Susannah (Marston) Rogers (1687 - 1757)

Born 29 Apr 1687 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of John Rogers of Boxford — married 24 Mar 1710 in Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 23 Oct 1757 at age 70 in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Susannah Marston was born on 29 April 1687 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony. She was the youngest child of Manassah and Mercy (Pierce) Marston^[1].

Susanna's father died intestate in 1704, at which time his estate was declared insolvent.

Susannah married Rev. John Rogers of Boxford. Their intention was recorded in Salem on 30 December 1709: "John, Rev., of Boxford, and Susanna Marston, int. 30: xbr: 1709."^[2]. They were married in Boxford on 24 March 1710: "John [2d Minister in Town Ordained 1709. B. C.], and Suesannah Maston of Salem, Mar. 24, 17--. [1705-09?]"^[3]. Note that there are various interpretations of the intention and marriage records. For the intention, "xbr" is taken here as meaning the tenth month, December, in the calendar of that day. For the marriage, the year is thus assumed to be 1710. Many trees use the intention location, Salem, as the marriage location, which appears in Boxford vital records as occurring in Boxford.

John Rogers graduated from Harvard in 1705^[4]. Just prior to his marriage intention he took a permanent position as the minister of the Boxford church, being ordained there in October 1709, after serving for about a year in the church on a temporary basis. He would spend the next 34 years preaching there.

Susannah and John had children, all born in Boxford^[5][6]:

1. Susannah (1711), married Jacob Peabody
2. John (1712), married Relief Prentice
3. Benjamin (1714), married Alice (Perley) Foster, then Lois (White) Pierce
4. Mehitabel (1716), no further records
5. Nathaniel (1718), married Rebecca Symonds
6. Lydia (1720), married Abijah Smith
7. Mercy (1722), died young
8. Eunice (1724-1737)
9. Lucia / Lucy (1726/7), no further records
10. Samuel (1730), married Abigail Smith

Rev. John Rogers abruptly quit preaching in 1743 due to a dispute over back pay. The details are in his profile. In about 1751 he and Susannah removed to Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, where their son John resided. The Rev. John Rogers died on 17 August 1755, and Susannah on 23 October 1757, both in Leominster^[7].

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHLT-CZF : 10 February 2018), Mary in entry for Susannah Marston, 29 Apr 1687; citing Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, ; FHL microfilm 877,468.
2. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Salem, v.1 p. 66 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016), by subscription, AmericanAncestors
3. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 Boxford, v.1 p. 194 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016), by subscription, AmericanAncestors
4. ↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. v.87 p. 399 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.), by subscription, AmericanAncestors
5. ↑ Dodge, Esther Fidelia, Genealogy of John Rogers of Boxford, Mass, 1907, Internet Archive
6. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Boxford, v.1 p. 82 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016), by subscription, AmericanAncestors
7. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Leominster, v.1 p. 350 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016), by subscription, https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7731/350/0 AmericanAncestors]

• Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915 : https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQD3-HPG : citing Susannah Marston, birth 29 Apr 1687, father Manasseh Marston

• Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924 : https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V589-6R2 : citing Suesannah Maston in entry for John Rogars, marriage 24 Mar 1705.

Also

• Steve Condarcure's New England Genealogy Index : http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/f_506.htm : citing Susannah (Marston) Rogers

• Genealogy of John Rogers of Boxford, Mass p 4 : https://archive.org/details/genealogyofjohnr00dodg/page/4/mode/2up : citing "His wife's name was Susanna Marston; her mother's name was Mercy Pierce, the daughter of Alice Barnett, who was the daughter of Mary Waterhouse." "Mrs. Susanna, relict of Rev. John Rogers, died at Leominster, October, 1757, in the 71st year of her age."

• Nathaniel Peabody Rogers, A Collection from the Newspaper Writings of Nathaniel Peabody Rogers p 6 : https://books.google.com/books?id=t3g0AAAAMAAJ&pg=PR11&lpg=PR11&dq=Susannah+Marston+1687+-+1757&source=bl&ots=pyxH5ZBd22&sig=ACfU3U2fq1BUkvsvvH8D2ubJ2uQe_3fxtA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiyvKmb2qfuAhVPHjQIHfZyBdE4KBDoATAJegQICxAC#v=onepage&q=Susannah%20Marston%201687%20-%201757&f=false

• Pioneer Ancestry : http://www.pioneerancestry.com/familygroup.php?familyID=F606&tree=Francom : citing births and death dates of Susannah Marston, John Rogers and children

• Nusbaum, John Rogers Society : https://www.johnrogerssociety.org/founder.html