Zaccheus Rogers
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 10 May 1784 - Harwich, Massachusetts 1
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Daniel Rogers (1760- )
Mother: Abigail Rogers (Est 1763-Cir 1800)
Spouses and Children
1. *Margaret Mayo (25 Jun 1785 - )
Marriage: Dec 1807 - Brewster, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Margaret M Rogers (1821-1896)
Zaccheus Rogers
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 30 Dec 1720 - Harwich, Massachusetts 2
Baptism:
Death: 1767
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Ebenezer Rogers (1698-1769)
Mother: Hannah Cook (1700-1767)
Spouses and Children
1. *Elizabeth King (27 Nov 1725 - )
Marriage: 5 Jan 1743 - Harwich, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Eunice Rogers (1745- )
2. Mercy Rogers (1747- )
3. Elizabeth Rogers (1749- )
4. Abigail Rogers (1752- )
Zaccheus H Rogers
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 30 Nov 1818 - Orleans, Massachusetts 3
Baptism:
Death: 3 Apr 1907 - East Brewster, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Zenas Rogers (1794-1881) 4
Mother: Polly Harding (1800-1885) 4
Spouses and Children
1. *Elizabeth Paine (18 Feb 1830 - 5 Nov 1894)
Marriage: 9 Oct 1881 - Brewster, Massachusetts
Status:
2. Abigail Ann Higgins (8 Oct 1820 - Bef 1881)
Marriage: 25 Oct 1843 - Boston, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Sabrina R H Rogers (1845- )
2. Lorenzo Fillmore Rogers (1851-1907)
Notes
Marriage Notes (Abigail Ann Higgins)
1850 US census, East Brewster
1855, 1865 Mass census, Brewster
Zelotes Rogers
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 12 Dec 1830 - Orleans, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 27 Jun 1894 - Orleans, Massachusetts 5
Burial:
Cause of Death: suicide
Parents
Father: Captain Blossom Rogers (1800-1873)
Mother: Salla Smith (1802-1887) 6
Spouses and Children
1. *Louisa Adila Crosby (28 Jul 1833 - 10 Oct 1912)
Marriage: 18 Jul 1852 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Status:
Notes
Medical:
age 63-3-15Marriage Notes (Louisa Adila Crosby)
married
operative
b and res Orleans
s/o Blossom Rogers and Sally Smith, both b Orleans
gravestones not seen in Orleans records
Zemira B Rogers
Sex: M
AKA: Zemiria B Rogers
Individual Information
Birth: 23 Sep 1840 - South Orleans, Massachusetts 8
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Freeman H Rogers (1798-1873)
Mother: Margery Crowell (1800-1885) 9
Spouses and Children
1. *Melissa F Small (1842 - )
Marriage: 14 Oct 1866 - Harwich, Massachusetts 5
Status:
Notes
General:
1860 mariner, Orleans, living with parents
of Brockton, 1905
Captain Zenas Rogers
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 28 Oct 1771 - Eastham, Massachusetts 11
Baptism:
Death: 12 May 1823 - Brewer, Maine
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Josiah Rogers (1741-1804) 12
Mother: Abigail Arey (1745- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Sarah Mayo (19 Apr 1776 - )
Marriage: 18 Dec 1794 - Eastham, Massachusetts 13
Status:
Children:
1. Charlotte Rogers (1797-1874)
2. Seth Rogers (1799- )
3. Zoan Rogers (1801-1881)
4. Louisa Rogers (1804-1875)
Zenas Rogers
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 29 Nov 1794 - Eastham, Massachusetts 14
Baptism:
Death: 20 Jul 1881 - Orleans, Massachusetts
Burial: in Orleans Cemetery 15
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Joshua Rogers (1749- )
Mother: Mercy Higgins (1752-1842)
Spouses and Children
1. *Polly Harding (15 Apr 1800 - 7 Nov 1885) 4
Marriage: 22 Oct 1817 - Orleans, Massachusetts 16
Status:
Children:
1. Zaccheus H Rogers (1818-1907) 3
2. Ruth Y Rogers (1821- ) 3
3. Mary H Rogers (1823- ) 3
4. Captain Zenas Rogers (1825-1902) 3
5. Lucinda Rogers (1827-1898) 3
6. Keziah S Rogers (1829-1871) 3
7. Amaziah Rogers (1833- ) 3
8. Ezekiel Harding Rogers (1835-1916) 3
9. Elisha F Rogers (1837-1918) 17
10. Henrietta M Rogers (1840-1865) 3
11. Emeline F Rogers (1842-1909) 18
Zenas Rogers
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 7 Jun 1774 - Eastham, Massachusetts 19
Baptism:
Death: Jul 1794 - Lost At Sea
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Hezekiah Rogers (1751-After 1840) 20
Mother: Mary Yates (Cir 1754-Bef 1782) 21
Notes
General:
tentative, lacking given names
July 1794 - Jonathan Kenrick was major owner of a Harwich fishing schooner that capsized as it returned, with the loss of all eight crew. Lost were Levi Rogers, Paine Gould, two sons of Hezekiah Rogers, a son of Jesse Kenney, a son of Jonathan Kenwrick, a son of Edmon Higgins' widow, a son of Capt John Gould.
Rogers letter 22
Captain Zenas Rogers
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 19 Jun 1825 - Orleans, Massachusetts 3
Baptism:
Death: 22 Apr 1902 - Boston, Massachusetts 23
Burial: in Orleans, Massachusetts
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Zenas Rogers (1794-1881) 4
Mother: Polly Harding (1800-1885) 4
Spouses and Children
1. *Caroline Nickerson (20 Sep 1831 - 30 Jan 1916) 24
Marriage: 3 Jan 1850 - Chatham, Massachusetts 25
Status:
Notes
General:
Barnstable Patriot notesMarriage Notes (Caroline Nickerson)
May 1881, South Orleans, Capt. Zenas Rogers, master of the Shovelful Lightship, spent the week ashore, and had his roof reshingled
Jan 1883: Capt Zenas Rogers of Orleans resigned as commander of Shovelful Light Ship, being replaced by Mr John F Baker of West Dennis, mate of the Pollock Rip Ship.
son Andrew W of Beverly, daughter Mrs Hilliard Paine of New Bedford
Children:
Andrew Wilson Rogers (b. 5 Nov 1851, d. 23 Nov 1928)
Carrie Etta Rogers
Zillah C Rogers
Sex: F
AKA: Zillah D Rogers
Individual Information
Birth: 18 Oct 1828 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 25 Dec 1892 - Eastham, Massachusetts 26
Burial: in Orleans Cemetery 15
Cause of Death: heart failure
Parents
Father: Alvan Rogers (1793-1854) 27
Mother: Mary Doane (1793-1878) 28
Spouses and Children
1. *Captain Hinckley Lincoln (23 Oct 1828 - 15 Jun 1912)
Marriage: 16 Dec 1851 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Mary Alvan Lincoln (1853-1927)
2. Sylvester H Lincoln (1855-1887)
3. Everett E Lincoln (1871-1881)
Notes
Medical:
age 64-2-7
married
domestic
b & res Eastham, bur Orleans
d/o Alvin & Mary Rogers, b Orleans & Eastham 26
Zoan Rogers
Sex: M
AKA: Zoar Rogers
Individual Information
Birth: 10 Jan 1801 - Eastham, Massachusetts 29
Baptism:
Death: 29 Aug 1881 - Waterville, Le Sueur, Minnesota
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Zenas Rogers (1771-1823) 11
Mother: Sarah Mayo (1776- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Phebe Sparrow Kenrick (23 Aug 1804 - 17 Aug 1877)
Marriage: 4 Mar 1827 - Orleans, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Maria Judson Rogers (1828-1848) 30
2. Albert Bowman Rogers (1829-1889) 30
3. Caleb Erving Rogers (1831-1913) 30
4. Julia Freeman Rogers (1833-1915) 30
5. Luther Zoan Rogers (1837-1897)
6. Clement Luther Rogers (1838-1838)
7. Helen Sophia Rogers (1840-1909)
Zoeth N Rogers
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 19 Mar 1835 - Brewster, Massachusetts 32
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Benjamin Crosby Rogers (1798-1877)
Mother: Polly Hopkins (Est 1800- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Sarah Jane Elliott (9 Sep 1849 - )
Marriage: 1 Jun 1879 - Brewster, Massachusetts
Status:
2. Mercy L Gould (17 Aug 1850 - 18 Jan 1877)
Marriage: 1 Oct 1871 - Orleans, Massachusetts 5
Status:
Children:
1. Helen H Rogers (1872- )
Notes
General:
1879 shoemaker, Brewster
James Rolfe
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1750
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Lucy Doane (Est 1750 - )
Marriage: 27 Jan 1789 - Gorham, Maine 33
Status:
John Rolfe
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 6 May 1585 - Heacham, Norfolk, England
Baptism:
Death: 1622 - Jamestown, Virginia
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Joanne Pierce (Cir 1600 - 1620)
Marriage: Cir 1619 - Virginia
Status:
Notes
Medical:
Rolfe made out his will in 1622, being "sick and weak in body". He probably died in the Indian attack of 1622. His name is not mentioned as among the dead, but his farm at Bermuda Hundred was destroyed.
