Lieutenant John Rogers Family from History of Acworth, New Hampshire
From: tumbleweed@lisco.net - Sharon Franklin

Surname:  ROGERS
Source:   History of Acworth with the Proceedings of the Centennial Anniversary, Genealogical
           Records and Register of Farms by Rev. J. L Merrill, Town of Acworth, 1869, Page 261

Lieutenant JOHN ROGERS - removed from Londonderry, New Hampshire to Acworth 1768 - built the
fourth log house in town.  He is supposed to have been the seventh generation from John Rogers, 
the Martyr.  The family moved to Ireland soon after the death of the martyr.  He died in 1776 
of camp fever, contracted in going to bring home Robert McClure Sr., who was sick in the camp 
of the Continental Army.  He was a selectman that year, and was the first person buried in the 
old graveyard, the site of which he had just selected - married Jane Ewins (see Ewins family) -
children,
I. James - married Mary Markham (see Markham family) - removed to Black River County - 
children,
     1. Jonathan
     2. John
     3. Joseph
     4. Nancy
     5. Tamsa
     6. Ralph - is a practicing physician in Watertown, New York.
     7. Samuel
     8. Mary
     9. Lucy
    10. Drusilla
    11. Teressa 
    12. Ann
    13. Eliza
II. Jonathan - married first - Polly Maes - residence Springfield, Vermont - children,
     1. Polly - married Mr. Cabbot - residence Hartland, Vermont- children, seven.
    Jonathan - married second - Elizabeth Rogers - children,
     2. Maes
     3. Ephraim
     4. Nancy
     5. Alvah
III. John - married Polly Reynolds - children,
     1. Daniel
     2. Maria
     3. Hannah
     4. John
     5. Eliza
     6. Malvina 
     7. a twin sister
     8. Stephen R.
     9. Susan H. - married Jesse Eaton - children,
          (1) Samuel
          (2) Mary
          (3) Ella
    10. Harriet E. - married Charles P. Talbot of Lowell - children,
          (1) Fannie M.
          (2) Edward R.
          (3) Julian
    11. Daniel
IV. Samuel - married Anna Dodge - residence Syracuse, New York - children, one.
V. Peter
VI. Baptist - first male child born in Acworth - residence Dorset, Vermont
VII. Hannah - married ______ Wellman.
VIII. Susannah B. - married Joseph Hemphill (see Hemphill family).
IX. Nancy - married Abner Gage - removed to Ohio - children,
     1. Ruth
     2. John, and others
X. Elizabeth - married Stephen Thornton (see Thornton family).
XI. Esther - married first - Benjamin Hobbs (see Hobbs family).
    Esther - married second - George Clark (see Clark family).
    Esther - married third - Mr. Temple.

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