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Hello Jean Sanders from the Essex Co. Forum.
Thank you for your response..I am descended from Josiah Rogers, brother to John Rogers and Eunice Sanderson of Bridport VT. I am attaching data I have on this family which includes siblings of Eunice Sanderson. Moses and Eunice were brother and sister. Are you descended from Moses ?? Are you aware of Sanderson's Corners near Fairfax VT. I have Rogers connections in Westford, Fairfax and Williston VT. Perhaps they were there because of Eunice's relatives.
Josiah Rogers's (above, my ancestor)daughter Rebecca Rogers married The Rev John Jackson and came into Quebec at about the same time as her father.
I am interested in the Sanderson cousins of Essex County that you mentioned in you mail.
Please check for attachment..
Ivan rogers (in Toronto) at rogersivan@hotmail.com
John Rogers
Born 1743
[of Bridport Vermont]
“…. soldier of the Invasion of Canada”
[ of Petersham MA, age 17 years, 10 April 1759 ]
“….a Minuteman for Petersham”
[marched to the Alarm of 19 April, 1775]
“…. Lieutenant of the Battle of Bennington”
[ Reinforced continental army under Gen. Stark, 29 Aug 1777 ]
(808) John Rogers, first child and eldest son of Thomas Rogers 703 and Martha Hubbard of Petersham MA. John was born 10 April, 1743 in Petersham [vital records. He is mentioned in his father’s will of 1793: “To my four sons John, Josiah, Abel, and Frederick….I give and bequeath five shillings and that is one shilling to each of them. Here I come together with what I have heretofore given to each of them
will make their respective portions in my estate.”
John married Eunice Sanderson on 5 April, 1767 in Petersham MA. [vital records]. Eunice was born 19 Jan. 1747 (ref: Petersham births to 1850) the daughter of Nathaniel Sanderson of Petersham (born 30 May 1713 in Waltham/Watertown MA) and Mary Drury (born 21 Mar. 1719/20 in Framingham MA).(ref: Sanderson Gen.) She died 7 April 1817 age 70 and is buried in the Wolcott Cemetery, Crown Point NY. John died 8 Feb. 1819 age 76 and lies in the same place.
Siblings of Eunice Sanderson (born Petersham), wife of John Rogers of Bridport VT:
Jonathan Sanderson b. 6 Sept. 1740
Mary Sanderson b. 5 April 1743
Joel Sanderson b.14 Sept.1745
Eunice Sanderson b. 19 Jan.1747
Joshua Sanderson b.23 Feb. 1749
Hannah Sanderson b. c. 1750
Susanna Sanderson b. 8 Apr. 1752
Lois Sanderson b. 9 Oct. 1754
Moses Sanderson b. 31 Jan. 1760
Grace Sanderson b. 15 May 1761
Nathaniel Sanderson b. 29 Dec. 1763
John Sanderson b. c. 1765
John lived in Bridport Vermont. Samuel N. Jackson locates five of the sons of Thomas Rogers of Petersham as; Abel in Massachusetts; John in Bridport, Vermont; Paul in New York; Noah in New Hampshire; and Josiah in Petersham, Massachusetts. A Branch of the Jackson Family and Correlated Families, 1730-1911, page 14. Since Josiah Rogers was in Petersham only between 1788-1800, it is assumed that the above locations apply to this time period. Paul may have been in Bridport as early as 1788.
The Second Census of the United States in 1800, Addison Co., Bridport, Vermont p.12. records John Rogers as Head of a Household consisting of 2 Free White Males of 16 and under 26, and 1 of 45 and upwards; Free White Females, 1 under 10, 1 of 26 and under 45, and 1 of 45 and upwards
“The persons early receiving license to carry on the ferry business were as follows: John Rogers in 1811, B. Pickett 1812; Samuel Renne 1820; Alinda Wells 1820; and John Rogers 1820.”
Smith’s History of Addison County, Vermont, page 394. Published 1886.
(808) John Rogers, of Bridport, Vermont, page 2.
