Hannah ROGERS

Hannah married Amaziah HARDING before 1694. Amaziah was born on 1 Nov 1671 in Eastham, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts; died on 5 Jun 1734 in Executed for the murder of his wife. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mary HARDING was born on 2 Apr 1706 in Eastham, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts; died before 20 Apr 1734.
2. Phebe HARDING was born in Apr 1710 in Eastham, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts; died after 1747.

Thomas married Elizabeth SNOW on 13 Dec 1665 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Nicholas SNOW and Constance HOPKINS) was born before 1640 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA; died on 16 Jun 1678 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Daughter of Nicholas Snow & Constance Hopkins

Other Events and Attributes:

• Death: Between 12 and 25 Jan 1678
• Will: 02 Jan 1677/8
• Fact: 15 Jan 1677/8, Inventory of estate

Notes:

Came with his fathr to America in the 'Mayflower' in 1620, when a lad of 12 to 13 yrs old; and his father dying early in 1621, left the boy upon his own resources. He settled at Duxbury and later went to Sandwich where he resided for a time; and in 1655, he removed to Eastham, Mass., permanently locating thre - where he died.

Name:
Lieut. Joseph Rogers went to Eastham soon after the settlement opened, paid his proportion of the purchase money, and at once took a leading part in the affairs of the new township. He came over in the Mayflower, with his father,Thomas Rogers, and appears to have been the only member of his father's family that ventured in that famous vessel. At the time, it appears, he was a lad. He doubtless was the eldest of his father's children, and, perhaps, came to have care of his father, who, it is inferred from what Bradford has stated, was a widower. His father did not survive the first winter; he took the distemper which carried off so many of that noble band, died, and was buried, as is supposed, with the other victims on Cole's Hill. Some years afterwards the remaining portion of his family found their way to this country, where they married and settled. With whom Lieut. Joseph lived during that terrible winter and spring, after burying his father, does not appear. It certainly must have been a dreary winter to him as well as to the other survivors. the bill of mortality as given by Prince, the chronologist, as gathered from Bradford's papers, shows that the little band of worthies was incapable of doing much more than to attend to the sick and to bury the dead, for the first four months. the number of deaths occurring in December was six; January, eight; February, seventeen and in March thirteen. Elder Brewster and Captain Standish were among the very few that escaped the sickness. They have been highly spoken of by the Pilgrim historian for their great services during the sickness.....

In 1647, at the June session of the Old Colony court, he was proposed as a suitable person for a lieutenant at Nausett to "exercise the men" in arms, and was appointed. He held this position till 166, when his lieutenancy was revoked, and he was released from further duty as militia officer. He was however, reappointed lieutenant of the Eastham Company in 1664, succeeding Lieut. Wm Merrick or Myrick. In February, 1652, with other persons from various parts of the colony, he was appointed to la out the way fro Sandwich to near Eel River in Plymouth. In 1658, he was one of the Council of War, and that year had liberty to purchase tracts of meadow at Pottonumecot, near the mouth of the river.

Joseph married Hannah ? about 1632. Hannah died between 02 Jan 1677 and 1678. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: Between 25 Jan 1599 and 1600, Shoreditch, London, England

Notes:

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Nicholas Snow, one of the first seven who settled at Nausett, was a man of sterling worth and very prominent i the settlement. He came over rom England, a passenger in the Ann, in the latter part of July, 1623, and at first located in the towndship of Plymouth, where he soon married....

Nicholas Snow, not long after his arrival, became acquainted with Miss "Constata" or Constance, an elder daughter of Mr. Stephen Hopkins, who had but a few years before braved the dangers of the Atlantic in the Mayflower and escaped the first winter's distress, and took her for his wife, who, before 1650, had borne him twelve children, all then alive. The date of his marriage does not appear; but he was married before 1627, as by the record of the division of the cattle, May 22nd, he and his wife Constance received their share, they belonging to Mr. Stephen Hopkins' company, which was composed of thirteen persons. In 1633 he was a freeman and a tax payer in Plymouth....

Nicholas married Constance HOPKINS before 27 May 1627 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Constance (daughter of Stephen HOPKINS and Unknown ?) was born about 1607 in England; died in Oct 1677. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Thomas Rogers was born at Watford, Northamptonshire, England, circa 1571, the oldest son of William and Eleanor Rogers. Thomas and his oldest son Joseph Rogers were on the 'Mayflower'; Thomas died at Plymouth in the winter of 1620/21 'in the first sickness'.

Thomas rogers married at Watford 24 October 1597 Alice Cosford, who was baptized there 10 May 1573. She was the daughter of George and Margaret Cosford; George Cosford named both Alice and Thomas Rogers in his will (TG 10:138-49). Here date of death is unknown. She probably died at Leiden, The Netherlands; there is no evidence that she emigrated to Plymouth Colony.

