Rotch, Berjamons, (1817- Rotch Arthur (1850-94) John M. Bullard. The Rotches. NeuBed ford 1947. (House 38) DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM ROTCH, JUNIOR 417 vas born Elizabeth (Cox) Binney of Philadelphia. No children. Mr. Binney mar- Robert ried (1) Charlotte Hope Goddard of Providence, who died April 26, 1866. 3, 1887, Son of There were four children by this marriage. 34 ARTHUR7 ROTCH (Benjamin S.6, Joseph5, William4, William3, Joseph2, William1), son of Benjamin S. and Annie B. (Lawrence) Rotch, was born in Boston May 13, 1850, and died in Beverly, Mass:, Aug. 15, 1894. Harvard, 1871. He married Nov. 16, 1892, Lisette (Eliza) De Wolf Colt, illiam3 S. daughter of George De Wolf and Ellen (Brewer) Colt of Bristol, R. I. No ter, was children. She married (2) Ralph Curtis. Mr. Rotch studied architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- July 1, n, born nology, and the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. He passed seven years abroad lizabeth in the study of architecture and painting. In 1880 he formed a partnership Amic with George T. Tilden in Boston, and they became one of the leading archi- Hite tectural firms in the country, designing many large residences, churches, college buildings and public libraries. Mr. Rotch was also an accomplished esidence, water colorist. Influential in founding the Rotch Travelling Scholarship * b. (1820 f 1893 endowed by his father he was likewise a patron of the architectural library esidence, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. By his will he left $40,000 to the School of Architecture, M.I.T., and $25,000 to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, of which he was a trustee. "His most important contribution was to the taste of his time and to architectural education," wrote T. F. Hamlin illiam4, Rotch) in the "Dictionary of American Biography," analyzing Mr. Rotch's work. N York Walter ept. 19, 35. AIMEE7 ROTCH (Benjamin S.6, Joseph5, William4, William3, Joseph2, k City William1), daughter of Benjamin S. and Annie B. (Lawrence) Rotch, was July & w born in Paris June 16, 1852, and died at White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., April 15, 1918. She married Winthrop Sargent, who died Sept. 16, 1916. No children. eymour a an 37 ANNIE LAWRENCE ROTCH (Benjamin S.6, Joseph5, William4, Wil- lliam4, ied in ith of the liam Joseph2, William1), daughter of Benjamin S. and Annie B. (Law- rence) Rotch, was born in Boston Feb. 14, 1857. She married in Mattapan, Rotch) Mass., April 14, 1890, Horatio Appleton Lamb, born in Boston Jan. 11, 1850, died there May 2, 1926, son of Thomas and Hannah Dawes (Eliot) Lamb of Boston. She built and presented to the parish the Episcopal Church th. of the Holy Spirit, Mattapan, Mass., in 1886. Residence, Boston. Children, born in Boston: liam 3, 58. i. THOMAS LAMB, b. Jan. 19, 1892. ) An- 59. ii. AIMEE LAMB, b. May 23, 1893. Unmarried. ied in 60. iii. BENJAMIN ROTCH LAMB, b. Jan. 7, 1895; d. Feb. 22, 1895. e and 61. iv. ROSAMOND LAMB, b. Dec. 17, 1898. Unmarried. 62. V. ANNIE LAWRENCE LAMB, b. Dec. 17, 1898; d. Dec. 6, 1899. e and 63. vi. EDITH DUNCAN LAMB, b. July 15, 1901; d. Aug. 12, 1928. Benjamin S. Rotch Page 1 of 4 CARING TIMES MILTON Milton, For local news delivered MA email enter address he 66°F Login MILTON, MA ONLINE EDITION Since 1995 News Ads by Google Front Page Columns July 18, 2002 Community Benjamin S. Rotch Click ads below Boston Hotel Opinions Deals Schools for larger version Great rates on Sports Hotels in Bosto The BARK Offices FAT Benjamin To Return mout www Columns DANNAN M. POLLEX Online or by ph services, visit KNY website at: Happenings Smith 1-888-663-3161 ROYATE PLANEW www.i4boston.com Obituaries Rotch, seen Celebrate Milton WEE.E.S. 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Lamb, who later was to inherit the farm in Milton. A country church built of Roxbury puddingstone, it has a squat tower in the center with Tudor inspired gables projecting from it. The church, consecrated by Bishop Phillips Brooks, http://www.miltontimes.com/News/2002/0718/Columns/piece.html 9/3/2003 Benjamin S. Rotch Page 4 of 4 was furnished with gifts from the family including the organ, silver communion service, pulpit and altar. The church was set in landscaped grounds at the comer of River Street and Cummins Highway, then a far more rural area than it has become today. Today, the Church of the Holy Spirit remains as a memorial to Benjamin Smith Rotch, but his farm in Milton was sold to the town of Milton by his granddaughters Aimee and Rosamond Lamb for development by H.O.M.E. Inc. as Pine Tree Brook, an elegant senior housing community. 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