester self-linksurface differs
notableFor laying out the village that became Rochester, New York
notableWork founding of the city of Rochester, New York
numberOfChildren 12
occupation land speculator
merchant
military officer
politician
owned slaves
participantIn American Revolutionary War
placeOfBirth Westmoreland County, Virginia
surface form: Westmoreland County, Colony of Virginia
placeOfDeath Rochester
surface form: Rochester, New York
positionHeld judge in Maryland
postmaster of Hagerstown, Maryland
religion Presbyterian
surface form: Presbyterianism
relocatedTo Genesee River falls area, New York
Livingston County, New York NERFINISHED
residence Dansville, New York
Hagerstown, Maryland
Rochester
surface form: Rochester, New York
servedIn Continental Army
sexOrGender male
spouse Sophia Beatty Rochester
yearOfFoundingOfRochester 1811

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Rochester namedAfter Nathaniel Rochester
Nathaniel Rochester namedAfter Nathaniel Rochester self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Rochester, New York
Mount Hope Cemetery hasNotableBurial Nathaniel Rochester