THE ROGERS-TURFLER FAMILY

A Search for Ancestors

I. NEWTON WILLIAMS Member of the New York Bar Member of the National Genealogical Society

1946 CLARENCE W. SMITH PRESS Bradley Beach, New Jersey Printed in the U. S. A.

ELIZABETH ROGEI:S 'Tl.HFLEH 1,~m - 1886

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

For the use of copyright material, the author is indebted to the following authors and publishers: Saints and Sinners, George F. Willison, Reyna! & Hitchcock. Epochs of American History, Reuben G. Thwaites, Longman, Green & Co. Pilgrim Story, W. F. Atwood, Memorial Press. Colonial Period of American History, Andrews, Yale University Press. Puritans and Patriots of Long Island, W. Willard Roberts, Col­ umbia Printing Co. History and Genealogy of the Mayflower Planters, by Leon Clark Hills.

GEORGE CASNER TURFLER ELIZABETH ROGERS Married September 5, 1822

On a visit to my cousin Fannie Turfier Van Orden, at Farm­ ingdale, New Jersey, in the summer of 1927, our conversation turned upon a drop-leaf mahogany table which had been a wed­ ding present to my grandmother Elizabeth Rogers on the occasion of her marriage to George Casner Turfier. "Here," I said, "is not only an antique but a family heirloom. It thus has an especial value to us and should always remain in the family." To which Cousin Fannie replied: "Only the other day an antique dealer made me an offer for it." "Indeed," I said. "And do I understand you are considering its sale?" "Yes, I have been considering it." "In that ease, I would very much like to own it. Suppose you name the price, which will make it mine. At the same time, if you wish, you may keep it for the remainder of your life." Fannie was then over seventy years old, so it was not long before I became the possessor as well as the owner of my grand­ mother's wedding gift. Elizabeth Rogers was the daughter of Jacob Rogers of Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, N. Y. She was married to George Casner Turfier September 5, 1822. No one appears to know just where the marriage was celebrated, whether in a church or in a home, who were the bridesmaids, who gave away the bride or who presented her with the fine mahogany drop-leaf table. One fact however is made plain from their portraits: Elizabeth made a lovely young bride and George a handsome stalwart groom. I asked Fannie if she knew where George Casner Turfier was born and who were his parents. But she could not tell me. One thing I knew, however, he had a sister, Amy, after whom my mother was named. It was this Amy who left to my mother, Amy Turfier \Villiams, the portrait of herself as well as that of her son and of her mother in a will dated 1852, and probated in 1852 in the Surrogate's Court of Suffolk County, N. Y. Knowledge of my grandmother's parents was also lacking, but I knew she was of the Rogers Family of Cold Spring Harbor, Long

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Island, N. Y. This was a place long associated with ships and tales of the sea. At that time a busy professional life left me no leisure for study along genealogical lines. Now, however, I have more time, and it is with some enthusiasm that I have taken up the study of my ancestors, so as to reveal to my family what has been hitherto unknown to them along this line. It was Thucidides, the greatest of Athenian historians and philosophers, who wrote: "Both justice and decency ·require that we should bestow on our forefathers an honorable remembrance." And Daniel Webster, in an oration which he delivered on Decem­ ber 22, 1845, declared: "It is wise for us to recur to the history of our ancestors. Those who are regardless of their ancestors do not perform their duty to the world." Thus encouraged, I started by first taking up Elizabeth Rogers Turfier's side of the family tree as I found th~t it goes farthest back in American Colonial history. It is from her side that we have attained membership in the societies of The Sons of the American Revolution, The Daughters of the American Revolution and the Society of Mayflower Descendants. Elizabeth Rogers was born in Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, N. Y. on April 17, 1799. She was the third child of Jacob, son of Jonas Rogers and his second wife Elizabeth Hart, of Cow Harbor, now Northport, Long Island. Jacob's first wife, Esther Wicks, married him on October 14, 1776, and died in childbirth, the child dying the same day. There were seven children born of this first marriage and six by the second. All six lived to a good old age. Elizabeth was in her eighty-seventh year when she died on Febru­ ary 9, 1886. A bible of Sarah E. Rogers-Weller, Jacob Rogers' granddaugh­ ter, is in possession of Harold Gilbert Rogers, his great-grand­ son, of Summit, New Jersey. It contains a marginal note to the .effect that she was born at Number 133 Spring Street, New York City and her husband in Rector Street, New York. The fact that Mrs. Weller was born in Spring Street, New York, may indicate that her parents had moved from Cold Spring Harbor to New York City prior to 1807, the year of her birth, and makes it easier to explain how it cmne about that an attachment sprang up between G.eorge Turfier and Elizabeth Rogers, resulting in their marriage,

8 EARLY HISTORY

George at that time being in business on the Bowery. How they n1et is no doubt better explained by the fact that George's sister Amy had married Ezra Rogers, the brother of Elizabeth, about 1805, so that the two families became acquainted, and finally this ended in the marriage of Elizabeth and George. Elizabeth Rogers was, according to the findings of ,vell-known genealogists, a direct descendant of Thomas Rogers of the May­ flower, one of the forty-two Pilgrims who came to America on the Mayflower, landing, as is so well known, on Plymouth Rock, Massa­ chusetts, in 1620. It is said of these Pilgrims, dissenters from the established Church of England who voyaged to this. country in pursuit ot freeqom of worship, that they were generally of great intelligence, much superior in intellect and human kindness to many who came later.

Early History of the Rogers Family Genealogists disclose that the ancestry of Thomas Rogers of the Mayflower goes back to 1300; that he was a grandson of John Rogers, the first martyr burned at the stake under Queen Mary of England, so-called "Bloody Mary." Eleanor Lexington, a genealogist of note, in an article on the Rogers family says : "Of .early ancestors there was Aaron Rogers, a merchant of Rome, Italy, who in the year 1300, in consequence of religious persecution, fled for his life and took up his residence in London. There he resumed his business as a merchant and became rich. He was the great grandfather of the first Protestant martyr in Mary's reign, John Rogers, who was prebendary of St. Paul's Cathedral and who was burned at the stake at Southfield, February 4, 1555...... A Bible, which it is alleged belonged to him, is carefully preserved in the archives of Alfred University, Alfred, New York. It had been burned. The first part of the 38th Chapter of Exodus is gone, and the tradition is that this book was also burned with him at the stake, though not destroyed." In Americana, Volume 32, published 1938, on page 378-379, it is said: "E. C. Banks is the acknowledged authority on the Mayflower. In the English Ancestry and Homes of the Pilgrim Fathers, by Banks, 1920, it is said of Thomas Rogers (page 378) 'His name is

9 ROGERS FAl\flLY found early in 1620 as taxpayer of the Parish of St. Bartholomew the Great, London...... He was called a 'Camelot merchant' in the Leyden records and appears to have come to Leyden a few years before the immigration, as it was not until 1618 that he acquired citizenship. He was guaranteed by one William Jepson, who was from vVorks op Nolts, and David Wilson of Sandwich, Kent. The names of his children other than Joseph are not in the Leyden records. He sold his house there in April, 1620, preparatory to re­ moval to America'." In "Refugees 1776 from Long Island to Connecticut" Mather, 1913, Lyons Press, page 532, it says: "It seems to be authenticated that the members of this (Rogers) family on Long Island descended from John Rogers, the martyr. He had a son Noah, of Exeter, England, and a grandson, John of D.edham, England, and great grandson Thomas, who came over on the Mayflower." This Thomas was the father of William, the progenitor of the family on Long Island, according to }'lrs. Netta Horton Cook, among others. Who Were These Pilgrims? Thomas Rogers, as also his forebears, were dissenters from the established Church of England. Who, in particular, were these dissenters? We find that John Rogers, rector of St. Margaret Moyses in London and prebendary of St. Paul of Pancreas, St. Paul, London, was the first martyr under Queen Mary burned at the stake, to­ gether with his Bible, February 4, 1555, after trial by Gardner, Bishop of Winchester, for denouncing Popery and urging upon the people a steadfast adherence to the doctrines taught in King Ed­ ward's time. (New International Encyclopedia, Second Edition, Page 82). In "The Lineage of the Rogers Family" by John Cox Under­ wood, is given the family of Thomas Rogers of the Mayflower (1912) as follows : "Thomas Rogers, born 1586, died 1621, wife Grace, married about 1606 in England, probably Dersethshire or Wiltshire. Children: Joseph, born 1607. Thomas, born 1609. John, born 1611. William, born 1613. James, born 1615. And probably a daughter."

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For confirmation Underwood cites the papers of H. H. Rogers, of Southampton, and Standard Oil Co. See also The 1\iayflower Planters, Vol. 1, p. 133, by Leon Clark Hills. "Thomas Rogers, the English Dissenter, had a home in London, apparently in the Parish of St. Bartholomew the Great, as previ­ ously told. He was a taxpayer and early became interested in the Pilgrim movement. He was a member of the Leyden, Holland, con­ gregation. On or before June 25, 1618, he seems to have been fairly well off. In order to come to America he sold his house in Barbara Lane in Leyden in April, 1620, to a party by the name of Mordecai Cohen, for three hundred gelders. Accompanied by his eldest son, Joseph, then about thirteen years of age, he crossed the Atlantic on the ship Mayflower and became one of the signers of the famous 'Compact'. Unfortunately he died a few months after landing at Plymouth." (See Lineage of the Rogers Family by Underwood). These dissenters, persecuted for their religious beliefs in Eng­ land, left there in 1608 for Amsterdam, Holland~ and in 1609 re­ moved to Leyden, Holland. They must not be confused with the Puritans~ · , The Pilgrims separated church and state. They believed in the right and power of Christian people to govern themselves and they believed this at a time when in England it was dangerous to breath~ such an idea. They were hunted out of their homeland, where they were known as ''Brownists," after Robert Brown, founder of ~od­ ern Congregationalism. B!own organized a church at Norwich, England, but :finding his life in danger, he fled to Zealand, then the most Protestant of all states in Europe. The Pilgrims emigrated to the Dutch Republic where conscience was free. Governor Bradford wrote of these Pilgrims : "By a joint consent they resolved to go with the Low Countries, where they heard. there was freedom of religion for all men, and lived at Amsterdam." (This quotation is from a tablet erected at Leyden as a memorial). · The Pilgrims lived at Amsterdam or Leyden until spring, 1620~ Chief among the dissenters, besides the Pilgrims, were the Puritans and Quakers. The Puritans opposed traditional and for­ n1al · usages ; they desired to "purify" the Anglican Church by simplicity in worship; they advocated simpler forms of faith and worship than those of the Established Church in England. Orig­ inally it was a nickname. The Quakers rejected all formal ritual

11 ROGERS FAMILY and outward observances; including "idol temples and steeple houses," condemned war and the taking of oaths. They allowed women to speak at meetings, contrary to the Pauline injunction; members of the Society of Friends. For these religious beliefs they were persecuted by Pilgrims and Puritans alike, as "madmen, lunatics and demoniacs". A number of Quakers were put to death for their beliefs in Massachusetts Bay Colony after due trial and judgement.

JOSEPH ROGERS' SONS WERE CIVIC MINDED

Governor Prince of Plymouth Colony was a terror to the Quakers. He denounced them in the worst possible terms, even to .saying, "I would carry fire in one hand and fagots in the other to burn all -the Quakers in the World." ·Others wer.e just as bad: "Hang them," cried Wilson. In the Massachusetts Colony they had hanged three Quakers, as was said, for "rebellion, sedition and presumptuously obtruding them­ selves." Duxbury especially was a heretical centre from the Massa_; ehusetts viewpoint because of its harboring Quakers. And her.e Governor Prince's policy met stiff opposition. This was led by ''John Holland's brother Arthur and the sons of Joseph· Rogers of the Mayflower." (See Saints and Sinners by Willison, pages 376-381)

VISIONS OF AMERICA AND FREEDOM

In the meantime, news of the settlement of America and the opportunities there for religious freedom were subjects of discus­ sion among the Pilgrims, both in Holland and England. Many members of the Colony in Leyden were desirous of going to this new land. About this time England found her claims to territory in· America disputed by the Dutch. Henry Hudson, an English navigator in the employ of Holland, sailed up the river which now bears his name. Because of this, the Dutch, government claimed ownership of a vast area surrounding the river in all directions. To overcome conflicts between the Dutch and· English as to who

12 ROYAL ,CHARTER owned the newly found territory, it was necessary to have English­ men in large numbers settle there. Also, at that particular time, England was getting ready for w·ar, the one known as the Thirty Years War, lasting as it did fr.om 1618 to 1648. England needed to get assistance from her newly acquired tenitory in America. The settlements, with such newly acquired trade, would no doubt be of help in furnishing needed money for the prosecution of the war. Under such circum­ stances, whether or not the English in Leyden were dissenters, made little difference. Thus the English in Holland, so encour­ aged, started negotiations for a charter which would enable them to settle in the New World. This charter was :finally granted through the efforts of Brew­ ster's ·friend, Sir Edwin Sandys. Sir Edwin obtained two patents, granting certain portions of what was then known as Virginia. Besides this, Sir Edwin loaned the Pilgrims three hundred pounds, without interest for three years. ~s was equal to about fifteen thousand dollars of our money today. In all probability, it was this aid of friendship and money which decided the Pilgrims upon their course. Dr. Griffis points out in his scholarly book about these Pilgrims that "Their descendants in this country, direct and collateral, number millions. By them the heroic Pilgrims have been transfigured; their story has been em­ balmed in art and poetry and kept alive by monuments and celebra­ tions. Descent from a Pilgrim father or mother is like a patent of nobility." (See Pilgrims in Their Three Homes by Griffis, pp 2 and 3). This magnanimous gesture by Sir Edwin in loaning the Pil­ grims this large sum of money without interest and without collateral security, seems to require enquiry. It appears that Sir Edwin was a large stockholder in the "Merchant Adventurers", known as the London Virginia Company. This Company was en­ gaged in promoting colonization to the Virginia Colony with Englishmen and in promoting trade between the colonies and the mother country. Sir Edwin was then its treasurer. It is also disclosed that Thomas Rogers and others of the Pilgrims had invested some of their savings in this Company long before the Mayflower started on her voyage in 1620. (See Mayflower Planters by Hills p. 238 &c).

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Independent of the help of Sir Edwin we find Thomas Weston, a merchant of London, becoming interested in the Pilgrims and their effort to settle in the American Colonies. He probably was familiar with the writings of Explorer John Smith, who was doing what he could in encouraging emigration to the Colonies. Weston with some seventy other merchant venturers, formed a joint stock company to furnish loans to the Pilgrims, to be repaid out of profits from fur and other trading. The money advanced was esti­ mated at £1200 in 1620, but by 1624 the amount was ·increased to £7,000 (Bradfords History Vol. 1, p. 119). Those of the Pilgrims who could only furnish the work of their hands were reckoned as having one share each or £10 in the joint undertaking. So we see the Pilgrims received financial help in their under­ taking to form a Colony in the Americas and that Emigration to the Colonies was encourag.ed and sought. The Pilgrims sailed from Holland to England, in the ship Speedwell, a vessel of 60 tons, but because of its proving unsea­ worthy, they transferred at Southampton to the "Mayflower", a ship of which the following is a description: Length over all, 118 feet S masts Length stem to stern, 90 feet 6 sails Length Keel, 64 feet no jibs Breadth, Near 27 feet 8 gun ports main Breadth, D.eck, 20 feet 1 boat Depth, 11 feet Cable 90 feet Draft, 8 to 10 feet Value 164£ 2 decks forward S decks aft 180 tons burden 244 tons gross (See Land-Ho--1620 by W. Leon Henderson) The Mayflower sailed from England on September 6, 1620, with one hundred and two passengers besides her crew. Her destination v,as Virginia. After sailing sixty-five days, many of which were on exceed­ ingly rough seas, land was sighted, afterwards known to have been Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The captain and passengers, expecting to land in the Hudson River Area of Virginia, set sail again, but a terrific storm arose which turned them about and cast them across a reef into what was to become known as Plymouth Harbor. They decided to land.. (See "Log of the Mayflower," by Ames, page 51). The "Log of the Mayflower" gives the names of the passengers,

14 HARDSHIPS OF PILGRIMS and among them is one named Thomas Rogers, aged about thirty­ three and with him his son, Joseph Rogers, a lad of thirteen. As Joseph was born in 1606 or 1607, this corresponds with his given age in the Underwood Genealogy already rited and helps to estab­ lish the fact that his brother William, born in 1613 was about twenty years old when he arrived in this country, probably about 1633. The charter granted to the Pilgrims, through the efforts of Sir Edwin, gave them possession of lands in the northerly part of what was then known as the Colony of Virginia, up to the Hudson River. They were mere "squatters" on the lands around Cape Cod, with no legal rights thereto. Realizing that they had no rights to the land where they settled, they sent a representative to England in 1621 to negotiate for a charter, but without success. It was not until 1630 that a Royal Charter was brought from England to "William Bradford, his heirs, associates and assigns" enlarging the original grant of tenitory made to the Plymouth settlers. The Charter was designed ''to make you a corporation and so enable you to make and execute lawes in such large and ample manner as ye Massachusetts plantation hath it". Now they "might bear such sway and government as were fit for the ranke and place that God hath called you unto, and stope ye moueths of base and Scurrilous fell owes that are ready to question and threaten you in every action you doe." Bradford in 1630 agreed to surrender the patent and assigned it to "ye freemen of this corporation of New Plimoth". A government was therefore set up under proper representation. (See "Saints and Strangers," Willison, pages 286-7, 317, Encyclo­ pedia Britanica 1944 Vol. 8, p. 1005). A picture of the hardships of the Pilgrims in the winter of 1621 is given by Dr. Cheever in the "Journal of the Pilgrims" page 232 : "Nineteen died in March, half of our company died, the greatest part, in the depths of winter, wanting houses and other comforts, being infected with scurvy and other diseases which this long journey, lowered vitality and exposure to the severest winter and weather brought on." Quick consumption was the most preval­ ent of these diseases. Thomas Rogers died in this winter of 1621. His grave is on Coles Hill, beside those of his friends who died likewise in this terrible wint,er of cold, want and continuous hardships. (See Hist-

15 ROGERS FAMILY ory and Genealogy of the Mayflower Planters, by Hills, 1936, pages 131 and 132) The many graves were disguised by gro\\'ing corn, so that the Indians might not know how the company had been reduced. A memorial to these dead now marks the spot. (See, History of Ply­ mouth Plantation by Bradford, Edition 1898, page 523. See also, The Pilgrims' Story, by Atwood, 1940). Joseph Rogers, son of Thomas, a boy of fourteen at the most, was alone in the New World on the death of his father. But in 1623 he was allotted for his own use two acres of land. According to Scudders Manuscript . . . "The falls of their ground which came first on the Mayflower according to their lots were cast: Joseph Rogers two akers lying on the south side of the Brooke to the bay­ wards." Judging by what is known of him he succeeded in making a. v.ery creditable career, as will be seen. He became known as Lieut. Rogers. . In "The Lineage of the Rogers Family'' by General Underwood, he agrees with Governor Bradford's account. "The other children of the family came over later and the record alleges that they caine from Dorsetshire, England. (H. H. Rogers' papers) · The news of Thomas's death soon reached his widow and chil­ dren in England. General Underwood says, "After the death of the Pilgrim, Thomas Rogers, his widow married twice. . .. In fact, his brother William and friends were close about with whom he could and did leave his wife and younger children when he started on his tlilgrimage, and the children remained with their mother until their Uncle William died. Thomas Rogers' brother William mar­ ried his widow and some years after, upon William's death, she entered a third marriage with one Roger Porter." It is probable that the other children, mentioned by Bradford, left England for America, shortly after their mother's third marriage, to join their brother. No record of this marriage has been found, but assuming it took place about 1630, the son William was then about 17 years of age. His brother John preceded him to the Colonies for we find him "rated" in Plymouth in 1633. (See Drummond, page 288).

JOHN ROGERS ESTABLISHED AS A SON OF THOMAS John Rogers sailed for America before his brother William. In 1630, he was about twenty years of age, while William was

16 JOSEPH ROGERS eighteen. It is quite probable that William was named for the uncle who afterwards became his step-father. Judge Joshua H. Drummond of Portland, Maine, genealogist, finds that when John came to America "he naturally would be with his brother. We find him named with Joseph in 1633 and trace him almost year by year till his death in 1691." (Page 278). Among those rated (taxed) March 25, 1633, were Joseph Rogers and John Rogers-nine shillings each." (Page 288) Drummond further finds, from his exhaustive examination of the Records of Plymouth Colony, that John Rogers of Duxbury was the son of Th9mas of the Mayflower. The Records of the May­ flower Descendants (which was incorporated in 1895) agree with this ~ding.

JOSEPH ROGERS OF THE MAYFLOWER In 1623 Joseph Rogers was allotted two acres of land in the ''first dispersal" by the Pilgrims. By special authority he main­ tained a public ferry across the Jones River "near his house." He was allowed to charge a penny fare, the penny being about equal to ten cents of our money. (See History of Duxbury, page 289). Joseph and his brother John were rated, or taxed, nine shillings each in Duxbury on March 25, 1632. (See Huxley, Genealogy of the_ Mayflower Pilgrims, Mail and Express Co. Publication, Part II, page 11) Two bro~hers by the name of Southworth, on April 6, 1640, deeded to Joseph and John Rogers fifty acres each of "upland where Vassal's farm is at North River." The two brothers lived near each other in the southerly part of Duxbury. (See Drum­ mond's book, page 288) Joseph Rogers was made a member of the Council of Josiah Winslow, Chief Military Commander, in 1658. (History of Dux­ bury by Winsor, page 101). In 1640 he held the office of constable for Duxbury. (History of Duxbury, page 81) In August, 1643, he was found by the Court "able to bear arms for Duxbury". (Winsor, page 93). Later, Joseph moved to Roxbury, where he was given the title of lieutenant. He had seven children. He died January 25, 1678. He made a will which is dated March 5, 1678 and which was "proved" March 5, 1678. (See Drummond, pages 2 and 3).

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RECORD AS TO JOHN, SON OF THOMAS ROGERS

Already mentioned are his being "rated" in 1632 and, together ·with his brother Joseph, of purchasing one hundred acres in Dux­ bury, where they lived, from Southworth and brother. March 5, 1638, he was proposed "to take up freedom". (Hux­ ley, Genealogy of the Mayflower Pilgrims, Part 2, page 11). April 16, 1639, he married Ann Churchman (Id. page 12). In 1657 he represented the Township of Duxbury in the Mas­ sachusetts Legislature. (History of Duxbury by Winsor, p 77) In 1666 he was elected ConstaQle for Duxbury (Id. p 81) March 9, 1687, he executed a deed of lands to his grandchildren, which for lack of witnesses was proved before the Court. (See Drummond) He had four children. He died about September 1692. His will is dated August 28, 1691. It was proved September 20, 1692, and appoints his "loving son John" executor. (Id. p. 298).

CONDITIONS IN. PLYMOUTH COLONY 1631-2

Plymouth Plantation had established a trading post with the Indians on the Kennebunk River in Maine as early as 1627 and was doing a prosperous business there in trading for furs. (See Saints & Strangers pp. 263, 278, 286-8) The Indian Sachem Wahquennaset of the Connecticut River tribe of Indians in 1631 first suggested to the Governors of Mas~a­ chusetts and Plymouth Colonies that_ they establish a trading post on the Connecticut River. Gov. Bradford in his History gives a detailed account of this. He tells of the off er of the Indians to the Massachusetts Colony to establish a trading post on the "Fresh" or Connecticut River. The Massachusetts Colony sent a delegation there to enquire into existing conditions and it reported that there were four or five thousand Indians in the surrounding country, some of whom were hostile and warlike, like the Pequods, and recommended that the offer be refused as too dangerous. Bradford then states: "The Plymouth Colony offered to go into partnership with the Massachusetts Colony in establishing this trading post and that

18 JOSEPH AND JOHN ROGERS "RATED" off er being turned down the Plymouth Colony decided to under­ take it alone and he describes how the Plymouth Colony made the frame of a house all ready to .erect and having a good sized Bark how they stored the frame in her hold with boards and "nayles" to cover and :finish it; also they had "all other provisions fitting for their use." In 1633 this expedition sailed from Plymouth. About the time these negotiations were pending between the Massachusetts and Plymouth Colonies, John, son of Thomas Rog­ ers of the Mayflower, in all probability, sailed from England for Plymouth when about twenty years of age, for we find him and his brother Joseph "rated" there on March 25, 1633. It probably took a year or two for John, after he reached Plymouth, to acquire prop­ erty a~d be "rated." The cost of a passage from Plymouth, England, to Plymouth Plantation, Massachusetts, was, in 1632: Passage £ 1 11 weeks Dyatt 2 11 s 4 d or equal in our money today to $200. (See Saints and Strangers p. 474). Correspondence undoubtedly passed between the brothers John and Joseph of Plymouth and their brother William in England tell­ ing of the offer of the Indians to establish the trading post on the Connecticut River and the opportunity for freedom in worship and to make a good living in fur trading with the Indians ; also possibly of his brother Joseph's need of help to operate his "Ferry" across the Jones River. We can picture what effect these alluring oppor­ tlmities would have on young William's mind, then (1638) in his twentieth year. We can see too that the third marriage of his mother to one Porter would make unpleasant his further stay at home in England, perhaps unwanted by his new step-father. It is quite probable that the brothers helped William with his passage money. Brother John, in leaving England, probably promised Wil­ liain help to follow him to Plymouth. Joseph and John were no doubt anxious to have their brother with them in America. Besides the Merchants Venturers, both of London and of Virginia, were anxious to obtain emigrants to the new colonies.

