ROBERT ROGERS OF BRISTOL, MERCHANT.
Richard ROGERS, perhaps born around 1530; possibly Warden, Soap-makers and Chandlers Company, Bristol, 1590; Common Council, Old Bristol Corporation; Master, Soap-makers and Chandlers, 5 March 1592 ["The Company of Soapmakers," Bristol Records Society, Volume X, page 46]; Sheriff, 8 March 1595; he died about June 1599 ["Bristol Lists, Municipal and Miscellaneous," by Rev Alfred B. BEAVEN, Bristol, 1899, page 195]; his will, dated 21 May 1599, was proved P.C.C., mentioning his sons Mathew and Richard ROGERS, and daughters Mary, Elinor and Elizabeth ROGERS (unless this was instead the son); he was evidently married, with issue:
a. Richard ROGERS, probably born between 1557 and 1560; received into the fellowship of the Soapmakers and Chandlers Company, Bristol, 22 August xxiii Elizabeth (1581), having served as an apprentice to his father Richard for 14 years; on 5 March 1592, Mr Richard ROGERS succeeded as the new Master of the Company, and his Wardens were Humphry READ and Robert ROGERS; perhaps instead the above 1599 will maker?
b. Robert ROGERS, probably born between 1552 and 1565; apprenticed to his father Richard, 6 October 1579, for 7 years; received into the Soapmakers and Chandlers Company, 12 August 1585; not named in the 1599 will of Richard ROGERS, Soapmaker of Bristol. But for this last-mentioned hurdle, possibly the next.
Robert ROGERS; Soapmaker and Chandler of Bristol; he had apprenticed Miles ANDREWS, who died in service in 1601; a member of the Society of Merchant Venturers, of Bristol, 3 December 1605, when he was, with others, appointed to "... Committees for the Merchant's Ordinances" ["The History of the Society of Merchant Venturers of the City of Bristol," by John LATIMER, Bristol, 1903, at page 64]; another member appointed to the same committee was John ROWBERO.
He may have been the same as Robert ROGERS, of Bristol, Sheriff 1607-08, Alderman (St Thomas) 1620-33, Mayor 1621-22, who died on 11 April 1633, aged 80 ["Bristol Lists, Municipal and Miscellaneous," complied by Rev Alfred B. BEAVEN, M.A., Bristol, 1899, Page 306]; his will, dated 18 March 1629, with "codicil" (or second will) dated 8 April 1633, was proved P.C.C., 9 May 1633, requesting to be buried in St James's church, near his former wife Elinor, and mentioning his now loving wife (un-named) to whom he was married by articles dated 28 October 5th of His Majesty's reign (probably James I, and if so in 1608), and mentioning his daughter Ellen RODWAY the wife of Mr Richard RODWAY of London (and their three children), his daughter Sarah BILLINGSLY the wife of Henry BILLINGSLY Esq (and their children Henry, George, Richard, Robert and Mathew BILLINGSLY), his cousins Ellen THYNE (and her husband Francis), Mary TURNER (and her son Robert TURNER), Abel ROGERS and Mathew ROGERS the sons of my cousin Mathew ROGERS deceased, Elizabeth HOLBROOKE (?) the daughter of my now wife, Susan LEWES another daughter of his second wife, her five sons William, Edward, Thomas, (indecipherable) and John LEWES, and his son Richard ROGERS, Knight, the sole executor.
Robert ROGERS was probably married firstly, in Bristol, 13 January 1593[-94?], to Elinor COOPER [England Marriage, 1538-1973, Findmypast]; they had issue:
a. Richard ROGERS, probably born about1599; he was apprenticed to his father Robert, 24 December 1613, for 7 years. and paid for his entrance on 3 March 1613-14.
I had wondered whether they may have had further issue, a son Francis ROGERS. But as he was not named in the 1633 will, this seems very unlikely.
John ROWBEROE (or ROWBERO) was Sheriff of the Bristol Municipality, 1606; Treasurer of the Society of Merchant Venturers, 1608, and a Common Councillor; he died about May 1614 [BEAVEN, Op.Cit. , Pages 132, 196 and 222].
Could it be a possibility that John ROWBERO may have been father of Katherine ROWBOROW, who was married in 1631 to Francis ROGERS, who, in turn, may have been a son of Robert ROGERS??? See next below.
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FRANCIS ROGERS OF BRISTOL.
Francis ROGERS; possibly born in Gloucestershire in 1605-06; he has been recorded in an on-line family tree as having been born instead in 1608, and died in Ireland in 1662, but there is no surviving archived evidence yet found (by me) to corroborate this assertion; Francis was married at Bristol, 3 February 1630(-31?), to Katherine ROWBOROW; they appear to have had issue:
1. Francis ROGERS, baptised at St James's, Bristol, 23 January 1632(-33?). Possibly the Merchant in Cork - see [A] next below - as suggested in several on-line family trees, although conclusive evidence has not yet been found.
They may have had other issue, including:
2. William ROGERS, born in Bristol, 11 March 1634-35 [English Births and Baptisms, Findmypast]. See [B] below.
It is also possible that Francis may also, perhaps by a second wife, have had further issue:
3. Robert ROGERS. An Irish M.P. See [C] below.
4. George ROGERS. Also an Irish M.P. See [D] below.
These four are clearly identified in several archived documents as brothers, the elder two of whom became Quakers, and the younger two Irish M.P.s, as we shall see below.
There were a number of entries for ROGERS family events citing that address from 1711 - see below.
3. Sarah ROGERS, born at Bristol, 16th 6mo 1663; she was married to Benjamin WALL of Bristol.
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FRANCIS ROGERS SENIOR, OF CORK AND BRISTOL.
The father, Francis ROGERS, Senior, perhaps the above spouse of Katherine ROWBOROW, may also have gone to Ireland.
"This family was early remarkable for its loyalty and attachment to the crown. A ring is still preserved as an heir-loom, which was presented to its ancestor by King Charles I, during his misfortunes. After the death of that monarch, Francis ROGERS, who settled in Cork, became an eminent merchant. In the year 1657 he was presented Freedom of the City. He left, with a daughter married to Joseph PIKE, two sons" [BURKE, "Landed Gentry of G.B. and Ireland, Volume II, London, 1846, at page 1139].
But, it is unclear whether this Francis was the father, or instead the son.
Francis ROGERS was evidently married, and perhaps secondly, about the early-mid 1640s, to a wife identified by C.M. TENISON, B.L., M.R.I.A. [in his "Biographical Dictionary of Irish M.P.s," Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, Volume II, 1896, at page 225], as "... a daughter of Joseph PIKE."
But I am somewhat suspicious of TENISON's theory here, perhaps conflating information about Francis's son-in-law of the same name - unless his father Richard PIKE, who was himself a second son, had an older brother named Joseph?
In the "History of The Irish Parliament," Volume VI, paged 185-6, Francis was recorded as the father, by an un-named daughter of Joseph PIKE, of both Robert and George ROGERS, the M.P.s - although this detail was probably sourced from TENISON's information.
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FRANCIS ROGERS JUNIOR, OF CORK AND BRISTOL, A QUAKER.
[A] Francis ROGERS, Junior, probably born in England, and before 1634.
Thomas WIGHT and John RUTTY, in their "A History of the Rise and Progress of the People called Quakers, in Ireland, from the year 1653 to 1700," London, 1800, at pages 81-82, wrote:
"In the beginning of this year (1655) also came over, and landed in Dublin, Elizabeth FLETCHER and Elizabeth SMITH...
"Their service was also great in the southern parts, particularly at Youghall...; and the same two women were the first people called Quakers that came to the city of Cork, in the same year 1655; and with Edward BURROUGH and Francis HOWGIL, who also arrived the same year, were instrumental to the convincement of many in the Province of Munster, and particularly in Cork, viz. Elizabeth ERBERRY, Alexander ATKINS and Ann his wife, Thomas MITCHELL and Susannah his wife, Philip DYMOND, Richard PIKE and Elizabeth his wife, Francis ROGERS, William ROGERS, Stephen HARRIS and his wife, George WEBBER, George GAMBLE, Henry FAGGETER Thomas RIDGE, and others."
The names in bold type appear further in this story, below, and several others also play a part in the family of Emanuel PIGOTT in Chetwynd, near Cork.
If I am right in presuming that these people named were probably all of age, then it is clear that both Francis and William ROGERS would have been born before 1634.
Francis was a Merchant in Cork. He spent several years in Bristol, between 1668 and 1674, before returning to Cork. He and his brother William were named in several entries in the Bristol Men's Meeting in September and December 1669
In October 1679, an Epistle given forth at the Province Meeting in Limerick, which had been recommended to several particular Meetings in Munster, was read out in Cork, and fifteen Friends signed the epistle, including Francis ROGERS, James DOWLEN, Thomas WIGHT, William END, Alexander ATKINS and George WRIGHT ["A History of the Rise and Progress of the People Called Quakers in Ireland," Op.Cit., page 392].
He later returned to Bristol, where he was buried, 20th 1mo (March) 1693-94 [England and Wales, Society of Friends, Burials, 1578-1841, Findmypast].
Francis ROGERS made an Account, at Corke, 28 January 1688, "... of my estate as it now lyes in my bookes, the respective folio directing to the folio in my ledger, and first here and is in England and in Foreign Parts..."; it included one "To Joseph PIKE to balance £400 principal in partnership with him in serges for Holland and Flanders, besides profit, £213 11s 9d"; and another to the estate of Susanna DOWLAN, including £497 16s 5d "... due from myself" and £100 "... from my father's Edn ny bond"; with mentions of monies due from brother William "... of money due to me in Ireland, £400"; and monies due from Ebenezer PIKE "... by bond, £300, with a year's interest due 1st April next, total £330"; he mentioned that the Account was made on 12th January, and signed it F. ROGERS; he added a further note - "If it should happen I should die without makeing any will, I leave it wholly to my Brothers William and George ROGERS to dispose of my Estate to my wife and children, desiring they be very kind and Brotherly to my wife and dispose of such a part to her as that she may live comfortably as is fitt for my wife, and to leave as much to my son as to my daughters, and make noe difference between my children by this wife than my other children, onely respecting their age - Fra. ROGERS"; an endorsement, dated 13 July 1694, stated - "Which day appeared personally Robert ROGERS, of Corke, Senior, Alderman, naturall and lawfull Brother to the said Francis ROGERS deceased, and William MASTERS of the same City, Merchant, and being sworn upon the holy evangelists," gave their assurances that the writing of the Account was that of Francis ROGERS; probate was granted 1 August 1694 to "Commissio Georgio ROGERS, fratri naturali et legitimo et unie (indec) commissarys nominat in testamento Francisci ROGERS nuper de Civitate Bristol defuncti."
From this record, it is evident that Francis ROGERS had three brothers - William and George, both charged, in 1688, with disposing of his estate if he died intestate, and Robert, of Cork, who affirmed in 1694 that the hand-writing of the 1688 accounts was Francis's. And if so, why does BURKE not record Francis and William in his 1846 Pedigree of ROGERS of Lota (see below) - was it because they were Quakers? Or have I got the lineage wrong???
The probate grant appears custom made to end up in court - and very evidently was soon contested:
i. TNA C 8/551/8. Chancery Court.
Short title - ROGERS v ROGERS.
Plaintiffs - Francis ROGERS, Katherine ROGERS, Mary ROGERS, Joseph PIKE and Elizabeth his wife; Joseph HOARE and Rachel his wife.
Defendants - George ROGERS, William ROGERS, and William END.
Subject - Personal estate of Francis ROGERS.
Document type - two answers and schedule.
Date - 1695.
ii. TNA C 8/551/75. Chancery, Six Clerks Office, Equity side.
Short title - ROGERS v ROGERS.
