John Rogers (abt. 1520)

Descendants

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Biography

"[Richard] Rogers' father was, in reality, a resident of Moulsham, a parish of Chelmsford. By trade he was a joiner, and his father, the grandfather of Richard, was apparently a carpenter. Both were named John Rogers, and the younger was twice married. His second wife was Agnes Carter, a widow, and by her he had three children--Mary, John, and Richard, our diarist. Richard's baptismal date is given in the parish register as June 29, 1551. ... John [Richard's brother] remained in Chelmsford and earned his living as a shoemaker. Among his children was one who bore his own name, John Rogers IV we may call him. After being helped through Cambridge by his uncle [Rev. Richard Rogers], he became a famous Puritan minister at Dedham in the northern border of Essex, and it is from his son Nathaniel that the New England line has sprung.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ M.M. Knappen and John Cowart, eds, Seeking A Settled Heart_The 16th Century Diary of Puritan Richard Rogers (2007), p. 36, citing Henry F. Waters, "Genealogical Gleanings in England" (Boston, 1901), 1:209-36, and 2:1137-38; and NEHGR XVII: 326-29.

• Anderson, Robert Charles F.A.S.G, Puritan Pedigrees, 2018 by the New England Historic Genealogical Society, pages 175-194
• NEHGR 5:105-152, 5:***-330 [need]; 12:337-342, 13:61-69 = "Genealogical Memoir of the Family of Rev. Nathaniel Rogers, of Ipswich, Mass., 1636" ("by a descendant")
• NEHGR 6:93, 265-266 = "Abstracts of the Earliest Wills in the Probate Office, Plymouth" (commissioned by Mr. Justin Winsor, of Boston)
• NEHGR 10:148 = "Mascarene Family Papers" (by ***)
• NEHGR 10:265-*** [need] = "Abstracts of Early Wills" (by ?)
• NEHGR 12:339 *** [need]
• NEHGR 17:43-50, 326-330 = "The Rogers Family" (Joseph L. Chester)
• NEHGR 21:172 = "Sparhawk--Rogers--Stoughton--Cooper" (William S. Appleton)
• NEHGR 21:284 = "Notes and Queries" (J.W.D.)
• NEHGR 32:240-241 = "Notes and Queries" (Mellen Chamberlain)
• NEHGR 39:225-230 = "Descendants of the Rev. Daniel Rogers of Littleton, Mass." (John Ward Dean)
• NEHGR 41:158-188 = "Family of John Rogers of Dedham" (reprinted in Henry F. Waters' Genealogical Gleanings in England, pages 209-236
• NEHGR 61:41 = "Descendants of Rev. John Wilson" (by ***)
• TAG 36:34 = "A Hartford Miscellany ***"
• English Origins of New England Families, first series, vols. 1- 3 (taken from the NEHGR)
• Harleian Society 13:27 = The visitations of Essex by Hawley, 1552; Hervey, 1558; Cooke, 1570; Raven, 1612; and Owen and Lilly, 1634 : to which are added miscellaneous Essex pedigrees from various Harleian manuscripts, and an appendix containing Berry's Essex pedigrees [includes Bennett Wright]
• Harleian Society 17:371= The visitation of London, anno domine 1633, 1634, and 1635 ... [Edward Sammes & Bennett Wright]
• Harleian Society 21:141 = Visitation of the County of Gloucester [has nothing of interest]
• Genealogical Gleanings in England, pages 94, 209-234, 1173-1176, 1201-1205 (Henry F. Waters--1901)Dictionary of National Biography Essex Wills (F. G. Emmison)
• vol. 4 - The Archdeaconry Courts, 1577-1584
• vol. 5 - The Archdeaconry Courts, 1583-1592
• vol. 6 - The Archdeaconry Courts, 1591-1597
• vol. 7 - The Archdeaconry Courts, 1597-1603
• vol. 8 - The Commissary Court, 1558-1569
• vol. 9 - The Commissary Court, 1569-1578
• vol. 10 - The Commissary Court, 1578-1588
• vol. 11 - The Commissary Court, 1587-1599
• vol. 12 - The Commissary Court, 1596-1603