19 ROGERS FAMILY WILLIAM, SON OF THOMAS OF THE MAYFLOWER, COMES TO PLYMOUTH COLONY We have as witness the statement of no less a person than Governor William Bradford, second Governor of Plymouth Planta­ tion, elected in 1621 and who served as Governor almost continu­ ously from 1621 to near his death in 1657. Bradford left to pos­ terity his MSS History of Plymouth Plantation, printed for the first time by the Massachusetts Historical Society in 1856. At p. 533 Governor Bradford states, in giving the names of the pas­ sengers on the Mayflower in 1620: "Thomas Rogers and Joseph his sone. His other chil­ dren came afterwards." At p. 534 Gov. Bradford states in 1650, in his 30 years' review of the "Decreasings and Increasings" ·of the pilgrims: " ... and seeing that it hath pleased Him to give me to see 30 years completed since these beginnings; '(1620)' and that the great works of his providence are to be observed, I have thought it not unworthy my pains to take a view of the decreasings & increasings of these persons and such· changes as hath passed over them and theirs in the thirty years.· It may be of some use to such as come after, but I shall rest in my own benefit. I will therefore take them in order." At p. 537 the Governor states as to Thomas Rogers: "Thomas Rogers dyed in the first sickness, but his sone Joseph is still living and is married and hath 6 children. The rest of Thomas Rogers (children) came over and are mar­ ried and have many children." It is illuminating to see what the Governor states 30 years after the landing of the Mayflower about this little Colony of Pilgrims, to see the effect of the ravages of time on them and to show his intimate knowledge of what he relates about them. "Of these 100 persons which came first over on this first ship together, the greater halfe dyed in the general mortali­ ty and most of them in 2 or three months' time. And for those which survived, tho some were ancient & past procrea­ tion, and others left ye place and countries, yet of those, few remaining are young, up above 160 persons in this 30 years and are now living in this present year 1650, besides many of their children which are dead and come not within this account. And of the old stock (of one or another) there are yet living this present year 1650 mere 30 persons."

20 WETHERSFIELD A PLYMOUTH COLONY

Governor Bradford evidently in this review of the Plymouth Colonists had made a thorough census of the people. It was a part of his official duty as Governor to take note of those who com­ posed and were a part of the Plantation. He probably helped in seeing recorded those eligible to be "rated". We know that besides Joseph's six children, John Rogers had four. These together would not make "many". But if we add William's six children, they together in 1650, when this review was written, would make "many" in a small community of Pil­ grims. It should be borne in mind that the settlement on the Connec­ ticut River was part of the Pilgrim Colony. It was unsettled wild country, inhabited only by the Indians before the Dutch built a fort on the river and the Pilgrims .established their trading post and settlement at Wethersfield (previously known as Winsor) .

WETHERSFIELD ON CONNECTICUT RIVER WAS A PLYMOUTH COLONY William, when 20, probably reached Plymouth in 1632 or early 1633. He, no doubt, was offered work by his brother Joseph on his Ferry boat which plied over the Jones River, but excitement was running high at this time among the Pilgrims about establishing the Trading Post on the Connecticut. Volunteers were needed. The prospect of getting rich experience in trading for furs at­ tracted a young man of 20. So we :find the Volunteers for this dangerous adventure ready to sail. The "frame" of the Trading Post was ·stored below deck so that it could be put up quickly in event of there being any hostile action by the Indians ; if need be they could then fight "behind" barricades. Gov. Bradford states in his MSS History: "When they sailed up the Connecticut River the Dutch of near-by New York and Long Island who had a settlement on the River, demanded to know their intentions. The Ply­ mouth men answered that they were headed up the great river to trade. The Dutch demanded that they desist from any such venture or they would shoot them and stood by their ordinance "ready fitted". The former then declared that they had a commission from the Governor of Plymouth to proceed to such a place and even if the Dutch should shoot

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them they would proceed just the same. So they went along and the Dutch threatened them hard, yet they shot not. Coming to their place they dropped their house quickly and landed their provisions and left ye company appointed and sent the Bark home." (See Bradford's History, Edition 1898, pp. 313, 372 and 373). Another record of the offer of the Indians of the Connecticut Valley to the Plymouth Colonists to start a settlement is given in "The Indians of Connecticut" by De Forest (1871) p. 75: "In July 1633 Winslow and Bradford of Plymouth made a proposition to the Governor of Massachusetts to establish a Trading Post for raising of hemp and trading in furs. Gov. Winthrop of Massachusetts Colony refused, saying, the river ("Long" or Connecticut River) was held by war­ like Indians who could raise 3,000 to 4,000 Waniors. Un­ discouraged by these representations the Plymouth people first offered to go into co-partnership with the Massachu­ setts Colony, but this offer was refused. Then the Plym­ outh Colony determined to effect the settlement alone and in October of the same year William Holmes was sent thith­ er with a vessel, a small company of men and the frame of a house stored under deck. He sailed up the river ( Con­ necticut River), passed the Dutch fort at Hartford in spite of the remonstrations and threats of the garrison and erected his Trading House in the present Township of Windsor (later known as Wethersfield) a little below the junction of the Farmington with the Connecticut." It is unfortunate that Gov. Bradford did not give the names of the brav.e men of Plymouth Colony who volunteered for this hazardous undertaking. He states the Captain was one Holmes. It is interesting, however, to follow this MSS History of Plym­ outh Plantation. It was taken by the British during the War of the Revolution from the library of Thomas Prime, pastor of Old South Church, Boston. Years after, in 1844, it ,vas found in Ful­ ham Palace, in the library of the Lord Bishop of London, London, England. There it remained until brought back to the United States in 1898 by our Ambassador to Great Britain, the Hon. Thomas F. Bayard, and by him was delivered to the Governor of Massachusetts. It is now lodged in the Archives of the Common­ wealth's Capitol in Boston. While we have not the names of the men of Plymouth Colony who volunteered to establish the trading post at Wethersfield on

22 EARLY PASSENGER LISTS the Connecticut River, we find the record of a deed to William Rogers of five lots or pieces of land at Wethersfield where the trading post was located. The lots were described as "all adjoining as many owned by Thomas Wicks or Weeks, hence may have been son-in-law." These lots were deeded to William Rogers sometime between 1633 and 1640. He probably received them in the first allotment of land among the settlers. The deed was filed in 1640 to comply with an ordinance requiring the filing of all deeds. (See History of Ancient Wethersfield by Stiles, Vol. 1, page 293) Wil.;. liam's wife was Ann, daughter of Edmund Sherman. (See Scud­ ders MSS, page 717) In deciding whether or not William Rogers was the son of Thomas Rogers, it is immaterial whether we find him of Lynn, or Plymouth, Massachusetts, or Wethersfield, first known as Winsor, Connecticut, because at the time all these places were within the bounds of the Plymouth Colony; and Governor Bradford's state­ ment that "his (Thomas Rogers') other children came ov:er after", and in his history, written in 1650, stated that they (Thomas') children had ''many children", applied to all three of these places, as all were of the Plymouth Colony. Governor Bradford's MMS for 1633-5 is devoted to the Con­ necticut River settlement and the profitable trading in furs and agricultural products (See 1901 Ed. page 419) thus showing the importance to the Pilgrims of this business venture.

PASSENGER LISTS OF SHIPS SAILING TO MASSACHUSETTS 1600-1635

Lists of passengers on ships sailing from England to America from 1600 to 1635 have been published as far as they are preserved. In the Preface to Book giving names of passengers it is stated: "Actually the ravages of fire and time have left to suc­ ceeding generations but little of these· all too incomplete documents made by the Shipping or Port authorities in those Early days". (See Passenger Lists of Ships crossing to N. A. 1607 to 1623) John Rogers' name does not appear on any of the passenger lists published between 1600 and 1633-except that one Rev. John Rogers, a minister, is named who came on ship ''White Angel"

23 ROGERS FAMILY and arriv.ed at Plymouth in 1623. (See Planters of the Common­ wealth, by Banks, p. 60). This minister had to be returned to England, for, after a short ministry at Plymouth, it was "perceived, upon some triall, that he was crazed in his braine". ( See Saints & Strangers, p. 346) Likewise the name of William Rogers does not appear on any of the Passenger Lists between 1600 and January, 1635. So we have John and William with no record o.f their leaving England or their arriving at Lynn, a good harbor about 50 miles from Plymouth, until we find the record of John being rated in 1633 in Plymouth, and William with the Plymouth Colony at Wethersfield, Conn., as owning land in 1640 "or earlier''. "Ea.flier'' is explained in the text by stating that land owners procrastinated in filing their deeds. Hence William may have received his deed in the :first allotment of land among the Pilgrim voyagers to the Connecticut River, about 1634. We have shown that Thomas Rogers had a son William, born in 1613. (Joseph, born in 1607, came to Plymouth with his father on the Mayflower, aged 13). John, born in 1611, sailed for Massa­ chusetts about 1630, aged 20, to join his brother Joseph, as here we find him "rated" at Plymouth in 1632 a member of the Colony.

DECISIONS AND AUTHORITIES ON IDENTITY OF PERSONS Wharton on Criminal Evidence, Section 13, says : "Human identity is an inference drawn from a series of facts, some of them veiled, it may be, by disguise and all of them more or less varied in circumstances . . . . after all we have to go back to opinion." In Law of Identification by Harris, Sec. 189, it states: "Identity will be presumed from the name and other facts and circumstances indicating or pointing to the party as the identical person in question (citing: Commonwealth v Costello 120 Mass 358; Jones v Parker 20 N.H. 31; Brown v Keim 33 Ill. 339.) Sec. 99. It is held in England that it is not necessary to make strict proof of identity of the defendant in an action with the person of the same name, concerning whom a witness gave evidence. The similarity of the name will be sufficient to throw the burden of proof on the defendant to show that he

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is not the person spoken of. The identity of the name, as we have seen, is to be taken as prima-facie evidence of the identi­ ty of person." The Supreme Court of the United States had the case before it, of St-ebbins ~s Duncan, 108 U.S. Reports at page 32, decided 1883, which involved identity of persons, arising from the destruc­ tion in the Chicago fire of 1871 of the official records of deeds and other instruments in that County. Sixty-one years elapsed between the recording of the deed and the trial. The witnesses to the deed and the grantor were all dead. The signatures of the deceased witnesses to deed were duly proved by "itnesses who knew their signatures, but it was urged upon the court (see page 47) that "it was necessary to prove the identity of the grantor to the deed; that is to say, that the John J. Dunbar by whom the deed pur­ ported to be executed was the same John J. Dunbar named in the patent for the lands in controversy." The Court by Justice Woods, speaking for the unanimous deci­ sion of the Court, said: "In any case slight proof of identity is sufficient. Nelson vs Whittal, 1 B & Aid 19 ; Warren vs Anderson, 8 Scott 384; 1 Selwyn N.P. 538, note 7, 18th Edition. But the proof or identity in this case was ample. In tracing titles, identity of names is prima f acie evidence of identity of persons. Brown vs Metz 38 ID. 339; Gates vs Loftus, 3 A K, Marsh 202; Gitt vs Watson, 18 Mo 274; Balbee vs Donaldson, 2 Grant (Pa) 450; Bogue vs Bigelow, 29 Vt. 179; Chamblee vs Tarbox 27 Tex, 149; See also Sewall vs Evans 4 Ad-E (N.S.) 626; Roden vs Hyde Id 629." The meaning of this decision is that Thomas Rogers of the Mayflower having a son William, born in 1613, and William having come to the American Colonies presumably to join his brothers, Joseph and John, it is a legal presumption arising from the facts and circumstances herein disclosed that he is the son of Thomas Rogers. The burden of proof to show that he is not the son of Thomas is thereupon shifted to the one who asserts it is "not proven."

CAREER OF WILLIAM ROGERS AFTER WETHERSFIELD First let us take a glance at the conditions at Wethersfield and of the Connecticut Colony of Pilgrims.

25 ROGERS FA~IILY Gov. Bradford in his History tells of difficulties met by the Pilgrims at the Trading Post on the Connecticut River. The Pequot War broke out in 1637. He states: "The Indians fell openly upon the English at Conightecut in the lower part of the River and slew sundry of them (as they were at work in the :fields) both men and women to the great terror of the rest. The Narragansett Indians joined ,vith the English in fighting the Pequots." (See pp. 419-424). · About 1640 there arose questions about the territory included in the Charter granted by the King of England to the Connecticut Colony and the matter was submitted to the Court for its decision. The Charter was found by the Court to be valid as appears by the record. The Court decided: ''Whereas His Majesty had been graciously pleased to confer by Charter all that portion of his dominion in New England bounded as in said Charter expressed, with the is­ lands adjoining: This Court doth declare that they claim Long Island for one of these Islands expressed in the Char­ ter, except a precedent right doth appear approved by His Majesty." (See Public Records, Connecticut, page 427). Long Island was thus made a part of Connecticut Colony.

WILLIAM ROGERS AT SOUTHAMPTON, L I.

As Long Island was a part of Connecticut, it is easy to see that when the impulse for further pioneering seized William Rogers he naturally would extend his explorations to one of the islands form­ ing a part of the Connecticut Colony. Travel in those days was mainly by water. Some eighteen men got together in 1640, set sail for the southern shore of Long Isiand, and landed in June, 1640 at Conscience Point on what was to become afterwards known as Southampton. These men came from the region of Lynn, Massa­ chusetts. It should be stated here that Lynn was, in those years an ideal harbor for ships, deeper, safer, than Plymouth Harbor. Naviga­ tors favored it for the discharge of passengers and cargo. Lynn is about fifty .miles by water from Plymouth. Can there be any doubt that William Rogers, after landing at Lynn, would make haste to join his brothers, Joseph and John?

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William Rogers was one of this company, as we :find his name inscribed on a bronze tablet on a monument erected to commemor- 2te the landing of the :first settlers of the tovn1 of Southampton. The names on this tablet are : Howell, Hedges, Halsey, Cook, Sayre, Post, Foster, Pelletreau, Sandford, White, Hand, Topping, Rogers (William) Pierson, Woodruff, Ludlow, Hunting and Jaggar. (See History of Long Island by Prime, page 187; History of Long Island by Munsell, page 24) It is said of these pioneers: "They cmne not with the spirit of adventure, or in search of wealth, but because they had a sense of \'ision-a dream of larger, freer and fuller life-a new world was needed for its expansion." This was said in an address on the oc­ casion of the Three Hundredth anniversary of the founding of the town of Southampton. In Southampton William Rogers appears as one of the first landowners. Here he built a substantial house on what became Main Street. In 1648 he deeded this house to his son Obadiah. The Scudder Manuscript states that this property has passed through several of William Rogers' descendants in this order:· Obadiah, 1655 Herrick, 1792 Obadiah Jr. 1692 Albert, 1827 Zephaniah, 1783 Cordelia, 1854 In records of Southampton by Pelletreau, pp 36 and 37, the au­ thor states: "It appears on March 6, 1645, that William Rogers obtained an order of Court defining his rights to certain lands." The records and books on Southampton also contain quite a num­ ber of entries concerning the doings of William Rogers. (See Records of the town of Southampton, 1874). Among other items the following appears: April 8, 1653. William Rogers chosen Clerk of the Board. Page 89. In 1650, he and four others were chosen by the Court for "The governing of town affairs" (1st Book of Records, page 76). March 8, 1653, he was named one of a "squadron of fifty men for cutting out of what whales shall be cut up." They ,vere to get one­ third for their pains. On October 6, 1655 \Villiam Rogers and two ethers were chosen townsmen. (Same records, page 108).

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WILLIAM ROGERS AT HEMPSTEAD, L. I. The spirit of adventure again seized William Rogers for we find him next at Hempstead, Long Island, a place easily reached by water from Southampton. In Onderdonk's Annals of Hempstead, Long Island, published in 1878, p. 63 is given the original list of proprietors of Hempstead and among the names is that of William Rogers. ~t states: "1706, February 12. \iVhereas at the first settling of our town it ,vas settled upon fifty proprietary lots." Here follow the names of forty-seven settlers and the list includes that of William Rogers. Then it goes on to say "The other three names were eaten out of the book by the mice." (This indicates that the entry was vecy old at the time this record · was made in 1706) It thus appears that William Rogers was one of the early En­ glish landowners at Hempstead. At the time that he settled at Hempstead, about 1647, the Dutch claimed everything between the Connecticut and Delaware rivers. The New Englanders were advised by one Boswell in 1642, who represented England at the Hague, ''to put forward their plantations and crowd on, crowding the Dutch out of those places where they have occupied." Settlements were pushed accordingly southward on Long Island. Peter Stuyvesant, then governor of New Netherlands, bitterly complained of these encroachments. 'Ihe matter was finally in 1651 left to arbitration. The arbitration resulted in fixing a provisional boundary line which, on the main­ land, was not to come within ten miles of the Hudson river and which gave to Connecticut the greater part of Long Island. (See The Colonies 1492-1750 by Thwaites p. 163) The Dutch were exceedingly hostile to the English settlers at Hempstead, for we find William Rogers with a company of friends sailing from Hempstead back to Southampton.

WILLIAM ROGERS AT HUNTINGTON, LONG ISLAND In the History of Suffolk County published by W. W. Munsell & Company in 1882 are given the names of the persons who ar­ rived in Huntington between 1653 and 1664 and among those names v.Te find that of William Rogers. (Page 6)

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"Jonas Wood, William Rogers and Thon1as \Vicks, on or about the last day of July, 1656, purchased and obtained a deed from the Matinincot Indians through their Sachem Asharakin, which conveyed to them a tract of land about four miles square on which the Town of Huntington, Long Island, now stands." The consideration paid for the territory included in this deed vvas: "2 coats, four shirts, seven quarts of licker and 11 oz. pow­ der." (Page 9). This was known as the Eastern Land Purchase. (See also Silas Wood's Sketch of Huntington, Edited by W. s.· Pelletreau, 1898, p. 57). Attention is called to the fact already mentioned that at Wethersfield Thomas Wicks, named in the Indian deed, owned land adjoining to land of William Rogers. It might properly be asked what evidence is there that the William Rogers of Wethersfield is the same person who afterwards settled in Hempstead, ·Southampton and Huntington. The late Anne·Arnoux Huxley, a genealogist of note, who wrote the gene­ alogies of· the Passengers of the Mayflower (See Publication by Mail and Express Publishing Company, 1896) discovered a "quit claim" deed recorded in the office of the Town Clerk of North Hem.P:. stead, at Roslyn, Queens County, Volume E, pages 18 and 19, exe­ cuted by the widow of Obadiah Rogers of Southampton, Suffolk, N. Y., in which on August 13, 1735, she quit claimed: "In consideration of 10 pounds 10 shillings to Jeremiah Wood of the town of Hempstead '.'what right I have or ought to have to any of the estate in the township of Hempstead formerly purchased by my grandfather, William Rogers, deceased". This deed establishes that the William Rogers who settled in Hempstead i~ the same person who was married to Ann Sherman, the grandmother of Obadiah Jr., who came from Southampton, L. I. · Attention is also called to the recital in the deed made by Noa~ Rogers to Jonathan Rogers in which he describes himself as "Noah Rogers of Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, formerly an inhabi­ tant of Huntington, Long Island, and conveys to my brother Jona­ than" lands described therein. ( See Vol. 1 of Deeds, p. 539, also ·v 01. 1 of Deeds, p. 680 or 683 ; Scudders MSS p. 718). William Rogers died a resident of Huntington, Long Island, between the date of the deed, July 30, 1656, from the Shinnecock Indians to him and two others, and the date of the followi~g deed,

29 ROGERS FAMILY May 1st, 1667. On the latter date, a deed was given by John Mat­ thews to Thomas Wicks of land at Huntington, Long Island, which describes property as bounded on the South side of "the lot of Widow Rogers." (See Huntington Town Records, page 190) No other record of the death of William Rogers has been found, except in the History and Genealogy of the Mayflower Planters by Hills (1936) where it is stated that he died in Huntington, Long Island, in 1669. (Page 132, 133). This date is evide~tly erroneous as the deed dated May 1, 1667, mentions his widow, so that his death must have antedated this deed.

CONCLUSION

Governor Bradford's statement in his history made from per­ sonal knowledge of Thomas Rogers' "other children", the deeds and r.ecords and names to which records are herein given, estab­ lish · conclusively that William Rogers of Lynn, Plymouth Colony, Wethersfield, Southampton, Hempstead and Huntington, Long Island, are one and the same person.

WHAT THE BOOKS ON GENEALOGY SAY OF WILLIAM ROGERS OF WETHERSFIELD AND LONG ISLAND American Ancestry, Volume 4, page 149 (Munsell, publisher, iss9): "Rogers, William, of Hempstead, Long Island 1647, died 1650, (married Ann) who died 1664, son of Thomas of the Mayflower, 1620". "Rogers, William, 1642, probably descendant of John Rogers, English martyr, through grandson, Thomas, of the Mayflower". (See Puritans and Patriots of Long Island by W. Willard Roberts 1936) Huxley's Genealogy of the "Passengers of the Mayflower, in History of the Rogers Family," Part 2 Mail & Express edition, pages 16 & 17, says: "The line now given is very comprehensive, follows the Pilgrims becoming . . . . . and must of necessity make authentic claims of many families.

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l. Thomas Rogers of the Mayflower. II. Wlliam Rogers of Huntington, moved to Southamp­ ton, Long Island, a landowner from 1642 to 1645, married Anne a widow, who died in 1669. As a ,vidow makes a will". At page 17, Huxley further states: "In speaking of the Plymouth Records, a correspondent writes: 'In only one book could I find anything about his other Children (Thomas) who came over later, William, who settled in Hempstead, Long Island, and John, who owned land in Plymouth, and his brother Joseph'." .Scudder's Manuscript (Huntington, Long Island, Public Li- brary) at page 717 says : "Thomas Rogers of Mayflow.er.. First generation. William Rogers, at Southampton, Long Island, 1642-45 :'.' at Hempstead 1647, who was a son of Thomas of Mayflower, . .says American Ancestry (no proof) Memo from Rollin W •. Rogers, Cohoes, N. Y." See also Refugees 1776 from Long Island to Connecticui, by Mather (Lyons Press 1913) page 532, which quotes genealogist Metta Horton Cook as finding that Thomas Rogers was the father of William, the progenitor of the f arnily on Long Island, as follows : ''It seems to be authenticated that members of this (Rogers) family on Long Island descended from John Rog­ ers, the martyr. He had a son, Noah, of Exeter, England, and a grandson John, of Dedham, England, and a great grandson, Thomas, who came over on the Mayflower. The last named was the father of William, the progenitor of the family on Long Island". John Dean conjectured many years ago that he was a descend­ ant of the Springfield martyr burned with his Bible at the stake in Queen Mary's reign. (History of Duxbury, p. 298)

N. Y. Tribune Dec. 2, 185~Rogers Family Reunion

"THE ROGERS FAMILY"-The Litchfield (.Conn.) Enquirer contains an account of a late re-union of the "Rogers Family" of that State, descend­ ants of John Rogers, the martyr, from which we glean the following facts of public interest: _.. Thomas Rogers, a grandson of the martyr, and one of his sons, came to this country in the Mayflower in 1620. Not long after other members .of Thomas's family came over. They remained in Plymouth Colony about 26 years, or until 1646-50. Then, it appears, they removed to Huntington, Long Island, which place at that time was under the jurisdiction of Con- necticut. ·

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Noah Rogers the 1st, a grandson of Thomas of the Mayflo-,ver, was born at Huntington. Early in life he removed to Branford, Conn. In 1673 he married Elizabeth Taintor, daughter of Michael Taintor who came from Wales. Noah the 2nd and Noah the 3d were born in Branford. From that time to the present there has been a Noah in each succeeding generation. Noah the 2nd married Elizabeth Wheeler of Branford. Noah the 3d mar­ ried Rhoda Leete of Guilford, a great, great grand-daughter of Governor Leete, and it was their descendants mostly who were convened on this occasion." (The above is certified as correct by Harry A. Gilbert, a great grandson of David Rogers, in whose possession the original is. He states that it was cut out of ''Tribune" by David Henry Rogers, son of David Rogers). This newspaper report, made ninety years ago of the reunion of the Rogers family, is old enough to have what Dr. James Moffat called the "thrill of tradition" for it tells about Noah Rogers of Branford, a known son of William and grandson of Thomas Rogers of the Mayflower. It contains information gathered from the Noah branch of the family. He was the same Noah of Branford, formerly of Huntington, L. I., who made a deed to his brother Jonathan. .(Seep. 29). On questions of heredity, hearsay testimony of mem­ .bers of the family is received by courts as evidence. Here is the .evidence of great-grandchildren of Noah Rogers, a son of Wil­ liam. From generation to generation the family history is dis­ cussed, reiterated and handed down among the several members of most families. We find in the report of this family reunion held in 1854, their statement that Noah was the son of William Rogers and that William was the son of Thomas of the Mayflower. These authorities on genealogy, coupled with the statement made from personal knowledge by Governor Bradford in his History, establish that William Rogers of Plymouth Colony was the son of Thomas Rogers of the Mayflower.

Membership Societies' Decisions Are Subject to Review by the Courts Decisions as to right to membership in a Society dependent upon descent from a certain person in a group-such as a passen­ ger on the 1620 trip of the Mayflower-must be reasonable and in ·harmony with established law. The decision of the genealogist of the Society should conform with what Courts would decide on the same state of facts and the presumptions arising from those facts. Their decisions on right to membership may not be arbitrary.. If 32 FAMILY OF ,vILLIAM ROGERS the facts furnished with the application for membership and the proper inferences to be drawn from the circumstances surrounding those facts call for a decision favorable to the applicant, the ap­ plicant should be admitted to ·membership. In other words, if the applicant makes out a prima-facie case and the only answer of· the Society is "not proven," the Court would, without doubt, order the Society to admit the applicant to membership, assuming his name has been passed upon favorably as to character, etc., by the mem­ bership committee. That the Society's genealogist should come to the conclusion that his descent is "not proven" is not sufficient. Article 78 of the New York Practice Act, Section 1283, is authority in New York for an application to the Court, by · one whose · application for membership was rejected, to review the adverse decision of the Society and to grant him relief. See In ·Re Charles W. Rica on behalf of himself and all others similarly situ­ ated against Flushing Hospital and Dispensary et als, where the Court ordered the Hospital to admit the applicant to membership in the Hospital. On appeal to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court this decision as to membership was affirmed by a unanimous decision, 266 Appellate Division Reports, p. 689.

