Eunice (Stetson) Rogers (1650 - bef. 1725)

Born 28 Apr 1650 in Scituate, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Timothy Rogers — married about 1669 in Scituate, Plymouth Colony [uncertain]

Descendants

Died before 24 Mar 1725 before age 74 in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Parentage; Date and Place of Birth

Eunice Stetson, daughter of Robert Stetson and Honour (Tucker) Stetson, was born in Scituate, Plymouth Colony on April 23, 1650 ^[1] or April 28, 1650.^[2] She was baptized May 19, 1650.^[3]

Marriage and Children

Eunice married TImothy Rogers of Marshfield.^[1][4][5] In his 1702 will, Cornet Robert Stetson mentions his daughter, Eunice Rogers, then living.^[5][4] Eunice and TImothy were probably married about 1669.^[6][1] Their date of marriage was probably estimated based on the 1670 date of baptism of their first born known child. They were probably married in either Scituate or Marshfield. They settled at Marshfield.^[1]

Timothy and Eunice had the following children. Based on Timothy's residency in Marshfield from 1664 until his death, they were probably all born in Marshfield, although the baptisms of some were recorded in the Scituate records. The children are set forth below, based on probable birth order based on birth/baptismal dates (to the extent known) and order in which mentioned in Timothy's will.

1. Samuel, bpt. September 15,^[4] September 18,^[7][4] or October 2, 1670,^[1] m. December 3, 1697 Jael Huet,^[8] d. 1747^[1]
2. Lois, bpt. August 27, 1671,^[9][4] d. young^[4][1]
3. John,^[4][1] m. December 11, 1700 Hannah Sprague,^[10] d. 1762^[10]
4. Timothy, bpt. March 31, 1674 ^[11]or May 31, 1674,^[4][1] d. young^[4][1]
5. Eunice,^[12][1] m. Mary 26, 1698 Samuel Witherell^[13]
6. Bethiah, probably died unmarried^[4][1]
7. Hannah,^[4][1] m. November 19, 1701 Samuel Lapham,^[13] d. before May 19, 1741^[13]
8. Mary,^[4][1] m. December 22, 1709 John Carver^[13]
9. Honour,^[4][1] m. July 12, 1711 William Torrey^[10]
10. Timothy. b. in 1690, according to age on gravestone,^[4][1] m. February 9, 1719/20 Lydia Hatch,^[14] d. December 10, 1763^[14]

Death

Eunice died sometime after September 4, 1702, when she was mentioned as a living person in the will of her father,^[4] but before March 24, 1724/5, when she was not mentioned in the will of her husband Timothy.^[4]

Research Notes

• Stetson Kindred Genealogical Index: 1-6

^{[3] [6] [13] [10] [8] [14] [12] [11] [7] [9] [4] [2] [1] [5]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16} Stetson, Oscar Frank, The Descendants of Cornet Robert Stetson of Scituate, Massachusetts, 1933, Vol 1, No. 1, pp 29-30
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Volume I - Births," New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1909, p 331
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Turner, George C., "Records of the Second Church of Scituate Now the First Unitarian Church of Norwell, Mass.," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 57 (1902), p 83
4. ↑ ^{4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16} Drummond, Josiah H. John Rogers of Marshfield. Rhoda B. Ellis, 1898, pp 13-14
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Stetson, Oscar Frank, "The Descendants of Cornet Robert Stetson of Scituate, Massachusetts," 1933, Vol 1, No. 1, p 20
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NQ-5CV : 4 December 2014), Samuel Rogers, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0014791, 0496902 IT 1.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Drummond, Josiah H. John Rogers of Marshfield. Rhoda B. Ellis, 1898, p 28
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NQ-6VK : 4 December 2014), Lois Rogers, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0014791, 0496902 IT 1.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3} Drummond, Josiah H. John Rogers of Marshfield. Rhoda B. Ellis, 1898, p 29
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5N7-FJK : 4 December 2014), Timothy Rogers, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0014791, 0496902 IT 1.
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1} "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5N7-LFX : 4 December 2014), Eunice Rogers, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0014791, 0496902 IT 1.
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4} Drummond, Josiah H. John Rogers of Marshfield. Rhoda B. Ellis, 1898, p 31
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1 14.2} Drummond, Josiah H. John Rogers of Marshfield. Rhoda B. Ellis, 1898, p 27

See also:

• Barbara Lambert Merrick, "Genealogy of Eunice Stetson," Unpublished Manuscript, 2002, pg 2. Copy held by Roy S. Lamberton.
• Leach, Josiah Granville, "Memoranda Relating to the Ancestry and Family of Hon. Levi Parson Morton, Vice-President of the United States," 1894, pp 76-78
• Stetson, O.F. Ed; Descendants of Cornet Robert Stetson of Scituate, Massachusetts (Stetson Kindred of America, Inc., 1933, 1956, 2008)
• Various Contributors; Family Tree entry for Eunice Stetson; FamilySearch Person: L6DY-28R; accessed November 2022; © 2022 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. A service provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints