Joseph Rogers (1679 - 1757)

Born 22 Feb 1679 in Eastham, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mercy (Crisp) Rogers — married 13 Oct 1703 (to before 1739) in Eastham, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Sarah (Hamilton) Rogers — married 13 Apr 1739 (to 23 May 1746) in Eastham, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 4 Aug 1757 at age 78 in Eastham, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Joseph Rogers was born on 22 February 1679 in Eastham, Plymouth Colony, the son of John Rogers and Elizabeth Twining. ^[1]

He married Mercy Crisp on 13 October 1703 in Eastham. ^[2][3]

She was born there on 15 October 1681, the daughter of George and Hepsibah (Cole) Crisp.^[4][5]

Mercy died before 1739 when her husband remarried. Joseph married, as his second wife, Sarah (Hamilton) Harding on 13 April 1739 in Eastham,^[6][7] the daughter of Daniel and Sarah (Smith) Hamilton, and the widow of Theodore Harding. The will of Daniel Hamilton of Chatham, dated 23 May 1746, names daughter Sarah wife of Theodore Harding.^[8]

Joseph died in Eastham before 04 August 1757. The will of Joseph Rogers of Eastham, yeoman, "advanced in age and under decays of nature", dated 23 May 1746 and proved 4 August 1757, names wife Sarah, daughter Martha Cole, and sons Elkanah and Crisp Rogers, with Crisp to be executor. Witnesses to his will were Barnabas Twining, Richard Sparrow Jr., and Israel Cole.^[9]

Children born Eastham:^[1]

1. Crisp, b. 17 Feb 1704/5
2. Elkanah, b. 13 Feb 1706/7
3. Martha, b. 26 Feb 1708/9

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9979-9XDD?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DW-7MF%3A353349701%2C353418401%2C353418402 : 20 May 2014), Barnstable > Eastham, Orleans > Births, marriages, deaths, land grants 1649-1722 > image 145 of 157; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
   Eastham & Orleans, Mass., Births, marriages, deaths, land grants 1649-1722, p. 81.

   Joseph Rogers the sonne of John Rogers was borne the: 22: of feburarie : 1679.

2. ↑ George Ernest Bowman, "Eastham & Orleans, Mass., Vital Records," Mayflower Descendant Vol. 8:91.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9979-9XDD?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DW-7MF%3A353349701%2C353418401%2C353418402 : 20 May 2014), Barnstable > Eastham, Orleans > Births, marriages, deaths, land grants 1649-1722 > image 145 of 157; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
   Eastham & Orleans, Mass., Births, marriages, deaths, land grants 1649-1722, p. 81.

   Joseph Rogers and Mercy Crisp were Married by capta Jonathan Sparrow the thirteenth Day of October 1703

4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8979-9XHR?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DW-7MF%3A353349701%2C353418401%2C353418402 : 20 May 2014), Barnstable > Eastham, Orleans > Births, marriages, deaths, land grants 1649-1722 > image 109 of 157; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.

   Mercie Crisp the daughter of george Crisp was borne the: 15th of October: 1681

5. ↑ Bowman, "Eastham, Mass., Vital Records" MD Vol. 3:180.
6. ↑ Bowman, "Eastham & Orleans VRs," MD Vol. 19:101.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9979-9XQH?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DW-7MX%3A353349701%2C353418401%2C353419901 : 20 May 2014), Barnstable > Eastham, Orleans > Births, marriages, deaths 1701-1796 > image 73 of 126; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.

   April 13 :1739 then Joseph Rogers & Sarah harding ware married in Eastham by Joseph Doane Justice Peace

8. ↑ Ann Reeves and Alice W.A. Westgate, Mayflower Families Through 5 Generations, Thomas Rogers, Vol. 19 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000), pp. 11, 27-28.
9. ↑ Barnstable County Probate Records Vol. 9:302, will of Joseph Rogers of Eastham.

See also:

• Ann Reeves and Alice W.A. Westgate, Mayflower Families Through 5 Generations, Thomas Rogers, Vol. 19 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000 [3rd printing]), p. 27-28.

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