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Pvt William Rogers

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Pvt William Rogers

Birth
Huntington, Suffolk County, New York, USA
Death
12 Oct 1780 (aged 38)
At Sea
Burial
Huntington, Suffolk County, New York, USA Add to Map
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Husband of Sarah Potter, whom he married on February 11, 1776 at The First Church of Huntington, Huntington, New York, with whom he had daughter Elizabeth Rogers (who married General William Cortenus Schenk)

He served during the Revolutionary War in Col. Smiths's Regiment.

(Long Island Surnames; North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 for William Rogers
D, Daughters of the American Revolution, Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 100 : 1913; (Cemetery Inscriptions From: Huntington, Long Island, New York, Copied by Josephine C. Frost (Mrs. Samuel Knapp Frost) August 1911, page 47)
Husband of Sarah Potter, whom he married on February 11, 1776 at The First Church of Huntington, Huntington, New York, with whom he had daughter Elizabeth Rogers (who married General William Cortenus Schenk)

He served during the Revolutionary War in Col. Smiths's Regiment.

(Long Island Surnames; North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 for William Rogers
D, Daughters of the American Revolution, Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 100 : 1913; (Cemetery Inscriptions From: Huntington, Long Island, New York, Copied by Josephine C. Frost (Mrs. Samuel Knapp Frost) August 1911, page 47)

Inscription

In memory of William Rogers
Pvt
Col Smith's Regt
Rev War
Nov 19 1741
Oct 12 1780

Also:

William Rogers, born Nov. 19, 1741, sailed for New London, July 17, 1780, supposed to have been lost in a hurricane the 12th of Oct. following.
(On the stone he shares with wife, Sarah)



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  • Created by: Aislin
  • Added: Sep 20, 2008
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29939706/william-rogers: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt William Rogers (19 Nov 1741–12 Oct 1780), Find a Grave Memorial ID 29939706, citing Old Burying Hill Cemetery, Huntington, Suffolk County, New York, USA; Maintained by Aislin (contributor 46535342).