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| | Nathaniel Rochester |
 | | ROCHESTER, Nathaniel, pioneer, born in Cople parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia, 21 February, 1752; died in Rochester, New York, 17 May, 1831. |
 | | --His grandson, Thomas Forteseue, physician, born in Rochester, New York, 8 October, 1823; died in Buffalo, New York, 24 May, 1887, was graduated M. at Hobart (then Geneva) college in 1845, and studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. |
 | | He was transferred to the permanent establishment as paymaster on 17 January, 1867, and on 17 February, 1882, was appointed paymaster-general of the army, with the rank of brigadier-general. |
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