Theophylact Bache

Theophylact Bache (January 17, 1735 – October 30, 1807) was an American merchant.

Theophylact Bache
portrait by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
Born	January 17, 1735  Settle
Died	October 30, 1807  (aged 72)
Occupation	Merchant
Family	Richard Bache
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Theophylact Bache was born on January 17, 1735 in Settle, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. He landed in New York 17 September 1751, took charge of the business of Paul Richard, who died in 1756, became the owner of merchant vessels, and engaged in privateering. He was identified with American resistance to England in 1765, and in 1770 was one of the committee to carry out the resolutions of non-intercourse. In 1774 he was one of the committee of correspondence appointed when the port of Boston was closed. He supported the first Continental Congress; but when the American Revolutionary War actually began he remained so far neutral as to incur the suspicions of the committee of safety. He remained in New York during the British occupation of the city, and befriended American officers held there as prisoners of war. In 1777 he was chosen the fifth president of the New York Chamber of Commerce.

Bache died on 30 October 1807.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1891). "Bache, Theophylact". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.