Editing Rochester, Kentucky (section)

==History==
Rochester is rooted in an early pioneer settlement known as "The Mouth" for its strategic location at the confluence of the Green and Mud rivers.<ref name="Rennick 2013"/> In the early 19th century, an early settler named Thomas Riddick platted a town at this location known as "Suffolk" on his father's Revolutionary War land grant, though the town was not successful.<ref>"Suffolk," Kentucky Historical Society marker 2543, on display in Rochester, Kentucky.  Information accessed 17 June 2018.</ref>  The city was established in the 1830s and incorporated in 1839.<ref>{{cite book|last=Collins|first=Lewis|title=History of Kentucky|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F5FQAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA107|year=1877|page=107}}</ref> It is named for [[Rochester, New York]].<ref name=eok>{{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of Kentucky |chapter=Dictionary of Places: Rochester |publisher=Somerset Publishers |location=[[New York, New York]] |year=1987 |isbn=0-403-09981-1}}</ref>  There is a connection to  [[Rochester, New York]], but it is not named "for" it.  Documentation of the Rochester family, in a book  ''“'''The House of Rochester in Kentucky'''” by '''Mrs. Agatha Rochester Strange''''' published in/around 1889, indicates that Rochester, KY was settled by '''William Strother Lewis McDowell''' (b. Jun 24, 1819) thanks to the dedication and management from his mother,  '''Nancy “Ann” Jordan Rochester''' (1797–1856).