John Rogers (1712 - 1789)

Born 24 Sep 1712 in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts

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Died 6 Oct 1789 at age 77 in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

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"Rev. John Rogers, was born at Boxford, Mass., 24 September, 1712; was ordained the first minister of Leominster, 14 September, 1744; was dismissed, January, 1758, and died in October, 1789, aged 77." (Nathaniel Peabody Rogers and John R. French ed., A collection from the newspaper writings of Nathaniel Peabody Rogers, Concord, N.H.: John R. French, 1847, p. xi.) [discrepancy reg. city of birth; which is correct, determine]

"1. Rev. John Rogers, son of Jeremiah and Dorcas Rogers, b. Salem, Mass., Nov. 22, 1684, Harvard University, 1705, and settled over the church in Boxford, Mass., March 24, 1709. He m. Susannah Marston, b. April 29, 1687, dau. of Capt. Mauasseh Marston, of Salem. He retired from the ministry about 17—, and lived with his children in Leominster, Mass., where he d. August 17,1755. His widow d. in Salem, Oct . 22, 1757.

2. Rev. John Rogers, son of Rev. John 1, b. Boxford, Mass., Sept. 24, 1712; Harvard University, 1732; ordained at Leominster, Mass., Sept. 14, 1743. He was an able preacher, and his pastorate is an interesting chapter in the history of the town. He m. March 21, 1750, Relief Prentice, b. Lancaster, Mass., dau. of Rev. John and Prudence (Frost) Prentice. He d. Oct. 6, 1789. Seven children. 3. Dr. John Rogers, son of Rev. John2, b. Leominster, Mass., March 27, 1755. Harvard University, 1776; removed to Plymouth, 1781, or early in 1782. He was a well-known and respected physician and a cultured and public-spirited citizen of Plymouth. Trustee Holmes Plymouth Academy, 1808-1814. (Biography in Vol. I.) He m. Jan. 11,1782, Betsey Mulliken, b. Bradford, Mass., Nov. 10, 1760. He d. March 8, 1814. She d. Sept. 15, 1848. Eleven children." (Ezra Scollay Stearns, Advanced Book Search History of Plymouth, New Hampshire, vol. II, 1906, pp. 574-575.)

John was born in 1712. John is the child of John Rogers and Susannah Marston. John passed away in 1789. ^[1]

"REV. JOHN ROGERS.

Mr. Rogers was born Sept. 24, 1712, and was son of Rev. John and Susanna (Marston) Rogers. He graduated at Harvard College, 1732. He was ordained as the first pastor at Leominster, Mass., Sept. 14, 1743. In his pastorate Mr. Rogers met with great difficulties; but, before his death, matters were Christianly adjusted. 'Mr. Rogers was a man of intellectual powers,' says Dr. Bancroft, in his half-century sermon, 'and an inquisitive spirit, possessed of a name fitted to make a man independent of his opinions, and prepared to encounter every difficulty in defence of religious truth.' He was strictly an honest man. His moral character was never impeached. In conversation he was frank, even to bluntness, and sometimes gave offence to, or wounded the feelings of, his friends unintentionally. He was tenacious of his own opinion; perhaps he thought too highly of the name. But no man is perfect, and his greatest fault was a want of prudence. He died Oct. 6, 1789; and in 1845, under the direction of the First Congregational Society of Leominster, a marble monument was erected to his memory. (See Wilder's History of Leominster)" (Sidney Perley, The history of Boxford, Essex County, Massachusetts: from the earliest..," p. 348)

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• Arlin Nusbaum, firsthand knowledge. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Arlin and others.

• Dodge, Esther F., and C. R. Commons, Genealogy of John Rogers of Boxford, Mass, Manassas, Va.: Manassas Journal Print, 1907, p. 4.

• Vital Records of Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, (section Leominster), Topsfield, Mass: Topsfield Historical Society, 1905, p. 350 says: "ROGERS: Rev. John, First minister of Leominster, [died] Oct. 6, 1789 a.[age] 77. In the ministry from Sept. 25, 1743 to Nov. 16, 1787. G.S."

1. ↑ Entered by Arlin Nusbaum, Aug 4, 2011