1Fred B. Perkins, Perkins Family of Connecticut, NEHGR Vol. 14, p. 113 (Apr. 1860).
"1. Dea. JOSEPH1 PERKINS, b. at Ipswich, Mass. 21 (or 22) June, 1674; d. at Norwich, Conn., 4 (or 6) Sept. 1726.
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Joseph1 Perkins, m. 22 May, 1700, Martha Morgan of Preston, Conn., b. 1680, d. 30 (or 23) Oct. 1754. Their children were: (3) Elizabeth,2 b. 5 Nov. 1701;--(4) Joseph,2[†] b. 25 Oct. 1704, d. 7 July, 1794;--(5) Martha,2[†] b. 21 Aug. 1705; m. 1st, Thomas Todd; 2d, Solomon Lathrop; 3d, Matthew Loomis;--(6) John,2[†] b. 5 Oct. 1709, d. 16 April, 1761;--(7) Jerusha,2[†] b. 1 Sept. 1711, d. 8 Feb. 1742; m. Rev. Jedediah Hyde;--(8) Matthew,2[†] b. 31 Aug, 1713, d. 3 May, 1773;--(9) Deborah,2[†] and (10) Ann,2 twins, b. 20 July, 1715; Ann d. 29 June, 1731; Deborah m. Benajah Carey;--(11) Hannah,2[†] b. 1717; m. Lemuel Bingham;--(12) Simon,2 b. 1720;--(13) William.2[†] b. 1722.".
1Annie Arnoux Haxtun, Signers of the Mayflower Compact, pp. 63-65 (1897-1899).
"JAMES, OF NEW LONDON
James Rogers, as has been stated, came to America in the Increase, 1635, aged 20 years. The first knowledge of him is at Stratford, New Haven County, Conn., where he married Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Rowland, their oldest son, Samuel, benefiting by his naming, for he received from his grandfather, Rowland, according to Savage, a large estate.
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JAMES ROGERS
Obit. 1688,
Elizabeth, His Wife.
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Whatever his birthright, James Rogers had the spirit of his and every epoch of the world where the man owned the ability, to seek large business interests, and, being of strong stock, he succeeded.
His small dealings with New London "grew and multiplied" until he had to seek a broader field for his workings, and went permanently to New London, the home of Governor Winthrop, of Connecticut, and Jonathan Brewster, between 1656 and 1660.
Before leaving Milford he recorded himself, for in 1644 he was "informed against for bad buskit and flower, and if after that his flower or bread was bad the damage would fail on him."
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The children, I am happy to give authentically, for Mr. J. S. Rogers, of Chicago, and while I add many personal traits and items, the dates of births, marriages and deaths I place securely from his courtesy.
I. Samuel (James, 1), born 12-12-1640, died 12-1-1713; married (1) 11-17-1662, Mary, daughter of Thomas, and Dorothy (Lord) Stanton, married (2) Joanna, widow of Thomas Williams, of New London.
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II. Joseph (James, 1), born 5-14-1646; died 1697; married Sarah -----; she died 8-17-1728.
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III. John (James, 1), born 12, 1, 1648; died 10, 17, 1721; married (1), 10, 17, 1670, Elizabeth, daughter of Matthew Griswold. She was born 1652 and died 1727. John Rogers, having left the established church and joined the "Seventh Day Baptist" Church, of Newport, R. I., his wife was granted a divorce in 1676. He married 6, 6, 1699, Mary Ransford. This marriage was declared illegal in 1703. He married (3) 7, --, 1714, Widow Sarah Coles, of Oyster Pond, L. I.
IV.--Bathsheba (James, 1), born 12, 30, 1650; married 3, 4, 1669-70, Richard Smith, of New London, Conn.; married (2), Samuel Fox.
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V.--James (James, 1), born 2, 15, 1652, died 2, 7, 1713; married 11, 5, 1674, Mary, daughter of Jefferson Jordan, of Ireland. "Tradition says that Capt. James Rogers commanded a vessel which brought over a number of Redemptionists from Ireland, among them the Jordan family. On his arrival Capt. Rogers became the purchaser of the oldest daughter, Mary, and married her."
In after life he would say "that it was the richest cargo he ever shipped, and the best bargain he ever made."
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VI. Jonathan (James,1), born 12, 31, 1655; baptized in Newport, R. I., 1674; drowned at Gull Island about 1697; married Naomi, daughter of Elder Robert (of the Baptist Church) and Ruth (Hubbard) Burdick.
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VII. Elizabeth (James, 1), born 4, 15, 1658; died 6, 10, 1716; married 2, 9, 1682, Samuel Beebe, of Plum Island.
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