Barbara Rogers

Richard ROGERS [son of John Rogers and Agnes] 1, 2 was christened 29 Jun 1551 in Chelmsford, Essex, England. He died 21 Apr 1618 in Wethersfield, Essex, England. Richard married N.N. [sic: Barbara] on 1572 in Wethersfield, Essex, England.

Richard Rogers married twice; Susan (Unknown) Ward, widow of Rev John Ward of the neighboring parish of Haverhill, Suffolk, England, was Rev Richard Rogers' second wife.[3]

All of Richard Rogers' children were with his first wife, Barbara.

Susan's first husband, Rev John Ward, died before 31 Oct 1598 which was the date his will was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.[4]. Susan, the widow of Rev. John Ward, of Haverhill, Suffolk, England, is the mother of Rev. Nathaniel Ward of Ipswich, Mass. and of Rev Samuel Ward of Ipswich, Suffolk, England.[5][6].

Children

The following children are claimed in "Memoir of Rev. Nathaniel Rogers' Family," in NEHGR, 5(1951):118-128 but since this article was subsequently show to have errors, should be confirmed by other sources:

Children of Richard Rogers and his wife Barbara:

1. Rev. Daniel Rogers, b 1573; became minister of Haversham, Buckinghamshire, and afterward of Wethersfield; persecuted by Archbishop Laud for preaching Arminianism; m. 1) Margaret Bishop; they had a son, Daniel. … He m. 2) Sarah Everard, daughter of John Everard, citizen of London. They had children: Hannah, Samuel, Mary and Margaret.
2. Esther Rogers, m. Great Dunmow, Essex, 30 Aug. 1603, Francis Longe, merchant and yeoman of Great Dunmow. “Hester, the wife of Francis Long” was bur. 22 July 1649 in Little Dunmore. Francis Long wrote his Will 5 December 1653 proved 28 April 1659; mentioned son Samuel and the seven children of his deceased son Francis: Francis, Ezekiel, Elizabeth, Mary, Frances, Jane and Rebecca.
3. Rebecca Rogers, “daughter Hasselder” and “daughter Hasseler” in her father’s will. She m. 1) probably in 1603, Samuel Wright, Bachelor of Divinity and founding president of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. 2 daughters, Rebecca (m. Samuel Stone) and Martha; m. 2) Maldon, Essex, 16 April 1610: Edward Hastler, merchant and alderman. They had six children: Richard, Joseph, Nathaniel, Hester, Mary, and John.
4. Ezra Rogers; no children
5. Rev. Ezekiel Rogers, b 1590 Wethersfield, Essex, England; graduated Bennet's College (Cambridge) 1605; masters at Christ's College (Cambridge (1608). Came to New England 1638, settling in Rowley. Died 23 Jan 1660. No issue.
6. Nathaniel Rogers, left no children [predeceased his father Richard
7. Mary Rogers, m. 1) Rev. William Jenkin, of Sudbury [England?]; one son. 2) Adam Harsnett. They had children: John, Anne, Nathaniel, Abigail, Ezekiel.
8. __ Rogers, m. before 1618, __ Makin, named as “son Makin” in Richard Roger’s Will. Along with their Christian names, their place of residence and offspring (if any) remain unknown.

Misidentified daughter

They also seem to have had a daughter (born about 1580) who married John Stone. “It is known, from the will of Rev. Ezekiel Rogers of Rowley, Mass., that the Rev. Samuel Stone of Hartford, Connecticut was his nephew.[1] From this it is inferred that the mother of Samuel Stone was a sister of Rev. Ezekiel Rogers. From other evidence it is inferred that the father of Rev. Samuel Stone was John Stone of Hertford - see the work of Robert Charles Anderson.[2]. Note on first name of ____ (Rogers) Stone: There are family trees on the internet claiming that the given name of the mother of Rev. Samuel Stone was Sarah.”

Our knowledge of Roger’s daughters allow us to form a firm conclusion with regard to the identification of Samuel Stone’s mother. Since Samuel Stone was born in 1601, and since his father was still having children after Richard Roger’s death, it is impossible for any of these four daughters to have been Samuel Stone’s mother.

The parish register of Cranham, Essex recorded the marriage on 5 June 1629 between “Samuel Stone and Rebecca Wright.”

She was the daughter of Rebecca (Rogers) Wright and the granddaughter of Rev. Richard Rogers.

Her given name is from the Haller book noted above, pages 41 and 42: "It was Barbara Rogers' lot to be always on her way to or from childbed in the intervals of managing a household that included not only her husband and children but her husband's pupils and their tutor." "When at last, not upon this but upon a later occasion, Barbara made her bed in the grave, her husband remarried, taking the widow with the several children of another preacher." Other undocumented reports have her given name as Mary.

References

• http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~hwbradley/genealogy/aqwg1711.htm#29390 cites
• 1Waters, Henry F., "Genealogical Gleanings in England: Rogers Family," NEHGR 41:2 (Apr 1887) (New England Historic, Genealogical Society.), p. 158, Los Angeles Public Library.
• Tarbert, Jesse. “The Identity and English Ancestry of Rev. Samuel Stone's First Wife: Rebecca Wright, Granddaughter of Rev. Richard Rogers,” NEHGR (NEHGS, Boston, 2022) Vol. 176, WN. 704, Page 389 < AmericanAncestors >