Benjamin Rogers (1714 - 1761)

Born 11 Jul 1714 in Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Alice (Perley) Rogers — married 11 Oct 1734 in Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts

Husband of Lois (White) Houghton — married 26 Mar 1751 (to 23 Mar 1761) in Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 23 Mar 1761 at age 46 in Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Benjamin was born 11 July 1714 in Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was the son of John Rogers and Susannah Marston.^[1] Benjamin was christened at Boxford on 24 October 1714. ^[2][3]

Benjamin married Alice Perley Foster, the widow of Thomas Foster, on 11 October 1734 in Boxford.^[4][5] They had children:^[6]

1. Perley (1735) ^[7]
2. Sarah (1736) ^[8]
3. Samuel (1738) ^[8]
4. Eunice (1739) ^[8]
5. Lucy (1740/41) ^[9]
6. John (1742) ^[8]
7. Benjamin (1744 )^[10]
8. Alice (1747) ^[11]

Alice died about 1749 and Benjamin married, second, Lois Pierce, widow of Joshua Pierce, on 26 March 1751, in Boxford.^{[12] [13]}

Benjamin and Lois had the following known children:

1. Asa (1754) ^[14]
2. Lydia (1757) ^[15]

Benjamin Rogers died on 23 Mar 1761 in Boxford, Massachusetts, age 48. ^[16][17] He is buried in Brookside Cemetery in West Boxford.^[18]

Research Notes

The son John connected to this profile is certainly wrong, as that John lived in Tennessee. The correct identity of Benjamin's son John has not been researched, so the link to the incorrect John has not yet been disconnected.

Sources

1. ↑ Dodge, Esther F., and C. R. Commons. 1907. Genealogy of John Rogers of Boxford, mass. [Manassass, Va.]: Manassas Journal Print, p.4
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCVP-6MT : 10 February 2018), Benjamin Rogers, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0823686 IT 2.
3. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Boxford - V1, Page 82. Text: "Benjamin, s. John, bp. Oct. 24, 1714. C. R. 1."
4. ↑ Boxford Marriages, Boxford vital records to 1850
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8X-WD4K : 11 May 2022), Benjamin Rogers and Alice Foster, 11 Oct 1734; citing Marriage, Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011594.
6. ↑ Perla, Martin Van Buren. 1906. History and genealogy of the Perley family. Salem, Mass: The compiler. page 43
7. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Found here.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3} Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). [1]
9. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCV2-73N : 5 January 2021), Benjamin Rogers in entry for Lucy Rogers, 1740.
10. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCVP-6MB : 5 January 2021), Benjamin Rogers, 1744.
11. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCV2-38H : 5 January 2021), Benjamin Rogers in entry for Alice Rogers, 1747.
12. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8D-RTNW : 11 May 2022), Benjamin Rogers and Lois Pierce, 26 Mar 1751; citing Marriage, Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011594.
13. ↑ Note: History and genealogy of the Perley family gives name as Perve. Probably a mistranscription.
14. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCVG-VNY : 5 January 2021), Asa Rogers, 1754.
15. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCV2-9BX : 5 January 2021), Lydia Rogers, 1757.
16. ↑ Vital records of Boxford, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 by Boxford, Mass.; Publisher Topsfield Historical Society; 1905. Page 261
17. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Boxford - V1, Page 261. Text: "Benjamin, Mar. 23, 1761. C. R. 2. [a. 48 y. B. C.]"
18. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 07 October 2018), memorial page for Benjamin Rogers (11 Jul 1714–23 Mar 1761), Find A Grave: Memorial #96623206, citing Brookside Cemetery, West Boxford, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Bob Brien (contributor 47246444) . Note: gives birth location as Leominster. Edit suggestion submitted.

• Perley, Sidney. 1893. The dwellings of Boxford, Essex County, Mass. Salem, Mass: The Essex institute. Page 110.

Acknowledgements:

• Rogers-19036 was created by Scott Kendall through the import of Ephraim Butterfield Descendants_2017-08-08.ged on Aug 8, 2017.