THE FAMILY OF WILLIAM ROGERS OF LYNN, PLYMOUTH PLANT.A.TYON, WETHERSFIELD, SOUTHAMPTON, HEMPSTEAD AND HUNTINGTON, LONG ISLAND

William Rogers, son of Thomas Rogers of the Mayflower, mar­ ried Ann, (b. 1601, d. 1669) d. of Edmund Sherman. They had six children: I Jonathon, who died in 1709; II Obadiah of Bran­ ford, Conn., died 1692; III John, IV Noah, V Mary, VI Hannah. Scudders MSS p. 717 and Mayflower's Planters by Hills (1936) state that the eldest son Jonathan was not named in Ann Rogers' Will, but that he was a son is accepted. In Sessions Book No. 1, (p. 1-3) in Suffolk County Clerk's Of­ fice, is found the Will of Ann Rogers, widow of William. A few months before her death she sold her homestead to her son-in-law, husband of her daughter Mary, Samuel Messenger. She was probably living with him there at the time of her death. Both are mentioned in her Will.

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WILL OF ANN ROGERS OF HUNTINGTON, L. L

The last Will and Testament of Ann Rogers, late of Hunting­ ton, made ye 22nd of November, 1669: I give unto my sone Obadiah 10 pounds and 40 pounds to his eldest son. Item.-I give unto the rest of my sons six pounds a piece. Item.-Speaking about sheep, she said that John should have his owne. And I give unto Noah two ewes; And I give unto Samuel and my daughter Mary 3 sheep goeing in his Iott. I give unto my son Samuel one cow and one heyfer. ltem.-I give unto my daughfers Mary and Hannah, my pewter, brass household stuff and wearing clothes to be divided be­ tween them. Item.-I give my swine to be divided among my children. She said all the rest after she had expressed her mind concern­ ing Obadiah. November 22 Ano. Dom. 1669 Witness my hand Wm. Leverich (Note: Mr. Leverich was Minister of the First Church of Hunting­ ton (no records exist). Mr. Leverich hath sworne to the truth of this will before me. Jonas Wood, Catharine Jones have sworn to the truth of this will before me. Jonas Wood Mary Jarvis ye mark of Catharine Jones By ye Courts appoyntment endorsed on the back of ye original of the said will, as followeth: The written will being presented to the .Court of Sessions (held l\larch 2, 1669, at Southampton) the Court doe accept of the proof thereof and are fully satisfied there with, and at ye request of Divers of the Legatees under their hands ex­ pressed, ye Court doe constitute and appoynt Samuel Titus of Hunt­ ington to bee the lawfull executor of the sd. will and testament whoe is ordered by the Courf not to impropriate to his own use or dispose to any p'son any of ye estate of the within mentioned Ann Rogers, deceased, untill bee hath caused to be taken according to law, a true and just inventory of ye said estate, which inventory he is to send down into the hands of ye Clarke of ye Sessions, or at furthest to deliver in to the Court at Southold to bee there held next June. And when the estate is apprized and ye Legacies and Debts payed and Diss charged, the overplus (if any) shall be equally divided amongst all the children of her the deceased. Samuel Titus ingaged to the Court to p'form & execute what the will re­ quireth. A Record & True Coppy &c. The inventory was valued at 95 pounds 17 shillings and 3 pence. Prized by wee whose names is subscribed Attested upon Oath John Ted before Mr. Wood Joseph Whitman Her debts were: To Mr. Leverich-12 Shillings; To Thomas Skid- more-.04 Shillings; To Caleb Wood-.03 Shil­ lings; To Joseph Bailey-.02 Shillings. This Inventory was delivered into the Court of Sessions held

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at Southold, June 2, 1670. Ordered by ye Court to be recorded and a true coppy by mee Henry Pierson &c." Sessions Book No. 1 p. 3, Riverhead, L. I. It will be seen from Ann's Will she does not mention Jonathan by name, yet under item I she gives unto the rest of her sons £6 a piece. This would include any son of hers. For evidence that Jonathan Rogers was a son of William, we find a deed from Noah Rogers to Jonathan,· in which he describes himself as "Noah Rogers of Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, formerly an inhabitant of Huntington, Long Island, and conveys to my brother Jonathan" (See Volume 1 of Deeds, page 539; also Volwne I of Deeds 680 or 683). "Jonathan had one-half of what was in William Rogers' pos­ session," quotes Mrs. T. D. Rogers of Norwalk, so that may easily account for his not being mentioned in Ann's Will. (See Scudders MSS page 718).

FAMILY OF JONATHAN, SON OF WILLIAM ROGERS

Jonathan Rogers married Rebecca Wicks, probably the daugh­ ter of Thomas Wicks of Wethersfield, Conn. and a party to the Indian deed to land known as Huntington, L. I. They had six children: I Jonathan Jr,; II John; m Joseph; IV Obadiah; V Mary; VI Samuel. We see here also the solution of the surmise of the surveyor who wrote a book a few years after the settlement of Wethersfield, in which he gave the names of the landowners of that town. He added to the name of William Rogers, owner of parcels of land, the words: ''contiguous to the land of Thomas Wicks or Weeks, possi­ bly a son-in-law of Thomas Wicks." The fact now appears that William Rogers' son Jonathan married Rebecca Wicks, daughter of William's friend, Thomas Wicks. Jonathan Rogers and wife Rebecca deeded lands to the follow­ ing children: To son John and wife Mary 1699; to son Joseph 1701; to son Obadiah, 1701 and 1702; to d. Mary (husband Jacob Brush); to son Samuel, Jan. 15, 1705-6 (See Scudders MSS p. 717, Hunt­ ington Historical Society Library).

35 · ROGERS FAMILY ~OGERS FAMILY IN WAR OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION In History of Suffolk County published by N. W. Munsell & Co. 1882 pp. 27-38 it is stated: • "Jonas -Rogers·· (Elizabeth Rogers' grandfather) assisted ·in the es!ablishment of Am.eri,can Independence during the war of the Revolution and his services were: "Jonas Rogers signed the Association Test, Huntington, Suf­ folk Co., N. Y. At a Town lleeting held Jan. 29, 1776,_in the meeting house in Huntington 1775 a War Committee was chosen, -consisting of eighteen men, among whom was Jonas Rogers. These were all substantial freeholders and devoted to the cause of the Colonies." And at p. 42 it is stated: · A Tory corr.espondent of Gaine's New York Mercury_ wtjting June 22, 1779 says: "The rebellious part of the inhabitants of this town (Hunt­ ington) who were kept in awe· while the troops were stationed east • of us, are now become more rebellious than ever and publicly threat­ en fo have all the loyalists carried off to :Connecticut. The principal of these miscreants are Nathaniel Williams, Stephen Relsey, Eliza­ beth Chichester, John Brush, Jonas Rogers, Marlboro Burtis and Israel Wood, some of whom smuggled goods out of New York for the sole purpose of supplying the rebels in Connecticut".

ROGERS PATH The road from Huntington to Cold Spring Harbor is named "Rogers Path", presumably_ in honor of the· part played by the family in the Revolutionary War. This service of Jonas Rogers, of Huntington, L. I., in the War of the Revolution makes his descendants eligible to membership in the respective Societies of The Sons of the American Revolution and the Daughters of the American Revolution.

A MEMORIAL TO "'ILLIAM ROGERS In the Huntington Historical Society's building at Huntington, Long Island, a room is dedicated to the Rogers family. Over the mantel is embedded a bronze tablet with the following inscription: To the Memory of William Rogers, first of his name on Long Island. At Southampton in 1642, at Hempstead 1647 and a signer of the second or Eastern Indian Purchase of Hunting­ ton in 1666. This room is dedicated by his descendants 1919

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DAVID ROGERS AND HIS DESCENDANTS David Rogers was born May 19, 1807 and died April 6, 1884. He was the twelfth child of Jacob Rogers (born October 30, 1759, died January 12, 1812) and the sixth child of Jacob's second mar­ riage, which was to Elizabeth Hart, widow of Daniel Hart, of Cow Harbor, Long Island. David Rogers was an artist, a painter of portraits and of historic subjects. He studied under Vanderlyn, a portrait painter of distinction. A letter addressed to David Rogers by William I. Appleby in 1847, evidently a presiding elder of the church, was lately found among family papers by his grandson, Harold Gilbert, which sheds new light on David Rogers' work. The letter is dated April 1st, 1847, and is addressed to David as Elder Rogers. A copy of this letter follows. Evidently David Rogers was the orator of the family. Excerpts from his oration at Titus Grove, Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, on July 4, 1875 is herewith given. Also a poem written by.him on his seventieth birthday. His wife was the former Catherine Jaycox, of an old Knicker­ bocker family. She was a woman most highly esteemed.

LE'ITER TO ELDER DAVID ROGERS

Ricklesstown, April 1st, 1847. Dear Br. Rogers: Having a desire for your welfare and also of hearing from you, I embrace the opportunity offered this morning of writing a few lines to you. I am much pleased to hear that you have accepted the charge of the Church in New York, with a determination of doing your duty toward the same and the cause you have espoused by magnifying your calling, honoring the holy Priesthood and glorifying our Father in heaven. Dear Brother, this rejoices me. Brother Miles writes to me that you enter upon your duties with apparent zeal, and in the spirit of it, and that the Church will prosper under your charge or words amounting to the same. Be faithful, let no man take your crown or deprive you of your joy, privileges and glory that is in store for all the faithful servants of the meek and lowly Jesus. Our responsibilities are great, and great will be our reward if we but prove faithful to the Charge and trust reposed in us. I expect to go to the city of Philadelphia tomorrow or on Satur­ day next,, to be there on Sabbath as I expect to baptize some half dozen; then there, some new ones, and some, that they have received for a little while, but howsoever they were and are now desirous of returning to the true fold. I have expected to have come to New York, about this time but I have had considerable of business to at­ tend to, that I think perhaps I shall not leave here until Br. Miles 37 ROGERS F A...'1:IL Y

comes or with his Company, which will be about the 15th inst. I suppose. The weather continues so inclement that we cannot plant our gardens and which I desire to do before I leave, as I expect to be gone some two months. Before I return, when I go east. Remember me to Br. l\Hles, Br. and Sister Davids, Hart, your lady-indeed to all the Saints, and enquiring friends. And may the blessing and peace of our heavenly Father be and abide with you, may his spirit attend you in your administrations, councils and teachings and may you do your duty in all things committed to your charge, is the prayer of your Br. in Christ, farewell Ycurs etc. in haste, Wm. I. Appleby. Elder Rogers, New York.

Poem Composed by David Rogers on "My Seventieth Birthday'' In the far away past when with me life was new The dim distant future arose to my view, And the years seemed like mile stones arranged on my way, But I've past sixty-nine and reached seventy today. Looking forward the youth scarce the path can discern, But the eye glancing sees each crook and each turn, And now I see oft where my steps went astray, But I would not retrace them though seventy today. Though fortune her favors to me seldom sends, I have wealth without stint in the love of my friends. While my locks are yet full and part more than gray, And my step is elastic, though seventy today. The past of my lif.e often seems like a dream, As I've mourned over loved ones that crossed the dark stream, But the Comforter whispers they are not far away, I soon shall rejoin them; I am seventy today. The morning of life brings its sunshine and flowers, The mid day its labors and oft needed sho,vers, But HIGH NOON IS PAST and I watch down the way, l{nowing soon twill be SUNSET, I am seventy today. Yet I'll try, while my day lasts, to make others glad, I'll help them in trouble and cheer them ,vhen sad. I'll weep with the mourner and laugh with the gay, And I'll keep my heart young, though I'm seventy today. Cold Spring Harbor, May 29th, '77. David Rogers.

38 DAVID ROGERS ORATION EXCERPT'S FROM ORATION BY DAVID ROGERS Delivered in Titus Grove, at Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, N. Y. July 4th, 1875

It was predicted, long since, that this Republic, like others, could not continue much longer; that there would be divisions and sub-divisions among ourselves in reference to different portions of our Country having different interests at stake; that our free institutions would crumble to dust; that jealousies would naturally creep in, and by so doing the chain of the Union would be broken, never to be cemented. Thank God we are here yet, subject of that great central power, the United States! Ah, my fello~... countrymen! It was no small affair when those gifted patriots put their names to the Declaration of Independence. They signed that instrument with perfect understanding with each other that it would be liberty or death to them. ''We must be unanimous," said Hancock, on this occasion, "there must be no pulling different ways; we must all hang togethe~ ." "Yes," answered Franklin, "We must indeed, all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately." They were a band of brothers, true as steel, that could not be bought or sold, for they all could have been pardoned by the :Mother Country, with the exception of John Hancock and Samuel Adams if they would retract; but they were not made of such base metal. If one suffered they were determined that all should suffer together; and if they gained their Liberty all should rejoice together. I wish to show you how unselfish they were among themselves. Others wrote, as well as Jefferson, a Declaration, Franklin among the rest. They wished it drawn up in an unmistakable manner that would express their most profound judgment, that no man or set of men could mistake their meaning; and when Jefferson read his document, Franklin, with a generosity all his own, declared that Jefferson's, and not his, should have the preference! Washington had that, as well as Paine's "Crisis," read to his army, and it never failed to have the desired effect to stir them up in the Holy cause in which they were engaged. Fellow countrymen, that document every man who loves his Country should be proud that it was written by one of our own people. I have seen myself in Philadelphia, the very house in which Jefferson accomplished it, and I stood and looked with veneration upon the building that held so gifted a man handling so grand a subject with such consumate ability; a document which has astonished all Europe ever since, in its fullness of expression, and splendor of diction. And let us bear in mind that when the Government was formed we had to take up with such material as we had among us. One of the principal things was free toleration in matters of Faith; there were Catholics, Protestants, Universalists, Deists and even infidels among them. They had no time to discuss theological matters, whether this or that ,vas orthodox, but the great principals of the religious rights of man. It has been suggested to me that we speak of our Revolutionary fathers and the great amount of suffering they went through, that we should bear in mind that we, the children of those fathers, have also passed through the worst of struggles among ourselves, and as we have so recently shown the world that we have had family difficulties to contend with, we have also shown to the nations of the earth that we have been enabled to settle these difficulties between ourselves without the slightest aid from any foreign power, therefore our troubles have been all our own. As our family quarrel has been finally settled, we mean to live in peace with each other from this time forth, God helping us.

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I believe, as I previously remarked, that HE is preparing this Country for the great asylum of the world, where the down-trodden children of humanity shall find shelter under the wings of our eagle. I can't but think the time is at hand-even at our very doors-when the eyes of all nations shall be turned to this country; and not only the oppressed, who have been under the galling chain of despotism, but the high and lofty shall flow to this land of promise, seeking refuge from tyrants at the ever open door of this grand republic. Then, according to science and well established laws, we shall have the blood of all nations mingling with our own, which will in itself constitute a mighty people. I, for one, am perfectly willing, and take pride in saying, that an adopted citizen of the United States who up­ holds this Government, obeys its laws and seeks to assist us as a law abid­ ing people, is not a whit behind the best of us; if we have proven him to have the right principles it is enough. Why, my friends, if you will but consider the immense power you have in your hand, and if your hearts are in reality in the good work, the very thought of renovating and purifying the political elements of our beloved country should stimulate us all to accomplish so desirable a result. There are few things that occur which have no good resulting from them. One thing is certain, we have shown the nations of the earth that we are, as a people, living in all sections of our Country, a brave courageous nation, valiant in arms, terrible in battle, magnanimous toward a fallen foe. Here let me say to you my northern friends and good neighbors, that if the North and the South are willing to live together in the way our fathers intended we shall have the balance of power to wield for the good of all nations, by way of mediation, and settle all difficulties of the world. Let us then, as a United people, live in such a way that we shall be an example to other nations, that they, seeing our exultation on the principles of justice, love and mercy, shall show that this Republic will not resemble other Republics in their stability, but shall continue with us through all time; that opposition to its free course only sends deeper and deeper its expansive and outstretching roots, until it shall grasp the whole North and South America; until Ocean shall thunder back to Maine that we, the United States are one and indivisible Let us not think that the Canadas falling into our hands of their own accord, as it were, is too big a thing for us to think of, nor that Cuba shall eventually be ours;. that Alaska, even that dreary plain, is not undesirable for us, but rather let us think that in all zones, no matter where on this globe you turn your eye, God has unnumbered treasures hid away until the proper time arrives, whose magnificence and usefulness will astonish the world. My good friends, have faith in God, and try and understand one fundamental principle of His, that neither nations nor individuals can possibly escape punishment for any of His laws that have been violated. Here let us rest with an unwavering faith in God that peace and prosperity shall attend us hereafter, which will prepare us to commence a great work for the stability and freedom of the world. Let us the refore cultivate grand and lofty principles, and thus by our own providence and the help of God aiding us in this noble work of reform, and with willing hands and hearts, with the best and purest feelings for each other, bound together by no common tie, this earth-this whole entire globe shall witness the grand spectacle, that the North, South, East and \Vest of this glorious republic shall be encircled together by the brightest chain of friendship that shall never be broken! When the representatives of every clime whose hearts are filled with love for our republic come among us and be made willing subjects to our government, we are ready, willing and would greatly prefer they should come and fill our Western wilds and Southern lands with a thick population, whose children coming after them shall be filled with the love of our institutions; when this mighty republic spreading its wings

40 :\'EL.SO:\' \\'ILLIA:\I HOG ERS Physicist P. C. He,Yett Laboratory 18DH - 1!}07

NELSON W. ROGERS to the uttermost parts of our continent, surrounded as it is by the two great oceans of the world-Atlantic and Pacific-we shall then be, to some ex­ tent, prepared for the ushering in of political and religious freedom. Then indeed we shall be firmly based on the surest foundation of any govern­ ment that has ever been known; a grand, sublime spectacle, standing far above other systems of government, with the impress of Heaven stamped upon its rulers, reflecting His own image in a wise and virtuous people. Then all the sickly efforts of other climes arrayed in one grand phalanx shall fall before us. At such a time they might as well attempt to rule the boisterous ocean lashed by impending storms, as to come against that nation which has been true to the sacred cause of liberty and humanity, made sacred through toil, sustained by principle and triumphant by sweat and blood! Oh, let us never be satisfied nor rest from our labors until the pure principle of political freedom shall spread far and wide, tbat other nations and other tongues shall see and know its good results, and when they become convinced of our superior claims by seeing the salutary effect produced on those who have embraced them, then indeed our principles s~ll shine out with redoubled splendor, with a greater effulgence than ever, and like the burning bush it will flourish uncomsumed with the glory which ·surrounds them!

GOVERNEUR ROGERS, SON OF DAVID AND CATHERINE J. ROGERS Governeur Rogers at an early age became a full member of the firm of Tripp, Rogers and Co., which owned and operated Grain Elevators on the Hudson River, at the foot of West 34th Street, New York ·City. Afterwards he formed the firm of Rogers and P.endleton, Commission Merchants, 97 Pearl St., New York City. He was always interested in finance and was elected president of the Mount Vernon, N. Y., Trust Company. He served as president of this Bank for many years until his health made it necessary for him to resign.

NELSON W. ROGERS, PHYSICIST, GRANDSON OF DAVID ROGERS AND SON OF GOVERNEUR ROGERS Nelson W. Rogers, after attending public schools and having private tutors, attended Rutgers College Preparatory School, fol­ lowed by a year at Stevens Institute, where earlier Peter Cooper Hewitt had attended. From an early age he was continually experimenting with elec­ t1icity and physics. His home workshop finally assumed something resembling a laboratory which, about 1894 or 1895, was equipped to verify many of Hertz's and other experiments. His father,

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Gouverneur Rogers, who had insensibly contributed to his son's experimental ,vork, determined that he should become an employee of the Mount Vernon Bank of which he was president. At this sug­ gestion Nelson demurred, preferring to seek employment in a machine shop where he could continue his experimental work. It was this event "~hich probably ended his institutional education. Shortly after the discovery of the X-rays by Roentgen, in 1905, he gave a public exhibition before the Y. M. C. A. in Mount Vernon, duly noted in the local papers. A New York paper copied this, which led to his being called upon by the Sportsmen's Show shortly afterward to provide the equipment for giving a public exhibition of the X-rays. At that time the equipment had been loaned to Dr. M. I. Pupin, of Columbia College, for making an X-ray of a friend's hand which had been injured by a gunshot wound. Upon the re­ turn of the equipment, the exhibition was given at Madison Square Garden, which was the first public exhibition of Ex-rays given in America. It was at this exhibition that he became acquainted with Peter Cooper Hewitt, who had a studio in the tower of Madison Square Garden. This acquaintance ripened into a friendship and from this date until May 1st, 1899, he recommended to Mr. Hewitt the pur­ chase of various equipment, some of which he supplied, so that what had been a studio developed into a laboratory for electrical experiments. It was during this time that Mr. Hewitt conceived the idea of developing the work of Leo Arons with mercury vapor lamps for spectroscopic graduation into a source of illumination. He ,vas unable, however, to keep the lamp permanently illuminated. It was at this time that Mr. Hewitt wrote him a letter offering him a position, which he accepted, thus beginning his association with Mr. Hewitt on May 1st, 1899. After a condensing chamber was evolved to get rid of the excess heat, a third electrode was resorted to for starting of the light and this electrode became the basis of the mercury vapor rectifier. The first tube was made by E. Machlett & Son on May 12th, 1900, while Mr. Hewitt VJ"as abroad in Paris, and he was promptly advised by letter dated May 16th, 1900, of this discovery, which letter was ac­ knowledged by Mr. Hewitt on June 1st, 1900. It was this discovery, with the later discovery of Lee De Forest's ''grid" which became the fundamentals of radio and radar at present.

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The laboratory gradually became a point of interest in New York. Among others, Dr. M. I. Pupin became a frequent visitor; Lord Kelvin, world famous for his labors in physics and the first Atlantic cable, Sir J. J. Thompson, discoverer of the electron, Admiral Lord Charles Beresford and many other famous person­ alities in science visited the laboratory during lVIr. Rogers' incum­ bency as physicist. It was during these years, 1899-1903, Mr. Rogers states, that the most productive ,vork ,vas done. Mr. Rogers states that his discovery of the mercury vapor recti­ fier was described in the Electrical World & Engineer on January 17, 1903, pages 121-123, the diagrams having been made by him -and were stated on the blue print supplied to the publishers as follows: "Diagram Illustrating Characteristics of Three Phase Current Rectifier by Cooper Hewitt Unidirectional Cur­ rent Arrestor by Nelson W. Rogers." Mr. Rogers states this was deleted before publication and the en­ tire credit and honor for the invention was given to Peter Cooper Hewitt. After leaving Mr. Hewitt he bagan a gear manufacturing busi­ ness and later developed the solid-injection fuel supply for gasoline engines which was used with great success during the first World War. As a consultant, he was employed by the Wright-Martin Company, and later '\\ith the Pierce-Arrow Company in Buffalo.

First Public Exhibition of X-Ray in America The Mount Vernon, N. Y. Argus gives an account of this ex­ hibition in its issues of March and April, 1896, an excerpt from which follows: "Mount Vernonites have succeeded in getting one of the finest X-Ray pictures yet produced-better, in fact, than anything Edison has done in that line. It was made in Madison Square, New York, two nights ago. Frank :Martin, chief engineer of the :Madison Square Garden and Mr. Nelson Rogers, son of President Rogers, of the Mount Vernon Bank, managed the electric tubes, and Photographer Sleight developed the plates. "The picture which takes such a high stand in the new field is that of a man's hand which had been wounded in the fleshly part of the palm under the little finger ,vith buckshot on a duck hunting expedition. The X-Ray sho-\vs the skeleton of the hand distinctly, and also every one of the little shots, one of which has lodged in the second joint of the third finger. Another photo which has developed

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perfectly is the skeleton of the gloved hand of a woman. The glove was tight fitting, and the bones of the thumb and sides of the hand are drawn in from their natural location."

HAROLD A. GILBERT Grandson of David Rogers

Harold A. Gilbert is a mecha.¢cal and electrical engineer, hav~ ing graduated from Yale University. He has acted as consultant in many lines of mechanical and engineering work until he joined the Bell Telephone Laboratory at Murray Hill, N. J., where he was engaged during World War II in laboratory war work on electrical problems.

44 TURFLER FAMILY GEORGE CASNER TURFLER'S FAMILY

We start' with the Turfier family bible. There are two. One, published in 1803, was devoted to George Casner Turfler's family. This is in the possession of the iiTiter. A true copy of the page set aside for family records in this Bible is as follows : Amy Gray, daught~r .. of John a;nd Amy Gray,. bo.rn July 24, 1751,. Old Stile. Amy Walton1, died May 20, 1826. 2 · Amy Rogers , died November 9, 1862, aged 71, 6 month~, 19 days, daughter of Amy Walton. Sarah Rogers, sister of Elizabeth Rogers, died May 9, 1873, aged 69 years, one month, 14 days. John Gray, Sr., grandfather of George C. Turfier, born January 10th, 1723, died April 25th, 1777. Amy· Gray, daughter of William and Elizabeth Richardson, wife of John Gray, Sr., born February 20th, 1721, died April 16, 1786, Johµ Gray, uncle of George C. Turfier, born Dec. 30,.1722, died Jan. 8, 1819. Elizabeth Turfier, sister of George C. Turfier, born Sept. 15, 1787, ~ed August 14, 1788. Mary Turtler, sister of George C. Tur.fler, born Aug. 6, 1789, died Sept. 16, _1790. Amy Turfler, sister of George C. Turfler, born April 22, 1791, died· Nov. 9, 1862, aged 71 years, 6 months, 19 days. Catherine Turfier, sister of George C. Turfier, born April 1st, 1793, di~d Sept 6, 1793. William H; Rogers, nephew of George C. Turfier, born June 14, 1807. George Frederick Turfier, father of George C. Turfier, died Sept. 28, l~~ . It is to be noted that the handwriting of the entries in this Bible is by three separate persons, and that the entries are not in chron­ ological order. The second family Bible containing the record of Births and Deaths in George C. Turfler's family was totally destroyed when the home of Francis A. Turfier at Sugar Loaf, N. Y., v.ras burned to the ground, about 1896. Fortunately, Charles R. Williams, one of the grandsons, had a photograph of it made before its destruction.

1 Amy Walton was the widow of George Frederick Turfier (mother of George C. Turfier). After his death in 1797, his widow married Anthony Walton. ' Amy Rogers was the sister of George C. Turfier. After the death of her husband Ezra Rogers she married one Walton. Mother and daughter married into the Walton family.

