John Rogers (1738 - 1794)

Born 20 Jun 1738 in Nandua Creek, Accomack County, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Comfort (Prettyman) Rogers — married 1756 in Worcester Co., Maryland (became Sussex Co., Delaware)

Descendants

Died 6 Oct 1794 at age 56 in Dagsboro Hundred, Sussex, Delaware, United States

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Biography

John Rogers was a Virginia colonist.

The Turner, Prettyman, York Family Tree says:^[1]

ID: I05567

Name: John ROGERS

Sex: M

Birth: ABT 1738 in Dagsboro Hundred, Sussex Co., Delaware [sic = John Rogers was born on his father's plantation on Nandua Creek, Accomack County, Virginia. He later bought or inherited a farm in Somerset County (Worcester County in 1742), Maryland, where he raised his family. The land was declared to be in Delaware after the 1767 - Mason-Dixon Line survey.]

Death: 6 OCT 1794 in Dagsboro Hundred, Sussex Co., Delaware

Father: Daniel ROGERS b: 1700 in Accomack Co., Virginia

Mother: Hannah Scarborough WISE b: 1707 in Accomack, Virginia

Marriage: Comfort PRETTYMAN b: 1739 in Dagsboro Hundred, Sussex Co. Delaware [their land was in Somerset Co., Maryland until after the 1767 Mason-Dixon Line survey.]

Married: ABT 1756 in Worcester County, Maryland [land later became Sussex County, Delaware].

Children:

1. Ann ROGERS b: ABT 1756 in Worcester Co. Maryland
   
2. George ROGERS b: ABT 1757 in Worcester Co. Maryland
   
3. Rachel ROGERS b: ABT 1758 in Worcester Co. Maryland
   
4. Polly ROGERS b: ABT 1760 in Worcester Co. Maryland
   
5. Leah ROGERS b: 29 JUL 1763 in Worcester Co. Maryland
   
6. Lavina ROGERS b: ABT 1765 in Worcester Co. Maryland
   
7. Comfort ROGERS b: ABT 1768 in Worcester Co. Maryland
   
8. John Jr. ROGERS b: ABT 1773 in Sussex Co. Delaware
   
9. Orpha ROGERS b: ABT 1775 in Sussex Co. Delaware
   
10. Unice (Eunice) ROGERS b: ABT 1777 in Sussex Co. Delaware
    
11. Patience ROGERS b: 1779 in Sussex Co. Delaware
    

NOTE by Chet Snow: Unpublished family genealogy research by Prof. CA Bonine shows that the Rogers family's land was originally in Somerset Co., Maryland; it became Worcester Co., in 1742; then after the Mason-Dixon Line was established in 1767, it was located inside Sussex County, Delaware (but Maryland did not cede the area until 1774). Thus, although the family lived on the same land since the early 18th Century, it was under 3 different administrations. The Prettyman family moved to Sussex, County, Delaware in 1696. Comfort Prettyman and her cousin Sarah who married David Marvel were called "the prettiest girls in Sussex County".^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Turner, Prettyman, York Family Tree - John Rogers
2. ↑ Unpublished genealogy research in Delaware, Maryland & Virginia by Prof. Chesleigh A. Bonine in the 1940-50s . In the possession of Chet B. Snow as of May 2014.

• Turner, Prettyman, York Family Tree - John Rogers
• Some dates and other information come from the unpublished genealogy research in Delaware, Maryland & Virginia by Prof. Chesleigh A. Bonine in the 1940-50s . In the possession of Chet B. Snow as of May 2014.
• John Rogers Records on Records.Ancestry.com
• the Ham/m Family Tree - John Rogers
• Source: S-457445198 Repository: #R-995417665 Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=79495365&pid=650 - Repository: R-995417665 Ancestry.com
• Source: S-457473275 Repository: #R-995417665 Sussex County, Delaware Probate Records, 1680-1800 by Ancestry.com; Ancestry.com Operations Inc.

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Holly Knight for creating on Saturday, August 31, 2013.

• Thank you to June Higgins for creating Rogers-8157 on 7 Nov 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by June and others.

• WikiTree profile Rogers-12262 was created by Margaret Wright through the import of Wright Family Tree Gedcom-2015-04-25.aspx.ged on Apr 25, 2015.

• Thank you to Chet Snow for researching and editing this profile, adding sources, May 2014 and October 2015. And for merging these profiles, reviewing the biographical sketch, December 1, 2015.