Plaintiffs - Katherine ROGERS, Widow; Francis ROGERS; Katherine ROGERS, Mary ROGERS, Elizabeth ROGERS, and Rachel ROGERS.
Defendant - George ROGERS.
Subject - Personal estate of Francis ROGERS, Bristol, Gloucestershire.
Document type - two bills and answer.
Date - 1694.
I have not seen either of these documents. I imagine they may well contain a full statement of the relationships between all who are named in them. They would, I believe, have been inevitably directly related to the deceased.
Francis ROGERS was married in Cork, 25th 7mo (September) 1660, to Elizabeth ERBERRY (evidently a bachelor, as she was stated to be his first wife - which is supported by the WHITE and RUTTY information above, that Francis ROGERS did not have a wife in 1655); details of her death not yet found; they had issue:
1. Elizabeth ROGERS, born at Cork, 24 6mo 1662; she is recorded in the entry for Joseph PIKE (1658-1729 [Dictionary of Irish Biography], as his wife, and the daughter of Francis ROGERS and Elizabeth ERBURY; if so, she was married in Cork, 5th 4mo 1682, to Joseph PIKE (born at Kilcreagh, near Cork, in 1657, second son of Richard PIKE, a Lieutenant in CROMWELL's Army, by his wife Elizabeth JACKSON, of London); shortly after his marriage in 1682, he joined his brother Richard, in opening a linen-draper's shop in Cork, the first of its kind in the City, and which business frequently took him to England, Holland and Flanders; Joseph was named in Francis's probate accounts, 1688, as a business partner; he was granted large acreages in Pennsylvania; he died in 1729; they had issue fourteen children, of whom seven survived until about 1722 [see "Life of Joseph PIKE," in "The Friends Library...," by William EVANS, 1838, page 353], including:
a. Francis PIKE, born at Cork, 13th 6mo 1683; buried at Cork, 27th 8mo 1683, aged 10 weeks.
b. Joseph PIKE, born at Cork, 5th 6mo 1685; buried at Cork, 25th 10mo 1686, aged 1 year and a quarter.
c. Richard PIKE, born at Cork, 29th 11mo 1686.
d. Joseph PIKE, born at Bristol, 23rd 11mo 1687; buried at Cork, 16th 11mo 1689, aged 2 years.
e. Mary PIKE, born at Bristol, 6 8mo 1690; she was married to Thomas BEALE, son of Joshua BEALE of Mountmellick, Quakers.
f. Elizabeth PIKE, born at Bristol, 20th 9mo 1691; she was married to Joshua BEALE, a brother of her brother-in-law Thomas.
g. Joseph PIKE, born at Cork, 4th 10mo 1692.
h. Francis PIKE, born at Cork, 29th 10mo 1693; Freeman of the City of Cork, 6 September 1714; he probably died before about 1722.
j. Abigail PIKE, born at Cork, 4th 12mo 1694; buried at Cork, 28th 4mo 1696.
k. Rachel PIKE.
l. Sarah PIKE, born at Cork, 21st 10mo 1697, buried at Cork, 30th 5mo 1706, aged 8 years and a half.
m. Samuel PIKE, born at Cork, 19th 4mo 1700.
n. Benjamin PIKE, born at Cork, 9th 7mo 1701.
p. Anne PIKE, born at Cork, 16th 9mo 1703.
Francis ROGERS was married, probably secondly, in Cork, 12 2mo 1662 or 1666, to Jane DRING, of London (unlikely to be the widower of Elizabeth ERBERRY, unless the 1666 year date is the right one); Jane was buried at Cork, 30th 9mo 1679, wife of Francis; they had issue:
1. Jane ROGERS; she was buried at Cork, 8mo 1669.
2. Francis ROGERS, born at Bristol, 24th 6mo 1668; buried at Cork, 7mo 1668, aged 1 month.
3. Mary ROGERS, born at Bristol, 26th 1mo 1670; as the daughter of Francis ROGERS of Cork, she was probably married at Bristol Men's Meeting, 24th 4mo 1691, to Ebenezer PIKE, late of Cork (having laid their first intentions on 4th 3mo 1691), the marriage witnessed by 25 Society members, including Mary ROGERS, Elizabeth PIKE, Robert ROGERS, Noblett ROGERS and William ROGERS [England and Wales Society of Friends Marriages, Findmypast].
4. Isabella ROGERS, born at Bristol, 5th 5mo 1671; she may have been buried at Bristol, 15th 6mo 1671, daughter of Francis, or instead at Cork, date not recorded (probably after 1692).
5. Rachel ROGERS, born at Bristol, 13th 4mo or 7mo 1674.
It appears that Francis ROGERS, a Quaker of Cork, made a proposal, about the early 1680s, to marry Isabel YEAMANS, the widow of William YEAMANS, a Bristol Merchant and Quaker, to which she evidently agreed; however, in 1684, ROGERS withdrew his proposal, citing concerns about YEAMANS' financial situation [her wikipedia entry, citing Charlotte Fell SMITH, 1915, "Isabell YEAMANS." Journal of the Friends Historical Society, 12. (2). 53-58].
Earlier, in 1669, William ROGERS (Francis's brother) and William YEAMANS were requested by the Bristol Men's Meeting to search out the truth of rumours that another Friend, Henry DEDICOT, was unwilling to have one of his daughters go through the approbation process of the Quaker marriage discipline, because of the lengthy delays involved ["Matrimony in the True Church: The Seventeenth Century Quaker Marriage Approbation Discipline," by Kristianna POLDER, 2016].
Francis ROGERS was married, probably thirdly, at Youghall, 8th 11mo (January) 1684[-85?], to Catherine END, of Moyallow, the widow of James DOWLEN (parents of Susannah DOWLAN, whose Account is mentioned in Francis ROGERS of Cork's probate Accounts, 1688), whom she had married in 1676, and who died in 1682, leaving her with two daughters (Susanna and Ann DOWLEN) [BETHAM's Abstract]; Francis and Catherine's burials were recorded at Cork, both of Bristol, without dates (probably after 1692 and before 1703); her will, dated 13 March 1694, was proved P.C.C. 18 May 1695 [TNA, PROB 11, 425, IRBY, Quire nos 82-84], stating that her will and desire was for her father and mother, William and Anne END, may have the care and tuition of her children Susanna DOWLEN and Francis, Katherine and Mary ROGERS during their minority, but if they died before reaching 18, or were married, then the bequests would then go the her brothers and sister, Michael and William END and Mary SLEIGH and to their children; they had issue:
1. Catherine ROGERS, born at Cork, 5th 1mo 1685-86; named in her mother's will, 1695.
2. Anne ROGERS, born at Cork, 28 4mo 1687; she was buried at Cork, 13th 3mo 1689.
3, Francis ROGERS, born at Cork, 21 8mo 1688; he was buried at Cork, 25th 2mo 1689, aged 6 months.
4. William ROGERS, born at Cork, 18th 3mo 1690; he was buried at Cork, 5 6mo 1692, aged 2 and 1/4 years.
5. Francis ROGERS, born at Cork, 14th 10mo 1691; named in his mother's will, 1694, with a bequest of his father's great gold signet and gold button, and all his father's linen.
6. Mary ROGERS, born at Bristol, 8th 2mo 1694; named in her mother's will, 1695.
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WILLIAM ROGERS OF BRISTOL
[B] William ROGERS, son of Francis ROGERS, Gunsmith; Soap Maker, Merchant and Quaker of Bristol; probably in Ireland, 1655, when he joined the Society of Friends in Cork, along with Francis ROGERS, probably his brother; if so, he evidently "returned" to Bristol sometime between 1655 and 1660; of Lewin's Mead (1660), Broadmead (1670), Castle Precincts (1683), Lower Easton (1706), and Stapleton, 1709-11; he was admitted to membership of the Society of Merchant Venturers, Bristol, May 1667, as a Redemptioner (paying a fine for entry, rather than by service); he died in 1711, and was buried at Mangotsfield, Frenchay Monthly Meeting. He was described [Oxford Dictionary of National Biography] as a Quaker schismatic; he wrote the "Christian Quaker" in defence of John STORY and John WILKINSON, who caused a schism during the mid to late 1670s [information from Susanna Harris HUGHES].
William was married to Elizabeth SMITH, as mentioned in a family tree made by P.K. STEMBRIDGE [in his "The Goldney Family. A Bristol Merchant Dynasty," Bristol Record Society, University of Bristol, 1998, at Page 164], who was a sister of Martha SMITH (the wife of Thomas SPEED), and of Mary SMITH (the wife, firstly of TOMLINSON, and secondly of Richard ALDWORTH), with known issue sons Francis and William, and daughters Mary, Elizabeth, Sarah and Martha; Elizabeth died before her husband, in 1709.
William and Elizabeth had issue [Non-Conformist Baptisms, Ancestry.com], recorded in the Frenchay Quaker register:
1. William ROGERS, born in Bristol, 14th 7mo 1660; apprenticed by his brother Francis, Society of Merchant Venturers, November 1697, disputed, and accounted for satisfactorily by March 1698.
2. Mary ROGERS, born at Bristol, 24th 1mo 1661; she died at Calne, Wiltshire, in 1748; she was married, in 1679, to John NEATE.3. Sarah ROGERS, born at Bristol, 16th 6mo 1663; she was married to Benjamin WALL of Bristol.
4. Joseph ROGERS, born at Bristol, 12th 1mo 1664-65; died at Bristol, 13th 4mo 1664, and buried at Hazell (probably in error for 1665 or 1666?).
5. Joseph (2) ROGERS, born at Bristol, 2nd 2mo 1667.
6. Elizabeth ROGERS, born at Bristol, 3rd 2mo 1668; married to CARTER?
7. Francis ROGERS, born at Bristol, 16th 2mo 1670; Ship Owner; Member of the Bristol Council, 1700-07; his indenture as member of the Society of Merchant Venturers was objected to on claims it was "collusive," and his father William was called to make an explanation; Francis was admitted to membership on 14 November 1695 on payment of £30 [see Judith ARDINE's 2005 postings on genealogy.com]; he was married at Bristol Men's Meeting, 21st 11mo (January) 1691-92, to Hannah NEALE (their first intentions dated 1st 4mo 1691), the marriage witnessed by Society members, including Mary ROGERS, Elizabeth PIKE, Rob't ROGERS, Noblett ROGERS and William ROGERS.8. Martha ROGERS, born at Bristol, 31st 5mo 1671; she was married, in July 1706, to Jonathon BARROW of Monmouth.
9. Ann, born at Bristol, 26th 11mo 1672.
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JOSEPH PIKE OF CORK.
Richard PIKE, born in Newburgh, Berkshire, 1627 [Quaker Register, Cork]; a very early member of the Society of Friends in Cork, 1655; he died while prisoner for his Quaker principals, and was buried at Cork, 4mo 1668, aged 41 years, husband of Elizabeth; he was married to Elizabeth JACKSON, of London; she was buried at Cork, 7th 9mo 1688, aged 53 years, wife of Richard; they had issue:
1. Eliza PIKE, born at Sarsfield Court near Cork, 12th 3mo 1656.
2. Joseph PIKE, born at Killcreagh Castle, County Cork, 15th 11mo 1657; a wealthy Quaker merchant, of Cork, 3 December 1705, when William PENN granted him, by Patent, a tract of over 10,000 acres of land lying north of the Great Valley, in Pennsylvania; he died in 1729he was married at Cork, 5th 4mo 1682, to Elizabeth ROGERS, daughter of Francis ROGERS; they had issue.
3. Ebenezer PIKE, born at Ballyhendoe, County Cork, 28th 4mo 1662.
4. Sarah PIKE, born at Ballyhendoe, 2nd 8mo 1663.
5. Richard PIKE, born at Ballyhendoe, 4th 10mo 1664; in about 1682-83, he opened a linen-draper's shop in Cork, in partnership with his brother Joseph.
