John Rogers1,2

M, #849, * 6 Apr 1606, + bt 26 Aug 1691 - 20 Sep 1692
FatherThomas Rogers1 * b 1572, + bt Jan 1621 - Mar 1621
MotherAlice Cosford1 * 10 May 1573, + a 1622

Family

Anna Churchman * s 1615, + a May 1665
Children
     John was baptized on 6 Apr 1606 at Watford, Northamptonshire, England.1,3 He married Anna Churchman on 16 Apr 1639 at Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts.1,3 He died bt 26 Aug 1691 - 20 Sep 1692 in Duxbury, Massachusetts.1,3
John immigrated c 1630 to Plymouth Colony3 See the website of the Pilgrim Hall Museum in Plymouth, MA for more information on the Pilgrims Joseph Rogers and John Rogers were each assessed the minimum 9s. in the tax rate of 25 Mar 1633.4
     Joseph Rogers and John Rogers, his brother, were on 6 Apr 1640 granted 50 acres of upland each at the North River.4
John Rogers made a will on 26 Aug 1691. It mentions his grandson John Rogers, his grandson John Tisdale and his mother Anne Terrey, his daughter Elizabeth Williams, his granddaughters Elizabeth Rogers, Hannah Bradford, Ruth Rogers and Sarah Rogers, his grandsons Joseph and Edward Richmond, as well as his daughter Abigail Richmond. His son John Rogers is the executor3Edward Bangs, Robert Hicks, and John Rogers all were in Plymouth Colony, and are mentioned on all kinds of lists in Stratton's book "Plymouth Colony: Its History and People." A number of other surnames (i.e. Pratt, Washburn, Leonard, Warren) occur in our genealogy and are in Plymouth Colony, but a connection has not been found.

Name variants: Jan Thomasz (patronymic, patronymic.)5

Publications about the Rogers Family: See Thomas Rogers.

Citations

  1. [S344] Clifford L Stott,"Rogers-Cosford" 10, #2 , pg. 138-149.
  2. [S187] Alice W. A. Westgate, Thomas Rogers, pg. 1-2.
  3. [S187] Alice W. A. Westgate, Thomas Rogers, pg. 6-9.
  4. [S340] Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration, 1620-1633, Vol. 3 (P-W), pg. 1597-1599. Thomas Rogers. Online at http://www.americanancestors.org
  5. [S345] Robert S Wakefield,"Turner-Rogers" 52 , pg. 110-113.