James Rogers
was the father of the famous Major Robert Rogers, leader of Rogers Rangers in
the period of the French and Indian War in colonial America. Robert also
had three brothers who served in the Rangers, James Rogers, Richard Rogers
and John Rogers. Robert had advanced to the rank of Lt Col of the Queens
Rangers, James to Lt Col of the Kings Rangers, Richard died a Captain of
small pox in 1757 and it is unknown what became of John but he may have traveled
to Charleston, South Carolina with Robert in 1762 and stayed in the South. This
web site lists the known descendants of their father James Rogers who reportedly
came from Ireland in 1729. These Rangers were the namesake of today's US Army
Rangers and Green Berets, their fighting tactics are key to today's elite
forces.
The Rogers family settled in what is now Dunbarton, New
Hampshire where James named the area of the Great Meadow, Montalona for his old
home near Londonderry, Ireland. In 2005 I registered Montalona.com for the
new home of this web site. The cellar site of the Rogers home is located on
Robert Rogers Rd. approximately 1/2 mile west of Montalona Rd.
This site started in 2004 by a 5th great grandson of Col
James Rogers U.E. The Lord Dorchester in the proclamation of 1789 granted all
descents, male and female, of persons who lived in colonial America prior to the
Revolution and fought for the Royal Standard in the American Revolution, the
right to use the initials U.E. after their name. U.E. stands for Unity of the
Empire and is sometimes referred to as UEL or United Empire Loyalists which is
an association of U.E. members. In this site all direct descendants of Col James
Rogers have a U.E. after their name, also note descendants that did not fight
for the crown and remained in America do not carry this title. Books about
the Rogers Family are at the bottom of each page.
LATEST NEWS
Old Family Pictures Wanted for
Book
March 4, 2008: I have
completed adding Nora Foley's list of Miller descendants and am now working on
the book version of this web site. If you have photos of descendants or
other historical family pictures that you would like included in the book
please email them me at Rogers@LOOKinHERE.net be sure an include
information on who is in the photo and and approximate place and date of the
picture. It is also a last opportunity to add any corrections, descendants
and family stories for the book.
Dec 14, 2007 I have added
more of the Miller family and have several pages more to add. The web site now
contains 1,680 descendants and growing. Heritage Books hsa printed my
edition of Robert Rogers' "A Concise Account of North America" it is available
for $23 from http://www.heritagebooks.com/
July 15, 2007 I have moved
to Bonanza, Ourigan (as Robert Rogers spelled it) I am working on getting as
many descendants as possible listed to include in a book version of this web
site. The book will also contain family and tombstone photos, not on the web
site.
February 26, 2006, I
have completed both books that I have been working on, the first is Robert
Rogers'
A Concise Account of North
America in modern typeset. And
a new book The Works of Rev. David McGregor
who was the father of Margaret McGregor-Rogers, she was
married to Col. James Rogers. The book contains 7 of David McGregor's
Sermons from 1741 to 1776
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Birth records of the children of James
Rogers and Mary Allen in James' handwriting recorded January 8th, 1806.
Two children were added by James after that date, who died at birth and at
10 days old. |
Rest Haven Cemetery in Tompsonburg,
Londonderry Township, Windham, Vermont. The tall monument above the gate
is David F Faulkner and most of the Thompsons are just beyond it. The
Tompsons and Faulkners are descendants of Martha
Rogers. |
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Col Robert Zacheus Rogers
1842-1911 on horseback he was also Warden of St. George's Church, Grafton
Ontario, Canada. The family of Col James Rogers is buried at St
George's. |
Historic Plaque on the loyalist parkway
in Sanhurst, Ontario. |
Please visit my
memorials web site at
Memorials.LOOKinHERE.net
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Please help support
my efforts, donations welcome
Books about the Rogers Family
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Background image is from 1934
Canadian United Empire Loyalist postage Stamp, representing the migration of
American loyalist to Canada.
The contents of
this site are a work in progress, some lines are incomplete and some may contain
errors. There may be corrections and additions in the works that are not yet
posted. I cannot make instant massive corrections as some people may wish.
Updating large amounts of information takes some time and I am doing my best to
keep the site up to date. This site is a part time venture for me and I do
maintain a regular 40 hour a week job. I also have other projects I am working
on that have an income, while this site has none, thank you for your
donations!. If you do find an error please let me know of it.
