William Rogers, III

William was an "express rider" in the Revolution

Children:

Job Rogers 1753 –

Elizabeth Rogers 1755 – 1810

William Rogers 1756 – 1819

John Rogers 1758 – 1828

Mary Rogers 1760 – 1787

Martha Rogers 1762 – 1828

Asa Rogers 1764 – 1838

Samuel Rogers 1766 – 1825

Esther Rogers 1767 – 1844

Anne Rogers 1770 – 1822

Henry Rogers 1772 – 1850

Sarah Rogers 1776 – 1846

Sources

Ancestry Family Trees This citation provides evidence for Lt William Rogers

Family Data Collection - Births 1 citation provides evidence for Name, Birth

Family Data Collection - Individual Records 1 citation provides evidence for Name, Death, Birth

New Jersey, Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817 1 citation provides evidence for Name, Death, Residence

U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 1 citation provides evidence for Name, Birth, Marriage

U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820 1 citation provides evidence for Name, Residence

U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1994 1 citation provides evidence for Name, Birth

U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970

William was an express rider during the Revolution and his descendants qualify for membership in the DAR/SAR. Those who have joined DAR by him include: DAR ID Number: 35086 - Mrs. Annie Rogers Sinnott DAR ID Number: 38255 - Miss Mary Elizabeth Sinnott DAR ID Number: 58179 - Mrs. Annie L. Sinnott Devereux DAR ID Number: 61758 - Miss Deborah J. Peacock DAR ID Number: 72266 - Mrs. Virginia Thorne Quick DAR ID Number: 82297 - Mrs. Helen Newcomb Cox Paul References: Richard Haines, Genealogy of the Stokes Family, descended from Thomas & Mary Stokes, who settled in Burlington County, NJ, (Medford, NJ; 1903.). Mary Elizabeth Sinnott, edited by Josiah Granville Leach (1842-1922), Annals of the Sinnott, Rogers, Coffin, Corlies, Reeves, Bodine and allied families. Daughters of the American Revolution Patriot Index, (Washington : National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution). Albert Stirling Adams, The Sharp Family of Southern New Jersey: 300 Years in New Jersey, 1682-1981, (Rev. ed. -- 1982).

He was a express rider or light horseman in the New Jersey Militia, Spencer's Regiment, Continental Army.

He thwarted Hessian soldiers attempting to burn the mill.

GEDCOM Note

He served as express rider or light horseman in the New Jersey militia.

S.A.R. membership lineage: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/83628594