The general armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales : comprising a registry of armorial bearings from the earliest to the present time (John Bernard Burke)Genealogical Gleanings in England (Henry F. Waters) Parish Registers, Chelmsford, Essex, ENG: [Note: These records were copied about 1900 by Henry F. Waters from what appeared to be the original register in the parish church at Chelmsford. At the end of his visit there, he discovered that the said volume was a copy, made ca. 1700. The original register was subsequently found but too late for Mr. Waters to check it. If it still exists, it has not yet been filmed.] BAPTISMS: John, of John Rogers the younger, 21 Nov. 1538. Thomas, of John Rogers the younger and Ann, 25 Nov. 1540. Mary, of John Rogers joiner and Agnes, 11 Feb 1542. John, of John Rogers and Jone [sic], 19 Oct. 1545. John, of John Rogers and Agnes, 10 Sept. 1548. Richard, of John Rogers the younger, 29 Jun 1551. Mary, of John Rogers the younger, 30 July, 1553. Thomas, of John Rogers, 29 Oct 1557. Ellyn, of John Rogers, 1 Nov. 1558. [Note: Despite the differences in wives' names here, I believe the approximate spacing of two years between each of the children shows that these children were probably all offspring of only one John Rogers. The marriage and burial records for Chelmsford need to be checked for additional information.]

FHL Film #94,387 [transcribed by Charlou Dolan; paragraphing added for ease of reading] Commissary Court of London, Essex and Herts, 1575, 9th File, No. 17: In the name of God amen.  I, John Rogers of Moulsham ioyner [= joiner] beynge of perfect memorye (thankes be to god) and in love & charitie with all the worlde doe make & ordayne my last wyll & testament in maner & fourme followynge: Fyrst I bequeathe my soule into the handes of allmyghtye god my only redemmore & savyoure, & my bodye to be buryed in the churche yarde of the parryshe of Chelmsford.

Item I gyve to my wyfe Annys my house wherin I dwell so longe as she lyveth here in this worlde & after her deceasse I wyll that my eldest sonne John Rogers shall have it, on this condytion that w’thin one yeare after his mothers deceasse he paye to my sonne Richard Rogers twentye nobells, [noble = an oldgold coin worth 6 shillings 8 pence] & to my daughter Mary Rogers lykewyse twentye nobells of lawfull money of England & if the sayd John refuse so to doe, or doe yt not, then I wyll that the goodman Craweley, the goodman Manne, & the goodman Beade, or theyre assignes, shall sell the foresayd house to the moste advantage & the moneye thereof to be equally dyvyded amongst my children, John, Richard and marye, & eyther of them to be the others heyres.

Item I gyve to my sonne John a featherbed w’thall thinges belongynge thereto.

 Item I gyve to my sonne Richard a featherbed lykewyse wâthall thinges belongynge thereto.

Item I gyve to my daughter Marye allso a featherbed wâthall thinges belongynge therto, whiche featherbedds wâth all thinges belonginge to them I wyll to be delyvered to my forenamed children & eyther of them at the daye of theyre marryage.

Item I appoynt my neyghboure John graveley & my neyghboure Nycholas Manne my assignes for the sale of the house of one Thomas Ashbey deceassed to the vse of the foure children whiche he left behinde him as it apperethe in the last wyll & testament of the sayde Thomas Ashbey.

Item I wyll that my wyfe Annys shall receyve and paye all my dettes & therfore I gyve vnto her all the reste of my goodes what so ever they be, and I doe make & appoyntte the sayd Annys my only executrix of this my last wyll & testament.

Finis.   The general armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales : comprising a registry of armorial bearings from the earliest to the present time (John Bernard Burke), page 866: Rogers (Bristol and Eastwood, co. Gloucester). Ar. three stags sa. attired or, a chief az. Crest--A stag's head erased ppr. in the mouth an acorn or, stalked and leaved vert. Rogers (Chelmsford, co. Essex, Purton, co. Gloucester, and Evesham, co. Worcester). Ar. a chev. betw. three stags sa. Crest--A stag's head sa. attired or, in the mouth an acorn of the second, stalked and leaved vert.