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• Birth	2 Feb 1614/1615	Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England
  Gender	Male
  BIRT	2 Feb 1614/1615	Dedham, Essex, England
  IMMI	1635	To New Haven, Connecticut aboard the ship "Increase"
  Buried	1687	New London, New London County, Connecticut
  Died	16 Feb 1686/1687	New London, New London County, Connecticut
  Person ID	I65623	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	07 May 2005 00:00:00
  Family	Elizabeth ROWLAND, b. 1621, New London, New London County, Connecticut
  Married	1639	Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut   [4]
  Children	> 1. Samuel ROGERS, b. 12 Dec 1640, Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut > 2. Joseph ROGERS, b. 14 May 1646, Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut > 3. John (Rev.) ROGERS, b. 1 Dec 1648, Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut > 4. Bathsheba ROGERS, b. 30 Dec 1650, Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut > 5. James (Capt.) ROGERS, b. 15 Feb 1651/1652, Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut > 6. Jonathon ROGERS, b. 31 Dec 1655, Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut > 7. Elizabeth ROGERS, b. 15 Apr 1658, New London, New London County, Connecticut
  Family ID	F4101	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. 560. ROGERS, JAMES, New London, is by Miss Caulkins thought to be that passeng[er]. in the Increase from London, 1635, aged 20, and was early at Stratford, there m[arried]. Elizabeth d[aughter]. of Samuel Rowland, rem[oved]. to Milford, had Samuel, b[orn]. a[bout]. 1640; Joseph, bapt[ized]. 1646; John, 1648; Bathsheba, 1650; James, a[bout]. 1652; Jonathan, b[orn]. 31 Dec. 1655; and Elizabeth 1658; soon aft[er]. he rem[oved]. to N[ew]. L[ondon]. was the richest man in the settl[e]m[ent]. after Gov. Winthrop freem[en]. 1660, rep[resentative]. 1661-8 and in 1676, began to make with his childr[en]. much opposit[ion]. to inf[ant]. bapt[ism]. and d[ied]. a[bout]. 1688. bathsheba m[arried]. 4 Mar. 1670, Richard Smith of N[ew]. L[ondon]. and next Samuel Fox as his third w[ife]. and Elizabeth m[arried]. 9 Feb. 1682, the sec[ond]. Samuel Beeby. From this man, thro[ugh]. his fifth s[on]. Jonathan, is deriv[ed]. the ancient imperfect vol[ume]. contain[ing]. the Psalms and New Testam[ent]. with a ch[urch]. liturgy tho[ugh]t. to be of the days of Edward VI. [S213] James Rogers of New London, Connecticut, and His Descendants, James Swift Rogers, (Boston, Massachusetts: 1902), p. 38. [S966] List of Officials Civil, Military, and Ecclesiastical of Connecticut Colony, Compilers: M. A. Jacobus, Donald Lines, (Connecticut Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, New Haven, Connecticut, 1935), p. 46. ROGERS, JAMES (d. 1687). Deputy (New London) to Conn. Leg., May 1661, May 1662, Oct. 1662, May 1663, Oct. 1663, Oct. 1664, May 1666, Oct. 1668. Dep. Judge (New London), Apr. 1660, May 1660. Granted 200 acres in lieu of former grant of 150 acres, Oct. 1668; granted 50 acres, Oct. 1671 (for Pequot War service). [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. 560. ROGErS, JAMES ... was early at Stratford, there m. Elizabeth d. of Samuel Rowland.