1648 - 1721

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• Christened	1648	Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut   [2]
  Birth	1 Dec 1648	Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut   [3]
  Gender	Male
  BIRT	1 Dec 1648	Wetherford, New Haven County, Connecticut
  Buried	1721	New London, New London County, Connecticut
  Died	17 Oct 1721	Of Small Pox in New London, New London County, Connecticut   [4, 5, 6]
  Person ID	I64699	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	07 May 2005 00:00:00
  Father	James ROGERS, b. 2 Feb 1614/1615, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England
  Mother	Elizabeth ROWLAND, b. 1621, New London, New London County, Connecticut
  Family ID	F4101	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Elizabeth GRISWOLD, b. 1652, Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut
  Married	17 Oct 1670	Blackwall, Lyme, New London County, Connecticut   [4, 7]
  Divorced	Yes, date unknown
  Children	> 1. John ROGERS, b. 20 Mar 1673/1674, New London, New London County, Connecticut   2. Elizabeth ROGERS, b. 8 Nov 1671
  Family ID	F28166	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Mary RANSFORD, b. 1648, New London, New London County, Connecticut
  Married	6 Jun 1699	At the County Court (but without the assent of the Court), New London, New London County, Connecticut
  Family ID	F28167	Group Sheet
  Family 3	Sarah COLE
  Family ID	F28168	Group Sheet

• Notes	Source: Please cite original sources. Compiled by: J. K. Loren

• Sources

  [S201] A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Showing Three Generations of those who came before May 16, James Savage, (Boston: 1860 - 1862, Reprint: Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, Maryland, 1965), vol. 3, p. 563. ROGERS, JOHN, New London, s[on]. of James the first, m[arried]. 17 Oct. 1670, Elizabeth d[aughter]. of Matthew Griswold, had Elizabeth b[orn]. 8 Nov. 16571; and John, 20 Mar. 1674; began, bef[ore]. the end of this y[ea]r. to assert opinions and follow forms in relig[ion]. wh[ich]. disgust[ed]. his w[ife]. wh[o]. desir[ed]. divorce next y[ea]r. and aft[er]. 18 mo[nth]s. gain[ed]. the reluct[ant]. assent of the C[our]t. wh[ich]. allow[ed]. her to retain both the ch[ildren]. Yet as the ch[ildren]. grew up, they took to their f[ather]. perhaps bec[ause]. the mo[ther]. had m[arried]. 5 Aug. 1679, Peter Pratt, and, in 1691, a third h[usband]. Matthew Beckwith. He was found[er]. of a new sect. call[ed]. Rogerenes, but tho[ugh]. he had the glory of kn[owing]. that his writings were condemn[ed]. and burn[t]. as pestilent heresies, yet without caus[ing]. much light to be spread, the schism went off soon aft[er]. his d[eath]. wh[ich]. was 17 Oct. 1721. A sec[ond]. w[ife]. Mary Ransford cause[d] him more trouble than the first. [S957] History of New London, Connecticut, From the First Survey of the Coast in 1612 to 1860, Frances Manwaring Caulkins, (Heritage Books, Inc.), vol. 1, p. 201. [S213] James Rogers of New London, Connecticut, and His Descendants, James Swift Rogers, (Boston, Massachusetts: 1902), p. 38. [S213] James Rogers of New London, Connecticut, and His Descendants, James Swift Rogers, (Boston, Massachusetts: 1902), p. 42. [S958] New London Vital Statistics, Grace Shaw Woldf, transcribed by Susan G. Taylor, vol. 1, p. 57. [S959] The Colonial Clergy and Churches of New England, Frederick Lewis Weis, Surnames Q-R, p. 176. JOHN ROGERS, b. Milford, Ct., 1648, son of James and Elizabeth (Rowland) Rogers; sett. New London, Ct., 1677-1721; Rogerene or Quaker-Baptist; founder of the sect.; d. New London, Ct., Oct. 17, 1721, of small pox. [S957] History of New London, Connecticut, From the First Survey of the Coast in 1612 to 1860, Frances Manwaring Caulkins, (Heritage Books, Inc.), vol. 1, p. 208.