Jane Mill (bef. 1774)

Wife of Henry Rogers — married 10 Dec 1796 in Illogan, Cornwall, England

Biography

Jane Mill, daughter of Edmund and Ann Mill, was bapt. 23 Oct. 1774 at Illogan. Jane's parents: Edmund Mill married Ann Harvey 5 Sept. 1767 at Illogan.

Jane Mill married Henry Rogers on 10 Dec. 1796 at Illogan. (Jane Rogers, b. Illogan, age 77 [b. 1774)], appears in the 1851 census in Gwennap with two granddaughters.)

Henry Rogers was buried 14 Mar. 1825 Illogan; res. Redruth; age 49, b. 1776. (presumably the husband of Jane Mill, as they had several children born at Redruth; it appears that his age is wrong by 12 years.)

Jane Rogers was listed in the 1841 census in Gwennap, age 63 with her daughter Elizabeth Kempe and four children. Jane was listed in the 1851 census at Gwennap as the head of the following household: Jane Rogers, 77, b. Illogan; Jane Kemp, 14, b. Gwennap, granddaughter, works in mine; Elizabeth Kemp, 12, b. Gwennap, granddaughter, works in mine.

Children baptized at Illogan:

1. Henry, bap. 8 Dec. 1798; buried 30 Nov. 1828 Gwennap.

2. Mary, bap. 9 Dec. 1793

3. William, bap. 9 Mar. 1800.

Children baptized at Redruth:

4. John, bap. 14 Aug. 1803; perhaps the John Rogers who m. Elizabeth Nichols 22 Dec. 1823 at Gwennap. John and Elizabeth Rogers are in Illogan in the 1841 census with a big family in the household of Thomas Martin as follows: John, 45, copper miner; Elizabeth, 45; Elizabeth, 25; Philip, 20, copper miner; William, 20; Eliza, 20; Mary, 15; Henry, 15, copper miner; Edmund, 15, copper miner; Christiana, 14; Thomas, 11; Caroline, 9; Josiah, 7; Victoria, 4.

5. Jennifer, bap. 21 Dec. 1806.

6. James, bap. 30 July 1809; m. Martha Kemp 2 Jan. 1834 at Gwennap.

7. Elizabeth, bap. 18 Oct. 1812, m. John Kemp 5 Nov. 1831 at Gwennap; she was a head of household in Gwennap in 1841; two of her children were living with her mother at Gwennap in 1851.

Sources

• IGI: The International Genealogical Index compiled by the Mormons; the separate batches of records for individual parishes in Cornwall are online at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyCornwall.htm

Cornwall On-line Parish Clerk database