It is believed that this John Rogers was descended from John "the Martyr" Rogers, the first protestant martyr executed under the reign of Mary Tudor (Bloody Mary), Queen of England in 1555. Google him and read his interesting history.
John Rogers: John Rogers, b. 1680 on shipboard at sea, or after the vessel came to anchor in the Chesapeake Bay. He obtained a fairly good education, and at manhood became an explorer and land surveyor, and took up much land in the "Tide-water" section of Virginia.
On https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KZLK-FQT/john-rogers-sr.-1686-1768, it appears that Rachel Eastham married this John Rogers.
It is believed that this John Rogers was descended from John "the Martyr" Rogers, the first protestant martyr executed under the reign of Mary Tudor (Bloody Mary), Queen of England in 1555. Google him and read his interesting history.
John Rogers: John Rogers, b. 1680 on shipboard at sea, or after the vessel came to anchor in the Chesapeake Bay. He obtained a fairly good education, and at manhood became an explorer and land surveyor, and took up much land in the "Tide-water" section of Virginia.
On https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KZLK-FQT/john-rogers-sr.-1686-1768, it appears that Rachel Eastham married this John Rogers.
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