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Giles Rogers

Male Abt 1650 - Abt 1750  (~ 100 years)


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  • Name Giles Rogers 
    Birth Abt 1625-1650  Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death Abt 1725-1750  Dunkirk, King and Queen, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Old Park Church, King and Queen City, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I23226  Carl
    Last Modified 26 Jan 2014 

    Father John Rogers,   b. 16 Apr 1611, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1675-1700 (Age 88 years) 
    Mother Lucille Iverson,   b. Abt 1600-1625, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1650-1675, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 50 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1625-1650  Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F10288  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Rachel Eastham,   b. Abt 1625-1650 
    Family ID F10289  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Nov 2014 

    Family 2 Lucy Eastham,   b. Abt 1625-1650, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1725-1750, King and Queen, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 100 years) 
    Children 
     1. John Rogers,   b. 14 Mar 1683, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Lucy Rogers,   b. Abt 1675-1700
     3. Peter Rogers,   b. Abt 1675-1700
     4. Rachel Rogers,   b. Abt 1675-1700
     5. Susannah Rogers,   b. Abt 1675-1700
     6. Mary Ann Rogers,   b. Abt 1675-1700
    +7. Henry Thomas Rogers,   b. Abt 1675-1700, Spotsylvania, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Nov 1747, Spotsylvania, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 47 years)
     8. Giles Rogers,   b. Abt 1675-1700
    Family ID F3320  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Nov 2014 

  • Notes 
    • Rogers Index in the Filson Club, Louiseville, Kentucky
      "Genealogies of Virginia Families": Willam and Mary College Quarterly
      Colonial Virginia Source Records, 1600-1700's
      Marriages of Virginia Residents Vol II, Part III, Surnames R-S,Page 76
      "A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to the USA." Vol. 1. Author: Whyte,Donald
      See Comp. Am. Genealogy p.781 vol.5
      THE COMPENDIUM OF AMERICAN GENEALOGY The Standard GenealogicalEncyclopedia of THE FIRST FAMILIES OF AMERICA Edited by: Frederick AdamsVirkus, F.I.A.G.
      [ Vol. IV ) 1930, Page 615, [ Vol. V )1933, Page 781, [ Vol. VII ) 1942,Page 878. Baltimore: Genealogical PublishingCompany -1968

      Giles m. Rachel Eastham received a patent, 1670, New Kent Co10T169
      land grant on Dragon Swamp; Stratton Major Parish, King and Queen County,Virginia.

      Giles Rogers was named after St. Giles, the patron saint of Edinburgh.
      Nephew of Thomas John Rogers (1587-1621), 18th Signer of the MayflowerCompact and a Mayflower Pilgrim who came to Virginia in 1620.

      Giles RogersSr., was named after the patron Saint "Giles" of Endinburgh,Scotland, where hewas born. He was well educated and after maturitymoved to and settled in Worcestershire, England; where he married RachelEastham (pronounced "Esam"). Giles Sr. and Rachel had six children -three born in England, one born on-board ship, and two born in America.Giles Sr.'s motto being "Act Justly and Fear Not". He emigrated toVirginia were he patented 400 acres on 18 Apr 1670, in the Parish ofStratton Major, in New Kent County on the road to Piscataway, VA . Hereturned toEngland, married Rachel in 1672 and returned to Virginia in1680 aboard his ownship named "Bay" . Son John was born aboard ship inroute from England in 1680.He settled in King and Queen County,Virginia, near the present town of Dunkrik. They brought everything withthem they thought they would need in the new land, including farmanimals, household furnishings, tools, and servants.

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