Eldest son of Theodore and Abigail (Pilsbury) Rogers, Theodore was born in 1807. He married first Betsy Pillsbury, with whom he had three children. Betsy had passed away circa 1857. He married second widow Abigail (Hunt) Jellison in 1857, who survived him by four years. Theodore played the fiddle, according to his great-grandson.
Sources
Birth and death abstracts.
Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988.
Massachusetts Marriage Records, 1840-1915.
Massachusetts Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850.
US Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880.
US Federal Census Records for 1850 and 1860.
Personal correspondence with great-grandson.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Theodore by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Theodore: