William Rogers, of Huntington

William Rogers was baptized 7 Feb 1612 in Stratford, Warwickshire, England and died before 22 Nov 1669 in Huntington, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York

Parents: Thomas ROGERS b: 11 JUL 1587 in Stratford, Warwickshire, England (NOT Thomas "The Pilgrim" Rogers) and an unknown woman (Elsgen ?) b: 1588 in Fingeringhoe, England

Married:

1. on 2 FEB 1630/31 in Stratford, Warwickshire, England to Ann HALL b: 16 FEB 1612/13 in Stratford, Warwickshire, England

Children

1. Anne ROGERS b: 7 MAR 1631/32 in Stratford, Warwickshire, England
2. Obadiah ROGERS b: 24 SEP 1633 in Southampton, Suffolk, Ny
3. Jonathan ROGERS b: 4 SEP 1636 in Stratordonavon, Warwickshire, England
4. Mary ROGERS b: ABT 1638 in Stratford, John ROGERS b: 1640 in Wetherford, New Haven, Conn
5. Samuel ROGERS b: ABT 1642 in Stratford, Warwickshire, England
6. Hannah ROGERS b: 1644 in Of Hempstead, L.I.
7. Noah ROGERS b: 1652 in Huntington, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York
8. Thomas ROGERS b: ABT 1657 in Luxbury, Connecticut

notes

From http://www.dkdonovan.com/getperson.php?personID=I47166&tree=Main

William Rogers did not leave a will (at least not one that has survived), but the will of Anne Rogers of Huntington mentioned her son Obadiah and his eldest son (not identified by name), her sons John, Noah and Samuel, and her daughters mary and hannah. Miner and Jacobus found that "Although Jonathan was not named in the will, he was called brother by Noah in a conveyance and was certainly son of William, though possibly by a former wife." Seversmith presumed that Jonathan was left out because of a family disagreement, but a more plausible argument might be that Jonathan had already received his portion. At any rate, if Anne was indeed the person who married William Rogers in England in 1630, the Jonathan (baptized in 1636 and still living in 1669) must have been her son. samuel is felt by most writers to have been not her own child but the husband of her daughter Mary, probably Samuel Titus.

"Connecticut Ancestry":

William Rogers was born at Stratford-On-Avon, Warwickshire,England about 1612, and was baptized there on 7 February 1612/13, the son of one Thomas Rogers, whose identity has not been resolved by earlier researchers. He died at Huntington, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York "probably rather suddenly" on 13 July 1664.

it is important to note that William's father was not the Thomas Rogers who was among the passengers of the MAYFLOWER. One author describes the situation as follows:

"Thomas Rogers of Stratford-on-Avon, father of William Rogers was not Thomas Rogers of the 'Mayflower'. The Rogers family was numerous and prominent in Stratford-on-Avon. Thomas rogers, Bailiff and alderman, who was buried February 20 1610/11, was of this family. This Thomas had at least 16 children, one becoming mother of the John Harvard of New England. The handsome Rogers House in Stratford-on-Avon which the alderman Thomas Rogers built in 1596 is believed to still be standing."

links

• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dblocher&...
• http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:William_Rogers_%2824%29
• http://www.dkdonovan.com/getperson.php?personID=I47166&tree=Main

Source

• Hebert F. Seversmith, "Colonial Families of Long Island, New York and Connecticut", manuscript notebook #6 of 11, microfilm copy used at the connecticut State Library, 780. Seversmith's treatment is by far the most complete one available, and is used extensively herein. Although the citations are at a minimum, he was a careful researcher and his work is highly regarded.
• "Plantagenet Descent" by David A. Blocher
• Hickok, Charles Nelson. The Hickok Genealogy: Descendants of William Hickoks of Farmington, Connecticut: With Ancestry of Charles Nelson Hickok. (Rutland, Vt.: The Tuttle Publishing Company, 1938), 401.
  • "William Rogers, bapt. at Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England, 7 February 1612; died before 1667 probably about 1658 in Huntington."
• Connecticut Ancestry 2007 November Vol. 50 No. 2.
• Samuel Richardson and Josiah Ellsworth.
• Lineage of the Rogers Family - England - Embracing John Rogers the Martyr, John Cox Underwood, C.E., A.M..

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Rogers Mansion Southampton Long Island first built by William Rogers and wife Ann in 1648 - has been expanded in later years They raised their 6 children there Settlers sailed from england to Conscious Point on a boat from MA in 1640 welcomed by Indians of Shinnecock Tribe who helped them settle 40 acres of land grant in what is now Southampton and 32 acres of pasture land each family received 3 acres on Main Street- long narrow lots. The Rogers couple received the corner of Main st. and Meeting House Lane. 8 generations of Rogers family occupied house

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/19/nyregion/367-years-of-southampton...

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We do know that on 30 July 1656, Jonas Wood, William Rogers and Thomas Wilkes purchased the major portion of what would become the Huntington lands from Asharoken Montinnicok, Sachem, and the other native Americans "for and in consideration of 2 coates, fore shertes, seven quarts of licker and aleven ounces of powther." This agrees very well with Mr. Howell's estimate of the time William Rogers moved to Huntington.