William James Rolfe
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 10 Dec 1827 - Newburyport, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 7 Jul 1910 - Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Notes
General:
913. Rolfe, William James. S. of John and Lydia D. (Moulton), b. Newburyport, D. 10, 1827. M. A., A. C., 1865; Harvard, 1859; Litt. D., A. C., 1887. Psi Upsilon.
Prepared Lowell H. S.; A. C., 1845-48; B. A., 1871. Taught Kirkwood (Md.) Acad., 1848; prin. Day's Acad., Wrentham, 1848-52; master Dorchester H. S., 1852-57; Lawrence H. S., 1857-61; prin. Salem H. S., 1861-62; master Cambridge H. S., 1862-68; ed. The Boston Journal of Chemistry and author, 1868-1910. President Martha's Vineyard Summer Institute, 1882-88; instructor summer session, State U. of Ill. and other summer schools; president Emerson School of Oratory, 1903-08; lecturer there, 1908-10; one of editors of Popular Science News, 1869-1903. Author Life of Shakespeare; Shakespeare, the Boy; Shakespeare Proverbs; and other works in English, history and physics, also ed. nearly all of Shakespeare's plays, and many of the English poets; contributed to many periodicals. D. Oak Bluffs, Jy. 7, 1910.
Married Jy. 30, 1856, Eliza, da. of Joseph Carew, Mattapan, who d. Mch. 19, 1900. Ch. John C.; George W.; Charles J. (Portrait in possession of A. C.) 34
Mark Rollings
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1770
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Lovice Tubbs (2 Aug 1773 - ) 35
Marriage: 5 Feb 1805 - Dresden, Maine
Status:
Abigail A Rollins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1826 - New Hampshire
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Notes
General:
1850 Wellfleet census:
Abba A Rollins, 24?, lived in the household of Giles & Lucy P Holbrook
George Rollins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1780 - of Orrington, Maine
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Jenny Baker (Est 1785 - )
Marriage: 6 Sep 1804 - Orrington, Maine 36
Status:
Notes
General:
1804 of Orrington
Annie G Rollinson
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1871 - Maine
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: James Rollinson (1836-After 1880)
Mother: Mary A Thompson (1838-After 1880)
Spouses and Children
1. *Frank A Allen (1877 - ) 37
Marriage: 12 Sep 1904 - Portland, Maine 37
Status:
Harry C Rollinson
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1861 - Eastport, Maine
Baptism:
Death: 27 Nov 1898 - steamer Portland, off Cape Cod
Burial: in Forest City Cemetery, South Portland
Cause of Death: drowned
Parents
Father: James Rollinson (1836-After 1880)
Mother: Mary A Thompson (1838-After 1880)
Spouses and Children
1. *Frances Adelaid Hayes (Aug 1854 - After Oct 1905)
Marriage: 3 Aug 1887 - Portland, Maine
Status:
Children:
1. Lucy Mae Rollinson (1888-After 1920)
Notes
General:
1880 sailor, PortlandMedical:
age 37Marriage Notes (Frances Adelaid Hayes)
married
fireman
b Eastport Me, res Deering Me
s/o James Rollinson & Mary A Thompson, both b Eastport Me 26
1900 US census, Casco Me
Adelaid F Rolliston, aug 1854, widow, Maine
Lucy Rolliston, mar 1888, in school, Maine
boarding with Mikel Sposedo, nov 1838 Me, wid, farmer
(Michael Sposedo, b 11 nov 1838, Raymond Me, s/o William, not seen in 1910 census)
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