All Saints, Maldon
This is the story of Rebecca Rogers, another of the daughters of Richard Rogers; the one he referred to in his will as “my daughter Hasselder” and “my daughter Hasseler”. The confusion with the name didn’t help my research as there are many different spellings in the records. Continue reading
John Rogers, shoemaker of Moulsham, was the brother of Richard Rogers and Mary Rogers Duckfield. They were the children of John Rogers, the younger, and Agnes his wife. Continue reading
John Rogers the Younger family chart
This John Rogers was the father of John Rogers, shoemaker, Richard Rogers, minister of Wethersfield and Mary Duckfield, along with six others.
The appellation ‘the younger’ naturally indicates that there was an ‘elder’ as well. Sure enough, the St. Mary the Virgin parish register mentions one entry that says ‘the elder’; “Jone Rogers, wife of John Rogers the elder, carpenter, was buried on Wednesday the 3rd day of November, 1540“. This doesn’t tell us if ‘the elder’ was the father of ‘the younger’, however since John the younger named one of his daughters Jone, the name of the wife of John the elder, it does seem likely that he named his daughter after his mother. Continue reading
St. Mary the Virgin, Great Dunmow, Essex
This is one of the unnamed daughters of Richard Rogers. Her name was Esther and she married Francis Longe on August 30, 1603 at St. Mary the Virgin, Great Dunmow, Essex. Francis was baptized on November 4, 1577, so we can figure that Esther was about the same age or probably a few years younger. The names Esther and Hester seem to be interchangeable in these parish records. Continue reading
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