1James Savage, John Farmer and Orlando Perry Dexter, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, K-R, Vol. III, p. 562 (1860-2).
"ROGERS, . . .
JOHN, Weymouth, m. 16 Apr. 1639, Ann, d. prob. of Hugh Churchman, had Lydia, b. 27 Mar. 1642, rem. 1644, to Scituate, going thither, with Rev. Mr. Witherell. This lead Deane, he says, to conject. that he was a descend. of him in Smithfield, whose martyrdom was above 99 yrs. bef. and perhaps a slighter conject. never was brought in aid of a trifling tradit. A tradit. prob. equal. wothless, to sustain that, is giv. by D. that the mo. of w. was also a descend. of the martyr. He had also John, Thomas, and Samuel, prob. the first, if not more, b. in Eng. and went back to W. there d. 11 Feb. 1662. The Weymouth man was a deac. and his will of 8 Feb. 1661, pro. 30 Apr. foll. satisfied me that Deane had confus. two if not three Johns into one. (see Geneal. Reg. X. 265-6.) It gives est. to wife Judith, s. John, ds. Mary Rane, i. e. prob. Rand, w. of John, Lydia, wh. m. 19 Sept. 1660, Joseph White; Hannah m. the same day, Samuel Pratt, and Sarah. The h. of Mary was John. So that we may be sure the Scituate man, with s. Thomas and Samuel, was ano. and that Deane misled Barry in his Hist. of Hanover; and Winsor in his Hist. of Duxbury."
The children in this reference are prob. wrong. They belong to the John Rogers who married Judith French.
Geneal. Reg. is New England Historical and Genealogical Record (NEHGR).