Elizabeth (Pabodie) Rogers (1647 - 1679)

Born 24 Apr 1647 in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Wife of John Rogers — married Nov 1666 (to after 4 May 1677) in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony

Descendants

Died 21 Oct 1679 at age 32 in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony

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Biography

Elizabeth Pabodie, daughter of William Pabodie Sr (abt.1620-1707) and Elisabeth (Alden) Pabodie, (abt.1624-1717) was born 24 Apr 1647, in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony.^[1][2][3] She was the grandaughter of Mayflower passenger, John Alden.^[3]

Elizabeth Pabodie married John Rogers, in Nov 1666 at Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts.^[3][4] John, born about 1640, was the son of John and Anna (Churchman) Rogers. John remarried in [21] Oct 1679 to Hannah (Hobart) Brown (1638-1691) daughter of Rev. Peter Hobart and widow of John Browne. He married a third time 22 March 1692/3 to Marah (Cobham) Bruning/Browning (1652-1739), daughter of Josiah and Mary Cobham, and widow of Joseph Browning.^[3]

A merchant, John lived in Duxbury, Boston, Taunton, Swansea, Bristol and Barrington. Bristol and Barrington are now part of Rhode Island. 27 Oct 1681, as a resident of mount Hope Neck in New Plimouth, he deed his daughter viz. Hannah, Elizabeth, Ruth and Sarah (all under 21) land in Saconet. The daughters and their husbands, James and Ruth Bennett of Roxbury, Silvestr and Elizabeth Richmmond of Little Compton, Samuel and Hannah Bradford and Nathaniel and Sarah Searle, deed the property back to their father in 1694 and 1696.^[3] [ Bristo LR 1:247 1:377, 2:14, 112 4:84] In 1701, John of Boston sold land in Little Compton to son-in-law Silvester Richmond.^[3] [Bristol LR 33:190]

Elizabeth (Pabodie) Rogers died between the birth of daughter Sarah, 4 May 1677, and her husband's second marriage, [21] Oct 1679.^[3]

Children

Born at Duxbury.^[3]

1. Hannah Rogers was born 16 Nov 1668; m. Samuel Bradford.
2. John Rogers was born 22 Sep 1670; d. Boston 2 Nov 1696, apparently unmarried.
3. Elizabeth Rogers was born 16 Apr 1673; ^[5] m. Silvester Richmond.
4. Ruth Rogers was born 18 Apr 1675; m. James Bennett
5. Sarah Rogers was born 4 May 1677; m. Nathaniel Searle

• The 1691 will of John's father, also John, named his grandchildren, the children of this couple, viz John Rogers, Elizabeth Rogers, Hannah Bradford, Ruth Rogers and Sarah Rogers.^{[6] [7][8][3]}
• William Pabodie, Elizabeth's father, had an estate of £407. He left the land to his sons (some after wife's decease), and left his daughters, Mary, Mercey, Martha, Ruth, Sarah, Hannah, Lidia (also received a pair of green curtains), the heirs of Elizabeth and the heirs of Rebecca only one shilling each.^[3][9]
• John Rogers died intestate. The widow and the two daughters refused administration. 30 Aug 1732, grandchildren Peleg, Perez and Ichabod Richmond, Nathaniel Fisher, Ephraim Atwood and Peleg Heath, petitioned that their brother William Richmond be allowed to administer the estate, their aunts, Mrs. Bradford and Mrs. Searles, having requested that one of the family assist. The estate had a lengthy controversy accusing the widow of embezzling.^[3] [ Plymouth PR 1:249, Bristol PR 7:404; MD 20:5-10]

Research Notes

Contains all the Silver book info. Needs some probate and Land records see [...] look up. B-404 21:46, 11 January 2023 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Duxbury, Massachusetts to the year 1850, page 114 of 446 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911), p. 114; digital image, Internet Archive Link, Link at AmericanAncestors ($)
2. ↑ Roser, Susan E. Mayflower Births and Deaths: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Volumes 1, (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1992), p. 6; digital image, Ancestry, Accessed at Ancestry ($)
3. ↑ ^{3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10} Woodworth-Barnes, Esther Littlefield (comp.) Williams, Alicia Crane (ed.) Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. Volume 16, Part 1, Family of John Alden, (Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2002.) p. 55.
4. ↑ Vital Records of Duxbury, Massachusetts to the year 1850, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911) pp 282, 296 p. 282 link Internet Archive
5. ↑ .Birth • Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915 "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ3N-KBK : 15 January 2020), Elizabeth in entry for Eliz Rogers, 1673.
6. ↑ Plymouth County Probate Records, Vol. 1:145
7. ↑ (the full transcription can be seen here),
8. ↑ George Ernest Bowman, "The Will of John Rogers" Mayflower Descendant Vol. 5:205-6,
9. ↑ Bowman, George Ernest (transcriber), "William Pabodie's Will and Inventory," The Mayflower descendant : a quarterly magazine of Pilgrim genealogy and history, Vol 6, (Boston : Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899) pp. 129-135; digital images, Internet Archive link : accessed 13 Jan 2023; cites Bristol PR 2:268-269.

• Torrey, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/3824/images/gpc_newenglandmarriages-0649?usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&pId=165369
• Torrey, 'New England Marriages to 1700 Volume 2, p 1293; TEXT:ROGERS, John (?1640-1732) & 1/wf Elizabeth PABODIE (1647-1679?); Nov 1666; Duxbury {Brainerd Anc. 222, 252; Briggs-DeGroff 220; Bradford (1900) 90; Hills: Mayflower Planters 132; Putnam's Mag. 5:6; Ill. Mayflower (1925) 126; MD 5:232, 9:172, 19:192, 20:1+; digital image, Link at AmericanAncestors ($)
• Richmond, Joshua Bailey, The Richmond Family 1594-1896 ... (Boston: 1897) p. 19 Accessed at Ancestry ($)
• Whittemore, Henry, Signers of the Mayflower compact, and their descendants (N.Y.: Mayflower Pub, 1899); digital images, Internet Archive, p.25
• Find A Grave: Memorial #48168114 has her buried at Princes Hill Burial Ground, Barrington, Bristol County, Rhode Island, USA . There is no stone there and the burial is unsourced.
• Alleged death Elizabeth wife of John Rogers, died Newport 24 Oct 1676. Source: 'Rhode Island, U.S., Vital Extracts, 1636-1899 Volume Number and Title: Vol· 07: Friends and Ministers: Births, Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths, Ancestry.com. Rhode Island, U.S., Vital Extracts, 1636-1899 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data:Arnold, James Newell. Rhode Island Vital Extracts, 1636–1850. 21 volumes. Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1891–1912. Digitized images from New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. p. 119 Accessed at Ancestry ($). This date is before birth of youngest daughter.