If anyone has information regarding the parents of John ROGERS [Sr.], please contact me.
The first two generations of this family were active Quakers.
(1) John ROGERS [Sr.], b. about 1655-57 in England, d. 1699 in Nottingham Twsp.,
Burlington Co., NJ; burial: place unknown; m. 1st, 31 Oct 1680 in Burlington Monthly Meeting, Burlington Co., NJ, to Mary
SCHOLEY (b. unknown, d. 20 Aug 1681; daughter of John SCHOLEY & Elizabeth FLETCHER).
John ROGERS [Sr.] m. 2nd, 16 Sep 1685 in Byberry, Philadelphia Co., PA,
to Mary GROOM (b. unknown, d. 13 Feb 1693;
parents unknown); they resided in Nottingham Twsp., Burlington Co. [now
Mercer Co.], NJ; their children:
[#2] i. John [Jr.], b. 5 Mar 1687, d. 1776, m. Martha CLAYTON;
ii. Deborah, b. 4 Jan 1688;
iii. Mary, b. 10 Apr 1690, m. Benjamin HALLOWELL;
iv. Joseph, b. 13 Oct 1692, d. 1771, m. Sarah HARRISON;
(2) John ROGERS [Jr.], b. 5 Mar 1687 in Nottingham Twsp., Burlington Co., NJ, d.
1776 in Windsor Twsp., Middlesex Co., NJ; burial: place unknown; m. to Martha CLAYTON (b. unknown; believed to be daughter of
Matthew CLAYTON & Sybilla BUCKWORTH); they resided in Windsor Twsp., Middlesex
Co. [now Mercer Co.], NJ; their children:
i. Joseph, b. 8 Apr 1721, m. Susannah BORDEN;
ii. Matthew, b. about 1725-33, d. 1804, m. Margery BROWN;
iii. John [III], b. about 1726, d. 1793, m. Rachel ____;
[#3] iv. Amos, b. about 1734, d. 1807, m. Abigail FREEMAN;
v. Isaac, b. 7 Jul 1735, d. 20 Oct 1826, m. Ann TAYLOR;
vi. Robert, b. unknown, d. 1797, m. Ann HOLLOWAY;
vii. Abraham, b. unknown, d. 1816, m. Abigail ____;
viii. Martha, b. unknown, m. William CARY;
ix. Mary, b. unknown, m. Robert FULTON.
I have not seen primary evidence to prove that John ROGERS [Jr.]'s wife was Martha CLAYTON; however, some circumstantial evidence suggests that she was.
(3) Amos ROGERS, b. about 1729-34 in ?Windsor Twsp., Middlesex Co.?, NJ, d. 1807 in Windsor Twsp., Burlington Co., NJ; burial: place unknown; m. to Abigail FREEMAN (b. about 1747, d. after 1796; daughter of James FREEMAN & Eupheamea REYNOLDS); they resided in Windsor Twsp., Middlesex Co. [now Mercer Co.], NJ; their children:
[#4] i. Hannah, b. 6 Jul 1764, m. Thomas COMBS [Sr.];
ii. Euphemia, b. unknown, d. 21 Aug 1807, m. Isaac COMBS;
iii. (daughter), m. David? WRIGHT.
(4) Hannah ROGERS, b. 6 Jul 1764 in Windsor Twsp., Middlesex Co., NJ, d. after 1835 in East Windsor Twsp., Middlesex Co., NJ; burial: place unknown; m. to Thomas COMBS [Sr.] (b. 24 Aug 1754, d. 14 Feb 1834).
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County, New Jersey, Chesterfield Township Tercentenary Committee,
Crosswicks, NJ, 1964, pages 29-30.
Klett, Joseph R. Written communication. 5 February 1997.
Land indenture, Thomas Combes & wife Hannah Rogers to Isaac Combes &
wife Euphanah Rogers, made 1 June 1808, recorded 10 June 1823, East
Windsor Township, Middlesex Co., NJ.
Lyon, Katy. "Branch #49". Rogers Research Data, no. 8,
September 1994., pages 17-19.
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East New Jersey, Los Angeles, CA, part 4, 1932, page 545.
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1752". First Settlers of Ye Plantations of Piscataway and Woodbridge,
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... 5 December 1678". New Jersey Colonial Documents, ser. 1, vol.
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Rogers, John [Sr.]. "[Abstract of his will, written 13 April 1698, proved 30 March 1700]". New Jersey Colonial Documents, Calendar of Wills, page 393.
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Rogers, Nora N. "Branch #49". Rogers Research Data, no. 11, June 1995., pages 19-21.
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County, Windsor Township". Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey,
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1684". Pennsylvania Magazine of History & Biography, vol. 5,
1891, pages 346-349.
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