6. Benjamin PIKE; he died the same day as his father, 1668.
Ebenezer PIKE, late of Cork, at the Men's Meeting, City of Bristol, 24th 4mo 1691, declared his intention to marry Mary ROGERS, daughter of Francis ROGERS of Cork, with the signatures of Society members present, including William ROGERS, Geo. ROGERS, Joseph PIKE, Mary ROGERS, Elizabeth ROGERS (two different signatures), Elizabeth PIKE, Henry WHEEDON and Elizabeth WHEEDON
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ROBERT ROGERS OF LOTA, M.P.
[C] Robert ROGERS, eldest son, born in Cork, about 1647; of Lota, County Cork; Alderman of Cork City, and Mayor of Cork, 1680; M.P. for Cork City, 1692, 1695-99; he received extensive land grants in Ireland from Charles II; named in his brother Francis's probate account, 28 January 1688; named in his brother George's will, 1709-10; he died in 1717, will dated 7 March 1717 and proved 6 November 1718, mentioning his (evidently late) son Francis ROGERS of Bristol, Merchant, and his daughter-in-law Sarah, a widow (and his/their children Robert, Sarah, Corsley, Francis, Richard and Elizabeth), son George, son Noblett (and his children Noblett, George, Elizabeth and Rebecca), son Christopher, his cousin Robert ROGERS of North Fort, Marsh of Cork, and nephews Robert and William ROGERS of Ashgrove, County Cork, Gentlemen [BETHAM's Abstract]; executors to the will were named as joint first party to a Deed of Assignment dated 2 October 1719 [Memorial 20429, Book 32, Page 454], as William ROGERS of Ashgrove, Gent, John BLENNERHASSETT of Ballysedy, County Kerry, Esq, Francis ROGERS of Marywell, County Cork, Gent, and Joseph ROGERS, of the City of Cork, Doctor of Physick, the second party being Edward WEBBER, of the City of Cork, Gent; Robert was married in 1673 to Elizabeth DUNSCOMBE, daughter of Alderman Noblett DUNSCOMBE of Cork, by Mary HULL; they had issue:
1. Francis ROGERS, born in Bristol, about 1673???; Merchant, later in Bristol; his will dated 17 February 1714 [P.C.C.], mentioned his father Robert, wife Sarah (possibly born CORSLEY, and if so, sister of Humphrey CORSELER), son Robert and daughter Sarah, brothers Noblett, George and Christopher ROGERS (and George's wife), brother Humphrey CORSELER and his wife, sisters HAWKESWORTH and MASON, and his children Robert, Sarah, Corseley, Francis, Richard, George and Elizabeth ROGERS; married Sarah; with issue;
a. Robert ROGERS; named in his father's will, 1714.
b. Sarah ROGERS; named in her father's will, 1714.
c. Corsley ROGERS; named in his father's will, 1714; apprenticed in 1716 to Richard CHAMPION, of Bristol, Merchant; possibly buried at Redcliff Gate Cemetery, Bristol, 16th 6mo 1575 (recorded as son of Francis, but also as Corsely Junior?); he was married at Bristol Men's Meeting, 17th 12mo 1725, to Susanna LLOYD, daughter of the late Edward LLOYD, of Bristol, Merchant, the marriage witnessed by Society members including Richard ROGERS, Sarah ROGERS and Francis ROGERS; they had issue:
i. Corsely ROGERS, born at Castle Green, Bristol, 10th 3mo 1729; he was probably apprenticed in 1744 to William GAYNOR, of Bristol, Grocer; he was married at Bristol, 22nd 6mo 1752, to Sarah JEPSON, daughter of Arthur JEPSON of Bristol, Merchant.
d. Francis ROGERS; named in his father's will, 1714.
e. Richard ROGERS; named in his father's will, 1714.
f. George ROGERS; named in his father's will, 1714.
g. Elizabeth ROGERS; named in her father's will, 1714.
2. George ROGERS; named in his brother Francis's will, 1714; married Hannah HAWKINS [H.I.P.]; his will, dated January 1721, mention his wife Hannah, the executrix, daughters Elizabeth and Jane ROGERS, brother Christopher ROGERS, and father Robert ROGERS [Memorial 20162, Book 33, Page 228]; they had issue:
a. Elizabeth ROGERS; named in her father's will, 1721, not yet of age.
b. Jane ROGERS; ditto 1721, ditto.
3. Noblett ROGERS; witness to the 1692 marriage in Bristol of his probable relation Francis ROGERS, son of William ROGERS of Bristol, to Hannah NEALE; Noblett was named in his brother Francis's will, 1714; he was probably of the parish of St Mary, Shandon, City of Cork, Gent, when he was married by P.C.I. License, dated 28 September 1697, to Rebecca RICHARDSON, of the parish of St Werburgh, Dublin, Spinster [BETHAM's Abstract].
4. Christopher ROGERS, born in Cork, about 1684; entered Trinity College Dublin, Pensioner (Mr JONES, Cork), 7 September 1701, aged 17; B.A. Vern 1706; entered the Middle Temple, London, 26 August 1706, as the fourth son of Robert ROGERS, of Cork, Ireland, Esq; Irish Bar, 1713 [Alumni Dublinenses]; named in his brother Francis's will, 1714; of Lotamore, County Cork; Freedom of the City of Cork, 3 November 1718, Esq, Lawyer; his will, dated 11 June 1740, was proved 22 January 1740-41 [BETHAM], naming, inter alia, his wife Martha, three sons and five daughters, brother George, and two married sisters; he was married by License, Diocese of Cork and Ross, and settlements dated 6 March 1717, to Martha OSBURN [M.L.B. Index] or OSBORNE, a daughter of Quintin OSBORNE of the City of Cork [Memorial 16091, Book 27, Page 142]; she probably died in September 1764, "... at her lodgings near St Peter's church, Cork, Mrs ROGERS, relict of the late Col. Christopher ROGERS, and mother of Robert ROGERS of Lota" [Freeman's Journal, 22 September]; they had issue:
a. Robert ROGERS; named in his father's will, 1740; entered the Middle Temple, 23 September 1747, of Mount Pleasant, Ireland.
b. Quintin ROGERS; ditto, 1740; entered the Middle Temple, 23 September 1747, of Mount Pleasant, Ireland.
c. Christopher ROGERS; ditto 1740; he probably died at Lota, 25 April 1778, "... youngest brother of Robert ROGES, Esq" [Hibernian Chronicle, 30 April].
d. Hannah ROGERS; named in her father's will, 1740; she probably died in Cork, 8 April 1759, "... after a lingering illness, Miss Hannah ROGERS, youngest sister of Robert ROGERS of Lota" [Cork Advocate, 12 February].
e. Elizabeth Webber ROGERS; named in her father's will, 1740.
f. Martha ROGERS; ditto 1740.
g. Katherine ROGERS; ditto 1740.
h. Mary ROGERS; ditto.
5. sister; married HAWKESWORTH?
6. sister; married MASON?
7. Elizabeth ROGERS; named as wife of Edward RICHARDSON in her brother Christopher's will, 1740.
8. Jane ROGERS; named as wife of Richard SMYTHE of Bally?stra, Esq, in her brother's will, 1740.
Robert ROGERS, of Lota, Esq, was appointed High Sheriff of County Cork, for the year 1756 [Pue's Occcurences, 6 March].
In Cork, 21 August 1766, it was reported that "... we have had for three Market Days past, new oats sent in by Robert ROGERS of Lota, Esq, for which, it is remarkable, he used no seed, but what unavoidably was shed in saving the crop last season, and raised the present produce by tilling, lightly, the stubble of the former crop. Its quality is so extraordinary as to return him £1 6s per barrell" [Dublin Courier, 15 August].
On 15 March 1787, Robert ROGERS, of Lota, County Cork, Esq, "... dropped down while shaving himself, in the Globe Tavern in Waterford, and immediately expired. He was on his way to Bath for the recovery of his health" [Saunders's News-Letter, 19 March].
In 1782, died "... on Milltown Road, the relict of Robert ROGERS, aged 70" [Saunders's News-Letter, 2 April]. Clearly not the widow of Robert ROGERS of Lota, who died in 1787.
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GEORGE ROGERS OF ASHGROVE.
[D] George ROGERS, second son, born about 1649 (or 1650 from age on M.I.); of Ashgrove, County Cork, and of Ballyknavin, County Tipperary; M.P. for Midleton and Lismore, 1692, and sat for the latter [C. M. DENISON, "Cork M.P.s"]; he died on 11 May 1710 [History of the Irish Parliament, Volume I, page 185], and was buried in the now ruined church of Clonmell, near Queenstown, County Cork; his Monumental inscription records his age as 68:
George's second will, dated 18 November 1709 [Memorial 1403, Volume 6, Page 51, Dublin Deeds Registry], mentioned his wife Mary, sons Francis, William, Joseph and Robert, grandson George ROGERS son of Francis (under 12 years), daughters Katherine and Lucy (both unmarried), daughter Mary "that married Edward WEBBER," grand-daughter Anne FARMER, and grandson George WEBBER.
George was married firstly, in 1668, to Anne ATKINS, daughter of Alexander ATKINS, Esq; they had issue:
1. Francis ROGERS; of Marywell, North Liberties of the City of Cork; first party to both Deeds of Lease and Release, dated 10/11 September 1715 [Memorial 21531, Book 37, Page 106], with Joseph ROGERS of the City of Cork, Doctor of Physick, as second party to both; and Robert ROGERS of Ashgrove, County Cork, Gent, as third party to the Release only, and reciting a deed made by his late father George ROGERS, dated 13 July 1706, being the settlements for his (Robert's) marriage to Agnes BLENNERHASSETT (see below).
4. Robert ROGERS; recorded in "H.I.P." as second son; of Ashgrove; named as living on his father's M.I.; he died before 1718, when details of his will, dated 10 June 1718, were mentioned in a Deed of Assignment dated 22 October 1719 [Memorial 20429, Book 32, Page 454]; he was married in 1706 to Agnes BLENNERHASSET, daughter of John BLENNERHASSETT, Esq, M.P., the marriage settlements, dated 13 July 1706, being recited in Deeds of Lease and Release dated 10/11 September 1715 [Memorial 21531, Book 37, Page 106]; they had issue:
a. John ROGERS; of Ashgrove; High Sheriff of County Cork, 1733; died s.p.
b. Robert ROGERS; died s.p.
c. Agnes ROGERS; she was married, by Settlements dated 28 September 1737 [Memorial 62213, Volume 87, Page 376], to Richard FRANKLAND, of Cork City, Doctor of Physick (unless ? instead the earlier deed therein recited, dated 10 June 1718); M.P.
2. William ROGERS; named as living on his father's M.I.
3. Joseph ROGERS. See [E] below.
5. Elizabeth ROGERS; married Jasper FARMER; issue:
a. Anne FARMER; named in her grandfather's will, 1709.
George was married secondly, to Mary WAKEHAM, who survived him, and was named in his will; by her he had further issue ["H.I.P." entry]:
6. Daniel ROGERS.
5. Mary ROGERS; she as married, before 1709, to Edward WEBBER, M.P. for Cork City, 1727-30; he died on 12 November 1730 [H.I.P.]; his will was dated 7 May 1730 [Memorial 130837, Book 196, page 491]; they had issue:
a. George WEBBER, eldest son; named in his grandfather's will, 1709; joint first party to an Indented Deed dated 13 December 1758 [Memorial 130837]; entered Trinity College, Dublin, 26 January 1727, aged 18.
b. Edward WEBBER; entered the Middle Temple, London, 6 October 1736.
c. Mary WEBBER; she was married to Henry MITCHELL, M.P.
d. Katherine WEBBER; she was named, as the third daughter, as a joint first party to her brother's Deed [Memorial 130837].
