Timothy Wells Rossiter (March 28, 1751 – August 27, 1845) was a physician and later an American Revolutionary War surgeon under General George Washington.
Timothy Wells Rossiter was born March 28, 1751 in New London, Connecticut, and died at the age of 95 on August 27, 1845 in Hancock County, Sparta, Georgia. Dr.
Timothy Wells Rossiter, the son of a Presbyterian Congregational minister is descended from Bray (Bryan) Rossiter who arrived in Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, in 1630 aboard the Mary & John from England.
Bray Rossiter settled in Windsor, Connecticut, where he practiced as a physician, became a landed proprietor of the settlement, its first town clerk and registrar, and later moved to Guilford, Connecticut in 1652.
He performed the first post-mortem in the colony.
One of his children was also named Timothy, which became a common family name among several branches of the family.