Descendants of :
1. Henry ROTTON was born ABT 1814 in Frome-Selwood, Somersetshire, England, and died 11 Oct 1881 in Mynora near Moruya, NSW.
He married (1) Lorn Jane MacPHERSON 1839 in NSW. She was born ABT 1817 and died 11 Sep 1843 in NSW.
He married (2) Mary Anne FORD 18 Mar 1844 in Kelso, NSW. She was born 1825 in Parramatta, NSW and died 21 Dec 1897 in Enfield, NSW.
Other events in the life of Henry ROTTON
Immigration: 1836, Emma
Occupation: BET 1843 & 1848, licensee of the Queen Victoria Inn, Bathurst.
Children of Henry ROTTON and Lorn Jane MacPHERSON:
i. 2. Caroline Mary ROTTON was born 1840 in Bowenfels, NSW and died 1898 in Newtown, NSW
ii. Peter MacPherson ROTTON was born 1841 in Bowenfels, NSW and died 1913 in Redfern, NSW
Children of Henry ROTTON and Mary Anne FORD:
iii. 3. Anthonina Jane ROTTON was born 1845 in Kelso, NSW and died 1922 in Gloucester, NSW
iv. Robert Joseph Duffield ROTTON was born 1847 in Bathurst, NSW and died 07 Jul 1933 in Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia
v. 4. John Boteler ROTTON was born 1848 in Kelso, NSW and died 1902 in Warren, NSW
vi. 5. Arabella Wilmot ROTTON was born 1851 in Kelso, NSW and died 1937 in Lithgow, NSW
vii. 6. Gilbert Henry ROTTON was born 1854 in Kelso, NSW and died 1921 in Mosman, NSW
viii. 7. Henry Otto Ives ROTTON was born 1855 in Kelso, NSW
ix. Edward Eardley ROTTON was born 1857 in Bathurst, NSW and died 1859 in Bathurst, NSW
x. 8. Elizabeth C. ROTTON was born 1859 in Bathurst, NSW
xi. Annie ROTTON was born 1862 in Bathurst, NSW and died 1862 in Bathurst, NSW
xii. Alfred ROTTON was born 1862 in Bathurst, NSW and died 1862 in Bathurst, NSW
xiii. 9. Annie Maude ROTTON was born 1863 in Bathurst, NSW
xiv. 10. Mary ROTTON was born 1866 in Kelso, NSW
xv. Arthur Eardley ROTTON was born 1868 in Bathurst, NSW and died 1928 in Wellington, NSW
xvi. 11. Sarah Humphries ROTTON was born 1871 in Bathurst, NSW
2. Caroline Mary ROTTON was born 1840 in Bowenfels, NSW and died 1898 in Newtown, NSW. She married Henry McCrummin KEIGHTLEY 1860 in Barraba, NSW. He was born 1830 and died 08 Jan 1887 in Sale, Victoria.
Other events in the life of Caroline Mary ROTTON
Baptism: 09 Aug 1840, Melbourne, Victoria
Children of Caroline Mary ROTTON and Henry McCrummin KEIGHTLEY:
i. Henry P. KEIGHTLEY was born 1861 in Bathurst, NSW and died 1861 in Bathurst, NSW
ii. Caroline Mary KEIGHTLEY was born 1863 and died 1863 in Bathurst, NSW
iii. Henry R. KEIGHTLEY was born 1863 in Bathurst, NSW and died 1934 in Manly, NSW
iv. 12. John Hutchinson KEIGHTLEY was born 1864 in Bathurst, NSW and died 1937 in Brisbane, Queensland
v. 13. George Leo KEIGHTLEY was born 1866 in Bathurst, NSW and died 1942 in Paramatta, NSW
vi. Vivian KEIGHTLEY was born 1868 in Bathurst, NSW and died 1868 in Bathurst, NSW
vii. 14. Cyril KEIGHTLEY was born 1875 in Wentworth, NSW and died 14 Aug 1929 in New York, USA
3. Anthonina Jane ROTTON was born 1845 in Kelso, NSW and died 1922 in Gloucester, NSW. She married Alfred John PECHEY 1865 in Bathurst, NSW.
4. John Boteler ROTTON was born 1848 in Kelso, NSW and died 1902 in Warren, NSW. He married Emma KITE 1876 in Orange, NSW.
5. Arabella Wilmot ROTTON was born 1851 in Kelso, NSW and died 1937 in Lithgow, NSW. She married William Foxton HAYLEY 1875 in Balranald, NSW.
6. Gilbert Henry ROTTON was born 1854 in Kelso, NSW and died 1921 in Mosman, NSW. He married Jessie Mary JONES 1878 in Forbes, NSW.
Children of Gilbert Henry ROTTON and Jessie Mary JONES:
i. Isabel Lilian ROTTON was born 1880 in Bathurst, NSW
ii. Gilbert Darcy ROTTON was born 1881 in Hilston, NSW and died 1932 in Cowra, NSW
iii. Norman B. ROTTON was born 1882 in Bathurst, NSW
7. Henry Otto Ives ROTTON was born 1855 in Kelso, NSW. He married Florence Hamilton DEE 1902 in Hurstville, NSW. She was born 1881 in Sydney, NSW.