Evidence from Dutch and New England primary sources establishes that Thomas and Alice rogers had at least five and possibly six children who were all baptized at Watford; Thomas Rogers (who died young), possibly Richard Rogers (who died young), Joseph rogers, John Rogers, Elizabeth Rogers and Margaret Rogers were born in that order (TG 10:138-49).

Thomas Rogers and his family had left England by 22 February 1617 when he bought a house on Barbarasteeg at Leiden for 475 guilders. In Leiden Rogers worked as a 'greyntrapier' (greyn weaver) or camlet merchant. On 1 April 1620 Rogers sold the house on Barbarasteeg to another English immigrant, Mordecai Cohen, for 300 guilders (Bangs' Strangers and Pilgrims 323-24, Dexter 632).

Later in 1620, Thomas Rogers and his oldest surviving child, Joseph rogers, came to Plymouth on the 'Mayflower (Badford's Hist 442). The 1622 Leiden poll tax list shows that his wife Alice, two daughters Elizabeth Rogers and Margaret Rogers, and younger son John rogers remained in Leiden in the household of Anthony Clements, one of the English Separatists who did not emigrate to Plymouth (TAG 52:110-13).

Thomas Rogers died in Plymouth in the first sickness; his son Joseph was still living in 1650 (Bradford's Hist 442,446). In the 1623 Plymouth Colony land division, Joseph Rogers was allotted two acres, one for himself and one on behalf of his late father Thomas Rogers (PCR 12:4). Joseph may have lived in the household of Governor William Beadford with whom he was grouped 22 May 1627 in the division of cattle; Joseph and twelve other inhabitants of Plymouth received "An heifer of the last yeare wch was of the Greate white back cow that was brough ouer in the Ann, & two shee goats" (PCR 12:12).

William Bradford wrote "The rest of Thomas Rogers' came over and are married and have many children' but did not give specific names (Bradford's Hist 446). Only one of Thomas Rogers' other children, John Rogers, can be authenticated from New England records. john Rogers probably arrived in Plymouth circa 1629/30 when the last of the Separatists arrived from Leiden as he first appears in the Plymouth Colony Records when he was taxed 25 March 1633 (PCR 1:11). In April 1640 Joseph Rogers and John Rogers, "his brother," were granted fifty acres each at North River (Marshfield), thus confirming John's identity (PCR 1:144).

Thomas married Alice COSFORD on 24 Oct 1597 in Watford, Northampton, England. Alice was christened on 10 May 1573 in Watford, Northampton, England; died in Leidon, Holland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Daughter of George and Margaret Cosford

Notes:

According the "the Mayflower Increasing": Stephen was married first in 1605. The name of his first wife is unknown. It is possible that it was Constance Dudley since his first child from his first wife was named Constance.

Name:
Stephen Hopkins, born in England, came over in the Mayflower in 1620, bringing with him Giles and Constanta (Constance), children by a first wife whose name is not know, a second wife Elizabeth whose maiden name is not known, two children by her, Damaris and Oceanus (born on the passage), and two servants, Edward Doty and Edward Litster. he d. between June 6, 1644 (date of his will), and July 17, 1644 (date of his inventory). His 2d wife d. in Plymouth between 1640 and 1644....

His bringing two servants shows that he was one of the well-to-do of the pilgrims. The facts hereinafter given from contemporary records will show that he was a man of energy, courage and ability and one of the most prominent and useful men in the colony. he was one of the earliest freemen of Plymouth and was one of the assistants to the governor from 1633 to 1637. He was engaged in trade, selling liquors and various other articles. he was charged at times with abuse of his traffic in liquors and with selling liquors and other articles at excessive rates, according to the views of the period, but he never lost the confidence of the leading men. he was not without kindness of heart, as appears from his petitioning for the release of his servants from cruel punishment.

He apparently boarded the Mayflower in London with his family about the end of June, 1620, for on the arrival of the Speedwell at Southampton from Holland about July 2 she found the Mayflower there, having arrived with her passengers from London. They sailed from Southampton August 5, but by reason of the claimed unsafety of the Speedwell, they put into Dartmouth. After some repairs, they put to sea again, but after they had got "above 100 leagues without the Lands End:, the master of the Speedwell complained that his ship was very leaky, and after consultation, both ships put into Plymouth. Here it was decided that the Speedwell should not proceed. Some of the passengers returned to London, and the rest sailed on the Mayflower on the 6th of September, reaching what is now Provincetown harbor on the 11th of November. On that day he signed the compact of government on board the Mayflower, his name being 14th on the list of signers.

Stephen married Unknown ? about 1605. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]