Richard Rogers of Wethersfield

Richard Rogers 1551-1618

Richard Rogers is one of those people who are very close to my heart. I love the teachings that he left to us. They may be written in a stuffy, old fashioned way, but they are just as true today as they were in the 1600s and I’m grateful that there is a renewed interest in the teachings of the Puritans. Like most of the ministers in his day, Richard Rogers had his share of run-ins with the authorities. However, he managed to survive the conflicts and established a good, strong ministry in Wethersfield. Continue reading

John Ward of Haverhill

St. Mary's, Haverhill Suffolk

The Ward families are well represented among the clergy for several hundred years, in England and New England. The Clergy of the Church of England Database Project (CCEd) has 246 listed under the name of WARD and 61 listed under the name WARDE.

http://www.theclergydatabase.org.uk/index.html

This story follows a small portion of my research on a few of these families. Continue reading