Thomas
Rogers
Born in Groton, New London, CT
Ancestors 
Son of John Rogers II
and Mary (Larrabee) Rogers
Brother of
Mary (Rogers) Richards
Husband of
Elizabeth Smelligar
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Maria (Small) Rogers
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died in Paterson, Passaic, N.J.
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Jan 2020
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Biography
Thomas was born in 1792. He passed away in 1855/6. Famous locomotive builder in Paterson, New Jersey, including The General, involved in the Civil War Great Locomotive Chase. Almost all sources say he married just once, to Marie Small, but the transcript of the court case below and newspaper articles show that he also later married Elizabeth Smelligar, and had one daughter, Virginia Rogers, who married Henry Heinisch.
Sources
- Heinisch v. Pennington, 68 A. 233, (N.J. Ch. 1907)
- James Rogers of New London and his descendants. J.S. Rogers 1902 pages 136, 215-216. Reprint 2012.
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Alton Rogers
Rogers-28653 and Rogers-28292 appear to represent the same person because: clear duplicate
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by Alton Rogers
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