7. Catherine ROGERS; she was married to Richard BOELS, Esq, of Ballinalty.
8. Lucy ROGERS; she was named on her father's M.I.; she was married in 1710 to Emanuel PIGOTT, of Chetwynd, County Cork.
[E] Joseph ROGERS, born in Cork, about 1678; admitted to Trinity College, Dublin, 14 June 1696, aged 17, son of George, Mercator, born Cork [Alumni Dublinenses]; Doctor of Physick (M.D.), of the City of Cork; last surviving trustee of the will of Edward WEBBER, Senior, who died in 1730 [Memorial 130837]; Freedom of the City of Cork, 6 July 1731, Esq, M.D.; Joseph died before December 1758 [Memorial 130837]; he was married, by License of the Diocese of Cork and Ross, 1719, to Margaret BAYLY, a daughter of John BAYLY, of Castlemore, County Cork, Esq, J.P., by his wife Anne TUCKEY, a daughter of Alderman TUCKEY; they had issue:
1. Bayly ROGERS. See [F] next below.
2. Joseph ROGERS; probably entered the Middle Temple, 25 January 1753, second son of Joseph ROGERS, City of Cork, Doctor of Medicine; Freedom of the City of Cork, 19 November 1779, as Joseph Junior, M.D.; named in his brother Bayly's will, 1782.
[F] Bayly ROGERS, born in Cork, about 1726; entered Trinity College Dublin, 4 April 1744, as a Pensioner (Mr PARKINSON), aged 17, son of Joseph, Medicinae Doctor [Alumni Dublinenses]; M.D.; Freedom of the City of Cork, 31 January 1758; sole executor to his father's will, as joint second party to George and Katherine WEBBER's Indented Deed, dated 13 December 1758 [Memorial 130837]; he died on 20 January 1786 [Cork Evening Post, 23 January]; his will, dated 22 December 1782, was proved P.C.I., 9 March 1786 [BETHAM's Abstract]; his will, with seven codicils, was also proved P.C.C., in London, on 31 July 1787, requesting to be buried in Christchurch, Cork, early in the morning, and that his body should "... be kept until evident marks of putrefaction appear," and mentioning his wife Augusta, four sons (the youngest, Alexander, under age)and three daughters (one, Margaret, married to Rev George Sackville COTTER), his late brother-in-law George PIGOTT, and Thomas PIGOTT, Esq (who owed him £750).
Bayly was married firstly, by M.L.B. (Diocese of Cork and Ross), 1750, to Martha PIGOTT, daughter of Emanuel PIGOTT, of Chetwynd, County Cork; she died on 5 December 1781, wife of Bayly ROGERS, Esq, M.D. [Hibernian Chronicle, 6 December]; Bayly appears to have been married secondly, 4 December 1781, to Mrs WEBBER, relict of the late Edward WEBBER, Counsellor at Law [Hibernian Chronicle, 6 December], and by Settlements dated 30 November 1781, to which the third party was his brother Joseph ROGERS, of Cork City [Memorial 230552, Volume 347, Page 3]; she was mentioned in his will, 1782, as Augusta; she died 18 February 1785 [Hibernian Chronicle, 21 February].
Bayly and Martha had issue:
1. Joseph ROGERS, born in Cork, about 1754; entered Trinity College Dublin, 1 February 1773, as a Pensioner (Mr LEWIS), aged 18, son of Bayly, Medicus [Alumni Dublinenses]; as eldest son in his father's will, 1782; of Seaview, County Cork; probably also a Physician; he may have died at Kinsale, County Cork, 7 February 1823, "... M.D., for many years a respectable inhabitant of this city" [The Constitution, 12 February]; he was married, in June 1782, to Miss LAVALLIN, the daughter and heiress of Mr LAVALLYN [Hibernian Chronicle, 17 June], identified as Mary L'AVALLYN, one of the heiresses of Philip L'AVALLYN, Esq, of Waterpark, Carrigaline, County Cork ["Annals of Ireland," Volume 5, edited by John DONOVAN, 1848, Appendix, page 2469], by his wife Sarah KINGSTON; they had issue nine children, including:
a. Robert Atkins ROGERS, born about 1797; of White Church, County Cork, 1860; late Captain, Royal Artillery, of Oldcastle County Sligo, 1868 (his daughter Laura's second marriage notice); he died at 18 Summer Hill, City of Dublin North, 11 April 1877, aged 79, a Widower, retired Artillery Officer, the death informed by Frederick COSGARVE, present, same address; he was married by License of the Diocese of Cloyne, in 1823, to Martha ROGERS, and in 1832, to Alicia GREGORY; Robert probably had issue:
i. an elder son
ii. Robert ROGERS, born about 1836, second son; he died on 23 May 1857, aged 20, on board the ship 'Parana" homebound from the West Indies, of the yellow fever, of the R.M.S.P. Company's service.
iii. Susanna Gumbleton ROGERS, eldest daughter; she was married at Ballyclough Church, 28 September 1853, to Horace CATTLEY, Esq, of 15 Great Cumberland Place, Hyde Park, London [Cork Examiner, 1 August]. iv. Laura Katherine ROGERS; she was married firstly, at the British Consulate, Ostende, 10 October 1865, to Captain Henry Grantham FULFORD, eldest son of Major FULFORD, R.A. [Cork Examiner, 19 October]; she was married secondly, at St Mary's, Spring Grove, Isleworth, 20 June 1868, to Frederick Wiliam BLUMBERG, Esq, Captain, 17th Lancers.
v. Alice Flora ROGERS; she was married at Bruges, 10 May 1860, to Edmund de Pentheny O'KELLY.
b. Martha ROGERS; she was married to Hamelin TRELAWNY, Colonel, Royal Artillery and Governor of St Helena, a son of Sir Henry TRELAWNY, Bart.
c. Maria ROGERS; she was married to Timothy O'DONOVAN, Esq ["Annals of Ireland," Ibid.]
d. Joseph Richard Frankland ROGERS.
e. Anne ROGERS, possibly baptised at Clonmell (Queenstown), 16 October 1798, daughter of Dr Jospeh and Mary his wife [FFOLLIOTT Irish Marriages]; as a daughter of the late Dr Joseph ROGERS of this City, she was probably married in or before early January 1824, at Dumfries, Scotland, to William SEALY, Esq [The Constitution, Cork, 7 January 1824].
f. Jane ROGERS; as the fourth daughter of Joseph ROGERS, Esq, M.D., of this city, she was probably married in March 1821, "... last week," to Robert JOHNSON, Junior, Esq, of Grenville Place [Cork Morning Intelligencer, 22 March].
g. possible other issue Alexander and Margaret?
2. Richard Henry ROGERS; named as second son in his father's will, 1782; Clerk in Holy Orders; LL.D.; Rector of Killeagh and Castlemagner; he was married to Susannah GUMBLETON; they had issue:
a. Richard Henry ROGERS, born in County Cork, about 1785; entered Trinity College, Dublin, 15 January 1801, ss a Pensioner (Private Tutor), aged 15; B.A., Vern 1808; Clerk in Holy Orders; Rector of Yougall, County Cork; he was probably married, by License of the Diocese of Cloyne, 27 June 1811, to Augusta LYSTER; they had issue:
i. Richard Henry ROGERS. See [X] below.
ii. Joseph Pigott ROGERS; he was married to Susan FOOTT, a daughter of Colonel John FOOTT, with issue.
iii. George ROGERS, youngest son; he was married at St John's Church, Manchester, 17 April 1849, to Mary Elizabeth FOOT, third daughter of the late Thomas Wade FOOT, Esq, of Springfort House, Mallow [Cork Examiner, 27 April].
iv. Heloise Susanna ROGERS; she was married at St Paul's Church, by the Rev Dr COTTER, Rector of Buttevant, 14 July 1849, to George Robert LAURENCE, Esq, of Mount Verdon, eldest son of the late George LAURENCE, Esq [Cork Examiner, 16 July]..
v. Katherine ROGERS; she was married to John Thomas CRAMER, of Ballindinisk House, Cork; with issue.
vi. Margaret Massey ROGERS; she was married at Rosbercon Church, 26 August 1848, to Robert Alexander NAPPER, Esq, Lieutenant, 55th Bengal Native Infantry [Cork Examiner, 1 September].
vii. Martha Georgina ROGERS, born about 1833; youngest daughter; she died in 1902, aged 69 years; she was married at Rosbercon Church, 4 September 1850, to Henry Goulburn HINSON, of New Ross, Solicitor; with issue.
b. George Gumbleton ROGERS, born in County Cork, about 1786; entered Trinity College Dublin, 15 January 1801, as a Pensioner (Private Tutor), aged 14; B.A., Vern 180l: M.D.
c. Joseph Pigott ROGERS; he probably died at 4 North Brunswick Street, Dublin, 1 November 1866, formerly of Youghal, County Cork, and lately of 72 Upper Dominick Street, Dublin, M.D. [Probate grant, 1874, to William Browning GARDNER, Solicitor]; he was married in London, 4 June 1818, to Margaret Frances LIMRICK, youngest daughter of the late Paul LIMRICK of Calcutta [Southern Reporter, 9 June]; as Mrs Frances PIGOTT, she and her husband were named in a Remittance Account of her late mother Mrs Margaret LEMRICK, 1844 [London Gazette], as was her sister Charlotte and her husband Littleton LISTER, both daughters of the deceased; she died at Ballyphelane, County Cork, 6 December 1861 [Probate granted 1877, to William Browning GARDNER, Solicitor, Administrator of the husband].
3. George Pigott ROGERS, born in Cork, about 1763; entered Trinity College Dublin, 17 June 1779, aged 16; entered the Middle Temple, 8 October 1781, as third son of Bayley ROGERS, Cork, Ireland, Esq; named as third son in his father's will, 1782; he was married on 9 January 1789, to Miss BEECHER, daughter of the late Michael BEECHER, of Creagh, Esq [Cork Evening Post, 12 January]; she died at Grand Parade, Cork, 12 July 1804, after a long and lingering illness [Cork Mercantile Chronicle, 13 July].
4. Alexander ROGERS; named in his father's will, 1782.
5. Margaret ROGERS; named in her father's will, 1782, as wife of Rev George Sackville COTTER; they had issue:
a. Martha COTTER; named in her grandfather's will, 1782.
Joseph Pigott ROGERS; he was married by License, Diocese of Cloyne, 1814, to Margaret Massey GUMBLETON. Perhaps the next.
Joseph Pigott ROGERS; Doctor; he was married with issue:
a. Joseph Pigott ROGERS, born in or before 1865; of full age, bachelor, of 24 Colerain Street, Clerk, when he was married at St Michan's City of Dublin (North), 1 October 1866, to Emily CASEY, daughter of Samuel CASEY, Merchant; they had issue:
i. Joseph Pigott ROGERS, born at 49 Barrack Street, Dublin, 16 August 1867, and baptised at St Paul's parish church, Dublin, 12 September, father a Teacher.
[X] Richard Henry ROGERS; of Devonshire House, Cork; Medical Practitioner; he died at Knockanewry, Youghal, County Cork, 9 March 1901, aged 95 (this age would suggest a birth about 1806, about 5 years before his parent's marriage); he was married at Glanmire Church, 24 December 1844, to Anne FOOTT, second daughter of the late Thomas Wade FOOTT, Esq, of Spring Fort House, County Cork [Cork Examiner, 30 December]; she died 12 March 1873 [Dublin Probate Rcords, Administration grant]; they probably had issue, including:
a. Mary Kate ROGERS, born about 1848; she died at Devonshire Place, Youghal, 6 November 1889, aged 40.
a. George Pigott ROGERS; of full age, a bachelor, Captain, Waterford Artillery, residing at 18 Bloomfield Avenue, Dublin, and son of Richard Henry ROGERS, M.D., when he was married by License at St Peter's parish church, Dublin, 2 August 1877, to Marguerite Susanna OLIVER, Widow, of 3 Tyrconnel Terrace, South circular Road, daughter of Joseph Henry Lyttleton ROGERS.