Petersham’s Soldiers in the French and Indian Wars, Ruth M.Coolidge, 1979
Rogers, John. No. 122797 appears on a return dated Rutland 10 April, 1759 of men enlisted or impressed for His Majesty’s service in Col. Timothy Ruggles Regt. To be put under the command of his Excellency Jeffery Amherst, Esq., General and Commander-in-chief of His Majesty’s forces in North America for the invasion of Canada. Age 17; residence , Petersham; when enlisted 2 April, 1759. Remarks: Reported son of Thos. Rogers; reported had his own arms. Return made out by Lt. Col. John Murray. Massachusetts Archives: Muster Rolls, Vol.97, page 111
Rogers, John. No. 122798 appears on a muster roll dated Boston, 5 March, 1760 of a company in His Majesty’s sevice under the command of Capt. John Nixon. Quality, private. Residence, Petersham. Entered service 2 April; served until 30 Nov.; Length of service 34 weeks, 5 days. Remarks:---.
Year not given, endorsed 1759. Endorsed Co. in the Expedition to Crown Point.
Massachusetts Archives: Muster Rolls, Vol. 97, page 349.
Petersham’s Soldiers in the French and Indian Wars, Ruth M. Coolidge, 1979. [continued]
Rogers, John. No. 122799, appears on a Muster Roll dated Boston 16 Feb., 1761 of a company in His Majesty’s service under the command of Capt. William Paige. Quality, private. Residence, Petersham.
Entered service 29 Nov.---Length of service 32 weeks, 6 days. Remarks: Father or Master Thos. Rogers. Reported 75 miles travel home, allowed. Vol. 98, page 319.
Rogers, John. No. 122800, appears on a Muster Roll sworn to Suffolk SS 3 April, 1762 of a company of His Majesty’s service under the command of Capt. Thomas Farrington. Quality, private. Residence , Petersham. Entered 16 June, 1761. Served until 4 Dec., 1761. Length of service 24 weeks, 4 days. Remarks: Father or Master Thos. Rogers. Massachusetts Archives, Muster Rolls : vol. 99, page 319.
Rogers, Thomas. No. 1222940 appears on a card of John Rogers of Petersham as said Rogers’s father.
Massachusetts Archives, Muster Rolls; vol.97, page 111.
This account of the military service of John Rogers during the French an Indian Wars was generously supplied by Delight Haines of the Petersham Historical Society 9 Jan., 1985.
The record of the military service of John Rogers during the War of The Revolution appears in Massachusetts Soldiers an Sailors of the Revolution, vol. 13, page 509.
Rogers, John. Petersham. Sergeant, Capt. John Wheeler’s Co. of Minutemen, Col.Ephraim Doolittle’s regt., which marched on the alarm of 19 April, 1775; service 8 days;……….also, Capt. Joel Fletcher’s Co., Col. Ephraim Doolittle’s regt., ; receipt for advance pay, signed by said Rogers and others, dated camp near Charlestown Road, 8 June 1775;………also, sergeant, same co. and regt., ; muster roll dated 1 Aug. 1775; engaged 27 April, 1775; service, 3 mos.,12 days;………also, Lieutenant, Capt. Peter Woodbury’s co., Col. Job Cushing’s regt.; engaged 28 July, 1777, to reinforce the army under Gen. Stark;…….also, sergeant, Capt. Wing Spooner’s Co., Col. Cushing’s regt.,; entered service 5 Sept., 1777; service to 30 Nov., 1777, 3 mos., 5 days, including 10 days (200 miles) travel home;……….also, 1st Lieutenant. Capt. Elisha Jackson’s Co.; engaged 22 June 1778; roll dated Middletown;………..also, Lieutenant, Capt. Benjamin Edgell’s Co., Col. John Jacob’s regt., engaged 22 June 1778; service 6 months 13 days; …..also
Same co. and regt.; muster rolls dated Freetown 13 Sept, and 18 Oct, 1778; term to expire 1 Jan., 1779;..
