Jonathan ROGERS

1656 - 1697  (40 years)

• Name	Jonathan ROGERS  [1]
  	"James Rogers and His Descendants": He was drowned near Gull Island* He married Mar 2, 1678, Naomi, daughter of Robert and Ruth (Hubbard) Burdick of Newport, RI. He was baptized in New London, Mar 2, 1674-5, by Elder William Hiscox of Newport, and immediately following the baptism, Jonathan and his brothers, James and John, were received as members of the Newport church, having been baptized some time previous by Mr. John Crandall of Westerly, RI. His widow married (2) Mar. 11, 1703, John, son of William and Agnes Keeney, as his second wife. Jonathan Rogers lived upon a farm on the Great Neck, given him by his father, which was also owned by his son Jonathan. The stone house occupied by the latter is still standing near the site of the house built by his father**.... *The accepted tradition of his accidental death is as follows: He had shot a seal and went for it on a log. He attached one end of a rope to the seal and the other end to his own body, in order to have free use of his hands. The seal revived in the struggle, and Mr. Rogers was drawn under water and held there. It is further stated that his son Jonathan, twelve years of age, was with his father and saw him go down According to the record, the son could have been but seven years old, unless, as some of the descendants claim, he was born in 1683 or '84. **"Jonathan Rogers now stood alone among the brothers, adhering steadfastly to the Sabbatarian principles,from which he never swerved. His family became the nucleus of a small denomination on the Great Neck, which has ever since existed. From generation to generation, they connected themselves with churches of their own faith in Rhode Island, at first with that of Newport, and afterwards with that of Hopkinton and Westerly, until in the year 1784, 109 years after the baptism of their founder, Jonathan Rogers, they were organized into a distinct church and society" (Calkins, History of New London) [1]
  Birth	31 Dec 1655	"James Rogers and His Descendants" lists two different birth dates   [1]
  Birth	7 Jan 1656	Milford, Connecticut   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1697	Drowned near Gull Island   [1]
  Person ID	I71144	Main Tree
  Last Modified	16 Oct 2020

  
  

  Father	James ROGERS,   b. Abt 1615, England d. 1687, New London, New London, Connecticut, USA (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Elizabeth ROWLAND   d. Abt 1709
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F00049	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Naomi BURDICK,   b. 1658
  Marriage	2 Mar 1678  [1]
  Children	+ 1. Content ROGERS,   b. 1688, New London, New London Co., Connecticut d. Jul 1768 (Age 80 years)  [Birth]   2. Jonathan ROGERS,   b. 1690, New London, New London, Connecticut, USA d. 1777 (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F28789	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2013

  
  

• Sources

  [S04340] "James Rogers of New London, CT., and His Descendants" by James Swift Rogers.