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A CORK ROGERS IN DUBLIN.
John ROGERS, of Marlborough Street, City of Cork, a Gentleman, Bachelor, son of John ROGERS, was married at the Cork Registry Office, 3 April 1856, to Isabella Susanna FREEMAN, a minor, a Lady, daughter of Robert Francis William FREEMAN, and witnessed by Christopher John KEAS and B. WALLIS.
John and Isabella had issue:
A1. Edward Joseph Freeman ROGERS, believed to have been born about 1859.
A2. Freeman ROGERS, born at 5 Frankford Terace, Lower Gloucester Street, Dublin, 21 September 1865, son of John ROGERS, of the same address, Gentleman, and Isabella S.M. ROGERS formerly FREEMAN, who informed the Registrar.
There remains some confusion as to whether these two children may have been one and the same.
Edward Joseph Freeman ROGERS died at Sydney Hospital, 30 December 1925, and was buried at Waverley Cemetery, Section 20, C.of E. Ordinary, Plot 5759, with his wife Phoebe Pearl (AXAM). A memorial on the www.findagrave.com web-site records his birth in Dublin on 21 September 1865!
His death was registered as Edward Joseph ROGERS, 1925 #16006, aged 67, at Sydney, parents names not known.
Edward Joseph Freeman ROGERS was married in Queensland, 11 March 1892, C/1368, to Ellen FERGUSON.
Edward ROGERS and Phoebe AXAM had issue:
A1. Laura I. ROGERS, born Sydney, 13 January 1909 #3491.
An Edward Joseph Freeman ROGERS was named in a report, published in the Queensland Times (Ipswich), 22 February 1890, as having been recently been liberated from imprisonment at St Helena, whence he had been transferred from South Brisbane Gaol, in about 1885.
It appears that his incarceration may have been connected with his having served as a crew member on the ship 'Hopeful.'
Edward's great-grand-daughter has contacted me, and states that Edward was a Cook at the Royal Military College at Duntroon, in the year 1917, the same my father was enrolled as a Staff Cadet there.
He had sought to enlist in the 1st AIF, but was evidently found to be unfit for active service, and had understated his age by fifteen years as well! I have been unable to confirm this from the microfiches of early Electoral Rolls in the State Library of N.S.W.
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AS YET UNPLACED.
Francis ROGERS, a Quaker, and his wife Mary had issue:
1. Elizabeth ROGERS; buried at Cork, 10th 4mo 1712.
2. Francis ROGERS; buried at Cork, 8 2mo 1713, aged 3 weeks.
3. Francis ROGERS, born at Sunday's Wells, Cork, 17 9mo 1713.
4. Sarah ROGERS; buried at Cork, 22 5mo 1728.
5. Joseph ROGERS; buried at Cork, 29 8mo 1728.
6. Francis ROGERS, born in early 1737; buried at Cork, 16 4mo 1737, aged 3 months, died at John PHILLIP's in Limerick. Perhaps, given the 9 year gap, of a different generation?
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MARRIAGE LICENSES, DIOCESE OF CORK AND ROSS.
1668 - George ROGERS and Anne ATKINS.
1680 - Richard ROGERS and Mary WATTS.
1683 - Edward ROGERS and Frances PHAIRE.
1684 - William ROGERS and Frances GUPPY.
1685 - John ROGERS and Martha ANDREWES.
1692 - Edward ROGERS and Elizabeth PHAIRE.
1699 - Joseph ROGERS and Hester REYNAUD.
1703 - Thomas ROGERS and Anne CLARKE.
1703 - Margaret ROGERS and Robert JEPHSON.
1710 - Lucia ROGERS and Emanuel PIGOTT.
1711 - Mary ROGERS and Barnaby BOWEN.
1712 - Elizabeth ROGERS and Onesipherus GAMBLE.
1713 - Noblet ROGERS and Elizabeth FITZGERALD.
1715 - Martha ROGERS and John GODFREY.
1717 - Christopher ROGERS and Martha OSBURN.
1719 - Joseph ROGERS and Margaret BAYLY.
1719 - Allen ROGERS and Mary BROOKMAN.
1719 - Christian ROGERS and John LAMB.
1719 - Elizabeth ROGERS and Bartholomew BRETON.
1720 - Jane ROGERS and Andrew FORRESTER.
1727 - Elizabeth ROGERS and Robert RAYMOND.
1728 - Elizabeth ROGERS and Edward RICHARDSON.
1728 - Elinor ROGERS and John GOGGIN.
1729 - Amy ROGERS and David GILL.
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A ROGERS IN EARLY SYDNEY, WHO RETIRED TO CORK.
I had initially wondered whether the following George ROGERS was of the Cork family, as he lived in Mallow from about 1858 until his death. But it now appears that he was instead of a line of Westminster Solicitors.
George John ROGERS was probably born in late 1807 (ages in 1828 Census, at first marriage, and at death) - an on-line family tree records his birth in London, without corroborating evidence; George arrived in Sydney, New South Wales, on the ship Hooghley, 24 February 1828, after a voyage of 110 days - on the same vessel as did Judge James DOWLING (1787-1844) and his family, to take up his position of a Piusne Justice of the Supreme Court of the Colony of New South Wales - the fact that George named his first son after the Judge, makes me wonder if he may have arrived in Sydney as a part of DOWLING's retinue; in November 1828, he was recorded as aged 20, came free on the Hooghley, Protestant, Clerk to the Supreme Court, Phillip Street, Sydney [1828 Census]; George first appears in Sydney newspapers as a Law Clerk in the Office of the Supreme Court of N.S.W. in 1829; also in 1829, he was a Commissioner of the Supreme Court, swearing affidavits on 9 April and 9 July of that year [Commonwealth of Australia, "Governor's Despatches to and from England," Volume XV (June 1829 to December 1830), Library Committee of the Commonwealth Parliament, 1922, at pages 48 and 61], and in September [Sydney Gazette, 3 September]; in 1830 he began in practice as a Solicitor in Sydney, in partnership with Mr OWEN; he made a number of property transactions, in Balmain, Petersham, Woolloomooloo, and elsewhere; he purchased Craigend, on the Darlinghurst Ridge (Woolloomooloo), and took up residence about 1842 - it had been built in the 1820s by Surveyor- General Thomas MITCHELL; George was the proprietor in 1845, when the view from the villa, looking towards Government House and the Domain, was painted, in oils on canvas, by George Edward PEACOCK, now in the holdings of the Dixson Library, State Library of N.S.W.:
George later went into partnership with William SPAIN, and dissolved that partnership on 31 December 1853, on account of his departure for Europe [N.S.W. Government Gazette, 3 January].
George went to London, then settled in Mallow, County Cork, perhaps his native place, or that of his parents?; in fact, a George J. ROGERS was named in a list of contributors to the Patriotic Fund, in the Mallow Petty session's District, giving £2 [Cork Examiner, 1 December 1854], which, if him, suggests that he visited what would become "home" before returning to London; Goerge died at his residence, Mallow, 16 January 1863, "... formerly of Manchester-buildings, Westminster, and late of Sydney, N.S.W." [Sun, London, 20 January], aged 56, late of Craigend, Sydney [Southern Reporter and Cork Commercial Courier, 17 January; Empire (Sydney), 24 March].
George was aged 25 when he was married firstly, at St James's parish church, Sydney, 12 November 1832, to Catherine Rebecca WINDEYER, aged 15, third daughter of Charles WINDEYER, Esq, of Sydney; she died at Union Cottage, Parramatta Road, Petersham, 2 November 1834; they had issue:
a. James Dowling ROGERS, born at Upper Castlereagh Street, Sydney, 20 August 1833 [Sydney Gazette, 22 August], and probably named in honour of the Piusne Judge of N.S.W.; he attended Sydney College, April 1841 to December 1841 [Peter YEEND, "The Sydney College, 1835-1850," August 1992]; he went to New Zealand; of Maronau, Stockholder, Christchurch County District Electoral Roll, by leasehold, 1858; of the Hind, September 1864, when appointed Justice of the Peace for the colony of New Zealand [Lyttleton Times, 15 September]; of Hinds River, by freehold, house and land in Cashel Street, Electorate of Christchurch City, 1865-66; he died, by suicide, in August 1866 [Nelson Evening Mail, 13 August]; of Marouan Station, when he was married at Heathcote Temporary Church, 1 June 1859, to Amy MORGAN, second daughter of William MORGAN, of Cwm House, Heathcote Valley [Lyttleton Times, 4 June]; they had issue:
i. Catherine Mary ROGERS, born at Maronaw, River Hinds, 12 December 1860 [Lyttleton Times, 18 July], Reg'd N.Z., 1861 #326.
ii. George William ROGERS; as the eldest son, he was married at St Luke's church, Foxhill, 2 February 1894, to Lily Jane TIDD, daughter of Thomas Samuel TIDD, of Foxhill, Nelson [Nelson Evening Mail, 5 February].
iii. James Warrington ROGERS, born in N.Z., 1865 #15403; probably of Cardiff, Taranaki, whose son George William Dowling ROGERS enlisted in the NZEF, 10th Reinforcements, 4th Battalion, World War 1 (who, as the youngest son, he was married in July 1924, to Annie Elizabeth GRAY, second daughter of Mrs GRAY of Waihou [Te Puki Times, 18 July]).
b. Mary Russell ROGERS; of full age, spinster, when she was married at Mallow parish church, 29 November 1870, to Robert Gibbings WESTROPP, Captain, 106th Regiment, Light Infantry, a son of Edward WESTROPP, Gent, the marriage witnessed by Adolphus ROGERS.
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George was married secondly, at St James's parish church, Sydney, 28 July 1838, to Martha RUSSELL, daughter of Major RUSSELL of Orthes, near Cawdor, late H.M.'s 29th Regiment of Foot [Sydney Gazette, 31 July]; hey had issue:
c. a daughter, born at Elizabeth Street North, Sydney, 17 May 1839.
d. Sarah C. ROGERS, born at Elizabeth Street North, Sydney, 12 January 1841 [Sydney Gazette, 14 January].
e. Adolphus Warrington ROGERS, born at Craigend, 4 December 1842 [S.M.H., 5 December], and baptised at St James's, Sydney, 26 December.
f. Emily Mary ROGERS; of full age, spinster, when she was married at Mallow parish church, 12 January 1864, to William Raymond BOULTON, Lieutenant, R.N., of H.M.S. Ajax, Kingston, Mallow, a son of Charles BOULTON, Gent, witnessed by James ROGERS.
g. Ansonia Anne ROGERS, probably born about 1845-47 or 1849-50; a minor, spinster, when she was married at Mallow parish church, 28 July 1866, to William Henry BOURNE, of Mallow, Gent, a son of Richard BOURNE.
f. George Burridge ROGERS, born at Craigend, Woolloomooloo, 9 September 1848 [S.M.H., 11 September], and baptised at St Mark's Anglican church, Darling Point, 4 October; Gentleman Cadet, Royal Military College, appointed 1 April 1868, to be Ensign, 19th Foot, by purchase (vice BUTLER, transferred to 3rd Foot) [London Gazette, 31 March]; transferred 16 June 1868, as Ensign, 48th Foot [Edinburgh Gazette, 16 June]; he served in Madras Presidency, India - India List, 1877, 48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot, which arrived in India 26 February 1872, and transferred from Bellary to Canannore 16 December 1875, and listed as Lieutenant, Date of Commission in Regiment, 28 October 1871, Depot, Wellington; he was promoted 1 May 1881, to be Captain, 48th Foot, vice G.A. LEWES [London Gazette, 7 June]; he was at 17 St George's Place, Northampton, 1881 Census, aged 32, Lieutenant, 48th Regiment, born Australia, with wife and son; he died at Lindeville, Blackrock, County Cork, 11 December 1884, formerly of Verdun Terrace, City of Cork, late a Captain in H.M.'s 48th Regiment of Infantry, probate granted 17 February 1885 to his sister Mary Russell WESTROPP, Widow, of Sunny Hill, Mallow, County Cork, one of the executors; George was married at St Jude's parish church, Portsea, Southampton, by Banns, 5 December 1874, to Maud HOWARD, aged 20, Spinster, of Southsea, daughter of John HOWARD, Solicitor; she was with her husband, 1881 Census, aged 26, born Portsmouth; they had issue: i. Howard Ware ROGERS, born at Bellary, Madras Presidency, 12 September 1875 [Belfast Newsletter, 15 October], and baptised 21 October, by Frank George LYS, Army Chaplain [British India Office Ecclesiastical records, Findmypast], he was with his parents, 1881, aged 5, born Madras; he died at Portsmouth, 2 May 1887, aged 11, "... only child of Maud and the late George Burridge ROGERS" [Cork Constitution, 12 May].
h. a daughter, born at Manor-park-terrace, Streatham, near London, 24 June 1856 [Morning Chronicle (London), 27 June; S.M.H., 25 September].
