A Long Time Ago/19 Rogers
Rogers
This page is part of A Long Time Ago: A History of the Atkins-Paynter and Allied Families, the chunked book edition on the Wally Atkins Family Wiki.
- Book section: Rogers
- Page range in the book: 141-143
- Chunk order: 19 of 36
This section has been lightly cleaned and reconstructed from the transcript seam where the Rogers material begins clearly. It preserves the strongest readable Rogers material relevant to the Rivers, Ellington, Paynter, and later Atkins branch.
Source note
- Book: A Long Time Ago: A History of the Atkins-Paynter and Allied Families
- Transcript source used: Rogers material beginning in `020-thorpe.md`
- Editorial note: the nominal chapter boundaries in the local transcript are unreliable here, so this page uses the recovered Rogers section from the clean seam where it actually appears
Cleaned import
The Rogers branch matters in this book because it enters the family line through Mary Rogers, wife of John Rivers, and thereby becomes part of the path leading forward into Ellington, Paynter, and the later Atkins branch.
Early Rogers background
The chapter begins with the Rogers family of Lopit, Devonshire, England. It says George Rogers, son of another George Rogers, was of that place, and that George and his wife Elizabeth had a son, Sir Edward Rogers, born in 1498.
Sir Edward married Mary Lisle, daughter and coheir of Sir John Lisle of the Isle of Wight. The chapter says he served as Esquire of the Body to Henry VIII, later became Comptroller of the Household to Queen Elizabeth, received a grant of the Priory of Cannington in Somerset, and held several high offices before his death prior to May 21, 1567.
The Virginia branch
Three generations later, the chapter says Sir Edward's great-grandson, another Edward Rogers, patented 300 acres in Warrasqueoake, Surry County, Virginia, on Cross Creek in 1635. Later that same year, his son John Rogers came to Virginia on The George.
John Rogers, born about 1615-1617, married Mary Booth. On May 14, 1666, John and Mary were granted 200 acres in Surry County by Governor Berkeley. The chapter also notes that John served as a representative to the Assembly from James City in 1644-45.
Richard Rogers and Mary Rogers
John and Mary had a son, Richard Rogers, who married Grace, last name unknown, and lived at Cabin Point, Surry County. Richard's will, dated March 27, 1678, named four children:
- William
- John
- Richard
- Mary, who married John Rivers
This is the key family-relevant point in the chapter. Through Mary Rogers and John Rivers, the Rogers branch enters the line that later runs through:
- Joshua Rivers
- Elizabeth (Bettsy) Rivers
- John Ellington
- Frances Ellington
- Thomas Paynter
- and ultimately the later Atkins branch
Why Rogers matters
The Rogers chapter matters because it gives a clear marriage bridge into the Rivers line, and through Rivers into the maternal-side branch that later becomes central to the Wally Atkins family story.
Context notes
- Rogers works best when read together with A Long Time Ago/17 Rivers, A Long Time Ago/20 Myrick, and A Long Time Ago/18 Barne.
- The most important family-relevant figure here is Mary Rogers, wife of John Rivers.
- This chapter was recovered from a seam inside another transcript file rather than from a clean isolated chapter boundary.
Related pages
- A Long Time Ago/18 Barne
- A Long Time Ago/20 Myrick
- A Long Time Ago/16 Ellington
- A Long Time Ago/15 Paynter
- Joseph Henry Atkins
- A Long Time Ago: A History of the Atkins-Paynter and Allied Families
