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Elizabeth Rogers (Wilder)

Also Known As: "Widow Merrick. Widow Minot"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
Death: September 13, 1779 (73-74)
Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Place of Burial: Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Capt. Ephraim Wilder and Elizabeth Wilder
Wife of Tilley Merrick; Col. James Minot, Esq. and Rev. Daniel Rogers
Mother of Mary Merrick; Elizabeth Merrick; Tilley Merrick; Martha Minot (died young); Martha Sherman and 1 other
Sister of Capt. Ephraim Wilder; Martha Wilder; Dorothy Richardson; Eunice Fairbanks and Susannah Wilard

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About Elizabeth Rogers

Elizabeth Wilder

  • Birth: 1705 Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
  • Death: September 13, 1779 (73-74) - Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
  • Place of Burial: Old Burying Ground, Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
  • Daughter of Ephraim and Elizabeth Stevens

Biography

1st Elizbeth Wilder married Tilley Merick. They wed in Lancaster, Massachusetts, on November 28, 1722.

3 Children:

Children (born in Brookfield, Middlesex County, Massachusetts)

  1. Mary, September 1, 1723 - November 17, 1726
  2. Elizebeth, February 14, 1726 - January 28, 1746
  3. Tilly, September 20, 1730 - March 7, 1768

2nd she married James Minot, Jr. They wed in Brookfield, Massachusetts, on October 9, 1735.

3 Children (b. in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts)

  1. Martha, February 1, 1737-8 - June 18, 1739
  2. Martha (again). Married Josiah Sherman.
  3. Ephraim, June 17, 1742 - September 14, 1794.

3rd she married Rev. Daniel Rogers. They wed in Littleton, Massachusetts, on April 9, 1763.

Family

Colonel James Minot, born 1694; died 1759; married 14 November 1716, Martha (born 1 October 1694, died 18 January 1734/5), daughter of Colonel John Lane, of Billerica; married (2) 9 October 1735, Elizabeth (born 1705, died 13 September 1779), daughter of Tilley Wilder of Lancaster, Massachusetts, and widow of Tilley Merrick, of Brookfield, Massachusetts. She survived him and married for a third husband, 10 May, 1763, Rev. Daniel Rogers, of Littleton, Mass. Col. James Minot was one of the most prominent citizens of Concord, which fact is shown by his gravestone in Concord, in the Hill Burying Ground.

Children of James Minot:

21. John, b. 31 August, 1717; d. 31 July, 1802.
Rebecca, b. 15 May 1720; m. 12 August 1741, Benjamin Prescott.
22. James, b. 20 January 1727/8; d. 2 August 1773.
Martha, b. 1 February 1738; d. 18 June, 1739.
Martha, b.; m. 24 January 1757, Rev. Josiah Sherman.
23. Ephraim, b. 17 June, 1742; d. 14 September 1794

Source: Minot, Joseph Grafton, 1858- (Publication date 1897). “A genealogical record of the Minot family in America and England.” Page 19-20. < Archive.Org >



Inscription:

Here lies buried the body of
Mrs Elizabeth Rogers consort of
the Revd Mr Daniel Rogers.
who died Sept ye 15th 1779
In the 74th year of her age.

References

  1. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24565127/elizabeth-rogers
  2. Lancaster VRs, birth, pg 453. She is listed as one of seven children born between 1699-1718. No specific date or year.
  3. Lancaster VRs, marriage, pg 18 "Tilley Merick of Brookfield & Elizabeth Wilder of Lancaster were married Nov. 28, 1722."
  4. Brookfield VRs, marriage, pg 370 “Mirick, Mrs. Elizeb and Major James Minot, October 9, 1735.”
  5. Littleton Vital Records, marriages, pg 268 “Ye Reverend Mr. Daniel Rogers of Littleton and Mrs Elisebeth Minot of Concord, wed in Littleton, MA, on April ye 9th 1763.”
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Elizabeth Rogers's Timeline

1705
1705
Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1723
September 1, 1723
1726
February 14, 1726
1730
September 20, 1730
1738
1738
1739
June 18, 1739
Concord, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts, Colonial America
1742
June 17, 1742
Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America