Streatham Hill, County Surrey, was recorded as the address, in 1837, of Rebecca ROGERS, Widow, who was joint party to the Articles of Clerkship, dated 26 May 1837, of her son John Warrington ROGERS, to his uncles and her brothers-in-law, James ROGERS and Charles ROGERS (see below).
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George was instead more likely to have been linked to the Legal family of several generations of John Warrington ROGERS, Solicitors, Barristers and Judges, of London and Australia.
One on-line family tree records the following details (as yet not all details corroborated by me):
George ROGERS; he was married at Kinver, Staffordshire, 16 April 1704, to Mary SIMMS; they had issue, including:
A1. Martha ROGERS, baptised at Kinver, 30 April 1715. Possibly the next.
Martha ROGERS had issue, baptised at Enville, Staffordshire (about 2 miles south of Kinver), but for whom no father was identified:
A1. Harry Groby ROGERS, base son, baptised 8 September 1733. See [U] below.
A2. Mary Frances ROGERS, base daughter, baptised 6 October 1734.
A3. Warrington ROGERS, base son, baptised 29 August 1736; buried at Enville, 18 April 1737.
William and Mary ROGERS and John and Elizabeth ROGERS were also having children baptised at Enville parish church about the same time.
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Of possible interest here, Harry GREY (18 June 1715 - 30 May 1768), the 4th Earl of Stamford, was born at Enville Hall, in Staffordshire, and died there. On 18 May 1736, he was married at St James's, Westminster, to Lady Mary BOOTH, the only daughter and heiress of George BOOTH, 2nd Earl of Warrington. The GREY family had landed estates in Leicestershire, and the 5th Earl, Harry's son George Harry GREY, evidently based himself at Enville during the 18th century; after they removed to Dunham Massey, in Cheshire, they kept a hunting lodge at their Groby Estate, which may have been in Cheshire.
And yet another Warrington ROGERS descendant mentions a Lord GREY of Groby - probably born about 1623, and died in 1657 while his father was still living, the eldest son of Henry GREY, the 1st Earl of Stamford,
Martha ROGERS may well have been acquainted with this genteel family, perhaps even as a servant at Enville Hall?
Her naming her sons, to an unidentified father, as Harry Groby ROGERS and Warrington ROGERS, all appears to be entirely co-incidental, but remarkably intriguing! Especially since the young Lord Harry was only 18 when Martha had her first child, and was married before her third base child was born.
There were also a number of baptisms in Enville, over the same period, for the children of John and Mary ROGERS.
[U] Harry Groby ROGERS, born in 1733, evidently a son of Martha ROGERS, of Enville, Staffordshire, by an un-named father;he was rated for Land Tax, 1760, 1761, at Trott's Court, parish of St George, Middlesex, at £1 4s.; he was a Trott's Court, in the parish of St George, County Middlesex, June 1761, when his son John was born; Harry ROGERS, formerly of Trott's Court, parish of St George, and late of Cranborn Alley, near Leicester Fields, in the same County, Gentleman, then a Prisoner in the King's Bench Prison in County Surrey, for debt, June 1765, when he was listed in the First Notice (London Gazette,1 June) of his claim from the benefits of the Act lately passed for the Relief of Insolvent debtors (in the fifth of King George III - 1765-66), and also in the Second Notice (ditto, 4 June) [www.thegazette.co.uk]; he was probably the Harry ROGERS who (ap)proved the execution of the Articles of Clerkship, dated 15 June 1782, for five years, of John Warrington ROGERS to (Master) William Joseph CROOKS [U.K. Articles of Clerkship, Ancestry.com] - see further below; probably at Red Lion Row, Newington, 1784 and 1785, when he was Rated for Land Tax at £8 13s 4d, and also in 1789, at £8 10s 8d; he was possibly the Harry ROGERS, of Manchester Buildings, Westminster, 2 January 1804, when he witnessed the Articles of Clerkship of John Warrington ROGERS Junior to John Warrington ROGERS Senior [ditto] - and if so, close to his death, and for his son and grandson; he died at Pig Hill (alias Peak Hill), Sydenham, and was buried at Lewisham St Mary the Virgin, London, 12 February 1804, aged 70 [London Metropolitan Archives, DW/T1037]; of the parish of St Botolph, Aldgate, of age, bachelor, when he made his Marriage License Allegations, 24 June 1758, to Rachel THOMAS, of age, spinster, of the parish of All Hallows Barking; they were married by Rev Brewer KIDMAN, Minister, at the All Hallows parish church, 1 July, both signed (she as Rachel), witnessed by George LONG Senior and Anthony THOMAS; they had issue:
A1. Harry ROGERS, born 24 May 1759, and baptised at All Hallows, Barking by the Tower, 11 June.
A2. John Warrington ROGERS, born at Trott's Court, parish of St George, County Middlesex, about 3 June 1761. See [V] below.
A3. Martha Catherine ROGERS, baptised at St George the Martyr, Southwark, 27 April 1764; she died on 27 March 1833, and was buried at St Bartholomew, Sydenham, aged 65 [M.I.].
A4. Charlotte Mary ROGERS, baptised at St Mary Newington, 21 October 1773; died 1841; possibly married Anthony ASSENTI; a Mary Charlotte ASSENTI was a witness to the 1832 will of John Warrington ROGERS (Junior) of Westminster (proved 1836); Anthony ASSENTI, of Bridge Street, Westminster, Auctioneer, together with Daniel WITHERELL, appeared personally, 27 August 1830, and made oath that they were "well acquainted" with John Warrington ROGERS, Senior, immediately prior to his probate grant.
A5. James Anthony ROGERS, baptised at St Mary, Newington, 10 May 1782; Surveyor of Taxes; of Pig Hill, Sydenham, 1809; Lee, 1814; he was buried at St Bartholomew, Sydenham, 29 August 1840, aged 58; of Lewisham, bachelor, when he was married, by license, at Newington St Mary, Southwark, 23 May 1807, to Mary GOODWIN, of the parish, Spinster, witnessed by William HOLDSWORTH and Julia BRIGGS; Susannah died on 31 May 1844, aged 58; they had issue:
a. James Anthony ROGERS, born at Pig Hill, Sydenham, 15 April 1809, and baptised at Sydenham St Bartholomew, 12 May.
b. Caroline Harriet ROGERS, born at Lee Lane, 20 July 1812, and baptised at Lewisham St Mary, 20 August.
c. Harry Grooby ROGERS, born at Lee, and baptised at St Mary's, Lewisham, 19 April 1814; he was at Bronte Place, Newington St Mary, 1841 Census, aged 25+, Solicitor's Clerk, with his first wife and daughter; he was at Walworth St Peter, Newington, Surrey, 1851 Census, aged 37, Solicitor's Managing Clerk, born Sydenham, with his second wife and two children by his first; Harry was married firstly, about 1840, to Susannah (-?-); she was aged 20+, with her husband, 1841 Census, born in Middlesex; she probably died at 18 Manor Road, Walworth, December 1845, and was buried at Nunhead Cemetery, 27 December, aged 28; they had issue:
i. Susannah ROGERS, born at Walworth, about 1841; aged 5 (mos) with her parents, 1841 Census; aged 10, with her father, 1851 Census.
ii. Harry Groby ROGERS, born at Walworth, about 1843; aged 7, with his father, 1851 Census.
Harry, as a Widower, was married secondly, at Walworth St Peter, parish of Newington St Mary, 24 September 1848, to Sarah MILLER, Spinster, of 26 Bronte Place, daughter of William MILLER, deceased, Hatter; she was with her husband, 1851 Census, aged 37, born Southwark, Surrey.
d. Charles John ROGERS, born 1816.
e. Eliza Martha ROGERS, born at Queen's Row, Walworth, 14 October 1820, and baptised at Newington St Mary, 10 November.
f. Thomas Goodwin ROGERS, born at Queen's Row, 8 January 1824, and baptised at Newington St Mary, 13 March 1825; he died in 1844.
[V] John Warrington ROGERS, born about 3 June 1761, and baptised at St George in the East, Tower Hamlets,7 July 1761, son of Harry ROGERS by Rachel, of Trott's Court, aged 34 days - however, Docklands Ancestors Ltd records that he was baptised at St George in the East, Stepney, same details; John was probably admitted to Merchant Taylor's School, 1770 (date of birth not recorded, but probably aged about 10 or 11) - there were two ROGERS admissions there, both in 1740, named Nathaniel (no birth date recorded) and Charles (born 17 February 1732), but it is clear from other evidence that neither were his father; John was a Solicitor in London; he was implicated, in 1784, in causing injuries to Mary L'ARGENT, a young serving girl who had been apprenticed in about 1781 to Priscilla HAWKES (before she married ROGERS), after she had, with the help of a passing coachman, sought help at the Foundling Hospital for those injuries, from where she had originally been apprenticed to HAWKES, and where she was admitted to the Infirmary for three weeks ["Children in Domestic Service, ca 1760-1830," by J.A. DYER, 2016, Ph.D. Thesis, Oxford Brookes University, at page 160, citing London Metropolitan Archives, FH/A/12/023/001, 1775-91, 24 November 1786]; Articles of Clerkship, to William Joseph CROOKS (Master), of Crown Court, Russell, Covent Garden, dated 15 June 1782, for five years, sworn 29 June 1784, filed 7 November 1785, and read in Court 21 June 1787, execution proved by Harry ROGERS (perhaps his father - see above); he was at 22 Manchester Buildings, Westminster, 1802, Attorney [London City Directory]; ditto, 1811, with his son John Warrington ROGERS Junior, Attornies[ditto].
John died at Westminster, 12 August 1830, aged 68; he was buried at St Margaret's, Westminster, "... aged 6(0) years" as inscribed on, or interpreted from, a "... flat stone near front of west door" [Notes and Queries, 26 December 1931, page 452]; his will, dated 21 June 1827, mentioned Harriet HAWKES (evidently a sister of his wife Priscilla, who had died in 1794) "... to whom I am in fact bound in contract, and was living with me for life," his "... several natural children James ROGERS, Harriet ROGERS, Charles ROGERS, George ROGERS, Edward William ROGERS and Emily ROGERS, when they shall reach the age of twenty one or as they shall attain such age," his "... dear daughter" Priscilla ROGERS (a Legacy of £500), and his son John Warrington ROGERS, with whom he had carried on in business, and whom he appointed sole executor, and was proved P.C.C. 3 September 1830, with concurrence of his eldest son, and of "Harriott HAWKES, Spinster" [TNA, Kew, PROB 11/1776/179].