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The following is a true copy thereof: FAMILY NAMES BORN MARRIED DIED PARENTS When, Where When, Where When, Where George Casner Turfier June 25, 1797 Sept. 5, 1822 April 18, 1875 Elizabeth Rogers Jan. 7, 1799 Feb. 9, 1886 CHILDREN Amy Turfier Aug. 11, 1823 Sept. 3, 1846 Mary Elizabeth Turfier Apr. 9, 1826 April 4, 1840 Cornelia Rogers Turfler Sept. 20, 1828 Sept. 9, 1847 George Frederick Turfier Sept. 22, 1830 Jacob Curtis Turfier Feb. 22, 1833 Dec. 1st William Henry Turfier Feb. 27, 1835 March 28, 1835 Francis Augustus Turfler Sept. 7, 1838 Mary Catherine Turfier Jan. 17, 1842 March 27, 1842

GEORGE FREDERICK TURFLER Who were the parents of George Frederick Turfier? The New York City Directories from the earliest times give no clue. The indexes to all deeds and leases recorded in New York County from the earliest times to 1855 were examined for deeds and leases to or from George F. Turfier and George C. Turfier and all persons named Turfier. No deeds or leases were found except several deeds granting lands to George C. Turfier, son of George F. Turfier after 1825. One deed was found, made by Amy Walton, grantor, to George C. Turfier, grantee, dated June 5, 1826 and recorded Nov. 14, 1827 in Liber 226 of Deeds at page 499. It is important in establishing the heirs of George F. and Amy Turfier, afterwards Walton, at the time of the respective deaths of their parents. This deed recites: ''WHEREAS, Amy Walton, widow, (the mother of the parties to the deed, Amy Walton and George C. Turfier) hath recently departed this life at the City of New York intestate •..•. and Amy Walton has agreed to release to George C. Turfier a certain lease-hold 100 feet square bounded within Abington Square and Fitzroy Road, and recites "that a part of said lands became vested in their mother be­ fore her death, she conveys to her brother her fee and her interest in the lease-hold and fee thereof, owned by her mother." After the death of George F. Turfier in 1797, his widow married Ezra Walton. She died in 1826, shortly before the execution of this deed to her son George C. as grantee. Amy, daughter of George F. Turfier, after the death of her first husband Ezra Rogers, in 1807, married Anthony Walton. Hence we find her as Amy Walton, exe­ cuting this deed to her brother George C. Turfier, of all her interest in the land.

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From the two fami]y Bibles and this deed from Walton to 'furfler we are able to construct the following: George Frederick Turfier ( d. Sept. 28, 1797) married Amy Gray, daughter of John and Amy Gray. Children: Elizabeth b. Sept. 15, 1787 d. Aug. 16, 1788 Mary b. Aug. 6, 1789 d. Sept. 16, 17!.)0 . Amy b. Apr. 1, 1793) d. May 20, 1861 Catherine b. Apr. 1, 1793) d. Sept. 6, 1793 George Casner b. June 25, 1797 d. Apr. 18, 1875 Referring again to the first mentioned family Bible, there are the entries: "John Gray Sr., grandfather of George C. Turfier, born Jan. 10, 1723, died April 25, 1777". John Gray, uncle of George C. Turfier, born Dec. 30, 1722, died Jan. 8, 1819. The Senior Gray was the maternal grandfather of George C. Turfier and John Gray was his maternal uncle.

BmTH PLACE OF GEORGE C. TURFLER Where was the birth place of George Casner Turfier? The family Bibles give no clue. The New York City Directory for 1791-2 contains the follow­ ing entry: "Turfier, George F., Tailor, 21 Munay Street." (He was the father of George C. and Amy Turfier.) The City Directory for 1799-1800 contains the following entry: "Turfier, Amy, Widow, Seamstress, Provost." Several histories of Rockland County, N. Y. were examined, as he lived in that County over twenty-five years before his death. Nothing was found. The following item however, in one of the his­ tories appears: "Francis A. Turfier'' (son of George C. Turfier) "joined the 48th Regiment of New York Volunteers for Orangetown, Au­ gust 27, 1861, and served three years." (He was wounded in battle ; a minnie ball passed through a part of his hand and arm. This incapacitated him slightly through life). George C. Turfier is buried in the family plot in Lot 4846, Sec­ tion 11 on Lockspur Path, Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N. Y.

47 BUSINESS OF GEORGE C. TURFLER The papers filed with the Cemetery where he was buried show his birthplace to be New York City.

His Business New York City Directory, Edition 1820-21 discloses: "Turfier, George C., Grocer, Bowery" Edition 1828-29 states: · "Turfier, George C., Grocer, 21st St. and 8th Ave." He was 23 years of age when his name first appeared in the City Directory in 1820. . . · The New York City Directories show that he lived in one or anothei: of his Eighth Avenue houses, between -21st and 22nd Streets from about 1828 to 1849, when he retired from bu~iness. Statemen~ made to the writer by his mother (who' was the eld.;: ·est child of George C. Turfier) were that when he .retir~d from business, about 1849, he moved from New York to Nyack, N. Y., 2nd lived there about two years. While living in Nyack, he searched the surrounding. country for a farm where he, his wife and his boys, George, Jacob and Frank could settle. George was then 19 and Frank 11 .years of age. In May, 1852, he bought a farm at Nanuet, in Clarks Town, Rockland County, New York State. It was about one mile ·from Nanuet R. R. station and six miles from Nyack. The farm con­ sisted of about one hundred acres. It was bought from Cornelius M. Demarest. (See Liber X of Deeds, page 8, recorded May 5, 1852 in Rockland County Clerk's office) He and his family occupied the farm from 1852 till the time of his death in 1875. Cornelius Demarest was his nearest neighbor on the south . On the north was his friend Blauvelt, one of whose sons was subsequently elected to the State Senate, where he served with distinction. Between the writer's eighth and twelfth years he spent several of his summer vacations on this farm and recalls distinctly the picture which the homestead presented, as viewed from the Nyack Turnpike, which formed the eastern boundary of the farm. A wide lane ran through the entire centre. It .was guarded at the Turn­ pike by two majestic elms. Stone fences edged the Turnpike and separated the lane from the fields and growing crops. The large

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.house, the barn· and other buildings were on a gently rising hill about a fifth of a mile from the Pike. The house was painted white with green trimmings. The barn and. other buildings were red with ,Yhite trim. As the house was on one side of the lane and the ,other buildings:· on the opposite side, the whole made a well-balanced and attractive picture. Besides raising the usual crops,. he conducted a model dairy. He was kno,vn as a gentleman farmer and had the reputation, as time went on, of possessing the finest breed of cattle, and the best machinery to be had in those days. Then, too, his build­ ings were always spic and span and he took great pride in his horses. Among them were Dan and Major, a fine pair of blacks. This was the team which took the family to church on Sundays and visits ori weekdays, attached to a fringed-top surrey and with glis­ tening silver-plated harness. Also, there was Old Bill, who finally went blind, but who was cared for in the best possible manner un­ til his death. George C. Turfier died in the spring of 1875. His last will and testament gave a life interest in all his property to his wife, with the exception of some minor legacies to grandchildren. Upon her death, the estate was to be divided equally between his five chil­ dren. His widow continued to live upon the homestead, together vlith her son Jacob and his family, until her death in 1886 at nearly eighty-seven years. His widow, my grandmother, was an industrious and devout ,voman, a very keen observer; possessed of a ready wit and the kindest of dispositions. It is interesting to note that one share of George C. Turfler's estate remained intact in the Williams' branch of the family for fifty-eight years after his death. At the termination of his widow's life-estate, the five children agreed not to sell their respective shares in the real estate for five years and appointed the three sons agents to collect and distribute the income monthly. This agreement was extended for fifteen years more. About 1907 the property was sold. Under the will of George C. Turfier' s daughter, Amy Turfier Williams, a life-interest in her share of her .father's real estate was left to her daughter Jane. This daughter died in 1933. As George C. Turfier died in 1875, it will be seen that this

49 ESTATE HELD INTACT one-fifth share of his estate was kept intact for :fifty-eight years.

· Proceeding with the genealogy of the families of George C. Turfier and EJiY.abeth Rogers Turfier, the Rogers branch is taken up first, as this goes farthest back in American and Colonial history.

50 THE ROGERS FAMILY From THOMAS and GRACE ROGERS A Partial Genealogy Thomas Rogers1 (1586-1621) wife Grace married about 1606 in England, probably Dorsetshire or Wifshire. Children: I Joseph:a, b. 1607 II Thomas, b. 1609 III John\ b. 1611 IV Williamc, b. 1613 V James, b. 1615 and probably a daughter (See John Cox Underwood's "Rogers Fam­ ily'' confirming H. H. Rogers). Thom~ Rogers (born 1586) sailed from England on the May­ flower with his son Joseph, a boy of thirteen. The ship landed at Plymouth, l\iiassachusetts, in the winter of 1620. Thomas Rogers was a Camelot merchant in London, England. He died in the first sickness of 1621. Joseph Rogers:a (b. 1607) son of Thomas of the Mayflower. Under a grant, Joseph Rogers operated probably the first pub­ lic ferry in New England across the Jones River in Massachusetts. He was a farmer and held public office. Children: I Sarah, b. 1633, d. in infancy II Joseph, b. July 16, 1635 III Thomas, b. March 28, 1638 IV Elizabeth, b. Sept. 29, 1639 V John, b. April 3, 1642 VI Mary, b. Sept. 22, 1644 VII James, b. Oct. 18, 1646 VIII Hannah,b.Aug.8,1652 John Rogers2b (born 1611) son of Thomas and Grace Rogers, caine to Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, about 1629. He repre­ sented Plymout~ in the Legislature and held several other public offices. He married Ann Churchman April 16, 1639. Children: I John, b. 1640 II Abigail, b. 1642 III Ann, b. IV Elizabeth, b.

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John Rogers' will mentions his son John, born 1640, his daugh­ ter Ann, who married Tisdale and afterwards married one Terry, and his daughter-Elizabeth, who married a Williams, his daughter Abigail, born 1642, and several grandchildren. (See Drummond John Rogers' Families, pp. 21 and 22)

FAMILY OF WILLIAM ROGERS

2 William Rogers c (b. 1613) son of Thomas, married Ann (b. 1601, d. 1669). Daughter of Edmund Sherman. Children: I Jonathan ab, b., d. 1709. II ·· Obadiah, b., d. 1692, wife Mary. III John, b. 1640, will proved June 14, 1676. IV Noah, b. 1646, d. 1725. V Mary, married Samuel Messenger. VI Hannah .. Grandson-Obadiah, Jr•.

1 Jonathan Rogers \ son of William, married Rel;>ecca Wicks, probably the daughter of Thomas Wicks. Children: I Jonathan Jr!, b. 1668, d. 1749/50. First wife Mary; second wife, Mary Marker. II John'. III Josephc'. IV Obadiah. V Mary VI Samuel Joseph Rogersc', son of Jonathan\ married Mary Conklin. Jos­ eph Rogers ,vas a member of church in 1723, died 1731. Children: 5 Jonas Rogers , b. March 28, 1728, d. Aug. 30, 1817. Jonas Rogers married Mary Jarvis (b. Nov. 1736, d. Aug. 30, 1817) ~ They lived at Cold Spring Harbor, L. I. Jonas Rogers was a member of the War Commission. Besides serving on War Commission, he aided the war in other ways. It is through him that his descendants are eligible to membership in the National and State Societies of the Sons of the American Revolu­ tion and Daughters of the American Revolution.

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Children: 8 I Jarvis , b. Dec. 22, 1751, d. Dec. 20, 1818. II Joseph, b. Apr~ 24, 1753, d. m Esther, b. May 12, 1755, d. Feb. 3, 1789. IV Jacob, b. Oct. 30, 1759, d. Jan. 24, 1812 • .v Leviniah, b. Dec. 19, 1761, d. Sept. 16, 1814. VI Elizabeth, .b. Apr. 23, 1764, d. VII Philip, b. May 10, 1767, d. Sept., 1844. VIII Mary, b. Apr. 23, 1769, d. Apr. 2, 1845. IX Lettice, b. Jan. 5, 1773, d. X Sophia, b. May 3, 1775, d. Oct. 30, 1819. XI Jonas, b. Aug. 26, 1777, d. Dec. 20, 1813. Besides these they lost six children who died in infancy. They lived not to exceed six days (See History of Suffolk County p. 42, Munsell& Co. ~842)

FAMILY OF JACOB ROGERS (Generations 6 to 11 Inclusive) Jacob Rogers6, son of Jonas {born October 30, 1759, died Janu­ ary 24, 1812) married Esther Weeks (d. January 1789) on October 14, 1776. Children: I Marr", b. May 5, 1777. · II Platt, b. April ~, 1779, d. Jan. 12, 1789. III Experience'7b, b. March 17, 1781, d. September 9, 1816, IV Ezrae'l, b. July 17, 1783, d. Feb. 20, 1809. 47 V George , b. August 12, 1786. VI Curtisd', b. July 8, 1788, d. July 10, 1865. Second marriage to Elizabeth Hart, widow of David Hart, of Cow Harbor (Northport) Long Island, N. Y. (b. December 15, 1767 and died October 8, 1821) daughter of Selah and Sarah Bunce, sister of Eliphalet Bunce. (David Hart was drowned at sea) in De­ cember 1793. Children of second marriage : 7 VII Esthe~ , b. May 3, 1794. 7 VIII Eliphalet Bancee , b. Nov. 20, 1796, d. Dec. 14, 1862. 1 IX Elizabethf , b. May 7, 1799, d. February 9, 1886. X Henry17, b. October 24, 1802, d. May 28, 1867. 7 XI Sarahh , b. March 16, 1805, d. May 9, 1873. 11 XII David , b. May 27, 1807, d. April 26, 1884. Marriages A-Mary Rogers to Jacob Johnson

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B-Experience Rogers to Israel Jarvis C-Ezra Rogers to Amy Turfier D-Curtis Rogers to (1) Phoebe Ann Scribner (2) Amy Turfier Rogers. E-Eliphalet Bunce Rogers to Sarah Knott, August 15, 1818. F-Elizabeth Rogers to George Casner Turfier, September 5, 1822. G-Henry Rogers to Mary Walters H-David Rogers to (1) Catherine Jaycox (2) Marion Darling. · The familie~· and descendants of above marriages, according t<> seniority, A to H inclusive: · Mary Rogers•\ daughter of Jacob Rogers, married Jacob John~ son. Children, surname Johnson: 8 I John , b. II George, b. III Hannah, b. . IV ·Esther, b. V · ,Mindwell, b. . '

FAMILY OF EXPERIENCE ROGERS JARVIS'' Experience Rogers' (b. March 17, 1781) daughter of Jacob, married Israel Jarvis on December 25, 1799. Children, surname Jarvis: 8 I Elvira Ann , b. September 1, 1802. II Elmirah, b. July 1, 1804. III Elbenjamin Coles, b. August 25, 1806. IV Elcindia Amanda, b. July 28, 1808. V Erastus Ichabod, b. July 28, 1810. VI Experience Mary, b. October 1, 1812. VII Elmena Nelson, b. October 3, 1815. VIII Elmenda Eley, b. October 3, 1815.

7 FAMILY OF EZRA ROGERS b Ezra Rogersc'l (born July 17, 1783, died February 20, 1809) son of Jacob, married Amy Turfier, daughter of George F. and Amy Turfier ( sister of George C. Turfier)

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Children: 8 I Sarah • II Ezra. III George F. IV John S. V Jaines D. VI Mary W. VII William J.

FAMILY OF CURTIS ROGERS., s, SON OF JACOB ROGERS Curtis Rogers41 (b. 1788, d. July 10, 1865, married Phoebe Ann Scribner (b. February 10, 1802, d. May 21, 1835). Children: I Philip Scribneras, b. June 9, 1833, d. May 24, 1898, at Phelps, N. Y. II Phoebe Annb8 III Augustae6 IV Charlotte48 Second marriage to Amy Turfier Rogers, sister of George C. Turfier ocurred about 1838. Before her marriage to Curtis Rogers Amy Rogers entered into an ante-nuptial agreement with Curtis Rogers which is mentione~f in her will. She lived for several years before her death at Huntington, Long Island, and died there in 1862. Philip Scribner RogersaS, son of Curtis Rogers, manied Ernma Mills, daughter of William Mills, of Lyons, N. Y. · No children sur- vived. ; Philip S. Rogers inherited and operated his father's farm at Phelps, N. Y. He filled several local offices at Phelps with_ great credit. He bore a strong resemblance to Senator Roscoe Conkling of New York. He was witty, congenial'and altogether a popular citizen of his section of the state. Phoebe Ann Rogersb8 married a Mr. Lamson of Baltimore, Md. Children, surname Lamson: "Two daughters" are mentioned in the will of Amy Turfier Rogers. . . Augusta RogerscS married a Mr. Lott of Jamaica, Long Island.

Charlotte Rogersd8 married ·····-··-·--·---- Young.

55 ELIPHALET BUNCE ROGERS FAMILY Children, surname Young: Curtis Rogers9 Curtis Rogers1 burial plot is in Pinewood Cemetery, Phelps, N. Y.

FAMILY OF ELIPHALET BUNCE ROGERS1 (Generations 7 to 11 inclusive)

1 Eliphalet Bunce Rogerse , son of Jacob, married Sarah Knott (b. February 3, 1801 and d. September 10, 1873) on August 15, 1817. Children: 8 I Eliphalet Bance, Jr. , b. July 28, 1818, d. Aug. 13, 1866. II Sarah, b. May 6, 1821. . III Ann Eliza, b. Dec. 25, 1822, d. SepL 19, 1862. Married Smith Rogers, October 20, 1842. IV Henry Asbury, b. May 31, 1825. V Mary, b. March 7, 1827. Married William Henry Robbins, January 7, 1849. VI Hester Ann, b. Feb. 12, 1829, d. February, 1849. Married Theodore A. Thompson, October, 1847. VII Catherine Jane, b. February 7, 1831. VIII Charles Melvin, b. Dec. 3, 1831. IX John, b. December 13; 1836, d. April 11, 1837. X Margaret Jones, b. May 6, 1838. XI Maria Sherwood, b. August 24, 1840. XII Isabella, b. January 23, 1843. Marriages A-Eliphalet Bunce Rogers, Jr. to Anne Elizabeth l\tlunson. B-Sarah Rogers to (1) Capt. Leonard Turner (2) Archibald C. Campbell. C-Henry Asbury Rogers to Maria Place. D-Margaret Jones Rogers to Captain Eliphalet Bunce. E-Maria Sherwood Rogers to Grant S. Dwyer. F-Isabella Rogers to Captain C. Hallock.

THE FAMILY OF CAPT. ELIPHALET BUNCE ROGERS, Jr. s' Eliphalet Bunce Rogers, Jr:8, son of Eliphalet Rogers", married Anne Elizabeth Munson (b. October 2, 1801, d. Sept. 10, 1875) on February 20, 1848.

56 THE ROGERS FAJIILY Children: 8 I Irene , b. Feb. 22, 1849, married Dr. Meeker. II Sarah\ b. Dec. 22. III Anniea, b. ~lay 22, married Isaac Yawger. IV Alfredc V Arthur• Sarah Rogers89 was a teacher in the public schools of Brooklyn, N. Y. She became principal of one of its important schools. Annie Rogersb8 married Isaac Yawger. Their son, Marmaduke Yawger, survives. Alfred and Arthur Rogersc0 were both experts in ocean tele­ graphy and both of them served until retirement age in the West­ em Union Cable office in New York City.

FAMILY OF SARAH ROGERS TURNER Sarah Rogers, daughter of Eliphalet, manied Captain Leonard Turner of Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, on February 18, 1841. After the death of Captain Turner, she married Archibald C. Campbell. She and her husband continued to live at Cold Spring Harbor. Mr. Campbell was awarded-by the New York City Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals-a gold medal, upon his passing his twenty-fifth year of service as Executive Secretary of the society. This not only for length of tenure of office but for distinguished service. No children survived.

FAMILY OF HENRY ASBURY ROGERscs Henry Asbury Rogers (b. May 31, 1825) son of Eliphalet, mar­ ried Maria Place on December 9, 1849. Children: Lucretia\ b. April 10, 1851, d. July 1851.

FAMILY OF MARGARET JONES ROGERS BUNCEs 11 Margaret Jones Rogers8, daughter of Eliphalet (b. January 1st, 183~, d. August 15, 1866) married Captain Eliphalet Bunce of Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, on January 22nd, 1854.

57 ELIPHALET BUNCE ROGERS FAMILY

Children, surname Bunce: I Susan Emma\ b. Feb. 4, 1855, d. July 21, 1855. II Annie Isobel, b. Sept. 2, 1858, d. June 16, 1859. 8 III Charles l\Iilton , b. June 3, 1860, d. April 1931. IV Margaret Sarah•, b. May 3, 1863, d. July 17, 1943. V Eliphalet, Jr., b. Oct. 8, 1865, d. Aug. 13, 1866. VI Ida FlorenceC, b. Oct. 8, 186~, d. 1943. VII Frances Emily1, b. April 27, 1871. Marriages . A-Charles Milton Bunce to Clara Mahan. B-Margaret Sarah Bunce to Samuel Van Wyck Sammis. C-Ida Florence Bunce to Edgar Arthur Sammis. D-Frances Emily Bunce to Harold Edward Dean.

11 FAMILY OF CHARLES MILTON BUNCE ' Charles. Milton Buncea9, son of Eliphalet, manied Clara Mahan, daughter of Captain George Mahan. Captain Mahan served as Commander in the United States Navy during World War I. He served with distinction. Children:. 10 I Clifford , b., d. in infancy. II Amy81°, b. 0 III Margaret8]. , b. Amy Buncea1° married Albert Heath. . Margaret Bunceb10 is supervisor of music in the schools of Bel­ ville, New Jersey.

FAMILY OF MARGARET SARAH BUNCE SAMMIS9

9 Margaret Sarah Bunceb , daughter of Captain Eliphalet Bunce;· married Samuel Van Wyck Sammis (b. June 27, 1858 and d. June 11, 1943) of Huntington, Long Island, N. Y. Children, surname Sammis : 10 I Ethel Claira , b. July 27, 1887. II Florence l\leta, b. Dec. 21, 1888. 8 III Roger Van Wyck , b. Feb. 3, 1891, died June 13, 1919. IV Marguerite, born Feb. 3, 1891.

310 Ethel C. Sammis , daughter of Samuel Van Wyck Sammis, was a teacher in the Public Schools of Brooklyn, N. Y., before her mar-

58 THE ROGERS FA~IILY _ ri~ge- to Hubert· Prime, also a teacher, who ,vas born on November 1st,· 1886. Hubert Prime is of the Prime family of Long Island, which, before Long Island was "discovered" by wealthy New Yorkers, owned large tracts of land on the island, including the Prime home­ stead at Huntington, Long Island, also the large lake nearby which helped to beautify the place. This homestead and lake are now a part of Hecksher Park. Children, surname Prime : I Rosalieua, b. June 2, 1915. 8 II Hubert S. , b. Jan. 8, 1921. III Carol, b. March 19, 1923. Rosalie Primena, daughter of Hubert Prime, married Yens Christensen, who was born January 29, 1913. Children, surname Christensen: . I Lee12, b. Oct. 10, 1941. II Yens Prime, b. Aug. 21, 1945, d. Aug. 22, 1945. Yens Christensen served as commander of a large freighter in the South Pacific in World War II. Hubert S. Primellb, son of Hubert Prime, married Jane Kitaif, who was born October 17, 1922.

10 Roger Van Wyck Sammis \ son of Samuel Van Wyck Sammis, married Hazel Wilson. Children: I Bertram R.11, b. Nov. 28, 1915.

FAMILY OF IDA FLORENCE BUNCE SAMMIS

9 Ida Florence Bunce , b. Oct. 8, 1865, d. 1943-daughter of Eliphalet Bunce, married Edgar Arthur Sammis, of Huntington, Long Island. Ida Sammis was a member of the New Yo1~k Bar. She early took an interest in politics, and was elected to represent the District of Huntington, Long Island, in the New York Legislature ,vhere she served with distinction. She has the honor of being the first woman elected to the Assembly in the state of Ne,v York. Upon the death of Mr. Sammis, she married Dr. Alden J. Woodruff of Brooklyn, N. Y. As Ida Sammis Woodruff she became a member

59 FRANCES E:\IILY BUNCE DEAN FilIILY of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolu­ tion. Her number is 103055, Kalewaukee Chapter, Huntington, N. Y. Children, surname Sammis : 1 I Edgar Alden Sammis 0s. He is a member of the New York Bar. Edgar Alden Sammis10 married Bertha Alila Brownell, daugh­ ter of Henry Humphrey Brownell, of Lowville, N. Y. Edgar Alden Sammis served in World War I and is a member of the American Legion.

FAMILY OF FRANCES EMILY BUNCE DEAN'" Frances Emily Bunce, daughter of Captain Eliphalet Bunce, manied Harold Edward Dean of Burslem, England, son of Herbert Bowers Dean, on December 1st, 1892. Children, surname Dean. 1 I Dorothy 0a, b. April 3, 1894. II Margaret R.b, b. Nov. 9, 1897. III Thelma Stokes C, b. July 13, 1912. Dorothy Deana10, daughter of Harold and Frances Bunce Dean, married J. Bergfeld, son of Henry Bergfeld of Newark, N. J. Doro­ thy Dean was a teacher of music in the Brooklyn, N. Y. High Schools.

10 Margaret Rogers Deanb , daughter 9f Harold E. Dean, married John L. Batterman, of Jamaica, Long Island, N. Y., whose father is the founder and owner of the Batterman Department Stores in Brooklyn, N. Y. Children, surname Batterman: 11 I John Rogers , b. March 23, 1924. In United States Navy. II Robert Dean, b. Sept. 21, 1927. In United States Navy. III l\fargaret Ann, b. Feb. 21, 1932.

10 Thelma Stokes Dean , daughter of Harold E. Dean, married Horace Wills, son of John Wills of Asbury Park, N. J. Thelma Stokes Dean holds the degree of B. A. from New York University and by profession is a teacher of music.

