Capt. John Rogers^[1]

1611 - Bef 1680  (69 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and 37 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	John Rogers
  Prefix	Capt.
  Birth	16 Apr 1611	Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	Bef 21 Jul 1680	Lewisetta, Northumberland Co., Virginia, USA
  Person ID	I266509	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	5 Aug 2009

  
  

  Father	Thomas Matthew Rogers,   b. 1565, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England d. 7 Aug 1618, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Grace McMurdock,   b. 1565, Scotland d. 1637, Scotland (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	1586	Scotland
  Family ID	F256907	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lucille (Lucy) Iverson,   b. 1612, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland d. 1674 (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	1641	Warwickshire, England
  Children	+ 1. Giles Rogers,   b. Abt 1650   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Richard Rogers   d. Bef 18 Aug 1697 + 3. Ellen Rogers,   b. 1652, Northumberland Co., Virginia, USA d. 13 Dec 1710, Lancaster Co., Virginia, USA (Age 58 years)
  Family ID	F47188	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Feb 2008

  
  

• Notes

  Capt. John Rogers, the first of this family in Virginia, was born about 1620, since on 4 Aug. 1665 he stated his age was 45. Transported to Virginia 18 April 1638. He purchased 250 acres in Northumberland County from James Claughton on 20 Jan. 1652/3 and on 13 Sept. 1654 took out a patent for 50 acres on the south side of Claughton's Creek adjoining this land and also for 250 acres adjoining. He became a justice of Northumberland County in May 1655, was a captain in the militia, and was a vestryman of Chicacone Parish. On 1 May 1665 he took the appointed oaths as Sheriff for the ensuing year. On 30 Nov. 1656 Capt. John Rogers repatented the 300 acres he had originally patented in 1654. He added another 200 acres on 31 Aug. 1657 and on 9 Jan. l662/3 repatented this land and his 250 acres originally patented in l654. The name of his first wife Ellen is shown on the tombstones of both husbands of their daughter Elizabeth (Rogers) Keene Banks at Cypress Farm, Northumberland County. Before Sept. 1668 he married his second wife Anne (______) Temple Clay, widow of John Temple and Francis Clay. Resided Cypress Farm, Lewisetta, Virginia. John Rogers' will was presented for probate on July 21, 1680, but is no longer of record in Northumberland County. From-The Virginia Genealogist, Volume 11, pages 26 - 29. John Rogers was a captain in the militia, he served as justice of Northumberland County in May 1655, and was a vestryman of Chicacone Parish. On May 1, 1665, he took the appointed oaths as Sheriff for the ensuring year. John Rogers' will was presented for probate on July 21, 1680, but is no longer of record in Northumberland County.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2045] VA Land Records, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, Balt. MD, 1982), 376, 177, review (Reliability: 3).