Other events in the life of Henry Otto Ives ROTTON
Baptism: 20 May 1855, Kelso, NSW
Children of Henry Otto Ives ROTTON:
i. Arthur W. ROTTON was born 1886 in Berrima, NSW and died 1887 in Petersham, NSW
8. Elizabeth C. ROTTON was born 1859 in Bathurst, NSW. She married Augustus J. WILKINSON 1887 in Macquarie, NSW.
9. Annie Maude ROTTON was born 1863 in Bathurst, NSW. She married Kenneth Robert JACOB 24 Apr 1888 in Bathurst, NSW. He was born 1864 in Raymond Terrace, NSW and died 1895 in Swansea, NSW. She married Francis J. BLAKLAND 1896 in Petersham, NSW.
10. Mary ROTTON was born 1866 in Kelso, NSW. She married Frederick Arthur THOMAS 26 Nov 1889 in Bathurst, NSW. He was born 1867 in Bombula, NSW.
11. Sarah Humphries ROTTON was born 1871 in Bathurst, NSW. She married Frederick J. PAGE 1911 in Burwood, NSW. He died 1925 in Redfern, NSW.
12. John Hutchinson KEIGHTLEY was born 1864 in Bathurst, NSW and died 1937 in Brisbane, Queensland. He married Mary McCARTHY 13 Feb 1890 in Queensland.
13. George Leo KEIGHTLEY was born 1866 in Bathurst, NSW and died 1942 in Paramatta, NSW. He married Eliza J. JORGENSEN 1922 in Sydney, NSW.
14. Cyril KEIGHTLEY was born 1875 in Wentworth, NSW and died 14 Aug 1929 in New York, USA. He married Ethel Mary SPILLER 1899 in Victoria.
Last updated : 14 Aug 2022
Henry Rotton (1814-1881), pastoralist, was born at Frome-Selwood, Somersetshire, England, son of Gilbert Rotton, solicitor, and his wife Mary Caroline, née Humphries. Failing to enter the navy, he joined a merchant ship that was wrecked in the West Indies. After rescue he was landed in Africa where he contracted yellow fever. In 1836 he reached Kangaroo Island, South Australia, as second mate in the Emma and soon made his way to Sydney. In February 1839 he took over the licence of the Queen Victoria Inn at Solitary Creek near Rydal. That year he married Lorn Jane Macpherson, who died on 11 September 1843. In 1843-48 he was licensee of the Queen Victoria Inn, Bathurst.
In 1849 Rotton became a mail-coach proprietor and in 1850 had a four-horse service three times a week to and from Sydney, Parramatta, Penrith and Hartley, and many twice-weekly two-horse coaches to near-by towns. In 1851 Deas Thomson wrote to Governor FitzRoy from the goldfields that 'Rotton is anxious to buy as his carriages are nearly all broken down from the immense traffic and dreadful state of the roads'. He prospered from the gold rushes and in 1853 bought Blackdown, an estate at Kelso, near Bathurst, where he became a successful horse and cattle breeder with imported stock. He also acquired Gungalman in the Lachlan District and other pastoral interests.
As a supporter of John Robertson, in January 1858 he was elected to the Legislative Assembly for Western Boroughs, despite A. T. Holroyd 'sticking at nothing to obtain pledges'. Defeated for Bathurst in 1859 and 1860 because of his support for the abolition of state aid to religion, he represented Hartley in 1859-64. He opposed free selection before survey and from 1860 voted against Cowper-Robertson ministries. In 1861 Rotton opposed the extension of the southern railway at the expense of the western and northern lines.
At 2 a.m. on Sunday, 25 October 1863, Rotton was woken by his daughter Caroline asking for £500 as ransom for her husband, H. M. Keightley, being held at their Dunn's Plains station by Ben Hall and his gang. Rotton took the ransom money in marked notes and after the release of Keightley went on to Rockley to report the incident. In 1866 he became a sheep director for Bathurst and was chairman of the Bathurst Sheep Board in 1869-81. A zealous supporter of the Baptists, he was a member of the local public school board from 1868 and chairman from 1874. In 1872 he adjudicated in an important squatting case.
Aged 67, Rotton died on 11 October 1881 at Mynora, a property he owned near Moruya occupied by the Keightleys, and was buried in the Baptist cemetery, Bathurst, with Anglican rites. He was survived by a son and daughter of his first wife, and by five sons and six daughters of his second wife, Anne Ford, whom he had married on 18 March 1844. His personalty was valued for probate at £29,000.
E. J. Lea-Scarlett, 'Rotton, Henry (1814–1881)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/rotton-henry-4512/text7381, published first in hardcopy 1976, accessed online 13 June 2019. This article was first published in hardcopy in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 6, (MUP), 1976