60 THE ROGERS FAMILY FAMILY OF MARIA SHERWOOD BUNCE DWYER'' Maria Sherwood Rogers (daughter of Eliphalet, b. August 24, 1840) married Grant S. Dwyer on December 8, 1856. Children, surname Dwyer: I Etta•. II Oscar III Edgar. IV Isabelle. V Maria.

FAMILY OF ISABELLE ROGERS HALLOCK'•

Isabelle Rogers8 (b. January 23, 1843), daughter of Eliphalet Rogers, married Captain George C. Hallock,. of Northport, Long Island, N. Y., on January 12, 1860. Children, surname Hallock: I Francis E.•, b. }lay 2, 1861. II Henry P., b. Jan. 21, 1863. III Isaac R., b. April 1.8, 1870. IV Cora C., b. Nov.· 9, 1873. V Grace, b. 1877. ·

FAMILY OF ELIZABETH ROGERS TURFLER Elizabeth Rogers7, born May 7, 1799, daughter of Jacob Rogers, n1arried George Casner Turfier, son of George F. and Amy Gray Turfier, in New York City on September 5, 1822. See Family of George C. Turfier (pp. 67-82).

FAMILY OF HENRY ROGERS Henry Rogers7, son of Jacob (b. Oct. 24, 1802, d. May 28, 1867) married Mary Walters. Children: 8 I \Villiam H. , d. Oct. 6, 1829. II Frances, d. Feb. 12, 1839. III Sarah E., b. Sept. 16, 1830, d. July 23, 1856. IV Isabelle C.a, b. Oct. 16, 1830, d. Sept. 19, 1866. V Alonzo J.h, b. Sept. 13, 1839, d. ~larch 4, 1924. VI George, b. Dec. 18, 1841, d. Feb. 20, 1870. VII Helen F.c, b. ~larch 12, 1844, d. :May 17, 1929.

61 ALONZO J. ROGERS FAMILY Marriages Isabelle C. Rogers8, married William E. Dyer. Alonzo J. Rogers married Mary J. Fleming. Helen F. Rogers married George F. Knaebel.

FAMILY OF ALONZO J. ROGERssu Alonzo J. RogersbS (b. Sept. 13, 1839) son of Henry Rogers', married Mary J. Fleming (b. April 30, 1858, d. Oct. 13, 1938) Children: 9 I Mary , b. 1879, died in infancy. Il George Henrr, b. Aug. 24, 1881. III Helen Julia"b, b. Aug. 11, 1883. IV Marye, b. Dec. 22, 1885. V James, b. 1888, died in infancy. 4 VI John F. , b. March 30, 1889. VII Isabelle c.•, b. Dec. 25, 1892. VIII William T.i, b. Feb. 22, 1895. Marriages A-George Henry Rogers to Loue~ Koerner. B-Helen J. Rogers to William J. Loughlin. C-Mary Rogers to Edward J. Warden. D-John F. Rogers to Jean Westbeke. E-Isabelle C. Rogers to Howard C. Coleman. F-William F. Rogers to Bertha Kelly.

9 George Henry Rogers a (b. Aug. 24, 1881) son of Alonzo J.8, married Louetta Koerner, daughter of Jean Koerner. Children: 10 Eugene A. , b. Oct. 14, 1909.

9 Helen J. Rogers b (b. Aug. 11, 1883) married William J. Lough­ lin (d. July 26, 1943) Children, surname Loughlin : I Mary10a, b. Dec. 21, 1908. II Helen\ b. April 21, 1911. III :Mildred, b. Jan. 26, 1913, d. Aug. 29, 1916. IV Mildred 2ndc, b. Sept. 12, 1917. V :Marjorie, b. l\larch 21, 1921. Mary Loughlin10:i, b. Dec. 21, 1908, married Joseph Montieth Nov. 17, 1935.

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Children, surname Montieth: 11 I Joseph, Jr. , b. Dec. 22, 1939. II William, b. Feb. 28, 1942.

1 Helen J. Loughlin 0b, b. April 21, 1911, married George Pope, Oct. 21, 1932. Children, surname Pope : I Grace H., b, Aug. 6, 1933. II Virginia, b. Nov. 1, 1940.

10 Mildred Loughlin 2nd , b. Sept. 12, 1917, married Eugene Har- man on Dee. 30, 1939. ·

Mary Rogers10e, b. Aug. 22, 1885, married Edward J. Warden (d. March 17, 1926). Children, surname Warden: 11 I Adele , b. Oct. 10, 1918. Adele Warden11 married Oliver La Fave on June 2, 1934. Children, surname La Fave: 12 I Jean , b. March 14, 1935. Il Joyce, b. Sept. 29, 1937. John Francis Rogers94, b. March 30, 1889, inanied Jean West­ bekle.

Isabelle C. Rogers9e, b. Dec. 25, 1892, manied Howard C. Cole­ man on June 8, 1914. Children, surname Coleman: 10 I Virginia , b. March 23, 1915. Second marriage to Frederick Hargraves on June 11, 1939.

William T. Rogersef, b. Feb. 22, 1895, married Bertha Kelly (b. May 5, 1899) on July 18, 1917. Children: 10 I William H. , b. June 25,1923-now a Pilot in the Armed Forces, II Mary, b. 1919, died in infancy. William T. Rogers served as Corporal in Co. G, 305th Inf., 77th Div., World War I.

63 HELEN F., "5ARAH AND DAVID ROGERS FAMILY OF HELEN F. R.OGERSs Helen F. Rogerss was born March 12, 1844, and died May 17, 1929. She was the daughter of Henry Rogers. In_ 1876 she married George F. Knaebel of Brooklyn, N. Y., who died August 9, 1931. Mr. Knaebel was clerk of the City Court of Brooklyn until the court was merged in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, which was after a period of many years of his service as clerk. Helen Rogers Knaebel was an accomplished · musician. She and her husband moved. to Patchogue, Long Island, about 1890. Both were congenial anl delightful persons. She died at the a~e of eighty-six. No children survived.

SARAH ROGERS1 Sarah Rogers, the daughter of Jacob Rogers, was born May 16, 1805. · She never married and lived for many years with her sister and br~ther-in-law, Elizabeth and George C. Turfier, at the homestead in Nanuet, N. Y. Sarah Rogers died there in 1873. She was a likeable and discriminating woman~ greatly esteemed by all who knew her. She once told me, in my boyhood, that I ought to become a lawyer because of the many questions I asked her con­ cerning subj~ts which came up during my visits to the. farm. Needless to say, I became one.

11 · THE FAMILY OF DAVID ROGERS ' David Rogers1 (b. May 29, 1807, d. April 26, 1884) married Catherine Jaycox, of Staatsburg, N. Y., (b. Feb. 3, 1806, d. April 3, 1872) on June 23, 1828. Children: 8 I Francis T. , b. Dec. 25, 1829, d. Sept. 19, 1834. II Sarah ElizabethaS, b. March 7, 1832, d. June 30, 1901. III David Henry, b. Dec. 19, 1834, d. May 19, 1906. IV Gertrude, b. :May 10, 1838, d. Sept. 2, 1838. V Governeurbs, b. March 11, 1841, d. June 23, 1923. Second ~arriage to Ma:r;-iah Darling, widow of Capt. Darling. Marriages Sarah Elizabeth.Rogers marri~d Alfred T. Weller. Governeur Rogers married Nellie C. Ray.

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FAMILY OF SARAH E. ROGERS WELLER Sa1·ah Elizabeth Rogers married Alfred T. \\Teller. Children: surname Weller. I Anne•9, b. April 15, 1855. II Alfred, b. 1858. 9 III Katherine Rogersb , b. Jan. 27, 1861. IV Edward, b. 1864. Anne Wellera9, daughter of Alfred T., married Harry Gilbert. Children, surname Gilbert: 0 I Harold AddinselP , b. May 30, 1882.

10 Harold A. Gilbert , son of Anne W eller9, married Ida Isobell Kirkwood (b. 1900), daughter of William and Ida S. Kirkwood. Children: 11 I Bruce Kirkwood , b. 1935. II Linea Isobel, b. 1937. Katherine Rogers W eller9, daughter of Alfred T., married Ches­ ter E. Crowell on October 31, 1883. Children, surname Crowell: 10 I Chester I. , b. Aug. 23, 1884. Chester I. Crowel110 married Anne, daughter of John Townsend Johnson and May Augusta Johnson, of Kingston, N. Y., on J~uary 14, 1911. Children: 11 I Virginia , b. Dec. 21, 1911. Virginia Crowell11 married Ellis Taylor on June 1, 1935. Children, surname Taylor: 12 I Richard Crowel1 , b. Sept. 17, 1940.

FAMILY OF GOVERNEUR ROGERS' Governeur Rogerssb (born March 11, 1841, died June 23, 1923) married Nellie C. Ray (born April 22, 1851, died January 15, 1934) daughter of William Ray, of Rugby, England. Children: 9 I Nelson William •, b. March 10, 1878. II Governeur, Jr., b. Oct. 9, 1889.

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For biographic notes as to Governeur and Nelson W. Rogers, see pages 37-44.

9 Nelson W. Rogers \ son of Govemeur Rogers, married Carrie Hufnagle ( died July 11, 1927) in July, 1904. Children: I Thomas Paine1oa, b. Nov. 21, 1906. 1 II l\lary 0b, b. Jan. 27, 1909. III Kate Gleason1oe, b. April 7, 1911. 4 IV John , b. Sept. 11, 1917.

10 Thomas Paine Rogers• , son of Nelson W. and Carrie Hufnagle Rogers, married Helen Stevens, of Mahopac, N. Y., in 1931. Children: I Thomas Richardu, b. Dec. 24, 1931. II Nelson \V., Jr., b. Oct. 15, 1933. III Richard, b. Dec. 30, 1936.

1 Mary Rogers 0b, daughter of Nelson W. Rogers, married Gilsen McClure, of Grove City, Pa. Children, surname McClure: I Gilson Kettler11, b. Aug. 15, 1933. II Jean Marie, b. June, 1936.

1 Kate Gleason Rogers 0c, daughter of.Nelson W. Rogers, married Albert Hodges on June 30, 1935. · Children, surname Hodges: 11 I David Albert , b. Aug., 1937. II Caroline Sue, b. Jan., 1941. III Nancy Catherine, b. July, 1945.

1 John Rogers 0d, son of Nelson W. Rogers, married Edith Zuerker in 1941. Children: 11 I John Ray , b. µec. 1, 1943.

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TURFLER FAMILY FAMILY OF GEORGE FREDERICK TURFLER George Frederick Turfier'-, Business-Tailor, 19 Murray St., N'. Y. City, married Amy Gray (born July 24, 1751) daughter of John Gray. Children: 2 I Elizabeth , b. Sept. 15, 1787, d. Aug. 14, 1788. II Mary, b. Aug. 6, 1789, d. Sept. 16, 1790. III Amy A., b. April 1, 1793, d. May 20, 1862. IV .Catherine, b. April 1, 1793, d. Sept. 6, 1793. V George Casnerb, b. June 25, 1797, d. April 18, 1875.

FAMILY OF AMY TURFLER ROGERS Amy Turfier, daughter of George F., married: 1st Ezra Rogers, brother ·of Elizabeth Rogers Turfler; 2nd Ezra Walton, builder, of New York City; 3rd Curtis Rogers (brother of Elizabeth R. Turfier) of Phelps, N. Y. Children, surname Rogers : 8 · I William H. Rogers , b. 1807, d. 1850. William H. Rogerss, son of Ezra and Amy Turfier Rogers, mar­ ried. Children: I Sarah E.'. III George F. VI Mary W. II Ezra. IV John. VII William J. V James D. Last address in 1862 of children was Lawrence, Ga. See Af­ fidavit of George C. Turfier on probate of her Will in Suffolk Co., N. Y. See Liber 8 of Wills, p. 170; "present address unknown" 1862. William H. Rogers' portrait shows a distinguished and cultured gentleman. Before Amy Turfler Rogers married her third husband, Curtis Rogers, of Phelps, N. Y. (Curtis was a brother of grandmother Elizabeth Rogers Turfler, a brother-in-la,v to grandfather Turfier) an ante-nuptial agreement, dated October 31, 1838, was executed whereby, with Curtis Rogers' consent, she retained title to her own separate property. The law of New York then was that upon mar- 1iage the wife's separate property became the property of the hus­ band unless such an ante-nuptial agreement was made. (That law has since been abolished). This marriage to Curtis was celebrated

67 GEORGE CASNER TURFLER about October, 1838. Some years thereafter she separated from her husband. Her separate property was returned to her by her Trustee in the ante-nuptial agreement, and she took up her res­ idence in Huntington, L. I., where she died testate November 9, 1862, aged 71 years, 6 months, 19 days. She left surviving her no child or children; the residence of her grandchildren, the children of her deceased son William H., could not be ascertained by her brother, George C. Turfier, who was Executor of her Will, with due diligence, in 1862, upon :filing her Will for Probate. Her por­ trait and that of her mother and son, William H. Rogers, as well as the jewelry shown in her portrait, were bequeathed to her niece and namesake Amy Turfier Williams. The portrait shows her to be a lady of prepossessing looks, dignity and of strong character. Her last Will, probated in Suffolk Co., N. Y., on March 14, 1863, divided her Estate among her grandchildren, her sister-in-law Sarah Rogers and her brother George C's children, after making suitable charitable bequests. Her Will also gave the portraits of her son and mother to Amy T. Williams. These portraits are now in the writer's home. They are pronounced by experts to be fine.examples of portraiture work. Her Lutheran Hymnal is bound in fine quality black leather; in gold letters on its face is "Amelia Rogers, 1837." It also is in the writer's possession.

FAMILY OF GEORGE CASNER TURFLER George Casner Turfler"b (b. 6-25-1797, d. 4-18-1875) married Elizabeth Rogers (b. May 7, 1799, d. Feb. 9, 1886) of Cold Spring Harbor, L. I., daughter of Jacob Rogers, on Sept. 25, 1822. Mr. Turfier was among the :first to favor Public Schools in New York City. He was a vestryman of St. Peters Episcopal Church on W. 20th Street, New York City. John Gray, his uncle, was a soldier in the War of the Revolution. Children: 8 I Amy •, b. Aug. 12, 1823, d. Sept. 11, 1898. II :Mary Elizabeth, b. May 9, 1826, d. April 4, 1840. III Cornelia Rogersb ,b. Sept. 20, 1828, d. Nov. 24, 1907. IV George Frederickc, b. Sept. 22, 1830, d. Dec. 13, 1898. V Jacob Curtisd, b. Feb. 22, 1833, d. June 23, 1911. VI William Henry, b. Feb. 27, 1835, d. March 28, 1835. VII Francis Augustus•, b. Sept. 7, 1838, d. Aug. 26, 1913. VIII Mary Catherine, b. Jan. 17, 1842, d. March 27, 1842.

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Marriages Amy Turfier• married Isaac \Villiams. Cornelia Rogers Turflet' married Henry Kroehl. George Frederick Turflerc married Sarah Ann V anBlarcom. Jacob Curtis Turfler4 married Margaret Ann Haring. Francis Augustus Turflere married (1) Mary Elizabeth Alger a.nd (2) Jane Peters~

FAMILY OF AMY TURFLER WILLIAMS Amy Turfier, daughter of George and Elizabeth Rogers Turfier, married Isaac Williams (b~ March 1, 1820, d. March 1, 1912) son of Cadwallader Williams, on Sept. 3, 1846, at the home of the bride's parents in N. Y. City, by Rev. Hugh Smith, D. D., Rector of St. Peters Church, on W. 20th Street. (See marriage certificate in Ap­ p-endix). Children, surname Williams : I George Cadwallader', b. Sept.17, 1847, d. May 26, 1850. II Jane Elizabeth•, b. Feb. 27, 1849, d. Oct. 19, 1933. ID Eroma.i,, b. July 31, 1850, d. Feb. 22, 1929. IV George, b. March 1, 1852, d. Dec. 23, 1852. V Jacob Cadwallader, b. Oct 8, 1853, d. July 2, 1879. VI Josephine Amy, b. Feb. 27, 1858, d. Aug. 7, 1858. VII Isaac Newtonu, b. Dec. 2, 1859. VIII Francis Edgar, b. Dec. 15, 1861, d. April 3, 1933. IX Charles Rogers", b. Nov. 9, 1866, d. Oct. 9, 1937. Isaac Williams, husband of Amy Turfier Williams, was born March 1, 1820, at Cerrig y drydion, Wales. He died at his home in Brooklyn on March 1, 1913, at the age of exactly 93 years. Isaac Williams and Amy Turfier Williams celebrated their Gold­ en Wedding Anniversary on Sept. 3, 1896, at their home in St. Marks Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Many friends gathered to congratu­ late them. Emma Williamsw married J. Phelps Wingate. Isaac Newton Williamsc married Melbie E. Hall. Charles Rogers Williamsd married Jane R. Richards. Jane Elizabeth Williams• was named for her father's sister Jane and her grandmother Elizabeth Turfier. From 1880 to the time of her death in 1933 she lived at the homestead on St. Marks Ave.,

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Brooklyn, and died there at the ripe age of nearly 85 years. She was left quite deaf in early life from an attack of scarlet fever. She was an exemplary character. Emma Williamsb (b. July 31, 1850, d. Feb. 22, 1929) married J. Phelps Wingate (brother of Gen. George \V. Wingate) at her parents' home in Brooklyn. There was one child born of the marriage which died shortly after birth.

FAMILY OF I. NEWTON WILLIAMS Isaac Newton Williamsc (b. Dec. 2, 1859) married Melbie Eliza­ beth Hall (b. March 7, 1859, d. May 14, 1940) daughter of Robert R. and Jane Cooper Hall, of Newark, N. J., on Dec. 27, 1886, at St. Paul's 1\L E. Church, on Broad St., Newark, N. J. Miss Hall stood second in the Examinations of the Public Schools in Newark. She was a teacher of next to the highest class in the Mulberry St. P. S. She was so expert as a teacher that many visit­ ors came to her classes to see and hear her teaching technique. She was a most exemplary wife and mother. She later studied horticulture and entered her home garden in the Herald-Tribune Annual Garden Contests from 1933 to 1937. The contest included gardens within a radius of 60 miles from City Hall, New York City, including some eight counties in N. Y. and N. J. She won the local first award in Class B (less in size than Estates) for 1932, 1934, 1935. In 1936 she was awarded second grand prize; in 1937 she was awarded the first prize for the best garden in the entire territory of the contest in her class. Views of portions of her garden ap­ peared in the Pictorial Section of the Herald- Tribune in 1937, the last year of the contest. She was always interested in Church work; she took an active interest in the Girl Scouts in ~ionmouth County; also in County and local Red Cross. She was successful, as Chairman of a special Committee, in accomplishing the amalga­ mation of the two Republican Women's Clubs of lVlonmouth County. Loyalty, devotion and efficiency marked her entire life. Mr. Williams is a member of the New York Bar. He retired from active practice about 1925. He served for over twenty-five years on the Board of the New York City Baptist Mission Society. He is active in Church and Civic affairs.

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Ml·. and Mrs. Williams celebrated their Golden Wedding Anni­ versary on December 27, 1936. A reception was given them at the home of their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond B. Haynes, on Park Ave., New York City. Many friends joined in the celebration. His National number in the S. A. R. is 53,627. Children: I Edith Louise:1a, b. ~larch 7, 1890. II Robert Newton\ b. June 21, 1894. Edith Williams• graduated from Horace Mann School (Colum­ bia University) also Smith College, Class of 1912, with degree of B. A. After this she attended a course in Interior Decoration. In World War I she worked at the Hospitals at Lakewood and Corona, N. J. After the War she continued in Interior Decoration until her marriage.

11 Robert N. Williams b graduated from Horace Mann School and was a Junior in Wisconsin University when World War I started. He volunteered in the Air Service, took a private course in Aviation at Miami, Fla., and after graduating, he entered the U. S. Army Aviation Service. He studied at Columbus, Ohio, University, and after finishing his studies there was ordered to Kelly Field, Texas. While awaiting his assignment for active service, he taught re­ cruits in aviation there until he received his honorable discharge at the end of the War. In \Vorld War II he volunteered in the U. S. Army and was commissioned a Captain. He served on various Aviation Fields in the U.S. until he was assigned for War duty in Burma, India, where he served until October, 1945. He is now serving under U. N. R. R. A. in China.

FAMILY OF EDITH WILLIAMS HAYNES Edith Louise Williams married Raymond Bonticou Haynes (b. Sept. 18, 1890) son of Henry S. Haynes and Fannie Louise Bonticou on Feb. 13, 1922 (the bride's birthday). Mr. Haynes is a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He enlisted in Squadron A. Cavalry of the New York National Guard, N. Y. City, in June, 1917; Commissioned First Lieut. Ordinance Reserve Corps, Aug. 17, 1917; went to France May, 1918, attached to Fourth French

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Army, July, 1918, and advanced to Captain; trained as an Inspector of Artillery with French Army until Dec., 1918; he was then at­ tached to 2nd U. S. Army Headquarters until Feb., 1919. In 1919 he attended Trinity College, Cambridge University, England. He has been, since 1925, a member of the firm of Wellington & Co., New York City, members of the New York Stock Exchange.

Children, surname Haynes : I Elizabethea. II Robert Bontecoub.

Elizabeth Haynesh is a graduate of Brearly School and of Smith College with degree of B. A. She served as an assistant in the U. S. State Department at Washington, D. C.

Robert Bonteeou Haynes• is a graduat,e of Buckley and Choate Schools and has entered Harvard University, Class of '46.

FAMILY OF ROBERT NEWTON WILLIAMS

Robert Newton Williamsb married Madelon Tengbergen (b. Macassar, East Indies, Sept. 24, 1891) at Shanghai, China, April 28, 1920.

Children: 8 I Robert N., Jr. •, b. Jan. 12, 1921, at Padang, D. E. I. II John Keenb, b. Aug. 12, 1922, at Urga, Mongolia.

Robert N. Williams, Jr.•, was a Junior in Lafayette College when World War II started. He enlisted in the U. S. Navy, Avi­ ation Branch. He studied at Pensecola and Jacksonville Fields in Florida and received his Commission as 1st Lieut. in 1943, and was assigned for duty in the South Pacific. In March, 1945, on a flight mission from Saipan, Marianna Islands, he was reported "Missing in Action." He ,vas reported dead later by the Navy Department.

John Keen Williamsb graduated from Vermont University in 1945 w·ith degree of B. E. On September 15, 1945, he married liarion Maynard Merrill, daughter of Mrs. and the late Major Howard Nichols Merrill, of the U.S. Army, of Burlington, Vt.

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4 Charles Rogers Williams ' married Carrie C. Children: 15 I Gertrude , b. ~lay, 1897, d. Aug. 20, 1897. Second marriage to Jane R. Richards (b. Aug. 16, 1864, d. Jan. 2, 1911) daughter of Charles Austin Richards and Lucy Edy Healy, on April 30, 1901. Children: 11 II Lucy A. •, b. Feb. 29, 1902. III Charles Rogers, Jr/\ b. Sept. 13, 1905. IV Austin Richards, b. April 17, 1907, d. ~larch 15, 1908. Lucy A. Williams:ia married Carl Evans, son of Dr. Evans, of Wilkes Barre, Pa., in 1944. Charles Rogers Williams, Jr/b manied Ruth, daughter of Alvin H. Waage, on Oct. 1, 1931. Children: I Shirley, b. April 14, 1933. II Richard Clark, b. April 16, 1937.

FAMILY OF CORNELIA TURFLER KROEHL Cornelia R. Turfler81- married Henry Kroehl ( d. Dec. 5, 1890) on Sept. 9, 1847. Children, surname Kroehl: I George Frederick'a, b. 1849, d. Feb. 1i, 1908. II Clementine, b. April 5, 1857, d. Nov. 30, 1860. III Agnes. IV Harry, b. June 10, 1872, d. April 4, 1874. Agnes Kroehl married Gus Seighortner.

FAMILY OF GEORGE FREDERICK KROEHL George Frederick KroehI'• married t,vice. His first wife was Sarah L. Gahagan (d.Sept. 7, 1892).

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Children: I Percival :s. II llary Stewart. III Ho,vard. IV George F .. Jr. V Cornelia R. VI Frederick W. VII Jessie 1\1. Henry Kroehl was an importer of Bristles and had his office on Pearl St., N. Y. City. Early in the '70's he took up.his residence at Asbury Park, N. J., where his friend Bradley was among the first to develop Asbury Park and the ocean beach to the south, which was named Bradley Beach in his honor. Fred Kroehl, his son, also made his residence in Asbury Park in th~ early '70's. After his father's death, about 1875, he succeeded him in the business. He took an interest in politics in Asbury Park and was elected a mem­ ber of the City Council. He later was elected a director of the principal Bank and Trust Company in Asbury Park and served as its President a number of years.

FAMILY OF GEORGE FREDERICK TURFLER George F. Turfier• (b. Sept. 21, 1830) married Sarah A. Van Blarcom (b. Oct. 21, 1833) . \ Children: I Mary'•, b. Feb. 10, 1854, d. Dec. 13, 1898. II Sarah, b. Dec. 12, 1857, d. July 3, 1878. III Frances\ b. Jan. 22, 1862. IV Amy G.C, b. Nov. 25, 1867. 4 V George Casner , b. Aug. 22, 1870, d. Nov. 13, 1941. Mary Turfier mar1ied Eugene Vic Tyson. Frances Turfier married Charles Van Orden. Amy Turfier married (1) Walter Westervelt; (2) Mr. Richards. George Casner Turfier married Marie Anna Muller.

FAMILY OF MARY TURFLER TYSON Mary Turfier'• married Eugene Vic Tyson on April 29, 1874.

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Children, surname Tyson : 11 I .Cassie , b. :March 24., 1875. II Georgie Annie, b. Dec. 11, 1876. III John, b. Nov. 30, 1878. IV Bertha, b. July 19, 1880. V Susan, b. Sept., 1882. VI William, b. Oct. 18, 1884. VII Fred, b. Sept. 24, 1886. Vill Edward, b. May 15, 1889. IX Clarence, b. May, 1890.

