Elizabeth Rogers
1700 -
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Elizabeth Rogers was born 23 Jan 1699/00, Tiverton, RI (daughter of Joseph Rogers and Elizabeth Smith). Notes:
This may be her birth record at Newport:
ROGERS, ----, dau. of Joseph and Mary, --- 15, 1710.
2. Joseph Rogers was born Abt 1671 (son of Thomas Rogers and Sarah Unknown); died 2 Oct 1710, Newport, RI; was buried , Common Burying Ground, Newport, RI. Notes:
This is Joseph's gravestone information at Newport's Common Burying Ground:
Rogers, Joseph; c1671 - 2 Oct 1710; husband of Mary. (source: "Newport, Rhode Island Colonial Burial Grounds" pub. 2009 by RI Genealogical Society, p. 245)
The will of Joseph Rogers of Newport, merchant, is dtd 20 Sep 1710 and was proved 6 Nov 1710. It mentions his wife Mary, son Joseph, and daughters Mary & Elizabeth; also "the child my wife is pregnant with"; daughter-in-law Iris Jenkins [probably stepdaughter]; brother John; and brother-in-law Edward Smith.Joseph married Elizabeth Smith Abt 1695. Elizabeth was born Abt 1673; died Abt 22 May 1704, Tiverton, RI; was buried 24 May 1704. [Group Sheet]
3. Elizabeth Smith was born Abt 1673; died Abt 22 May 1704, Tiverton, RI; was buried 24 May 1704. Children:
- Mary Rogers was born 24 Aug 1699, Tiverton, RI.
- 1. Elizabeth Rogers was born 23 Jan 1699/00, Tiverton, RI.
- Smith Rogers was born 13 Dec 1702, Tiverton, RI; died Bef 20 Sep 1710.
- Joseph Rogers was born 14 May 1704, Tiverton, RI; died 16 Sep 1751, Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT.
Generation: 3
4. Thomas Rogers was born Abt 1639 (son of James Rogers and Mary Unknown); died Nov 1719. Notes:
The will of Thomas Rogers of Newport is dated 28 Nov 1716 and proved 7 Dec 1719. In it, Thomas mentions his age as 77; wife Sarah, and the following children: James, Thomas, John, Jeremiah, Joseph, Daniel, Sarah Wells, Elizabeth Bailey, and Abigail Rogers.
I have roughly estimated the birth years of Thomas & Sarah's children.Thomas married Sarah Unknown Abt 1660. [Group Sheet]
5. Sarah Unknown Children:
- Samuel Rogers was born Abt 1660.
- James Rogers was born Abt 1662.
- Thomas Rogers was born Abt 1664; died Aug 1736, Westerly, RI.
- Sarah Rogers was born Abt 1666.
- Elizabeth Rogers was born Abt 1669.
- 2. Joseph Rogers was born Abt 1671; died 2 Oct 1710, Newport, RI; was buried , Common Burying Ground, Newport, RI.
- Jeremiah Rogers was born Abt 1675; died Aft 22 Feb 1755.
- John Rogers was born Abt 1677; died 28 Apr 1761; was buried , Common Burial Ground, Newport, RI.
- Daniel Rogers was born Abt 1677.
- Jonathan Rogers was born Abt 1680; died 1716.
- Abigail Rogers was born Abt 1683.
Generation: 4
8. James Rogers died 1676. Notes:
Some information on James & Mary and their descendants came from Genealogical Dictionary of RI, by John Osborne Austin.
It has been speculated that James may be a son of Thomas Rogers, Mayflower Pilgrim.
James Rogers was admitted freeman at Newport 7 Sep 1640, and was elected Sgt of the General Assembly 15 Mar 1643. He continued in this position until 1664. James was the Solicitor General in 1657.James — Mary Unknown. Mary died Aft 1676. [Group Sheet]
9. Mary Unknown died Aft 1676. Children:
- Sarah Rogers was born Abt 1628; died Aft 10 Oct 1683.
- 4. Thomas Rogers was born Abt 1639; died Nov 1719.
- John Rogers was born 8 Oct 1641, Newport, RI; died 27 Mar 1716, Newport, RI.