James Rogers (1648 - 1678)

Born 18 Oct 1648 in Eastham, Plymouth Colony, New England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Paine) Cole — married 11 Jan 1670 (to 13 Apr 1678) in Eastham, Plymouth Colony

Descendants

Died 13 Apr 1678 at age 29 in Eastham, Plymouth Colony, New England

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Biography

James Rogers was born on 18 October 1648, in Eastham, (then) Plymouth Colony, the son of Joseph and Hannah Rogers. His birth was recorded in Sandwich in 1651, but his parents were residents of Eastham by Oct. 1648.^[1][2][3]

He married Marie (Mary) Paine in Eastham on 11 January 1670,^[4][5] the daughter of Thomas and Mary (Snow) Paine of Eastham.^[6]

James died at Eastham on 13 April 1678.^[7] His estate was inventoried on 01 May 1678, which included mainly stock, husbandry tools, household goods, and a house and lands, which totaled £135. One interesting item: a hive of bees, valued at £4. On 06 May 1678 the court settled the estate of James Rogers of Eastham to provide for the widow Mary Rogers and her small children, with the eldest, Samuel (later to be called James), to have a double portion and the rest to have equal parts according to the will of their grandfather. Mary was named as administrator.^[8][3]

A deed dated 18 June 1690 distributed the estate of James Rogers, deceased, "once husband of Mary wife of Israel Cole and father of the above James Rogers and Mary the wife of John Cole aforesd and Abigail Rogers." James had as part of his estate, an estate he had inherited from his father, Lt. Joseph Rogers, but had made no disposition "by will or testaments." Joseph's will had stipulated that at his coming of age the eldest grandson was to have a double portion, the other children to have their fair portions. The 1690 division settled one third to Mary the widow. The other two thirds divided one half to James and on quarter each to his sisters Mary and Abigail. The importance of this deed is that it proves that James' daughter, Mary, was married to John Cole before 18 June 1690.^[9]

His widow Mary married, secondly, to Israel Cole on 24 April 1679 at Eastham,^[10] and died after 12 May 1705, the date her father's will was written, which named her as the wife of Israel Cole, and made bequests to her three eldest children, James Rogers, Mary Cole and Abigail Yeats.^[11][3] She died before her second husband, as she was not named in Israel's will dated 20 Jan 1723/4.^[12]

Children born Eastham:^[4][5]

1. Samuel/James, b. 30 Oct 1673, m. Susanna Tracy/Treasey 1698
2. Mary, b. 09 Nov 1675, m. John Cole bef. 1694
3. Abigail, b. 02 Mar 1677/8, m. John Yates 1699

Sources

1. ↑ Nathaniel Shurtleff, Records of the colony of New Plymouth, in New England (Boston: Press of W. White, 1855) Vol. 8:13-14.

   These bee the names of Leiftenant Joseph Rogers his children, as followeth:

   ...James was borne the 18th of october 1648.

2. ↑ C.L. Kardell & R.A. Lovell, Jr., Vital Records of Sandwich MA to 1885 (NEHGS, Boston, MA: 1996), p. 6, citing PCR 8:14, "1651 Sandwidge Regester of beirths of children"
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume Nineteen: Thomas Rogers, Ann T. Reeves, Volume: 19, Alice W.A. Westgate (General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000) p. 6, 12-13.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9979-9XFZ?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DW-7MF%3A353349701%2C353418401%2C353418402 : 20 May 2014), Barnstable > Eastham, Orleans > Births, marriages, deaths, land grants 1649-1722 > image 117 of 157; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
   Eastham & Orleans, Massachusetts, Births, marriages, deaths, 1649-ca.1840, Volume title "Births, marriages, deaths, land grants 1649-1722", p. 26.

   James Rogers and Marie paine weare maried the 11enth of Jenuarie in the yeare 1670

5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} George Ernest Bowman, "Eastham and Orleans Mass. Vital Records (cont.)," The Mayflower Descendant Vol. 5 (1903):195.
6. ↑ Barbara Lambert Merrick, William Brewster of the Mayflower, and the Fifth Generation Descendants of his daughter Patience(2), Mayflower Families in Progress (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2001). (The three eldest children of Mary, wife of Israel Cole - James Rogers, Mary Cole and Abigail Yeats - were named in her father's will dated 12 May 1705.)
7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G979-9FQV?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DW-7MF%3A353349701%2C353418401%2C353418402 : 20 May 2014), Barnstable > Eastham, Orleans > Births, marriages, deaths, land grants 1649-1722 > image 124 of 157; town clerk offices, Massachusetts. Eastham Births, Marriages & Deaths 1649-1760.
   Eastham & Orleans, Massachusetts, Births, marriages, deaths, 1649-ca.1840, Volume title "Births, marriages, deaths, land grants 1649-1722", p. 40.