FAMILY OF FRANCES TURFLER VANORDEN Frances Turfler'b married Charles Van Orden Jan. 17, 1883, at Jiackensack, N. J. Child, surname Van Orden: 11 I George F. , b. Nov. 25, 1883.

FAMILY OF AMY TURFLER WESTERVELT Amy G. Turfler~c married Walter Westervelt on Oct. 27, 1886. Children, surname Westervelt: I Sadie', b. Aug. 6, 1889. II Ethel, b. Sept. 29, 1891. Second marriage to Mr. Richards. Children., surname Richards : 11 III Elizabeth • IV l\{arjorie.

FAMILY OF GEORGE CASNER TURFLER George Casner Turfier• (b. Aug. 22, 1870, d. Nov. 13, 1941) married Marie Anna Miiller Sept. 10, 1893. Children: 11 I . Marie E. , b. June 11, 1894. II George F., b. Feb. 22, 1896, d. :May 3, 1915. III Sarah A., b. June 15, 1899.

FAMILY OF JACOB CURTIS TURFLER11 Jacob Curtis Turfier (b. Feb. 22, 1833, d. June 23, 1911) ma1Tied

75 JACOB C. TCRFLER FAllILY ltiargaret Ann (b. 1viay 30, 1839, d. July 15, 1921) daughter of Isaac and Margaret Haring, of Orangeto,,11, N. Y., on Dec. 1, 1858. Children: I Ida', died in infancy. II Cornelia Rogers•-, b. Aug. 19, 1866, d. Feb. 3, 1897. III Elizabeth Haring, b. June 5, 1868. IV Isaac Harry'\ b. Aug. 13, 1871. V Agnes Kroehl'C, b. April 5, 187 4. VI Fred Kroehl~, b. Aug. 7, 1877. Jacob Curtis Turfier was named after his maternal grandfather Jacob and his maternal uncle Curtis. He continued operating the Homestead farm at Nanuet, N. Y., until he retired from active business. Cornelia Rogers Turfier manied Frank C. Fisher. Isaac Harry Turfier married (1) Anna Rankin; (2) Emma Kreuder; (3) Emily de Cantillion. Agnes K. Turfier married William Odell. Fred K. Turfier married (1) Laura Pye Nickerson; (2) Helen Edna Garrabrandt. Marjorie V. Fishers manied Austin F. Whittaker. Elsa M. Odens married Irving Ste,vart.

FAMILY OF CORNELIA R. TURFLER FISHER Cornelia Rogers Turfier" married Frank C., son of Frank C. and Ellen Fisher, of Nanuet, N. Y., on Feb. 22, 1893, at Nanuet, N. Y. Children, surname Fisher: 15 I Harry Mandeville •, b. Nov. 30, 1893. II Marjorie Veroque, b. Nov. 7, 1896. Marjorie V. Fishersa, daughter of Cornelia R. Turfier and Frank C. Fisher, also adopted daughter of Jacob C. and Margaret Ann Turfier, married Austin, son of Joseph L. Whittaker, of Blauvelt, N. Y., on Oct. 22, 1921, at West Nyack, N. Y. Children, surname Whittaker: 8 I Carol Elizabeth , b. July 4, 1928. II Doris Lillian, b. April 13, 1930.

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FAMILY OF ISAAC HARRY TURFLER Isaac Harry Turfler'h married Anna Rankin, daughter of John and Anna R. Dunn, of Hempstead, L. I., on June 27, 1894, at Brook­ lyn, N. Y. Children: I Mildred Louise:1 ~ b. Aug. 30, 1898. II Gertrude R., b. Sept. 20, 1900. III James Curtis, b. Nov. 17, 1902. Second marriage to Emma, daughter of Charles Kreuder, of Nanuet, N. Y., on April 2, 1912. Third marriage to Emily De Cantillion, daughter of George l\Iartin, on Feb. 20, 1932 ( died Jan., 1944).

FAMILY OF AGNES K. TURFLER ODELL Agnes K. Turfier"? married William, son of Henry Odell, of Bergenfield, N. J., on Oct. 12, 1897, at West Nyack, N. Y. Children, surname Odell: I Elsa Marie\ b. l\larch 16, 1903. II Edna Leona, b. Aug. 15, 1905. III Vera May, b. l\Iarch 12, 1907. Elsa M. OdellG married Irving Stewart on February 6, 1920. Children, surname Stewart: 6 I Richard 1. •

FAMILY OF FRED K. TURFLER

Fred K. Turfler'd married Laura Pye Nickerson, daughter of George W. Nickerson, of West Nyack, N. Y., on Oct. 15, 1904. Second marriage to Helen Edna Garrabrandt, daughter of Henry Young, of Brooklyn, N. Y ., on J.\ilay 27, 1921.

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3 Francis Augustus Turfler e married l\ilary Elizabeth Alger (b. Jan. 18, 1840) at the Hon1estead, Nanuet, N. Y., 1868, d. June 14, 1878.

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Children: I George Casner••, b. Nov. 23, 186i, d. Dec. 13, 1924. II John Goff'\ b. ~larch 28, 1869. III Mary•c, d. 1939. IV Caroline'\ b. Jan. 9, 18i5, d. Feb. 11, 1924. V Tillie, b. July 14, 1877, d. Jan. 14, 1881. Second mar.riage to Jane Peters (b. April 9, 1846, d. Sept. 11, 1913) on March 15, 1875. Children: VI Frank""~, b. 1878. VII Walter R., b. May 25, 1880, d. Jan. 2, 1881. VIII Alice'r, b. Aug. 4, 1881, d. July 29, 1936. IX Charles H:s, b. Nov. 16, 1884, d. Aug. 8, 1908. George Casner Turfier' married Mary French. John Goff Turfier married Minnie Peters. Mary Turfier married Frank Vail. Caroline Turfier married Eugene Brannon. Frank Turfier, D. 0., manied Anna Francis, D. 0. Alice Turfier married Howard Conklin, D. 0. Charles H. Turfier manied Mary L. Rider.

FAMILY OF GEORGE C. TURFLER~G George Casner Turfier'• married Mary French, of Sugar Loaf, N. Y., Sept. 28, 1887 ( d. 1936). Children: I Robertu, b. Sept. 7, 1891, d. Sept. 4, 1939. II George, b. Oct. 10, 1893, d. May 27, 1910. III Elizabeth\ b. Nov. 8, 1895. IV Jacobc, b. July 21, 1898. · Robert Turfier:;• married Helen Saroe, of St. Petersburg, Fla., in October, 1915. Children: 6 I Lillian • II James Saroe. III Helen Elizabeth. 78 TURFLER F Al\HLY

FAMILY OF ELIZABETH TURFLER VAN ,VERT Elizabeth Turfler:ib married Howard (b. l\Iay 17, 1888, d. Feb. 19, 1942) son of Willard and 1\-linnie DeKay Van ,vert, on January 22, 1920. Children, surname Van Wert: I Howard Alton". Howard Van Wert was a direct descendant of John Van Wert, one of the four Colonial Soldiers who captured Maj. John Andre, British Army, near Tarrytown, N. Y., dm·ing the War of the Revo­ lution. One of the three associated "'ith him was his cousin Isaac ,ran Wert, great grandson of the Pioneer Isaac Van Wert who founded Tarrytown in 1660. Second marriage to Sanford W. Barrett, son of James and Eliza­ beth D. Barrett, of Vernon, N. J., on August 17, 1946.

FAMILY OF JACOB TURFLER Jacob Turfler:ic married Edith Davenport in January, 1919. Children: I Jacob Jay", b. 1921. II Barbara, b. 1926. III Richard Allen, b. 1928.

FAMILY OF JOHN GOFF TURFLER' John Goff Turfler'b (b. March 28, 1869) married :Minnie, daugh­ ter of George S. Peters, of Pike Pond, N. Y., on April 30, 1890. Children: I Ruth l\fae:i•, b. Aug. 25, 1891. II Gertrude M. Gh, b. May 29, 1895. III George F., b. Sept. 29, 1900, d. Sept. 1, 1921. Ruth Mae Turfier:;• married John R., son of Francis 11.. Bowser, of Kansas City, Mo., on Nov. 19, 1913. Children, surname Bowser: I John Francis6•D. 0., b. Jan. 23, 1915. 6 II Gertrude D. \ b. May 22, 1919. III Robert Leroy, b. Feb. 9, 1921.

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John Francis Bowserea marri.ed Wendella (b. Nov. 10, 1915) daughter of William Bott, on July 30, 1937. John F. Bo,vser is a Doctor of Osteopathy. Children: 1 I John George Bowser , b. Dec. 25, 1942. Gertrude M. Turfler:sb (b. May 29, 1895) married Ernest, son of Plaskey Worman, of Hume, Mo., on August 6, 1920. Children, surname Worman: 8 I Lucille , b. Aug. 8, 1921, d. Jan. 2, 1930. 6 II John Ernest •, b. Nov. 27, 1931. Second marriage to Charles Clay on May 6, 1925. John Ernest Wormane was duly adopted by his step-father Charles Clay and thereafter has been known as John Ernest Clay. He is a graduate magnum cum laude of Carlton College, Minn. He is a member of Phi Betta Kappa. He volunteered in the U. S. Army and was assigned to the Medical and Psychological Examining and Processing Unit for Aviation Cadets at a Field in North Carolina, and recently was transferred to War Chemistry Division at Yale University. John Ernest Clay68 married Theodora, daughter of· Abram and Gertrude Mossier Buckman, of Iron Mountain, Mich., on March 11, 1944.

FAMILY OF MARY TURFLER' VAIL Mary Turfler'c married Frank Vail. Children, surname Vail : I Alger.

FAMILY OF CAROLINE TURFLER' BRANNON Caroline Turflet'41 married Eugene, son of Jaines Monroe Bran­ non, of Coffeeville, Miss., at New York City, on Feb. 11, 1900. Children, surname Brannon: 11 I Emma E. •, b. Sept. 13, 1902. 11 II Gordon Kingsley \ b. March 16, 1907.

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11 Emma Eugene Brannon • married Ford, son of Joseph D. Jack­ son, of Alpine, Texas, on July 7, 1924 (d. 1932). Child, surname Jackson: 8 I Joseph Servilla , b. Oct. 6, 1926. Second marriage to James Scott, son of Earl Scott, of Wilming­ ton, Del., on July 10, 1937.

Emma Brannon Scott11 is a graduate of Sul Ross College with B. S. degree. She is a member of the D. A. R., Santa Fe Chapter. Her number is 347,159. Mrs. Scott's vocation is teacher.

11 Gordon K. Brannon b manied Francis Churchill Riggs, son of Eugene Ware Riggs, on May 18, 1932. Children, surname Riggs: I Gordon C.', b. March 10, 1933. II Linda C. B., b. Feb. 14, 1939. Gordon C. Brannon was, until recently, serving with Officers' Training Camp in California.

FAMILY OF FRANK TURFLER' Frank Turfler'e D. 0. married Anna Francis D. 0. Children: 11 I Francis A. • II Robert, d. while in college. Ill David.

FAMILY OF ALICE TURFLER' CONKLIN Alice Turfler'r married Howard Conklin, D. 0., son of S. Lewis and Mary Rhodes Conklin, of Sugar Loaf, N. Y., on April 18, 1908. Children, surname Conklin : I Walter R.'. Il Roger Howard15 •D. 0., b. Nov. 30, 1910. Dr. Howard Conklin and his son Roger Howard Conklin are osteopathic physicians, of Sugar Loaf, Orange Co., N. Y.

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11 Dr. Roger Howard Conklin • D. 0., married Lillian M., daughter of Robert and Helen Saroe Turfier, of Warwick, -N. J. Children: 8 I Helen Alice , b. June 4, 1937. II James Howard, b. Feb. 22, 1943.

FAMILY OF CHARLES H. TURFLER' Charles H. Turfier&& married Mary L. Rider (b. Oct. 26, 1884, d. Feb. 8, 1915). Child: I Harveys.

WILLIAMS FAMILY This record starts with Thomas Williams' ~on Cadwallader and his grandchildren Jane, Elias and Isaac. Thomas Williams1, Ard Dwyfan (Welsh Bard). Children: Cadwallader -and ten others. Cadwallader manied Jane. Cadwallader was an Apothecary at Cerrig y Drydion, Wales. Children: I Jane••, b. 1810, d. April 12, 1885. II Margaret, b. 1813, d. ~fay 21, 1902. III Catherine. IV Elizabeth. V Elias•b. VI William. VII Isaac•c, b. March 1, 1820, d. :March 1, 1913.

FAMILY OF JANE WILLIAMS MENCK

Jane Williams8 married Col. William Menck (b. 1811, d. Dec. 28, 1884) son of Dorothea Menck (b. 1784, d. Oct. 25, 1876). Col Menck was for years a member of the School Board of New York City. His business was the manufacture of Carbon used in

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Sugar Refining. He served as Colonel of a Regiment in New York City. Children, surname Menck: I Charles'&, b. 1842, d. Feb. 21, 1882. II Jane S.'1>, b. 1837, d. March 4, 1875. Ill Henrietta'c. 44 IV Julia , b. April 28, 1848, d. April 2, 1904. Jane S. Menck married Henry Meyer. Henrietta Menck married Robert Hazeltine. Julia P. Menck married Morris Mumford Budlong. Charles Menck'- never married. He was engaged in the Bonded Warehouse business in New York City. He was a favorite among his many friends and a gentleman of the old school.

FAMILY OF JANE S. MENCK MEYER Jane S. Mencke, married Henry Meyer (b.1821, d. Nov. 8, 1877). Children, surname Meyer: I William M.•, b. May, 1856, d. Aug. 8, 1874. Il Harry J.••, b. 1860, d. Nov. 5, 1920. m Josephine E., b. May, 1862, d. Aug. 8, 1863. Harry J. Meyer•• married Jane DeG. Bergen. Harry J. Meyer was a member of the Larchmont Yacht Club. He was an enthusiastic Yachtsman. He made several racing trips to Bermuda. His business was with Baker & Williams, which firm operated important Bonded Warehouses in New York City. He was an ideal friend, popular among his many business aquaintances.

FAMILY OF HENRIETTA MENCK' HAZELTINE Henrietta Menck'c married Robert Hazeltine, of New York City. Children, surname Hazeltine: I Robert H. II Josephine H., d.May, 1911. Robert Hazeltine was a prominent grain merchant in New York City.

83 lfENCK F Al'\IIL Y FAMILY OF JULIA MENCK' BUDLONG Julia P. Menck" married Morris Mumford Budlong on Jan. 28, 1884, at New York City. Mr. Budlong was a member of the New York Bar. He also served as President of the New York City Bible Society for many years. Child, surname Budlong: 1 I Julia M. , b. Feb. 4, 1885. Julia M. Budlong married DeWitt F. Ottman. Mr. Ottman en­ listed in the Army Air Force in World War II and was promoted to the rank of Major. Child, surname Ottman: I John B.•, b. Nov. 14, 1922. Mr. Ottman is a Lieutenant in the Army Air Force.

FAMILY OF ELIAS WILLIAMS' Elias Williams•b married Elizabeth Jones. Children: I Isaac'•. II Elizabeth. III Jane. IV Catherine. V John CadwalladerA. VI Griffith4c. VII Elizabeth. VIII Roberf. · Isaac Williams•• married. He graduated as an li. D. and at the time of his death had es­ tablished a large practice in London, England. John Cadwallader Wi_lliams'\ M. D., married Catherine Thomas. John C. Williams, M. D., was active as a physician in London, England, for many years. He retired from practice before '\Vorld War II. Children: I J. L. Cecilu. II MabePb.

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J. L. Cecil Williamslla, M. A., B. L., married Olive M. Evans, daughter of Aneurin 0. Evans, J. P., of Denbigh, Wales, on June 29, 1935. Cecil WHliams is a Solicitor of the British Bar and has his office in London, England. He served in World War I as a Captain in the Welsh Fusiliers, and has been for several years last past the Honor­ able Secretary of the Honorable Comrodorian Society, the most Ancient Society of Wales. Children: I John Aneurin'. Mabel Williams•b manied Major Claude Thomas. Mabel Williams Thomas and Major Thomas are graduate Den­ tists, and Mabel Thomas is also an M. D. Children, surname Thomas: I Catwin, M. A.'., b. II John D.R., b. Griffith Williams'c, M. D., is in active practice in London, Eng­ land. He married. Children: I Howell', preparing for Doctor's degree. II John Trevor, studying for Law degree. John Trevor Williams served in World War II.

FAMILY OF ISAAC WILLIAMS• For genealogy, see George C. Turfler's family (pages 69-73).

HALL FAMILY Josephus Hall (father of Robert R. Hall, of Newark, N. J.) married. Child: I Sidneyl. Second marriage to Marria Twitchell (b.1793, d. Nov. 25, 1870).

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Children: II '\Villiam c.2a, b. April 9, 1825, d. June 22, 1908. 211 III Robert R. , b. 1827, d. Nov., 1901. 2 IV Charles c. V Sarah2c1. 2 VI Eliza e.

2 Charles Hall c married Silvia Stannard. Sarah Hall!d married Hotchkiss.

1 Eliza Ha1I • married Clark Johnson.

FAMILY OF WILLIAM C. HALL - William C. Hal12a, son of Josephus Hall, manied Hannah S. Van Doren, of Albany, N. Y. (b.May 6, 1828, d. April 11, 1860). Children: I Georgia c.••, b. Oct. 28, 1857, d. Sept. 11, 1877. II William C., Jr.n, b. Feb. 22, 1859, d. Sept. 29, 1890. III Jessie, b. Feb. 8, 1860, d. Dec. 14, 1861. WiUiam C. Hall.. was born in Oxford, Conn., April 9, 1825. He was for over 25 years Superintendent of the Car Construc~ion De­ partment at New Haven, Conn., of the N. Y. N. H. & H. R.R. Co. Georgia C. Hall.. married C. 0. E. Hartung. William C. Hall, Jr.Sb manied Charlotte Rogers.

FAMILY OF GEORGIA C. HALL HARTUNG Georgia C. Hallsa married C. 0. E. Hartung, of New Haven, Conn. Children, surname Hartung: I Harry H.4•, M. D., b. March 6, 1875, d. Sept. 4, 1929. Harry H. Hartung'- married Crescenz, daughter of Clement Baumiiller, of Munich, Germany, on August 17, 1897. Child: I Robert Wm. Rolfeu, b. June 26, 1901. Dr. Harry H. Hartung" was an accomplished musician. He re­ ceived his M. D. from Yale University. He then took a post-gradu-

86 HALL FAMILY ate course in a Medical College at Munich, Germany. He practiced his profession in Boston, Mass., where he established a large and lucrative practice. He was often called upon as an expert witness in surgery and medicine in the Massachusetts Courts.· William C. Han~a (b. Feb. 22, 1859) married Charlotte Rogers Platt, of Milford, Conn. (b. April 15, 1838, d. March 12, 1927). Children: I Jennie Maya, b. Oct. 19, 186~ d. Jan. 10, 1889. II Lottie Maud'&, b. July 3, 186~. 3 ID Josephine J. \ b. Aug. 8, 1875. IV Jassamine H.ac, b. Aug. 8, 1875. 1 V Jennie May c1. Lottie M. Hall married William T. Adkins. Josephine J. Hall married James M. Palmer. Jessamine H. Hall married James M. Wilson. Jennie May Hall married G. Frank Bradley. Lottie M. Hallsa married William T. Adkins (b. 1848, d. Jan. 9, 1933) son of Charles and Harriet Adkins, of Burlington, Vt., on Sept. 25, 1907. Josephine J. Hall8b married James M. Palmer, son of Charles and Martha Palmer, of New Haven, Conn., on Dec. 15, 1909. Children, surname Palmer: I Roger Hall\ b. 1916. Jassamine H. Hansc married James M. Woolson, son of David B. and Caroline Woolson, of New Haven, Conn., on May 16, 1895. Children, surname Woolson: I Gerald Hall', b. Feb. 5, 1896. II Raymond Brainerd, b. May 14, 1898. III Marshall Stowe, b. July 11, 1905. Jennie May Hall'\ daughter of William C. Hall, Jr., married G. Frank Bradley on July 5, 1888.

FAMILY OF RO·BERT R. HALL Robert R. HalI2\ son of Josephus Hall, married Jane Elizabeth

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Cooper, of Elizabeth, N. J., on Dec. 27, 1848, (b. Aug. 3, 1834, d. Jan. 24, 1881). Children: 1 I William , died in infancy. II Ida, died in infancy. III Edward, died in infancy. 3 IV M. Elizabefu •, b. March 12, 1859, d. May 14, 1940. V Hannah Louiseab, b. Dec. 27, 1860. Mary Elizabeth, known as Melbie E. Hallaa, married I. Newton \Villiams, son of Isaac and Amy Turfier Williams, of Brooklyn, N. Y., on Dec. 27, 1886, at St. Paul's Methodist Church, on Broad St., Newark, N. J. (See Family under George C. Turfier, pp. 69-70).

1 Hannah Louise Hall b married Oscar H. Luff (b. May 7, 1857, d. Oct. 2, 1918) son of William R. Luff and Frances Farrington Luff on Dec. 27, 1879. Children, surname Luff: I Chester Arthur'-, b. Oct. 8, 1880. II Marguerite F .'\ b. Jan. 14, 1886. Chester A. Luff" married Veronica W. Werr, daughter of Joseph B. Werr, of Kansas City, Mo., on October 6, 1925. Marguerite F. Luff'1t married Carman Loomis Sheldon, of New- ark, N. J., on November 18, 1908.

2 Charles Hall c married Silvia Stannard. No children survived. Sarah HaJl24 married Mr. Hotchkiss.

2 Eliza Hal1 e married Clark Johnson. Children, surname Johnson: I Ida Clark. II Lulu Clark.

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THE ROGERS FAMILY Historical Tradition Associates the Name with All That Is True and Noble-The First Protestant Martyr Was John Rogers-The Sect of Rogerenes Founded by a Member of the Family.

By ELEANOR LEXINGTON

The name Roger, Rogers or Rodgers is derived from the word Hruod in Frank, Hrother in the North and Ruhm in the Modern German, meaning fame or glory. · In the German it is Roger or Rudiger; in Spanish it is Rogerio, and in Italian· Ruggiero. Historical tradition associates the name with all that is true and noble. A meaning ascribed to it is "one whose word is reliable." It has been claimed that the name is derived from the French, since we read that Roger I., Count of Sicily and Calabria, and the founder of the Norman dynasty in those countries, was born in Normandy, France, about 1031. This suggests, that the English Rogers families were possibly origin­ ally Norman French, and went to England with William the Conqueror. Of early ancestors, there was Aaron Rogers, a merchant of Rome, Italy, ,vho in the year 1300, in consequence of religious persecutions, fled for his life, and took up his residence in London. There he resumed his business as a merchant and became rich. He was the great-grandfather of the first Protestant martyr in the reign of Queen Mary-John Rogers, who was prebendary of St. Paul's Cathedral, and was burned at the stake at Smith­ field, February 4, 1555. • . . • • The Rogers are a sturdy and long-lived race. Daniel Rogers, the cen­ tenarian, could do a full day's mowing when he was 95 years old. At the age of 100 "he ran away from home, a distance of four miles, to visit a friend." It was the busy haying season, and his children could not take the trouble to accommodate him with any means of conveyance. The same year he was presented with his first pair of spectacles. He died in 1772, at the age of 106 years. In one family of ten brothers and sisters seven lived to be 100 years, aggregate ages of the ten were 988 years. • . . . . The Rogers' arms bear a conventionalized fleur-de-lis in chief, a star in base, with a helmet for crest. The earliest crest of the Rogers' escutche­ on was a fleur-de-lis and the first motto "Nos Rostraque Deo" which freely interpreted means "Ourselves and our possessions to God." A sheaf of wheat was sometimes represented on the shield.

