Martha Rogers

Biography

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146278628/martha-rogers

Martha Clayton was the daughter of Quaker immigrants Matthew Clayton and Sybilla Buckworth of Nottingham Twp., old Burlington Co., West New Jersey (now Hamilton Twp., Mercer Co.). She was probably born there in the early 1690s, and possibly even after the death of her father in 1694. In 1715, she was named as a legatee in the will of widow Catharine Pearson of Nottingham. Martha might have been a ward or servant in the Pearson household.

Her marriage to John Rogers Sr. probably occurred sometime after Mar. 1716/17, since she did not sign a deed with him at that time. She is presumed to be the mother of his nine children. John and Martha are identified as former co-grantors of "Sybal's Plantation" (Martha's mother's property) in the 1727 will of Nathaniel Leonard.

She is thought to be the wife mentioned, though not by name, in John Rogers Jr.'s 1769 will (the executor, son Isaac Rogers, was to "maintain his mother"). Thus she is presumed to have died in old Windsor Twp., Middlesex Co. (now Mercer Co.).

Note: Martha's son John Rogers III, in his 1792 will, directed the completion of the stone wall around his burying ground. This was located in present-day Mercer County Park, West Windsor Twp. It is possible that other Rogers family members were buried here besides John III and his wife (who left no surviving children). This might include John Rogers Jr. and wife Martha, who lived in Windsor Twp.

Children

https://www-personal.umich.edu/~bobwolfe/gen/person/g3542.htm

• Child: Isaac Rogers Born: 7 July 1735, Burlington County, New Jersey ⇒
• Child: Abraham Rogers ⇒
• Child: John Rogers Born: about 1726, Windsor, Middlesex County, New Jersey
• Child: Martha Rogers Born: 1725, Sampink Creek, Gloucester County, New Jersey ⇒
• Child: Mary Rogers
• Child: Robert Rogers Born: about 1730, Nottingham Twp, Burlington County, New Jersey ⇒
• Child: Joseph Rogers Born: 8 April 1721, Windsor, Middlesex County, New Jersey ⇒
• Child: Matthew Rogers Born: 1725, Windsor, Middlesex County, New Jersey ⇒
• Child: Amos Rogers Born: about 1734, New Jersey

Comments

There were two men named John Rogers living in Burlington County, both born about 1687, and both married to Martha. The other John Rogers [19] lived in Burlington city, rather than Nottingham Twp, and was married to Martha Middleton. It is difficult to know which John Rogers was referred to in some documents, so some of the notes above might involve the other John Rogers. We do not know which, if either, was born on 1 March, 1687 to John and Mary Rogers.

References

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146278628/martha-rogers
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Clayton-919
• 3.Chesterfield Monthly Meeting (Quakers) (NJ), (in Quaker time, the date would refer to the 13th of the 12th month of 1692).
• 4.John Rogers' will, proved April 10, 1776, Windsor, Middlesez Co. (now Mercer Co.) NJ, Martha mentioned in the will without being mentioned: "executor to maintain his mother."
• https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/rogers/13359/
• https://www-personal.umich.edu/~bobwolfe/gen/mn/m21419x3542.htm