Thomas ROGERS, Gent

Thomas married UNKNOWN between 1433 and 1434. died before 1468. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Thomas ROGERS was born in 1435 in Prob. at Benham Valence, a Furneaux mansion; died in 1489 in Ashington, Wilts County.

Thomas married Margaret ? before 1468. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Elizabeth ROGERS

Notes:

Excerpt from Lineage of the Rogers Family: He purchased 'Benham-Valence' and other properties in Berks, and bouth 'Bryanstone, ' Dorset, which became the principal seats of the family. He was the entailed Lord of the vast Furneaux estates, and is alleged to have earned & Received Knighthood, through recognition of military service performed. Besides his numerous entailures, he amassed a very considerable personal property; and altogether, was the representative of one of the wealthiest families of his section of England. The issue of marriage brought to his wife & himself two sons, John the eld. and Thomas; and he d. 1441 10/4, at Bryanstone, and their quartered escutcheon was carved on the tablet of his tomb, in St. Martin's Church there. His will was dated 21 Sep. and prov. 10 Nov., the yr. of his death; and afterward, the prefix of 'Fitz' to the Roger name was dropped and ultimately a terminal s added. Because of his great riches, ability, and prominence; he has genereally been accredited as the known Rogers patriarch of England, instead of his father.

John married Agnes DE MERCAUNT in 1406. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]