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From Rttords of First Presbyterian Church, Huntington, L. I.

l\Iarriages by Rev. Hart Jacob Rogers - Esther Wicks ·······························································-··················· Oct. 14, 1776 Johnson - Lavinah Rogers···········-··········-····················································· January 29th, 1783 Jacob Rogers - Elizabeth Heartt ··············································-·····-··-··-····-· December 1793 Marriages by Rev. Schenck Joseph Rogers, wido"·er - Keziah Sammis ...... February 5, 1805 Platt Rogers, widower - Polly Sammis, widow ...... _...... November 22, 1815

Baptismal Beeord

By Rev. John Close 1767, July 5 ...... ·-·········--··········-··-·····--················-·····--··-······-·-························-···· ·son Jonas 1771, Feb. 25 ·······················-····················-··-········-·········· .. ········· .. -··············· Charity, daughter Jonas By Rev. Hart 1784, August 1 ·····-···············-·······-··············-····················································· Esther Rogers (Adult) Mary Rogers, Experience Rogers 1784, November 7-,Vife and daughters Jacob Rogers: Eliph B., Joseph, etc., Azra Rogers

By Rev. Woodhull 1787, Nov. 4 ...... Geo.-son Jacob 1788, Mar. 2 ...... :...... Jonas, son Jonas 1813, Dec. 30 ...... Joseph, son Jonas

Baptized by Rev. Ebenezer Prime 1752, June 24 ...... Jarvis, son Jonas and Mary 1753, :May 27 ...... Joseph, son Jonas and Mary 1756, June 15 ...... Esther, daughter, Jonas and 'Mary 1760, Jan. 20 ...... Jacob, son Jonas and Mary 1762, Feb. 7 ...... Lavina, daughter Jones and Mary 1764, May 27 ...... Elizabeth, daughter Jonas and Mary 1769, May 21 ...... Mary, daughter Jonas and Mary 1773, Dec. 12 ...... Lettice, daughter Jonas and Mary 1775, July 30 ...... Zerviah, son Jonas and l\lary

Marriage Records

By Rev. Prince Amos Platt, wido,ver - Sarah Rogers, wido,v Jacob ...... April 25, 1 i22 Jacob Rogers - Sarah Smith ...... May 28, 1732 Jonas Rogers - l\fary Jarvis ...... Nov. 21, 1751

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By Rev. John Close Joseph Rogers -- Sarah Denton ...... :\larch 24, 1773

By Rev. Schenck Israel Jarvis - Experience- Jarvis ...... February 4, 1802 Joseph Rogers, widower - Keziah Sammis ...... February 5, 1805 Platt Rogers, widower - Polly Sammis, widow ...... November 22, 1815 (Pos. son Jacob)

:Marriages by Rev. Hartt Jacob Rogers - Esther Wicks ·····························-··· .. ···································· October 14, 1776 Johnson - Lavinah Rogers ...... January 29, 1783

Deaths

Dan Jonas R()gers ...... ·---·-··-···· .. ··········-················ .. ················· Sept. 1, 1787 Dan Jonas Rogers ······························--·-·········· ...... -...... ,...... SepL 16, 1787 Wife and Child Jacob Rogers ...... January 1789 Child Jacob Rogers, 9 years ...... - ...... Noember 11, 1798 Child Jacob Rogers ·····························-···················-································································· November 15 Child Jacob Rogers ...... ·-·-----·.. --··· ...... January 2, 1800 Ezra Rogers ...... ·-········-········································ .. ········· ...... February 20, 1809 Jacob Rogers ...... ·-···-···-·--·-··-··································································· January 27, 1812 The wife of Jonas Rogers ...... ·-·-·········· ...... Aug. 30, 1817 (son Joseph) Jacob Rogers - Elizabeth Hart ...... December 1793

Baptizmal Record

Baptized by Rev. Hartt Esther Rogers (adult), l\fary Rogers, Experience Rogers ...... August 1, 1784 Wife and daughters Jacob Rogers, Eliph B., Jonas, Joseph, etc. Azra Rogers ...... No,.. ember 7, 1784

Baptized by Rev. John Close 1767, July 5 ...... son Jonas 1771, Feb. 25 ...... Charity, daughter Jonas

Baptized by Rev. Nathan ,voodhull 1787, Nov. 4 ...... George, son Jacob 1788, March 2 ...... Jonas, son Jonas

Baptized by Rev. Schenck 1813, Dec. 30 ...... Joseph, son Jonas

!J l APPENDIX F A~IIL Y BIBLES

ROGERS FAMILY BIBLE

Rogers Bible, published by John and James Robertson, James Duncan and James Brown, Booksellers in Glasgow, and Alexander Weir, Book­ seller in Paisley. (In possession of Nelson W. Rogers, Stroudsburg, Pa.) M,DCC,LXXVII (1777J Jonas Rogers Born March 20th, 1720. Mary Rogers Born November 1736.

These are the names of the children Born unto Jonas·and Mary: Jarvis Rogers ···························································-··············-··········-······················· Born Dec. 22, 1751 Joseph Rogers ...... Born Apr. 24, 1753 Esther Rogers ...... Born May 12, 1755 Jacob Rogers ...... Born Oct. 20, 1759 Levinah Rogers ···················-·······································--····················-····························· Born Dec. 19, 1761 Elizabeth Rogers ·················-································· ...... Born Apr. 23, 1764 Philip Rogers ...... ·•·········-··············-································ Born May 10, 1767 Mary Rogers ······································-··········································-······························· Born Apr. 23, 1769 Lettis Rogers ...... ·-·············•· .. ·········-····························· Born Jan. 5, 1773 Leviah Rogers ...... ·-···-················-········--···-········-·--···································· Born May 3, 1775 Jonas Rogers, Jr. -···-······-··--·---······-···-· .... - ...... __...... Born Aug. 26, 17i7 Besides these we have lost six children that died in their infancy that lived not to exceed six days. Jonas Rogers Died December 20, 1813. Phillip Rogers Died September, 1844. Mary Rogers Died April 2nd, 1845. Levinah Rogers Died April 16, 1814. Sophier Rogers Died October 30, 1819. Mary Rogers Died September 29, 1817. Jonas Rogers Died September 10, 1818.

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Jonas Rogers married Mary Jarvis, and they had sixteen children. Jonas Born l\farch 28, 1738, Died December 20, 1813. · llary Born Nov. 1736, Died Sept. 29, 1817. Their children. Jarvis B. Dec. 22, 1751. Joseph B. Apr. 24, 1753. Esther B. May 12, 1755. Jacob B. Oct. 20, 1759. Died Jan. 24, 1812. Levinah B. Dec. 19, 1761, Died Apr. 16, 1814. Elizabeth B. Apr. 23, 1764. Phillip B. May 10, 1767, Died Sept. 1844. Mary B. Apr. 23, 1769, Died Apr. 2, 1845. Lettis B. Jan. 5, 1773. J_ervia B. May 3, 1775. Jonas, Jr., B. Aug. 26, 1777, Died Sept. 10, 1818.

Jacob Rogers, born Cold Spring Harbor, L. I., Oct. 20, 1759; Died Jan. 24, 1812. First wife Esther Platt; second wife Elizabeth Hart, widow of Daniel Hart of Islip Town, daughter of Selah and Sarah Bance, sister of Eliphlet Bance, who was the father of Capt. Titus Bance of Cold Spring Harbor. Daniel Hart was drowned at sea during a thunder storm, the vessel loaded with staves and bound for the West Indies, sprung a leak during the storm; the crew were saved from the wreck after having been days lashed to the rigging without food.

Elizabeth Hart had one child by her first husband, Daniel Hart, whose name was Selah Hart, this child died at about three years of age, from a broken back. (Born December 7, 1788).

Jacob Rogers and Esther (Platt) Rogers, their children: :Mary, Born May 5, 1777. Platt Born April 23, 1779, Died Jan. 13, 1789. Experience, March 17, 1781, Ezra, July 17, 1783, George, August 17, 1786, ·Curtis, July 8, 1788.

Mary Rogers married Jacob Johnson. Experience married Israel Jarvis and had one child by her; \Villiam H. Rogers. Curtis Rogers married his brother Ezra's widow, Amelia Turfler Rogers.

Jacob Rogers and Elizabeth Hart, widow, their children: Esther, born Cold Spring, May 31, 1794. Eliphlet Bance, born Nov. 20, 1796, died Dec. 14, 1862. Elizabeth or Betsy, born May 7, 1799, died Feb. 9, 1886. Henry born Oct. 24, 1802 died May 28, 1867. Sarah born l\farch 16, 1805, died May 9, 1873. David born May 29, 1807, died April 26, 1884.

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Esther married. Eliphalet Bance Rogers married Sarah Knott. Elizabeth married GeQrge C. Turfier. Henry m;:trried ~fary Walters.

David married Catherine Jeacocks, of Stattsburg, N. Y., and second wife, Mariah Darling, ·widow of Captain Darling. David Rogers' children: David Henry. . Sarah, married a \Veller, who had a restaurant on 23rd St., bet. 5th and 6th Aves., New York City. Gouverneur, Born March 11, 1841, Died June 23, 1923. Gouverneur married Nellie C. Ray who was borri April 22, 1851, died Jan. 15, 1934. · Gouverneur's children: Nelson William Rogers, born March 10, 1878. Gouverneur Rogers, Jr., born Oct. 9, 1889. N. W. Rogers' wife, Carrie Hufnagel, married July. 1904, died July 11, 1927. N. W. Rogers' children: Thomas Paine, born Nov. 21, 1906. Mary, born Jan. 27, 1909. Kate Gleason, born April 7, 1911. John, born Sept. 11, 1917.

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JONAS ROGERS' FAl\lILY BIBLE (Published in Edinborough, Scotland, 1817)

FAllILY RECORD

Births Jonas Rogers was born March 28th, 1728 and :\fary Rogers ,vas born November, 1736. . Their Children: Jarvis Rogers was born December 22nd, 1751. Joseph Rogers was born April 24th, 1753. Esther Rogers was born May 12th, 1755. Jacob Rogers was born October 20th, 1759. Levinah Rogers was born December 19th, 1761. Elizabeth Rogers was born April 23rd, 1764. Phillip Rogers was born May 10th, 1767. Mary Rogers was born April 23rd, 1769. Lettie Rogers was born January 5th, 1773. Sophiah Rogers was born May 3rd, 1775. Jonas Rogers was born August 26th, 1777. Besides these there ,vere born unto them six who died in their· infancy that did not live to exceed six days.

Deaths Joseph Rogers, son of Jonas and Mary Rogers, died. Esther R~ers, daughter of Jonas and l\ilary Rogers, died. Lettie Rogers, daughter of Jonas and Mary Rogers, died. Elizabeth Rogers, daughter of Jonas and Mary Rogers, died. Jarvis Rogers, son of Jonas and Mary Rogers, was drowned. Jacob Rogers, son of Jonas and ~lary Rogers, died January 24th, 1812. Levinah Rogers, daughter of Jonas and Mary Rogers, died September 16th, 1814. · Sophiah Rogers, daughter of Jonas and Mary Rogers, died October 30th, 1814. Jonas Rogers, son of Jonas and l:lary Rogers, died December 20th, 1813. Philip Rogers, son of Jonas and Mary Rogers, died 1844. Mary Rogers, daughter of Jonas and l\lary Rogers, died April 2, 1845. They both lived to see a good old age, being the oldest couple in the Township of Huntington, Long Island. She died September 29th, 1817 after living together 60 years He died September 10th, 1818

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JACOB ROGERS FAMILY RECORD

Births Jacob Rogers was born October 20th, 1759 in Cold Spring, Long Island, and Elizabeth Rogers was born December 15th, 1767 in Cow harbor, Long Island. Their children: Eliphalet B. Rogers was born November 20th, 1796~ Elizabeth R~ers was born May 7th, 1799. Henry Rogers was born October 24th, 1802. Sarah Rogers was born March 16th, 1805. David Rogers was born May 29th, 1807. Esther Rogers was born May 3rd, 1794, should be first. These were all by his last wife and all born in Cold Spring, Long Island. Names of the children of Jacob and Esther Rogers: Mary Rogers born May 5th, 1777. Platt Rogers was born April 23rd, 1779. Experience Rogers was born March 17th, 1781. Ezra Rogers was born July 17th, 1783, George Rogers was born August 12th, 1786. Curtis Rogers was born July 8th, 1788.

Deaths Esther Rogers, eldest daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Rogers, died. Platt Rogers, son of Jacob and Esther Rogers, died. George Rogers, son of Jacob and Esther Rogers, died. Ezra Rogers, son of Jacob and Esther Rogers, died. Mary Rogers Last Johnson, daughter of Jacob and Esther Rogers, died. Experience Rogers, Israel Jarvis' wife, daughter of Jacob and Esther Rogers, died September 9th, 1816. Curtis Rogers died about 1863. Elizabeth Rogers, wife of Jacob Rogers, died October 8th, 1821. Jacob Rogers, father of the above children, died January 24th, 1812.

BUNCE-At Huntington, L. I., at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Edgar A. Sammis, Margaret J. Bunce in her 79th year. Services Monday at 2 p. m. at the residence of her daughter, East Main Street. Interment in Huntington Rural Cemetery.

MRS. MARGARET J. BUNCE (Special to The Eagle) Huntington, L. I., January 20-Mrs. Margaret .J. Bunce, widow of Captain Elipha­ let Bunce, died this morning, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Edgar A. Sammis, on East l\fain Street. She was born at Cold Sprng Harbor, on May 6, 1838, and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Rogers. She was married on January 22, 1854 and will be buried on her sixty-third wedding anniversary. She had been an active member of the Cold Spring Harbor M. E. Church ever since she was a young girl. Captain Charles M. Bunce and Mrs. S. V. W. :Sammis of Brooklyn, M:rs. H. E. Dean of Richmond Hill and :Mrs. Edgar A. Sammis survive her. The funeral services will be held at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Sammis, Monday afternoon. the Rev. Charles S. Gray, of Southampton. former pastor of the Huntington M. E. Church, of­ ficiating. Interment will be in Huntington Cemetery.

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ELIPHALET BUNCE ROGERS AND SARAH KNOTT F Al'IIL Y RECORD

Births Eliphalet Bunce Rogers was born November 20th, 1796 in Cold Spring, Long Island, and Sarah Knott Rogers, his "rife, was born February 3rd, 1801 in the City of New York. Their Children: Eliphalet Bunce Rogers, Jun., was born July 28th, 1819 in the City of New York. Sarah Rogers was born May 6th, 1821 in the City of New York. Ann Eliza Rogers was born December 25th, 1822 in the City of New York. Heney Asbury Rogers was born May 31st, 1825 in the city of New York. Mary Rogers was born seventh of March, 1827 in the City of New York. Hester Ann Rogers was born the 12th of February, 1829 in the City of New York. Catherine Jane Rogers was born February 7th, 1831 in the City of New York. Charles Melvin Rogers was born December 3rd, 1831 in the City of New York. · · John Rogers was born December 13th, 1836, in the city of New York. Margaret Jones Rogers was born May 6th, 1838. Maria Sherwood Rogers was born August 24, 1840. Isabella Rogers was born January 23rd, 1843.

Marriages Eliphalet B. Rogers and Sarah Knott were married by the Rev. Nathan Bangs in the City of New York, August 15th, 1818. George C. Turfler and Elizabeth Rogers were married in the City of New York by Rev. Mr. Bourk, September 5th, 1822. Curtis Rogers and Pheby Scribner were married. Leonard Turner and Sarah Rogers were married in Cold Spring, Suf­ folk County, February 18, 1841. Smith Rogers and Ann Eliza Rogers were married in Cold Spring, Suffolk County, October 20th, 1842. Theodore A~ Thompson and Hester Ann Rogers were married October 1847 in Cold Spring, Suffolk County, by Rev. Wm. DeVinne. Eliphalet Bunce Rogers, Jun. and Anne Elizabeth Munson were mar­ ried February 20, 1848 in the City of New York by the Rev. Dr. I. M. Krebs. William Henry Robbins and Mary Rogers were married January 7th, 1849 in Cold Spring by the Rev. Mr. Earle. Henry A. Rogers and Maria Place were married December 9th, 1849 in the City of New York. Eliphalet Bunce and Mar.garet Jones Rogers were married January 22nd, 1854 in the Village of Cold Spring. . Marriages Grant S. Dwyer and Maria Rogers were married December 8th, 1856 in the Village of Cold Spring by Rev. Mr. Fanning.

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George C. Hallock and Isabelle A. Rogers v.Tere married January 12th, 1860 by Rev. Mr. Codling in the Village of Cold Spring. Frances E. Hallock was born May 2nd, 1861. Henry P. Hallock was born January 21st, 1863. Isaac R. Hallock was born April 17, 1870. Edna C. Hallock was born November 3rd, 18i3. Hallock was born 1877. Eliphalet Bunce born January 1, 1832. Margaret Jones Rogers, his wife, born May 6th, 1838. They were married January 22nd, 1854. Their Children: Susan Emma Bunce born February 4th, 1855. Annie Isabel Bunce born September 2nd, 1858. Charles Milton Bunce born June 3rd, 1860. Margaret Sarah Elizabeth Bunce horn May 3rd, 1863. Eliphalet Bunce, Jr., born October 8th, 1865. Ida Florence Bunce, born October 27th, 1868. Frances Emily Bunce born April 27th, 1871. Deaths Susie Emma Bunce, July 21st, 1855. Susie Isabel Bunce, June 16th, 1859. Eliphalet Bunce, Jr., August 13th, 1866.

ELIPHALET B. ROGERS AND SARAH KNOTT F~\IILY RECORD Deaths of Children of Eliphalet B. and Sarah Rogers: John Rogers departed this life July 11th, 1837, aged seven months, in the City of New York. Cause, dropsy on the brain. Hester Ann Thompson died February 18th, 1849 in Port Richmond on Staten Island, age 20 years and six days, cause childbirth. Ann Eliza Rogers died September 19th, 1862, aged 39 years, 8 months and 19 days, cause consumption. Eliphalet Bunce Rogers, Sr., died December 14th, 1862, aged 66 years and 25 days in the full assurance of Christian faith. A short time before his death he said "I have long loved the Lord with my whole hearf and He will not forsake me now." Sarah Rogers, widow of Eliphalet Bunce Rogers, died (in the full assurance of a blissful immortality) September 10th, 1873, aged seventy-two years, seven months, seven days. A faithful, loving wife. A kind indulgent mother. Births of the Children of Eliphalet Bunce Rogers, Junior, and Anne Elizabeth, his wife: Irene Elizabeth Rogers, February 22nd, 1849. Sarah Ann Eliza Rogers, December 22nd. Edgar Knott Rogers, May 22nd. Harold Eliphalet Rogers was born December 20th, 1853.

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ISRAEL JARVIS AND EXPERIENCE ROGERS F'Al\lILY RECORD Births Israel Jarvis was born December 25th, 1799, and Experience Jarvis was born March 17th, 1781. Their Children: Elvira Ann Jarvis was born September 1st, 1802. Elmirah Jane Jarvis was born July 1st, 1804. Elbenjamin Coles Jarvis was born August 25th, 1806. Elcind.ia Amanda Jarvis was born July 28, 1808. Erastus Ichabod Jarvis was born July 28th, 1810. Experience Mary Esther Jarvis was born October 1st, 1812. Elmena Nelson Jarvis was born October 3rd, 1815. Elmandah Eley Jarvis was born October 3rd, 1815. These two last were twins.

JACOB JOHNSON AND MARY ROGERS FAMILY RECORD Jacob Johnson was born, and Mary Johnson was born May 5th, 1777. Their Children: John Johnson was born. George Johnson was born. Hannah Johnson was born. E$ther Johnson was born. Min dwell Johnson was born.

JONAS ROGERS AND RACHAEL FAMILY RECORD Births Jonas Rogers, Jr., was born August 26th, 1777, and Rachael Rogers was born. Their Children: Edward Rogers was born. Joseph Rogers was born. Mary Rogers was born. Ezra Rogers was born July 17th, 1783, and Amy Rogers was born. William Rogers was born.

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Curfis Rogers was born July 8th, 1788, and Pheby Rogers was born. Their Children: Jacob Rogers was born. Sharlot B. Rogers was born. Mary Elizabeth Rogers "\Vas born. Amelia Augusta Rogers was born. Deaths Polly Bro,vn, sister of Elizabeth Rogers, died December 25th, 1804. Eliphalet Bunce, brother of Elizabeth Rogers, died February 25th, 1805.

HENRY ASBURY ROGERS AND MARIA, HIS WIFE FAMILY RECORD Births Lucretia Rogers was born April 10th, 1851 in Brooklyn• . Deaths Lucretia Rogers died July, 1851, in the City of Brooklyn. NOTE: The foregoing records in the Family Bible, now in the posses­ sion of Edgar Alden Sammis at his residence at Lowville, N. Y., and are certified as correct copies by his wife, Bertha B. Sammis, a Notary Public.

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FAMILY BIBLE of Isaac and Amy Turfier Williams Family Bible (Published by Mussey & Co., Boston, 1850) FAMILY RECORD Marriages Isaac Williams to Amy Turfier-September 3rd, 1846 at the home of her parents on Thursday evening, by Rev. Hugh Smith, D.D., Rector St. Peters Church, W. 20th Street, New York City. Births Children of Isaac and Amy Williams: George Cadwallader Williams, born on September 17th, 1847, ½ past nine, morning. Jane Elizabeth Williams, born February 27th, 1849, two o'clock, · morning. Emma Williams, born July 31.st, 1850, ½ past 7 o'clock, morning. George Williams, born March 1st, 1852, 6½ P. M. Jacob Cadwallader Williams, born October 8th, 1853, ½ past 6, morn- ing. . . JQsephine Amy Williams, born February 27th, 1858, half past twelve noon. All born 226 - 8th Avenue. Isaac N. Williams, Jr., born December 2nd, 1859, half past five evening at No. 3 West 37th Street, New York City. Francis Edgar Williams, born December 15th, 1861, 5½ o'clock morn­ ing, 102 West 45th Street, New York City. Charles Rogers Williams, born November 9th, 1866, three o'clock morn­ ing, 281 East 55th Street, New York City. Deaths George Cadwallader Williams died ~lay 26th, 1850. George Williams died December 23rd, 1852, 11 o:-clock A. M. Josephine .Amy Williams died August 17~ 1858. Jacob C. Williams died July 2nd, 1879, 2 and 3 P. M., paralysis of the brain, 79 New York Ave., Brooklyn. Amy Turfier Williams died September 11, 1898 at 583 St. Marks Ave., Brooklyn. Isaac Williams, Sr., died March 1st, 1913 at same address. Emma Wingate (Williams) died February 22nd, 1929 between 1 and 2 o'clock A. M. at 583 St. Marks Ave., Brooklyn. Francis E. Williams died April 3rd, 1933 at 8 o'clock A. M., 583 St. Marks Ave., Brooklyn. Jane· E. Williams died October 9th, 1933 at 9:20 A. M., 583 St. Marks Ave., Brooklyn. Charles Rogers Williams died af Westfield, N. J., October 9, 1937.

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CENTURY OLD WEDDING CERTIFICATE

102 FAMILY GENERATIONS

Rogers Branch Starting with Thomas, of the Mayflower, and selecting the larg­ est family of the group :

I Thomas Rogers, b. 1586 II William Rogers Ill Jonathan Rogers IV Joseph Rogers V Jonas Rogers· VI Jacob Rogers VII Eliphalet Rogers vm Margaret Jones Rogers married Samuel Van ,vyck San1mis IX Ethel Sammis married Hubert Prime X Rosalie Prime married Lee Christensen XI Lee Christensen

Turfier Branch

I William Richardson II Amy Richardson, b. 1727, married John Gray. III Amy Gray married George F. Turfler IV George C. Turfler married Elizabeth Rogers V Francis A. Turfier VI John Goff Turfier VII Ruth Mae Turfier married John R. Bowser VIII John Francis Bowser married Wendella Botl IX John George Bowser

103 INDEX Of Descendants and Their Re,spective Husbands and Wives (Referred to by page)

Adkins, Lottie ·Hall ...... ,. 87 Bunce, ...\.mJ· ...... '...... '...... 58 ,Villiam T...... 87 Annie Isobel ··················-··········-··- 58 Alger, Mary Elizabeth ...... 77 Charles llilton ...... 58 Clara :Mahan ...... ;.. _...... 58 Barrett, Sanford W. ·····-··········· ...... 79 Clifford ...... :...... ~...... 58 Elizabeth T. Van Wert ...... 79 Eliphalet ················-··-·························· 58 Batterman, John L...... 60 Eliphalet, Jr...... 58 John Rogers ...... 60 Frances Emily ...... 58 Margaret Ann ...... 60 Ida Florence ······'·······················-···· 58 Margaret Rogers ...... 60 Margaret J. Rogers ...... :.._ 57 Robert Dean ·-··························-····· 60 Margaret Sarah ...... 58 Susan Emma ...... 58 Baumiiller, Crescenz ...... 86 Campbell, Archibald' C•...... 57 Bergen, Jane De G...... 83 Sarah Rogers ·...... 57 Bergfeld, Dorothy Dean ...... 60 Christensen, Lee ...... 59 J. ····································································· 60 Rosalie Prime ...... 59 Bott, W endella ...... 80 Yens ...... 59 Bowser, Gertrude D•...... 79 Yens Prime ...... 59 John Francis ...... 79, 80 Churchman, Ann ...... 51 John George ...... 80 Clay, Charles ...... 80 John R...... 79 Gertrude l\I. Turfier ...... 80 Robert Leroy ...... 79 John Ernest ...... 80 Ruth Mae Turfier ...... 79 Theodora Buckman ...... 80 ,v endella Bott ···-····························· 80 Bradley, G. Frank ...... 87 Coleman, Howard C...... 63 Jennie M. Hall ...... 87 Isabelle C. Rogers ...... 63 Virginia ...... :...... 63 Brannon, Caroline Turfier .. :...... 80 Emma Eugene ...... 80 Conklin, Alice Turfier ·············-······ 81 Eugene Riggs ...... 80 Helen Alice ...... 82 Frances Churchill Riggs ...... 81 Howard D. 0 ...... 81 Gordon Kingsley ...... 80, 81 James Howard ...... 82 Gordon C. Kingsley ...... 81 Lillian Saroe Turfier ...... 82 Linda C. B...... 81 Roger Howard, D. 0...... 81 alter R...... 81 Bro,vnell, Bertha A...... 60 ,v Buckman, Theodora ...... 80 Cooper, Jane Elizabeth ...... 87, 88 Budlong, Julia Menck ...... 84 Crowell, Anne Townsend ...... 65 Julie Menck ...... 84 Chester E...... 65 Morris Mumford ...... 84 Chester I...... 65

104 INDEX

Katherine Rogers Weller... 65 Hall, Charles ...... ~...... 86 Virginia ·········································-···· 65 Edward ··········-······································· 88 Darling, Mariah ...... 64 Eliza ...... · 86 Georgia C...... 86 Davenport, Edith ...... 79 Hannah Louise ...... :.. 88 Dean, Dorothy ...... 60 Ida ...... 88 Frances E. Bunce ...... 60 J assemine H...... ~...... 87 Harold Edward ··-··········-··········· 60 Jennie l\Iay ...... '...... 87 Margaret R. ····················-················· 60 Jesse ...... 86 Thelma Stokes ························-···· 60 Josephine J...... 87 Josephus ...... :...... ~...... 86 De Cantillion, Emily ...... 77 Lottie l\laud ...... 87 Melbie Elizabeth ...... 70, 88 Dwyer, Edgar ··········································-· 61 Robert R...... ;...... :...... 86 Etta ····················-······································ 61 G~ant S •...... 61 Sarah ...... :...... 86 Isabelle ...... 61 Sidney ...... :...... _ 86 Maria S. Rogers ...... 61 \Villiam ...... 88 Maria ...... ;··-································ 61 William C•...... -...... 86 Oscar ·················--············-·········...... 61 \Villiam C., Jr...... 86, 87

