John Rogers (1630 - 1684)

Born 11 Jan 1630 in Coggeshall, Essex, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Denison) Rogers — married 14 Nov 1660 (to 12 Jul 1684) in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 12 Jul 1684 at age 54 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

John Rogers immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

John Rogers migrated from England to American Colonies.

"John Rogers (1630-1684), the eldest son (of Nathaniel Rogers and Margaret Crane), baptised at Coggeshall, Essex, on 23 Jan. 1630, emigrated with his father to New England in 1636. He graduated at Harvard University in 1649 in theology and medicine, and commenced to practice the latter at Ipswich. But he afterwards became assistant to his father in the church of the same place, and abandoned medicine. He was chosen president of Harvard in April 1682, to succeed Urian Oakes, was inaugurated in 1683, but died on 2 July 1684 at Cambridge,^[1][2] aged 53, and was succeeded by Increase Mather. He married Elizabeth, daughter of General Daniel Denison and Patience Dudley, at Ipswich on 14 November 1660.^[3] He left a numerous family in America, three sons being ministers, the youngest, John Rogers of Ipswich, himself leaving three sons, all ministers." ^[4]

Research Notes

A descendant of Margery, 3rd Baroness le Despenser-26 Wentworth. See list of 8 Surety Barons Ancestors*

Folklore Disproved

In 1853, the Louisville, Kentucky Courrier- Journal carried the following:^[5]

"The following interesting obituary notice appears in a late Massachusetts page:

"A Descendant of John Rogers the Martyr.-- Died in Royalston, the 3d inst., Mrs. Eunice, wife of Benoni Peck, Esq., aged 65. Mrs. Peck was daughter of Eliphalet Rogers, who was son of Rev. John Rogers, pastor of the first church in Ipswich, and president of Harvard College, who died July 2, 1684. This gentleman was the eldest son of Rev. Nathaniel Rogers, came from England in 1636, and settled in Ipswich as colleague pastor with Rev. Nathaniel Ward, who died July 2, 1655, aged 57. Nathaniel Rogers was a son of Rev. John Rogers, of Dedham, England, who died October 18, 1639, aged 67, and John was grandson of the Rev. John Rogers the Martyr, who was burnt at Smithfield, Feb. 5, 1555, nearly three centuries ago."

The "tradition" of descent from John Rogers the Martyr has long been disproved see notes on the profile of father Nathaniel

Sources

1. ↑ "New England Chronology; Derived from a volume of Interleaved Almanacks, which belonged to Judge Sewall..." NEHGR Vol. 8(1854):19.

   "July 2 1684. Mr. John Rogers Presed. of Har. Col. deptd this life as the sun was clearing itself of an eclipse."

2. ↑ Hammatt, Abraham, "Ipswich Grammar School" NEHGR Vol. 6(1852):68.

   "Col. Thomas Wade was chosen to succeed the Ref. President John Rogers who died at Cambridge, in 1684."

3. ↑ Vital records of Ipswich, Massachusetts : to the end of the year 1849 (Salem, Mass. : Essex Institute, 1910) Vol. 2:372.

   "Rogers, John, and Mrs. Elizabeth Denison, Nov. 14, 1660. CT.R."

4. ↑ The Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 49; Digital Image, Google Books; Sir Sidney Lee; Macmillan; 1897
5. ↑ The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky) · 23 Feb 1853, Wed · Page 2. Accessed on 29 May 2020 at Newspapers.com.

See also:

• Sibley, John Langdon, Biographical sketches of graduates of Harvard University. in Cambridge, Massachusetts Vol. 1:166-71.
• "Genealogical Memoir of the Family of Rev. Nathaniel Rogers" NEHGR Vol. 5(1851):137-9.
• Wikipedia: John Rogers (Harvard)
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 April 2019), memorial page for Rev John Rogers (21 Jan 1630–12 Jul 1684), Find A Grave: Memorial #102314999, citing Old Burying Ground, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Kline Lynch (contributor 47937188) .

• https://www.harvard.edu/president/history/#1600s
• Hammatt, A. Physicians of Ipswich, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1850) Vol. 4, Page 12-13

Acknowledgements

WikiTree profile Rogers-3261 created by Arlin Nusbaum.

WikiTree profile Rogers-3518 created through the import of DeRiemaecker Family Tree.ged on Aug 3, 2011 by Amanda Smith.