"Joseph2 Rogers (James1), born May 14, 1646, in Milford, Ct.; died __, 1697; married about 1670, Sarah; she died Aug. 17, 1728. They lived on Bruen's Neck in Waterford, Ct., on the place formerly owned by Obadiah Bruen, the first Town Clerk of New London. He also had a farm in Poquaoag which consisted originally of three grants to James Bemas, Samuel Beebe and John Elderkin. He died intestate. The Lyme inventory taken May 8, 1697, by John Chapman and William Ely, gives farm with land and meadow, corn-mill and saw-mill. Total £136 sterling.
The N. L. property consisted according to inventory, of 34 acres on Great Neck, with house and orchard (1st tier, 2d division), £70; Farm and house on Bruen's Neck, £110; Farmhouse and barns at Poquaoag with 16 acres of land, formerly E. Stallion's; 10 acres formerly John Glazer's; 10 acres originally Thomas Stanton's; 6 originally Messenger's and a piece of land east side of Bruen's Cove, £142. Also household articles. Total of N. L. and Lyme, after deducting all debts and
losses, £640."
