George Rogers (1721 - 1802)

Born 11 Jun 1721 in Dunkirk, King and Queen, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Ann (Lee) Rogers — married 1740 in Fauquier, Virginia

Descendants

Died 13 Mar 1802 at age 80 in Caroline, Virginia, United States

Problems/Questions Profile managers: Ed Rogers [send private message] and J Gilbert [send private message]

Biography

George Rogers was born on 11 Jun 1721 in Dunkirk, Virginia to parents John Rogers and Mary Byrd. He married first Mary Ann Lee in 1740 in Fauquier, Virginia. ^[1]

He married second Frances Holmes Pollard in Jul 1754 in Virginia. Children: Joseph, John, Lucy, Edmund P, Ann, Thomas, Frances, Mary, Mildred. He died on 13 Mar 1802 in Caroline, Virginia.

George is uncle and namesake of General George Rogers Clark.

William Froggett, a Revolutionary War Veteran, William Froggett lived in the George Rogers household in Caroline County, Virginia; they cared for him in his latter years until his death. (Froggett had served under son John Rogers during the war.)

Sources

1. ↑ Descendants of Giles Rogers at Genealogy.com by Patsy C. Ford

• Virginia Compiled Census and Census Substitutes

• Virginia Land, Marriage and Probate Records

• Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War

• 1783 Tax List of Caroline County, Virginia

• Donald Robertson and His Wife Rachel Rogers, Their Ancestry and Posterity, p 224

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Ed Rogers for creating WikiTree profile Rogers-6969 through the import of Rogers.paf.ged on May 5, 2013.