John Warrington ROGERS, of the parish, bachelor, was married at St Mary Newington, Southwark, Surrey, by William CRAWFORD, Curate, and by license, 19 June 1783, to Priscilla HAWKES, spinster, of the parish, the marriage witnessed by James DUCHAR and William HAWKS; she was baptised at St Giles's, Camberwell, 29 October 1759, daughter of John HAWKES; Priscilla ROGERS was buried at St Giles's, Camberwell, Southwark, 28 February 1794.
John and Priscilla had issue, including:
a. John Warrington ROGERS, baptised at Newington St Mary, Southwark, 10 June 1784, son of John Warrington and Priscilla ROGERS; a member of the Select Vestry of St Margaret's, Westminster; Articles of Clerkship, 2 January 1804, by which he bound himself to his father, as a Clerk, for 5 years, the Articles witnessed by William BARCLAY and Harry ROGERS (perhaps his grandfather - see above), all of Manchester Buildings, Westminster, and sworn at Westminster Hall, 21 February; of 22 Manchester Buildings, Westminster, 1811, with his father, Attornies [City of London Directory]; Attorney, Manchester Buildings, Westminster, 1821-22 [Baptismal record for his eldest son]; John died at Norwood, 22 August 1836, aged 52, Solicitor, of Manchester Buildings, Westminster [Gentleman's Magazine, October 1836, page 440]; his will was proved P.C.C. [full copy yet to be sighted, but previewed on the TNA web-site], evidently naming his eldest so John Warrington ROGERS, daughter Rebecca Mary ROGERS, son James ROGERS, and brothers James and Charles ROGERS; he was probably married about 1813 to Rebecca STONE; she was at Motcombe Street, Motcombe, Dorset, 1861 Census, a widow, aged 73, Freeholder, born Middlesex, with her daughter and Sophia GRANGER; she died at Motcombe, 17 September 1867, and was buried at Gillingham parish church; they had issue, including:
i. John Warrington ROGERS. See [W] below.
ii. Rebecca Mary ROGERS, born Middlesex, about 1820; named in her father's will, proved 1836; aged 40, unmarried, with her widowed mother, 1861 Census; she died at Frome Selwood, 4 September 1878, aged 65 years, the only surviving daughter [Western Gazette, 13 September; Bath Chronicle, 19 September].
iii. James Charles Warrington ROGERS, born at Westminster, 12 May 1825, and baptised at St Margaret's, 11 June [City of Westminster Archives]; as James, named in his father's will, proved 1836; B.A., Exeter College, Oxford; appointed Curate of Motcomb, Dorset, July 1851 [Morning Post, 14 July]; he was named in his father's obituary; he was married at Crewkerne parish church, Somerset, 5 October 1852, to Emily Augusta BOWDAGE, full age, spinster, daughter of Emanuel BOWDAGE, Surgeon, witnessed by Emanuel and Lydia BOWDAGE and his sister Rebecca Mary ROGERS.
iv. Charles ROGERS; not named in J.W.'s will, proved 1836, but named in his father's obituary (perhaps instead the uncle?
b. Charles Henry Standfast ROGERS, born at Westminster, 25 November 1785, and baptised at St Margaret's, 25 January 1786.
c. Priscilla Mary ROGERS, born at Westminster, 28 October 1787, and baptised at St Margaret's, 10 December [City of Westminster Archives]; she was a witness, in April 1804, at the trial of Mary EDWARDS and her daughter Mary Ann, for the felonious stealing of the wearing apparel of her younger half-sister Charlotte, and stating that "... her sister, of three years of age, had been taken from the door of her father's house on 2nd March, and was not heard of until the evening of the same day, when information was brought to the house that a child was at Mr FLAX's Corn-chandler, on the Surrey side of Westminster Bridge, who had been found on the flight of steps leading to the water. Witness's two brothers went to the house, where they found the child, and restored it to its parents" [Sun (London), 7 April]; she was named in her father's will, 1827.
d. Harry ROGERS, born at Westminster, 6 August 1790, and baptised at St Margaret's, 17 December.
d. George Grooby ROGERS, born Westminster, 9 January 1793, and baptised at St Margaret's, 23 October, son of Jno Warrington and Isabella (probably read or transcribed in error for Priscilla); he evidently died in infancy, before 1806.
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After the death of his wife Priscilla in 1794, his sister-in-law, and her younger sister Harriott, evidently stepped in to care for the children; she remained with John for the rest of his life, and was named in his will as Harriot HAWKES, and in the probate grants as a Spinster, clear evidence that they were not formally married; she is said to have died in 1830 - a Harriott ROGERS was buried at St Margaret's, Westminster, 26 September 1830, aged 50, the officiating minister probably informed by one of her her children, using their family surname.
John Warrington Senior had further issue by Harriot HAWKES, the children identified in his will as his "natural" children:
d. Mary Harriot, born at Westminster, 5 August 1796, and baptised at St Margaret's, 4 September.
e. George Warrington ROGES, born at Westminster, 17 September 1797, and baptised at St Margaret's, 1 March 1798.
f. Charlotte Ames ROGERS, born at Westminster, 13 February 1800, and baptised at St Margaret's, 19 March; aged 4 when she was abducted, 2 March 1804, stripped of her clothing, and left naked under Westminster Bridge [Hampshire Chronicle, 19 March], for which crime Ann EDWARDS and her 9 year old daughter were convicted and sentenced to transportation for 7 years [Northampton Mercury, 14 April 1804]; she died 15 June 1827, and was buried at St Margaret's Westminster, aged 27 years [Notes and Queries, 26 December 1931, page 452].
g. James Grooby ROGERS, born at Westminster, 25 April 1801, and baptised at St Margaret's, 16 September; named in his father's will, dated 1827, but he was named in his brother John Junior's will, proved 1836; at Cannon Row, St Margaret's parish, Westminster, 1841 Census, aged 40+, Solicitor, with Antonia ROGERS, aged 30+, and John ROGERS, aged 1, born Middlesex; at 3 Deans Yard Terrace, St Peter's parish, Westminster, 1851 Census, aged 49, Solicitor, "I believe born St Margaret's," with wife and four children; at Dean's Yard, Westminster, 1871 Census, aged 69, Solicitor, with his wife and four adult children; he died on 13 May 1872; a memorial on the south wall of St Margaret's. Westminster, under a sculpted bust by Robert JACKSON, is the inscription - "In memory of James Grooby ROGERS, of Dean's Yard, Westminster, who for upwards of 29 years filed the office of Vestry Clerk of the united parishes of St Margaret and St John, Westminster. Born April 23rd, 1801. Died May 13th, 1872. This monument was erected by several of his friends in remembrance of his faithful services and as a token of their esteem. 'The things which are seen are temporal, but the things that are not seen are eternal.' II Cor. IV, 18" [westminster-abbey.org web-site]:
Image copyright of Westminster Abbey [from the westminster-abbey.org web-site].
James was married, about 1839, to Ansonia or Antonia Amelia BURRIDGE); she was born at St John's parish, Westminster, about 1804; she died at 8 Great Deans-yard, Westminster, 21 March 1881 [London Evening Standara, 23 March]; they had issue:
i. James Charles Frampton ROGERS, baptised at St Margaret's, Westminster, 27 May 1840; aged 1, with his parents, 1841; aged 10, ditto, 1851; ditto, aged 30, 1871; he died in 1905.
ii. Annie (Pratt) ROGERS, born about 1842; aged 9, with her parents, 1851; ditto, 1871, aged 9 years.
iii. Ada (Marianne) ROGERS, born about 1844; aged 7, with her parents, 1851; ditto, 27, 1871.
vi. Ellen ROGERS, born about 1846; aged 5, with her parents, 1851; ditto, aged 25, 1871.
h. Harriet Georgina ROGERS, born at Westminster, 22 June 1803, and baptised at St Margaret's, 15 December; ditto 1827.
j. Charles ROGERS, born at Westminster, 4 February 1805, and baptised at St Margaret's, 6 March; named in his father's will, 1827; at 22 Manchester Buildings, St Margaret's parish, Westminster, 1841 Census, aged 35+, Solicitor, born in Middlesex, with Ann ROGERS, aged 22, not born in Middlesex, and two female domestic servants.
k. George ROGERS, born about 1806; ditto 1827. Probably the Solicitor in Sydney who retired to Mallow. See above.
l. Edward William ROGERS; ditto 1827; See [X] below.
m. Emily ROGERS; ditto 1827.
[W] John Warrington ROGERS, born at Manchester Buildings, Westminster, 26 May 1821, and baptised at St Margaret's parish church, 4 July 1822; Articles of Clerkship, dated 26 May 1837, for five years, to James ROGERS and Charles ROGERS, of Manchester Buildings, Westminster, Gentlemen, Attornies of H.M.'s Court of King's Bench at Westminster and Solicitors to the High Court of Chancery (carrying on business in co-partnership), the Articles made jointly with his mother, Rebecca ROGERS, Widow, of Streatham Hill, County Surrey (John's Guardian, as he was under age); probably the candidate who passed H.T. Examination, Superior Courts, Hilary Term, 1843, and was articled or assigned to James and Charles ROGERS, Manchester Buildings, Westminster [Legal Observer or Journal of Jurisprudence, Volume 25, page 294] - probably either his uncles or older brothers; of King's Bench Walk, Temple, 1848, Barrister [London City Directory]; of 4 Brick Court, Temple, 1850, special pleader, Home Circuit, Surrey Sessions [ditto]; he went to Tasmania, arriving in Melbourne, 30 September 1855 on the ship "Oliver Lang," via Launceston on the steamer "Royal Shepherd," and by Mail coach to Hobart, 4 August [Colonial Times, 6 August], bearing the despatch from the Secretary of State, with Royal Consent to the Act of Council establishing a Parliament in Van Diemen's Land; he moved to Victoria in 1858, but returned home in 1893...
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John was at 14 Abingdon Villas, Earl's Court, Kensington, 1901 Census, aged 79, King's Council retired from practice (Solicitor), born City of Westminster, with his wife Eliza, daughter Ada, and one domestic servant; John died at his residence, 5 Longfield Road, Ealing, 10 February 1906, aged 84, K.C., eldest son of John Warrington ROGERS, of Westminster [London Daily News, 13 February], "... Service at St Saviour's, The Grove, Ealing, on Thursday, the 15th inst., at 12.15. Interment at Westminster Cemetery, Hanwell, 1.15" [The Times (London), 13 February].
John was married, by the Bishop of Tasmania and by License, at New Town parish church, Hobart, 10 July 1856, to Eliza CARTER, aged 21, Spinster, witnessed by Mrs CARTER, Emina and Laura CARTER, A.E.T. YOUNG, and Lavington and Lydia ROOPE; she was born at Hobart, 19 November 1834, daughter of William CARTER and Mary Ann CLARKE, and baptised 15 December; Eliza was with her husband and daughter, 1901 Census, aged 65, born Tasmania; she survived him, and arrived back in London, from Melbourne, on the ship "Commonwealth", 29 August 1907, aged 64, with Miss ROGERS, aged 31; Eliza died at Menton South, France, 7 April 1910 [Leader (Melbourne), 16 April], and was buried at Trabuquet Cemetery, Menton, Province of Alpes-Cote d'Azur; they had issue, including five sons (who remained in Australia) and four daughters [Australian Dictionary of Biography]:
A1. John Warrington ROGERS, born at South Yarra, 15 September 1857 [Hobart Courier, 18 September], Registered #14251; at Hodgson Downs Station, August 1906, 1909; he sold Urapungie Station, 1917; Grazier, Roper Valley Station, 1930; he died at Mataranka, N.T., 28 January 1935, aged 77 years; he was married at Camooweal, Queensland, 31 January 1901 [# C/160], to Catherine Matilda McCAW, eldest daughter of James McCAW, of Uranangie, Queensland [Australasian (Melbourne), 16 February]; she died at Melbourne, 11 August 1921 [N.T. Times and Gazette, 13 August]; they had issue an only child:
a. John Warrington (Jack) ROGERS, born in Qld, 4 December 1901 [1902, # C/892]; he died in Katherine, N.T., 1943.