Dyer, Isabelle C. Rogers ...... 62 Hallock, Cora C. ·································-·; 61 Francis E...... ,...... 61 ,villiam E...... 62 Henry P. ··············································~· 61 Evans, Cornelius Carl ...... 73 Capt. George C. -············ ...... ~. 61 Lucy A. ,villiams -······················ 73 Grace ...... 61 Olive M...... 86 Isaac R ...... 62 Fisher, Cornelia R. Turfier·... :..... 76 Isabelle Rogers ...... ·...... 61 Frank C...... 76 Hargraves, Frederick ...... 63 Harry Mandeville ...... 76 Isabelle C. Rogers ...... 63 Marjorie Veroque ...... 76 Haring, :Margaret A...... 76 Fleming, Mary J...... 62 Harman, Eugene ...... :...... 63 liildred Loughlin ...... ,... :...... 63 Francis, Anna, D. 0 ...... :...... 81 Hart, Elizabeth ...... :...... 53 French, Mary ...... 78 Hartung, Charles 0. E ...... _. .. 86 Gahagan, Sarah L...... 73 Crescenz Baumiiller ...... 86 Garrabrandt, Helen Edna ...... 77 Georgia C. Hall ················:············· 86 Harry H ...... 86, 87 Gilbert, Anne Weller ...... 65 Robert \Y. Rolfe· ...... 86 Harold Addinsell ...... 65 Haynes, Edith ,villiams ...... 72 Harry ...... 65 Elizabeth ...... 72 Bruce ...... 65 Rayn1ond Boutecou ...... 72· Harold G...... :...... 65 Robert Boutecou ...... 72 Ida Kirkwood ...... 65 Hazeltine, Henrietta lfenck ...... 83 Linea I...... ·...... ;...... 65 Josephine H ...... :. 83 Gray, Amy ...... 47, 67 Robert ...... :.... :...... 83 John E ...... 45 Robert H ...... 83

105 INDEX

Heartt, Elizabeth ...... 53 Knott, Sarah ...... 56 Heath, Albert ...... 58 Koerner, Louetta ...... 62 Amy Bunce ...... 58 Kreuder, Emma ...... 77 llodges, Albert ...... 66 Kroehl, Agnes ...... 73 Caroline Sue ...... 66 Clementine ...... 73 David A...... ,...... 66 Cornelia R. Turfler ...... 73 Kate G. Roger!: ...... 66 Cornelia R...... 74 Nancy C•...... 66 Frederick W...... 74 Hotchkiss ...... 88 George Frederick ...... 73 Sarah Hall ...... 88 George Frederick, Jr...... 74 Hufnagle, Carrie ...... 66 Harry ...... 73 Henry ...... 73, 74 Jackson, Emma E. Brannon ...... 81 Howard ...... 74 Ford ...... 81 Jessie M•...... 74 Joseph Servilla ..... _...... 81 Mary Stewart ...... 74 Jarvis, Elbenjamin ...... 54 Percival ····---············-······················· 74 Sarah Gahagan ...... 73 Eleindia ··········-·························-··········· 54 Elmena Nelson ...... 54 La Fave, Adele Warden ...... 63 Elmenda Eley ...... 54 Jean ...... 63 Elmira ...... 54 Joyce ...... 63 Elvira Ann ···································-····· 54 Oliver ·····-··········-················-······-·······- 63 Erastus Ichabod ...... 54 Experience ...... 54 Lamson, Phoebe Ann Rogers ·- 55 ·Mr...... 55 Experience Rogers ...... 54 Israel ...... 54 Lott, Augusta Rogers ...... 55 Mary ...... 52 w. ·································································· 55 Jaycox, Catherine ...... 64 Loughlin, Helen ...... 62 Helen J. Rogers ...... 62 Johnson, Jacob ...... 54 Mary ...... 62 John ...... 54 Mildred ·················-·············-·······-········ 62 George ...... 54 Mildred, 2nd ...... 62 Hannah ...... 54 Marjorie ...... :...... 62 Esther ...... 54 William J...... 62 Mindwell ...... 54 Luff, Chester Arthur ...... 88 Clark ...... ·...... 88 Louise Hall ...... 88 Eliza Hall ...... 88 Marguerite F...... 88 Ida ...... 88 Oscar H ...... 88 I... ulu ...... 88 Veronica M. Werr ...... 88 Jones, Elizabeth ...... 84 McClude, Gilsen ...... 66 Kelly, Bertha ...... 63 Gilsen Kettler ...... 66 Kitaif, Jane ...... 59 Jean Marie ···································--·- 66 Mary Rogers ...... 66 Knaebel, Helen Rogers ...... 64 George F ...... 64 Mahan, Clara ...... 58

106 INDEX l\.leeker, Dr...... 57 Pope, George ...... 63 Irene Rogers ...... 57 Grace H ...... 63 Marker, Mary ...... 52 Helen Loughlin ...... 63 Virginia ...... 63 Menck, Charles ...... 83 Henrietta ...... 83 Prime, Carol ...... 59 Jane Williams ...... :...... 83 Ethel Sammis ...... 59 Jane S...... , ...... 83 Hubert ...... :...... 59 Julia P ...... 83 Hubert S ...... 59 Col. William ...... 82 Jane Kitaif ...... 59 Rosalie ...... 59 Messenger, Mary ...... 52 Rankin, Anna ...... 77 Samuel ...... 52 Ray, Nellie C...... 65 lleyer, Harry J...... 83 Amy T ...... 75 Henry ...... ·-···~················-················· 83 Hichards, Amy T...... 75 Jane Menck -········-····---········-········ 83 Jane De G. Bergen ...... 83 Elizabeth ...... 75 Jane R •...... ,...... 73 Josephine E. ··-································ 83 l\:Iarjorie ...... 75 William M...... ·················-··~···· 83 Richardson, .Amy ...... 45 l\lontieth, Joseph ...... G2 Elizabeth ...... 45 Joseph, Jr•...... 63 William ...... ·-········'..... 45 Mary Loughlin ...... 62 William ...... 63 Rider, l\lary L...... 82 Miiller, Marie Anna ...... 75 Riggs, Frances Churchill ...... 81 Munson, Anne Elizabeth ...... 56 Robbins, ~fary ...... 56 Nickerson, Laura Pye ...... 77 ,Villiam H...... 56 Odell, Agnes K. Turfier ...... 77 Rogers, Abigail ...... 51 Edna Leona ...... 77 Alfred ...... 57 Elsa Marie ...... 77 ....\.lonzo J •...... 61 Vera May ...... 77 Ann ...... 51 William ...... 77 Ann Eliza ...... 56 ...\.nnie ...... 57 Ottman, DeWitt F ...... 84 Arthur ...... 57 John B •...... ~ ...... 77 .t\t.JgUsta ...... 55 Julia Budlong ...... 84 Bertha K•...... 63 Palmer, James M•...... 87 Carrie Hufnagle ...... 66 Josephine J. Hall ...... 87 Catherine ...... 67 Roger Hall ...... ,.... 87 Catherine Jane ...... 56 Catherine Jaycox ...... 64 Peters, Jane ...... 78 Charlotte ...... 55 Minnie ...... 79 Charlotte Rogers Platt ...... 87 Place, Maria ...... '...... 57 Charles Melvin ...... 56 Curtis ...... 53 Platt, Charlotte Rogers ...... 87 David ...... 37-41, 53, 59

107 INDEX

David Henry ...... 64 Joseph ...... 51, 53 Edith Zuerker ...... 53 Kate Gleason ...... 66 Eliphalet Bance ...... 53, 56 Lettice ...... 53 Eliphalet Bance, Jr...... 56 Leviniah ...... 53 Elizabeth...... 7, 49, 51, 53, 55 Louetta Koehner ...... 62 Esther ...... 53 Lucretia ...... 57 Esther ,v eeks ...... 53 Margaret Jones ...... 56, 57 Eugene A •...... 62 Maria Darling ...... 64 Experience ...... 53 Maria Place ...... 57 Experience l\'Iary ...... 53 Maria Sherwood ...... ~.... 56 Ezra ...... 53, 55, 67 ~lary_ ..... 51, 52, 53, 56, 62, 63, 66 Francis A...... 64 l\fary Walters ...... 61 Francis T ...... 64 Mary J. Fleming ...... 62 George ...... 50, 53, 61 Mary W ...... :...... 55, 67 George F •...... 55, 67 Mindwell ...... 54 George Henry ...... 62 Nelson W ...... 41, 43, 65 Gertrude ...... 64 Nelson W. Jr...... 66 Gilsen Kettler ...... 66 Noah ...... 52 Governeur ...... 65 Obadiah ...... 52 Governeur, Jr...... 65 Obadiah, Jr...... ·-···· 52 Grace ...... 51 Philip ...... 53 Hannah ...... 51 Philip Scribner ...... 55 Hannah ...... 52 Phoebe Ann .... ~ ...... 55 Helen F ...... 61 Platt ...... 53 Helen Julie ...... 62 Richard ...... 66 Helen Stevens ...... 66 Samuel ...... 52 Henry ...... 53 Sarah ...... 51, 53, 55, 56, 57 Henry Asbury ...... 56, 57 Sarah ...... 56, 57, 64 Hester Ann ...... 56 Sarah E...... 61, 67 Ida ...... 76 Sarah Elizabeth ...... 64 Irene ...... 57 Sophia ...... 53 Isabella ...... 56 Thomas ...... 51 Isabelle C...... 61, 62 Thomas Paine ...... 66 Jacob ...... 53 Thomas Richards ...... 66 James ...... 51, 62 William ...... 51 James ...... 55, 67 William J ...... 55, 67 Jarvis ...... 53 William H ...... 61, 63, 67 Jean Westbeke ...... 63 William T ...... 62 John ...... 51, 52, 56, 66, 67 Sammis, Bertha A. Brownell...... 60 John S...... 55 Bertram R ...... · ...... 59 John F...... 62 Edgar Alden ...... 60 John Ray ...... 66 Ethel Clair ...... 58 Jonas...... 52 Florence Meta ...... 58 Jonas ...... 53 Hazel Wilson ...... 59 Jonathan ...... 52 Ida Florence Bunce ...... 59, 60 Jonathan, Jr...... 52 Margaret S. Bunce ...... 58

108 INDEX

Marguerite ...... 58 Elizabeth Haring ...... ,... 76 Roger Van Wyck ...... 58, 59 Elizabeth Rogers ...... 53, 68 Samuel Van ,vyck ...... 58 Emma Kreuder ...... 77 Saroe, Helen ...... 78 Emily De Ca~tillion ...... 77 Lilr1an ...... 82 Frances ...... 74 Francis A...... 68, 74, 77, 81 Scott, Emma E. Brannon ...... 82 Fred Kroehl ...... 76, 77 James ································-···················· 81 Frank ...... 78, 81 Scribner, Phoebe Ann ...... 55 George ...... 78 George Casner ...... 67, 74, 77, 78 Seighortner, Agnes Kroehl ...... 73 George Frederick 67, 68, 74, 75 Gus ··········································-··················· 73 George ...... 69 Sheldon, Carman Loomis ...... 88 Gertrude D •...... 79 Marguerite Luff ...... ~...... 88 Gertrude l\I...... ~.... 79 Stannard, Silvia ...... 86, 88 Gertrude R. ·...... 77 Harvey ...... 82 Stevens, Helen ...... 66 Helen Elizabeth .... ,...... ~8 Stewart, Elsa 11. Odell ...... 77 Helen E. Garrabrandt ..... -.... 77 Irving ...... 77 Helen Saroe ...... :..... 78 Richard I...... 77 Ida ...... 76 Isaac Harry ...... 76, 77 Taylor, Ellis ...... ·-·····-·· 65 Jacob ...... 78, 79 Richard Crowell ············-··-.. ····· 63 Jacob Curtis ...... ·-···· 68 Virgitda Crowell ...... 65 Jacob Jay ...... · ...... 79 Tengbergen, Madelon ...... 72 James Curtis ...... 77 James Saroe ...... 78 Thomas, Catherine ·····:························ 84 Catwin ...... 85 Jane Peters ...... 78 Major Claude ...... 85 John Goff ...... 78 John D. R ...... 85 Laura Pye Nickerson ...... 77 Mabel Williams ...... 85 Lillian ...... 78 Lillian :\I...... 80 Jownsend, Anne ...... _...... 65 llargaret Ann Haring ...... 76 Turfier, Agnes Kraehl ...... :...... 76 Mary ...... 74, 78 Alice ...... _...... 78 Mary E. Alger ...... -~...... _ 77 Amy ...... 54, 67, 68, 74 l\lary Catherine ...... 68 Amy G...... 74 :Mary Elizabeth ...... 68 Anna Francis ...... 81 Mary French ...... 78 Anna Rankin ...... 77 ::\'larie ...... 78 Barbara ...... 79 l\larie E...... 75 Catherine ...... 67 Marie Anna ~Hiller ...... 75 Cornelia Rogers ...... 68, 73, 76 Mildred Louise ...... 77 Caroline ...... 77, 80 Minnie Peters ...... 68 Charles H ...... 78, 82 Mary Catherine ...... 68 David ...... 81 ~Iary Elizabeth ...... 68 Doris Lillian ...... 76 Mary Elizabeth Alger ...... 77 Elizabeth ...... 67, 78, 79 l\lary ...... 67

109 INDEX

Mary French ...... 78 Walton, Ezra ...... 45 llary Rider ...... 82 arden, Adele ...... 63 Richard Allen ...... 79 ,v Ed".. ard J...... 63 Robert ...... 78, 81 Mary Rogers ...... 63 Robert Leroy ...... 79 Ruth Mae ...... 79 Weeks, Esther ...... 53 Sarah ...... 55, 74 Werr, Veronica W ...... 88 Sarah A...... 75 Sarah VanBlarson1 ...... 74 Weller, Alfred T. ························-·········· 64 Tillie ...... 78 Sarah Elizabeth Rogers...... 64 Anne ...... ~...... 64 Walter R. ···········-································ 78 William Henry ...... 68 Alfred ...... 64 Katherine Rogers ··················-···· 64 Turner, Capt. Leonard ...... 57 Edward ...... 64 Sarah Rogers ...... 59 Westbeke, Jean ...... -..... 63 Twitchell, Maria ...... 85 Westervelt, Amy Turfier ...... 75 Tyson, Bertha ...... 75 Ethel ...... 75 Cassie ...... 75 Sadie ...... 75 Clarence ...... 75 Walter ...... 75 Edward ...... 75 Eugene Vic ·····························-········ 74 Whittaker, Ausfin ...... _. 76 Fred ...... 75 Carol Elizabeth ...... 76 Georgie Annie ...... 75 Doris Lillian ...... 76 John ...... 75 Marjorie Fisher Turfier ...... 76 Mary Turfler ...... ;...... 74 Wicks, Rebecca ...... 52 Susan ...... 75 William ...... 75 ,villiams, Amy Turfier ...... 68, 69 Young, Mr...... 56 Austin Richards ...... 73 Charlotte Rogers ...... 55 Cadwallader ...... 82 Curtis Rogers ...... 56 Catherine ...... 82, 84 ,Catherine Thomas ...... 84 Vail, Alger ·················-····················--············· 80 Charles Rogers ...... 69, 73 Frank ...... 80 Charles Rogers, Jr•...... 69, 73 Mary Turfier ...... 80 Edith Louise ...... 70 Van Blarsom, Sarah A...... 74 Elias ...... 82, 84 Elizabeth ...... 82, 84 Van Doren, Hannah S...... 86 Elizabeth Jones ...... 84 Van Orden, Charles ...... 75 Emma ...... 69, 70 Frances Turfier ...... 75 Francis Edgar ...... 69 George F ...... 75 George Cadwallader ...... 69 Van Wert, Elizabeth Turfier ... 79 George ...... 69 Howard ...... 79 Gertrude ...... 73 Howard Alton ...... 79 Griffith, M. D ...... 84, 85 Howell ...... 85 \Vaage, Ruth ·······················-······················· 73 Isaac ...... 69, 82, 84, 85 Walters, ~Iary ...... 61 Isaac Newton ...... 69, 7J

110 INDEX

J. L. Cecil ...... 84, 85 \Vingate, Emma Williams ...... 70 Jacob Cadwallader ...... 69 Joseph Phelps ...... 70 Jane ...... 82, 84 Jane R. Richards ...... 73 \Vilson, Hazel ...... 59 Jane Elizabeth ...... 69, 70 Woodruff, Alden J., :\1.D ...... 59 .John Aneurin ...... 85 John Cadwallader ...... 84 Ida Sammis ...... 59 John Keen ...... ,...... 72 ,v oolson, Gerald Hall ...... 87 John Trevor ...... 85 James :\I...... 87 Josephine Amy ...... 69 J assamine H. Hall ...... 87 Lucy Austin ...... 73 Marshall Sto'\\'."e ...... 87 Mabel ...... 85 Raymond Brainerd ...... 87 Margaret ...... 82 l\iladelon Tengbergen ...... 72 Worman, Ernest ...... 80 Melbie E. Hall ...... 70, 88 Gertrude M. Turfler ...... 80 Olive M. Evans ...... 84 John Ernest ...... 80 Richard Clark ...... 73 Lucille ...... 80 Robert ··············-················-···················· 84 Robert Newton ...... 70 Yawger, Annie Rogers ...... 57 Robert Newton, Jr...... 72 Isaac ...... 57 Shirley ·······-············································· 73 llarmaduke ...... 57.. Thomas "Ard Dwyfan" ...... 82 William ...... 82 Young, Charlotte Rogers ...... 55 Curtis Rogers ...... 55 \Vills, Horace ·····················-····-················ 60 Thelma S. Dean ...... 60 Zuerker, Edith ...... 66

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Alfred College Martyr's Bible...... 9 Deeds to Joseph, 16; to Joseph American Ancestry ...... 30 and John Rogers, 17, 18; to American Revolution ...... 36 Wm. Rogers, 24, 28, 29, Noah Rogers, 29; Widow Rogers ...... 30 Ames, Log of Mayflower ...... 14 Dissenters ...... 11 Antique-Wedding Present ...... 7 Appendix. Births, Marriages, Dutch at Conn. River, 21, 22; at Deaths ...... 90, 91 Hempstead ·····-···········································.28 Atlantic Passage, 1630, cosf ·····-····.19 Duxbury, Mass. ·····-·························· 17, 18 Eastern (Indian) Land Pur- .Baptisms ·········································-········ 90, 91 chase ...... ·········-····-····-···········-···-·····29 Bibles, Family ...... 45, 46 Emigration to America, see Biographic Notes ...... 37-42 Merchant Ventu1 ers Birthday Poem, David Rogers ...... 38 Estates, Keeping Intact ...... 49 Bradford, Gov. William, Mss. Family Bibles. found 20 - 22, quoted 20, 21, 23, Jonas Rogers ···········-················· 92, 94 charter ······················································-····15 Jacob Rogers ...... ·-····96 Branford, Conn, Noah Rog- Isaac Williams ...... - .. 101 ers ···································-················-····· 29, 31 George Turfler ·············-··············· 45, 46 Brown-Brownism, Brownists ...... 11 Family, Aaron Rogers, 1300 A. Bunce Family ...... 57-61 D., 89; Arms ...... 89 Burial Hill, Plymouth ·············--·-··- 16 Finances, Pilgrim ...... 13, 14 Burial Place, David Rogers, First Protestant Martyr under Greenwood Cemetery, Brook­ Queen Mary ...... ·-······-····························· 9 lyn; Jonas Rogers, 91; Curtis First Public Ferry ...... 17 Rogers, 56; George C. Turfier, 47 First Sickness ...... 15 .Charters of Pilgrims ...... 13, 15 Freedom of Religion ...... 9, 11 Church Records, Marriages, Bap- Friends Society, Quakers ...... 12 tisms, Deaths ...... 90, 91 Fur Trade ...... 18-22 Churchman, Ann ...... 18 Genealogists on William Rog- ers ...... 10, 30-33 Civic Minded, Joseph Rogers' sons ...... 12 Generations, Coles Hill, Plymouth ...... 15 From Rogers Branch ...... 103 From Turfier Branch ...... 103 Cold Spring Harbor ...... 7, 8 Hall Family ...... 86-89, 70-71 Compact of Pilgrims ...... 11 Hardships of Pilgrims ...... 15 Connecticut River Trading Post, Heresy ...... 12 18, 19; Colony ...... 21, 22 Holland, Saints in, see Leydon Courts, Power to Review ...... 32 Dean Family ...... 60-62 Holmes, Capt. William ...... 22 Homestead, Turfier ...... 48 Decisions of Courts on Iden- tity ···························································· 24, 25 Hudson, Henry, Explorer --···········12

112 INDEX lluntington Historical Society- Merchant Venturers, London, Rogers Memorial ...... 36 Eng...... 13, 14 Huxley, Anne Arnoux, Genealo- National Societies, 8; Member- gist ...... 17, 29, 30, 31 ship ...... 8, 36 Identification, Law of ...... 24, 25 N. Y. Tribune, meeting of Noah Indian Tribes: Pequods, 18-22; Rogers Clan ...... 31 Matinecot, 29; Narraganset...... 26 Ocean Pasage, Cost 1620 ...... 19 Indian Sachems, W ahquennaset, 18; Asharakin ...... 29 Old South Church, Boston ...... 22 Indian Trade, 19-22; Offer to Oration, David Rogers ...... 39-41 settle on Conn. River, 18; In- Passenger Ships 1600-1635, 23, 24; dian Massacre ...... 26 Lists, 23; Destruction by fire, 23 Indian Deeds, Huntington, L. I.; Consideration for ...... 29 Penobscot trading post ...... 18 Jones River Ferry ...... 17 Pequot Indians, 18, 36; Mas- Kennebec River Trading Post .. 18 sacre ...... 26 King Philips War ·····-········ 21, 22, 26 Photographs, Elizabeth Rogers Land-Ho, 1620 ...... 14 Turfier; George Casner Turf­ ier; Melbie Hall Williams; Lexington, Eleanor, on Rogers Nelson ,v. Rogers. Family ·-··················································· 9, 89 Leydon, Holland ...... 11, 12 Physicist, Nelson \V. Rogers 41-44 Liberty of Conscience ...... 11 Pilgrims, 9; belief, 11; hardships, Loans to Pilgrims ...... 13 15; first sickness, 15; loans, 13; charfers, 15; story by Griffis 13; Long Island, part of Connecti- Conditions in Colony, 18; Conn. cut ...... 26 River Settlement, 21, 22; at Lynn, Mass., Southampton, first Wethersfield, Conn...... 21, 23 settlers from ...... 26, 27 Poem by David Rogers, 70th Marriages, Church Records ... 90, 91 Birthday ...... 38 liarriage Certificate, .Century Presumption of Law, same old of Amy Turfier to Isaac name ...... 24, 25 ,villiams ...... 102 Protestant, First Martyr ...... 9 :Mary, Queen of England ...... 9, 10 Puritans, 10; belief ...... 11 !\{ass. Bay Colony ...... 18, 19, 22 Quakers, belief, 11; persecution 12 l\layflower Ship, description, 14; Queen Mary ...... 9, 10 Compact, 11; Landing, 14; Log, 14; Pasengers ...... 14, 15 Rated, John and Joseph Rog- ers, 1632 ...... 18 Membership Societies, Courts ...... 32 Ravages of Time on Pilgrims, Memorials, Pilgrims, 11; Wil- 1620-1650, 20; on ship records 23 liam Rogers ...... 36 Revolutionary \Var-Jonas Rog- l\Ienck, Col. William, Family 83, 84 ers record, 36; societies ...... 31

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Rogers, Aaron, 9; Anne, ,vin and Smith, Capt. John ...... 14 Inventory, 34; David, 37, 39-41; Society of :\'Iayflower Descend- Birthday Poem, 33; Elizabeth, ants······························································· 8, 17 i, 49, 68; Photograph of; H. H. Society Sons of American Revo- Rogers on Rogers Family, 11; lution ...... 36 John, son of Thomas, 16; :Mar­ tyr, 10; His Bible, 9; Family, 18; Society Daughters of American Rated, 1i; Jonathan, brother of Revolution ...... 8, 36 Noah, 29; son of ,villiam, 35; Southampton, L. I., William Joseph, 16, 17; Joseph's sons, Rogers at 26, ~ormerly of 12; Nelson W. Rogers Photo­ Lynn ...... 26 graph, 41; Physicist, 41; Rogers Thirty Years \Var ...... 13 Path, 36; Thomas' Camelot Mer­ Travel Cost Atlantic, 1630 ...... 19 chant in London, 10; Lineage, 10, 11, 15; family, 10; his "other Turfier Family: William Richard- children", 16, 23; his death, 11; son, 45; Amy Gray, 45; George grave, 15; his widow's marri­ Frederick Turfier, 45, 66, 67; ages, 16; Rogers Generations George C. Turfier, 45, 46, 50, 67; from Thomas, 102; William, 10; George C. Turfler's photograph, at Lynn, Mass., 26; at Wethers­ 67; descendants, 68-81 ; birth­ field, Conn., 21, 23; af South­ place, 47; Burial place, 47; Turf­ ampton, L. I., 26; at Hempstead, ier Generations from Richard- 28; at Huntington, 28; Presump­ son ...... 102 tion of law from same name, 24- Underwood, John Cox-Rogers 25; death ...... :...... 29 Family ...... 10 Rogers Family-Thomas, 9, 10, 11, Vestments ...... 11 15, 51; Joseph, 11, 16, 51; John, Visions of America, 1628...... 12 16, 17, 51; William, 10, 20, 23, 24, Wahquinnasset, Indian Chief...... 18 26, 27, 28, 29-32, 52; Jonathan, ,var of American Revolution... 36 33, 35, 52; Joseph (son of Jona­ than) 52; Jonas, son of Joseph, ,var Record Jonas Rogers ...... 30 52; Jacob, son of Joseph, 52; ,v ethersfield, a Plymouth set- descendants of Jacob Rogers, tlement ...... 21 53-66. ,vicks, Rebecca, 35; Thomas 23, 35 Same Name, Identity of persons, ,,~1niams, Amy Turfier, 68; Isaac presumption ...... 24 and Amy Turfier marriage cer­ tificate, 1846, 102; :\Ielbie· Hall Sammis Family ...... 58-60 Fa1nily, 69-73. Sandys, Sir Edwin ...... 13, 14 ,vinsor, later Wethersfield. Scudders, Mss...... 27-31-33, 35 Women, Quakers ...... 11 Sickness, First ...... 15-20 ,v oods, Jonas ...... 29

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