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Relict (wife) of Col. Nathaniel Rochester. Died aged 77y of heart disease. The family was living on Spring Street at the time. Her date of death of December 19th on the main monument appears to be incorrect, as her original stone reads December 9th, and the cemetery records indicate she was interred on December 11th.


10,000 Vital Records of Central New York
Rochester, Sophia, 77 relict of late Col. Nathaniel of Rochester from whom the city derives its name, d. 12/9/45 in Rochester leaving these living descendants: 7 ch and 41 gr-ch - all but 10 of them in the immediate vicity of Rochester.

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, NY, 15 Dec 1845, Monday, p.2
Death of Mrs. Rochester - A painful duty devolves upon us this morning, of announcing the death of Mrs. Sophia rochester, widow of the late Col. Nathaniel Rochester and mother of Thos. II, Henry E. and Nathaniel T. Rochester, of this city. She died of a disease of the heart at a quarter before six yesterday morning. Her age was 77 years.
Mrs. Rochester has resided in this city since 1818, and during the whole of that time has occupied a prominent place in the affections of the people. Rochester Dem. of Wednesday

Birth	25 Jan 1768
Marriage	Abt 1788	Nathaniel Rochester
Death	9 Dec 1845	Rochester, Monroe County, New York

Spouse	Nathaniel Rochester (1752 - 1831)
Child	Henry Eli Rochester (1806 - 1889)