   "James Rogers died the : 13tnth : of aprill .1678"

8. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-V36F?cc=2018320&wc=M6BX-F29%3A338083801 : 20 May 2014), Wills 1633-1686 vol 1-4 > image 456 of 616; State Archives, Boston. Plymouth Colony Wills, Vol. 3:2:121.
9. ↑ Roser Susan L. "Unrecorded 1690 Barnstable County Deed Heirs of James³ (Joseph², Thomas¹". Mayflower Quaterly Magazine. Vol 85 #1, Spring 2019. p. 32
10. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9979-9XFZ?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DW-7MF%3A353349701%2C353418401%2C353418402 : 20 May 2014), Barnstable > Eastham, Orleans > Births, marriages, deaths, land grants 1649-1722 > image 117 of 157; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
    Eastham & Orleans, Massachusetts, Births, marriages, deaths, 1649-ca.1840, Volume title "Births, marriages, deaths, land grants 1649-1722", p. 25.

    Israel Cole and Mary Rogers was Maried the : 24 : of aprill : 1679

11. ↑ Barnstable County Probate Records, Vol. 3:360.
12. ↑ Barnstable County Probate Records, Vol. 4:204-205.

See also:

• Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume Nineteen: Thomas Rogers, Ann T. Reeves, Volume: 19, Alice W.A. Westgate (General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000) pp. 12-13.

• Kardell, Caroline Lewis and Russell A. Lovell Jr. Vital Records of Sandwich Massachusetts to the Year 1885 (NEHGS: Boston, 1996), p.6. AmericanAncestors.org (Link by $ubscription)

• Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985) Vol. II, p. 1292.

ROGERS, James (1648-1678) & Mary PAINE (-1710+);m/2 Israel COLE 1679; 11 Jan 1670; Eastham {citing MD 5:195, 6:203, 19:112; Reg. 6:235, 22:62, 47:187, 102:47 (wrong); Hills: Mayfower Planters 134; Linnell-Snow 20; Pligrim Notes 3:85, 4:70; Paine (#4) 13; Snow (1889) 8; Williams (#18) 38; Cole (1887) 70; Tracy (1936) 27; Paine 2:43; Cape Cod Lib. 33:24; Higgins (supp.) 34}

• Thomas Rogers Society
• Cutter, William Richard. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts (Lewis historical Publishing Company - Boston, Mass., 1908)
• Kellogg, Lucy Mary, F.A.S.G., Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Volume 2, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA., 1975. Chilton, More, Thomas Rogers, pp. 158 and 163.
• Roser, Susan E., Mayflower Increasings From the Files of George Ernest Bowman, Second Edition, Fourth Printing, Genealogical Publishing, Co., Inc., Baltimore, Md., 2001
• Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Volume Nineteen, Thomas Rogers, Second Edition, Family of Thomas Rogers, Originally Compliled by Alice Westgate, Revised by Ann T. Reeves, 2000, Revised 2013 by Peggy M.Baker, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2013
• Freeman, Frederick, The History of Cape Cod, Vol. 2, Annals of the 13 Towns of Barnstable Co., (Piper & Co., Boston, MA: 1869), p. 369, footnote 2
• Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 24 (MD6:203). Col. Leonard H Smith, Jr. and Norma H Smith. Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans. An authorized facsimile reproduction of records published serially 1901-1935 in The Mayflower Descendant. With an added index of persons. 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD: reprinted for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Pub. Co.
• Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, Records of Plymouth Colony: Births, Marriages, Deaths, Burials and other records: 1633- 1689 (1976. The Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc.), pp 156, 245.
• George Ernest Bowman, "Lieutenant Joseph Rogers' Will and Inventory," Mayflower Descendant, Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants Vol. 3:67. (Will, written in January 2/12, 1677/8.)
• A History of Early Orleans; by Ruth L. Barnard; Published for the Orleans Historical Society; Orleans, Massachusetts; by William S. Sullwold, Publishing; 1975, Taunton, Massachusetts.
• Hamlin, David, "First Settlers of Eastham, Mass.," New England Historical and Genealogical Register Vol. 6(1852): 41-46, 167-170, 234-5.

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