A2. Harry Warrington ROGERS, born about 1859; he died at Paddy's Lagoon, Roper River, N.T., 2 February 1911, aged 51 years [Australasian, 25 February], #7/443.
A3. William Warrington ROGERS, born about 1861; Barrister and Solicitor; he died at his residence, 263 Dorcas Street, Melbourne South, 3 January 1928, #2748, age 66, and was buried at Brighton Cemetery; he was of of 9 Post Office Place, South Melbourne, bachelor, aged 48, when he was married by Banns, at St Peter's church, Eastern Hill, Melbourne, 15 December 1909, to Florence Lucy GILL, Spinster, 28, of Castlemaine, daughter of Frank Lloyd GILL, Postmaster , witnessed by J.C. Warrington ROGERS and William Lewis AITKEN.
A4. a son, born at Buninyong, 9 January 1863 [Herald (Melbourne), 14 January]; probably James Charles Warrington ROGERS, who died at his home, 1958 Malvern Road, Malvern East, 19 April 1944 #3404, aged 81, late of Sandringham, father of Frank and Nan, and grandfather of Kathleen [The Age, 22 April].
A5. a daughter, born at Bunninyong, 16 June 1864 [Argus, 23 June]; probably Mary ROGERS, eldest daughter, who was engaged to be married, August 1888, to Lieutenant BERESFORD, R.N., of H.M.S. 'Ranger,' Indian waters [Table Talk (Melbourne), 3 August]; as Mary Rebecca, she married him at Holmwood, Surrey, England, 27 August 1891.
A6. a son, born at Buninyong, 28 December 1865 [Ballarat Star, 1 January 1866].
A7. a daughter, born at Buninyong, 3 October 1867 [Argus, 5 October]; probably Alice Amy ROGERS, second daughter, who was married 4 February 1891, to Lieutenant Stewart V.Z. MESSUM, Commander of the Victorian gun-boat 'Alert' [Table Talk, 6 February].
A8. a son, born at Buninyong, 4 January 1869 [Ballarat Star, 6 January]. Probably Edward, who died at Lismore, 15 February 1927, aged 58, "eldest" son of the late Judge ROGERS [S.M.H., 16 February]
A9. Stanley Warrington ROGERS, born at Buninyong, 3 October 1870 [Ballarat Star, 4 October].
A10. Ada Harriet W. ROGERS, born at Buninyong, 22 July 1872 [Ballarat Star, 24 July]; she was with her parents, in London, 1901 Census, aged 28, born Australia; she was at 6 Linkenholt Mansions, Stamford Brook Avenue, City of London, 1902 [Post Office Directory]; she sailed from Southampton, 10 October 1934, on the ship 'Esperance Bay,' bound for Melbourne, aged 64, Domestic; she died at Sandringham, Victoria, 23 July 1951, "... daughter of the late Judge John Warrington and Eliza ROGERS, formerly of Brighton, Vic, and London, England" [The Age, 25 July], aged 81, #9081.
A11. Herbert Warrington ROGERS, born at St Kilda, 23 September 1873 [Telegraph (St Kilda), 27 September]; he died on 23 February 1874, aged 5 months [Argus, 24 February].
A12. Russell Warrington ROGERS, born 30 November 1874 [Argus, 1 December]; as sixth son, he died at Onslow, Western Australia, 8 April 1905 [Australasian, 22 April]..
A13. a son, born 19 December 1879 [Australasian (Melbourne), 3 January 1880].
A14. Laura ROGERS; third daughter, when she was married in Singapore, 31 May 1899, to Alan HAMILTON, fourth son of the late Sir Robert HAMILTON, formerly Governor of Tasmania [Argus, 5 July].
[X] Edward William ROGERS; ditto 1827; probably sailed to Australia on the ship "Alfred" in 1833; of Elizabeth Street North, Sydney, 1841; of Hutchinson's Buildings, York Street, Sydney, 1842; of Reiby Cottage, George Street, Sydney, 1843; at 170 Pitt Street, Sydney, 1845, 1847, of the Office of the Principal Superintendent of Convicts, Sydney; of Emily Cottage, Glebe (Sydney), 1847, 1849; of Ryde, Kissing Point, 1856; his last mention in Sydney newspapers appears to have been in February 1859, when a W.E. ROGERS, seventh clerk in the Customs Department, Sydney, was, with a number of other officers, dismissed for being involved in the fraudulent loss of £2,500 in duties connected with the brigantine 'Louisa' in the previous Ocotber [S.M.H., 15 February]; he went to N.Z.; of Sophia Street, Timaru, April 1867, where, in the late residence of Mr G. HALL, his wife opened a Select School for Young Ladies [Timaru Herald, 27 April]; later of Christchurch; he probably died at his son's residence, Temuka, New Zealand, 15 September 1875, aged 65 years [Timaru Herald, 20 September], "... son of the late John Warrington ROGERS, Solicitor, Westminster, brother of the late G.J. ROGERS, Solicitor, Sydney, uncle to George ROGERS, Victoria, and cousin to Sir Arthur WARRINGTON, Bart" [Australian Town and Country Journal, 6 November]; he was married at St James's parish church, Sydney, 23 June 1840 [Vol.24B #149], to Mary Anne TROOD, only daughter of A.S. TROOD, of York Street, Sydney [The Australian, 25 June] - her father later identified as Abel Salter TROOD, of Belle Vue Hall, Sydney, who died at Newton Abbott, 24 May 1868, aged 72, father of Mrs W.E. ROGERS of Timaru and formerly of Belle Vue Hall, Sydney, and grandfather of Mr Edward ROGERS, Tekapo Lake, Mackenzie Country [Timaru Herald, 10 February 1869].
William Edward and Mary Anne had issue:
A1. William Warrington Brent Trood ROGERS, born at Elizabeth Street North, Sydney, 3 June 1841 [Sydney Monitor, 7 June], Vol.25A #575; he died in April-May 1876, without issue; as the eldest son of Mr W.E. ROGERS of Christchurch, he was married at Avonside, Church of the Holy Trinity, 31 December 1874, to Amelia Frances INWOOD, only daughter of Mr Henry INWOOD, Farmer, of Christchurch [Nelson Evening Mail, 8 January].
A2. Edward Clements Graham Salter ROGERS, born at Hutchinson's Buildings, York Street, Sydney, 30 June 1842 [Sydney Herald, 1 July], Vol.26A #565; he died in Christchurch, New Zealand, 5 May 1916, and ws buried at Woolston Cemetery; he was married to Isabella BENNETT..
A3. Mary A.H.A. ROGERS, born at Reiby Cottage, George Street, Sydney, 4 September 1843 [The Australian, 8 September], Vol.27A #2539. Unless instead Emily Amy Marrion ROGERS, the eldest daughter of the late W.E. ROGERS, of Canterbury, N.Z., who died at Murrawombie, 11 March 1876, of consumption, beloved sister of G.A. ROGERS [Evening News (Sydney), 22 March].
A4. a daughter, born at 170 Pitt Street North, Sydney, 11 April 1845 [Commercial Journal and General Advertiser (Sydney), 16 April]; probably Maude du Moulin Henrietta ROGERS, who as the second daughter of W.E. ROGERS, Esq, late of Sydney, was married at Christchurch, N.Z., 27 June 1870, to George Henry THOMPSON, of Yorkshire, England [Timaru Herald, 23 July].
Unless instead Emily Amy Marrion ROGERS, the eldest daughter of the late W.E. ROGERS of Canterbury, N.Z., who died at Murrawombie, 11 March 1876, of consumption, beloved sister of G.A. ROGERS [Evening News (Sydney), 22 March].
A5. George A.J.C. ROGERS, born at Emily Cottage, Glebe, 10 February 1847 [S.M.H., 13 February], Vol.32A, #513.
A6. Sydney J.A.F. ROGERS, born at Emily Cottage, Glebe, 3 February 1849 [S.M.H., 5 February], Vol.34A #361.
A7. Ernest Frances ROGERS, born at Sydney, 1850 Vol.35 #1941; he died at Manly, 1937 #11967; as the son of Dr W.E. ROGERS, late of Enmore Lodge, Sydney, he was married at St Peter's Church, Cook's River, N.S.W., to Elizabeth Browne MILLAR, daughter of James MILLAR, of Wyanbone, Walgett [Mount Hilda Chronicle (N.Z.), 26 April]; they had issue:
a. Gertrude B. ROGERS, born at Dubbo, 1884 #14349, a twin.
b. Hubert E. ROGERS, born at Dubbo, 1884 #14359, the other twin.
c. Rupert M. ROGERS, born at Nyngan, 1887 #16278.
d. Elsie W. ROGERS, born at Nyngan, 1888 #13682.
e. Harold G.F. ROGERS, born at Nyngan, 1890 #26579.
f. Jannita S.F. ROGERS, born at Nungan, 1892 #27271.
g. Lindsay W.R. ROGERS, born at Nyngan, 1901 #6064.
A8. Gertrude F. ROGERS, born at Sydney, 1853 Vol.39A #1316; as the third daughter, she was married at Hardy Street Church, Nelson, N.Z., 1 February 1875, to the Rev W. B. MARTEN, Wesleyan Minister [Press (N.Z.), 1 March].
A9. Edith Harriett ROGERS, born at Penrith, 2 October 1854 Vol.42B #3381 [Bells Life in Sydney, 7 October]; she was married at St John's, Latimer Square, Christchurch, N.Z., 14 May 1874, to Thomas William LEWIS, formerly of Nelson, eldest son of the late William and Ellen Goulstone LEWIS, of Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire [Nelson Evening Mail, 14 May]
A10. Florence E. ROGERS, born at Ryde, Kissing Point, 9 October 1856, [Empire, 11 October], Baptism Registered 1857 Vol.159 #1134; she died at her father's residence, Sydney, 8 January 1858, the fifth daughter, of effusion of the brain [Empire (Sydney), 11 January], #305.
A11. Warrington John ROGERS, born in Sydney, 21 November 1857 [Empire, 24 November], #1198; he died at the residence of his father, Sydney, 29 November 1857, sixth son [Empire, 1 December], #2180.
A12. Ida ROGERS, born at Redfern, 16 November 1858 [S.M.H., 22 November 1859], Registered Chippendale #2943.
A13. Violet ROGERS, born about 1859-60, youngest daughter; she died at Perth W.A., April 1918; as the youngest daughter, she was married at St Saviour's church, Temuka, 28 April 1880, to Leslie Athol NORMAN, eldest son of E.A. NORMAN of Huon River, Tasmania [Temuka Leader, 29 April]; Leslie was a Journalist; they had issue.
Indeed, it was the death notice for the above George John ROGERS, published in the London Sun, 20 January 1863, which recorded him as "...formerly of Manchester-buildings, Westminster."
And yet another clue is contained in the Australian Dictionary of Biography's entry for John Warrington ROGERS Junior (1822-1906) - where it is observed that on being offered the post of Solicitor-General of Van Diemen's Land in November 1854, "... despite good prospects in England, he accepted probably because of impressions of the colony imbibed as a boy from an Uncle who made a fortune there."
If this uncle was "our" George John ROGERS of Craigend in Sydney, who did indeed make a lot of money in N.S.W., then we have more than just a connection, but quite a close one.
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