Rogers, Elizabeth

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BIRTH: No birth rec found. Elizabeth is identified in the will of her father, James Rogers of New London, 11 Nov 1683, no probate act, New London Probate, A:208-209 (FHL #005111). Date and place of birth are found in James Swift Rogers, JAMES ROGERS OF NEW LONDON (Boston, 1902), 47 (FHL #1035542 item 6). Birth is not found in New London vital recs, but she was 57 years old on gravestone inscription, below; hence, she was born ca 1658/9. It is also rather certain that Elizabeth was born in New London, as the Milford birth entry of Jonathan Rogers, 31 Dec 1655, states that the family had removed to New London ("Milford Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1640-1850," Barbour Collection [typescript, 1925, Conn. State Library, Hartford], 138 [FHL #002974]). Mar rec, below, also identifies Elizabeth as a dau of James Rogers, below.
MAR: Elwood M. Avery, ed, "Marriage, Birth and Death Records from the Town Records of New London" (typescript, n.d.), 22 [FHL #974.65/N2 V2a]).
DEATH: Date of death is from gravestone inscription, below.
BUR: "Ancient Burial Grounds of Long Island," NEHGR, 53(1899):334 (FHL #974 B2ne). Aged 57 yrs. The village of Orient is in the township of Southold.

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Elizabeth married Beebe, Samuel on 9 Feb 1681 in New London,New London,CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIRTH: Presumed to be the James Roger, age 20, who emigrated on the ship "Increase" from London in Apr 1635 (Peter Wilson Coldham, COMPLETE BOOK OF EMIGRANTS, 1607-1660 [Baltimore, 1987], 136-37 [FHL #973 W2 col]).
MAR: No mar rec found. Samuel Rogers, son of James, deeded land to Francis Hall, 16 Feb 1662, which he received from his grandfather Samuel Rowland (Stratford, Conn. Deeds, 1:175 [orig 1:99] [FHL #005770]). Elizabeth, widow of James Rogers, appointed son John Rogers and dau Bathshua Smith to oversee her husband's estate, 15 Sep 1688 (New London District Probate Files, #4520 [FHL #1025044]). Elizabeth, wife of James Rogers, is apparently a dau of Samuel Rowland.
DEATH: No death rec found. See the will of James Rogers of New London, 11 Nov 1683, no probate act, inv 15 Feb 1687/8 and others, adm bond 10 Jan 1709/10, New London District Probate, A:208-209, 455, 463-64 (FHL #005111). See additional estate documents in New London District Probate Files, #4520 (FHL #1025044).
OCC: Baker, miller, representative Connecticut General Court, Pequot War soldier.

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James married Rowland, Elizabeth about 1639. Elizabeth (daughter of Rowland, Samuel) was born about 1619 in England; died about 1709 in New London,New London,CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIRTH: No birth rec found. Samuel Rogers, son of James, deeded land to Francis Hall, 16 Feb 1662, received from his grandfather Samuel Rowland. See Stratford, Conn. Deeds, 1:175 (orig 1:99) (FHL #005770). Elizabeth, widow of James Rogers, appointed son John Rogers and dau Bathshua Smith to oversee the estate of her late husband, 15 Sep 1688 (New London Probate Files, #4520 [FHL #1025044]). It is clear that Elizabeth, dau of Samuel Rowland, married James Rogers. Date and place of birth are approximations.
MAR: No mar rec found. See discussion above.
DEATH: No death rec found. Elizabeth probably died shortly before 5 Dec 1709 when the estate of James Rogers was re-inventoried and new administrators were appointed (New London Probate, A:455 [FHL #005111]). Also see the estate file of James Rogers, New London Probate Files, #4520 (FHL #1025044).

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BIRTH: Date and place of birth are approximations.
DEATH: No death rec found. Samuel owned land in Stratford, Connecticut and died before 16 Feb 1662 when his grandson Samuel Rogers deeded his interest in the Stratford property to Francis Hall (Stratford Deeds Transcript, 1:175 [orig 1:99] [FHL #005770]).
NOTE: Samuel Rowland may be the brother of Henry Rowland of Fairfield. See HISTORY AND GENEALOGY OF THE FAMILIES OF OLD FAIRFIELD, 2 vols.(Fairfield, CT, 1930, 1932; repr, 2 vols. in 3, Baltimore, 1976), 1:506-507 (FHL #974.69/F1 D2j).

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