Genesee Country Village and Museum in Mumford preserves Nathaniel Rochester’s house and his complicated legacy
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The founder of Rochester brought 10 enslaved people with him when he settled in the Genesee region in 1800, according to historians at the Genesee Country Village and Museum.
Nathaniel Rochester was born in Virginia in February 1752 and later moved to Maryland before eventually settling in what would become Rochester. Along the way, he worked for founding father James Madison, fought the British as a militia member and served as a delegate for North Carolina…