….also, Lieutenant, Capt. Ephraim Stearn’s Co., Col. John Rand’s regt.; engaged 10 July, 1780; service, 3 mos. 11 days, including 10 days [200miles] travel home; regiment raised in Worcester Co. to serve for 3 months. John Rogers had 9 tours of service during the War of the Revolution
Known children of John Rogers and Eunice Sanderson.[ April 1998]
Eunice, born c. 1767 and died 25 Aug.,1775 in her 8th year, buried in Petersham.
Abigail, born c. 1770 and died 25 Aug., 1775 in her 5th year, buried in Petersham.
B901, John, born c. 1778 in Petersham. [more follows]
John Rogers Jr.
1778-1866
[of Briport Vermont ]
“…..ferryman of Lake Champlain”
[ between Bridport and Crown Point ]
B901 John , born c. 1778 in Petersham MA. John “died 9 Feb., 1866 at Bridport [Vt.] ae. 87/1/20. A farmer born in Petersham Mass., a son of John and Eunice Rogers.” Town Clerk’s office, Bridport , VT. Recorded by Wallace Payne, April 1970 in Bridport. John was buried in the Wolcott cemetery at Crown Point New York.
John Rogers married Nancy. Congregational Church records of Bridport VT. show that: John Rogers was a member 6 Nov., 1825; John Rogers was baptised 13 Oct., 1825, adult; Nancy Rogers, wife of John Rogers was baptised 10 Oct., 1822. Nancy was born in 1786 and died 18 Sept. 1877 age 91 years and was buried in the Wolcott Cemetery at Crown Point New York.
B1001 Robert Harris Rogers, born 18 April, 1813, son of John Rogers Jr., and Nancy Rogers vital records Bridport, bk.,3, page 253]. Robert Harris is the only known child of John Rogers Jr.
He died 10 July 1824 at the age of 11 years and was buried in the Wolcott Cemetery at Crown Point New York.
Constables Vendue, 21 April, 1808.
“ the proprietors and Land Owners of the Town of Bridport are hereby notified and warned that unless they pay the tax of one cent on each acre of land granted by the Legislature of this State at their October session at Woodstock A.D. 1807, before the first Monday of April, so much of their land that will pay said tax and cost will be sold at publc Vendue at the house of Ezekial Smith in the said town at nine o’clock forenoon of said day to the highest bidder for cash only, as the law directs.
Dated at Bridport this 1st day of March in the year of our Lord 1808.
Benjamin Miner Junr. Constable.”
At this sale James Willcox Junr. and John Rogers Junr. paid the tax on 95 acres in the 2nd Division right of Joseph Hastings. Also at another vendue. [Book 3, page 320] John Rogers Jr. paid the tax on 95 acres for Nathan Warren, it being land drawn in the 2nd Division right of David Moore, March 1st. 1808.”
Constable’s Vendue, [ Book 13, page 241 ]
“ John and wife Nancy sold for $3000 to James Witherell land. viz. First piece, the same as was deeded to the said John Rogers by Ephraim Doolittle by the deed of 7 July, A.D. 1802 on the lakeshore, 50 acres, the original right of Joseph Hastings. The second piece was deeded to John Rogers by Samuel Renne, by deed, dated 3 Nov., 1826.” The date of the deed [ for the two above pieces ] from John Rogers to James Witherell was 21 April, 1854.
On an old map printed in 1857 there is marked off on the lakeshore [Lake Champlain] at Bridport ‘Rogers Ferry’ and also near the shore in Bridport opposite the Ferry is marked a residence, ‘J. Rogers.’ ” Wallace L. Payne, historian of Bridport VT.23 April, 1970
“Rates of Ferriage to be rec’d at the Ferry of Abel Bailey and Alfred Nicols and also John Rogers Jr.”
For a single person-------------------------------.06
Ds. Man and horse-------------------------------.12 1/2
One horse carriage-------------------------------.25
Waggon and 2 horses or 2 oxen---------------.37
Do. 4 horses or oxen----------------------------.50
Each single horse, ox or cow------------------.06
Each sheep or swine----------------------------.01 1/2
Assessed April 1812 by Nathan Smith
William Myrick, selectmen.
Recorded April 1812
Attest Gardner Converse, Town Clerk.”
Bridport Town Book no. 3, page 196.
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