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• Birth	01 Dec 1648	Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UPD	16 AUG 2009 23:34:04 GMT-5
  Died	17 Oct 1721  [2]
  Buried	upon the bank of the Thames River within the bounds of his Mamacock farm   [2]
  Person ID	I1391	Alan Donald Vibber
  Last Modified	08 Dec 2009
  Father	Rogers James,   b. Abt 1615, London, England, U.K. ,   d. Feb 1687/88
  Mother	Rowland Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1619, England, U.K. ,   d. 1709, New London, Connecticut, USA
  Family ID	F157	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Griswold Elizabeth,   d. 1727
  Married	17 Oct 1670  [3, 4]
  Divorced	Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Rogers John,   b. 20 Mar 1674/75, New London, New London, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 18 Jun 1753   2. Rogers Elizabeth,   b. 08 Nov 1671, New London, New London, Connecticut, USA
  Family ID	F631	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Ransford Mary
  Divorced	Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Rogers Gershon,   b. 24 Feb 1699, New London, New London, Connecticut, USA   2. Rogers Mary,   b. 06 Mar 1702, New London, New London, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 05 Oct 1781
  Family ID	F634	Group Sheet
  Family 3	Cole Sarah
  Married	1714	Rhode Island, USA   [5]
  Family ID	F635	Group Sheet

• Notes

  II. JOHN (4), b. 1 Dec., 1648, third son of James Rogers and Elizabeth Rowland; m. 17 Oct., 1670, Elizabeth, daughter of Mathew Griswold. The rite of marriage was performed by the father of the bride, and accompanied with the formality of a written contract and dowry, the husband settling his farm at upper Mamacock upon the wife in case of his death or separation from her during life. This farm was situated about two miles north of New London, on the Thames river. In May, 1675, after having two children born to them, she applied to the General Court for a divorce, grounding her petition not only upon the heterodoxy of her husband (that of being a Quaker), but upon certain alleged immoralities. The court, after the delay of nearly a year and a half, granted her petition, but in less than two years she was married again. This marriage was to Peter Pratt, 5 Aug., 1679. She had by him one son, Peter. Her second husband, Peter Pratt, died 24 March, 1688, and shortly afterwards she married a third Imsband, Mathew Beckwith, 2d, by whom she had one daughter, Grisell. Elizabeth Griswold, the wife of three husbands, died in 1727. Mr. Rogers was greatly incensed at the decision of the court in granting a divorce to his wife, He lived a single life about twenty-five years, and then married- himself to Mary Ransford. She is reported to havo been a servant, whom he had bought, and probably of the class of persons then called Redemptionists. Mr. Rogers would not be united in the marriage rite by any minister or magistrate, andproposed to his intended that both go in to the county court room while the court was in session, and there publicly declare their marriage intentions, which proposal was agreed to by the intended. He, leading the bride by the hand, entered into the presence of the assembled court, and there requested the whole assembly to take notice that he took the woman he held by the hand to be his lawful wife, the bride also assenting. This connection was, however, an unhappy one, violent quarrels afterwards arising between the reputed wife and the youngest son of Mr. Rogers. To preserve peace and quiet, the law in several instances was invoked. The elder Rogers himself was compelled to apply to the court for assistance in quelling their domestic broils. In 1703, upon the presentation of the grand jury, the court summoned the reputed wife of John Rogers, Sr., before them, declaring her marriage invalid, and sentenced her to pay a fine of forty shillings or receive ten stripes, and prohibited her return to her reputed husband under still heavier penalties. Upon receiving the sentence she came around to the side of the court, acknowledged her marriage illegal, cast off the protection and authority of Rogers and refused to regard him as her husband. Soon after this she escaped from the confinement in which she had been placed by order of the court and fled to Block Island, leaving her two children by Rogers with him. She was afterwards married to Robert Jones of Block Island. In 1714, John Rogers was again married to Sarah Cole of Oyster Bay L. I., the ceremony being performed in the State of Rhode Island. With this connection there was no trouble. He died of small pox 17Oct., 1721, and was buried upon the bank of the Thames River within the bounds of his Mamacock farm, where he had set aside a place for a family sepulcher. Children by first wife. 23. Elizabeth, b. in New London 8 Nov., 1671; m. Stephen Prentice. 24. John, b. at New London 20 March, 1674; m. Bathsheba, dau. of Richard Smith. Children by second marriage. 25. Gershon, b. at New London 24 Feb., 1699; died at sea, 26. Mary, b. at New London 6 March, 1702; m. Joha Hobbs. She died 5 Oct., 1781, leaving two childwn, James, b. 3 Oct., 1721; Jonathan, b. Aug., 1723.

• Sources

  [S2] History of Montville, H.A. Baker, (Name: Press of The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company;), 178 (Reliability: 3). [S2] History of Montville, H.A. Baker, (Name: Press of The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company;), 181 (Reliability: 3). [S2] History of Montville, H.A. Baker, (Name: Press of The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company;), 177 (Reliability: 3). [S2] History of Montville, H.A. Baker, (Name: Press of The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company;), 179 (Reliability: 3). [S2] History of Montville, H.A. Baker, (Name: Press of The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company;), 180 (Reliability: 3).