Person:William Rogers (194)

MYTH BUSTED: This William Rogers IS NOT the William Rogers who married Sarah Lowe. The William Rogers who married Sarah Lowe, married her on the 12 Jan 1791 in Lincoln Co., KY. daughter of William Lowe and Elizabeth Davenport. If you check the birth years for the children of William Rogers in this profile you'll find they were born before the other William Rogers married Sarah Lowe. See:

https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/h/a/y/Mona-Hay/GENE4-0008.html

and search for 'Lowe'.

Hampshire Co. VA. court and land indenture records clearly place the William Rogers in this profile to have been residing in Hampshire Co. VA. in the 1790's:

3 March 1791 Nathaniel Parker of Hampshire County sold 29 acres of land on the waters of Patterson's Creek to David Jones [Hampshire Co., VA DB 8:212]. The land adjoined William Rogers and was part of the tract granted to Mathew Rogers in 1749. John Reed, John Jones Jr. and Abraham Johnson were witnesses to the deed

Hampshire County, Virginia Minute Book 1788-1791 p 400: Mar 10, 1791: William Rogers did grand jury duty. .

Hampshire County, Virginia Minute Book 1795-1798 p 388: Mar 22, 1797: Ordered that William Rogers be appointed overseer of the road in the room of John Rogers dec'd, from Frankfort to Hollowbacks Mill.

Hampshire County, Virginia Minute book 1799-1802 p 133: Jan 20, 1800: On motion of Wm. Rogers he is appointed guardian of Susannah Rogers and Jno. Rogers, orphans of John Rogers dec'd he having complied with the law.

The 1828 Francis and Pamelia (Parker) Duffy family bible with links in Sources states:

Susana Rogers wife of Thomas Parker was born 11th April 1773; she was the daughter of William Rogers and Sarah his wife. Susana was born in Hampshire County, Virginia.

Susan Parker wife of Thomas Parker departed this life on Wednesday half past 4 o'clock PM 24th Oct 1838, in the 66th year of her age, a perfect model of industry.

Thomas Parker is one of the three eldest sons of Nathaniel Parker of Hampshire, Virginia and later Sumner, Tennessee who married 3 sisters, the misses Rogers. John m. __(Mary?)__; Richard m. Nancy Rogers; Thomas m. Susie Rogers as stated in a 1904 letter as found on page 482 of Parker in America (see sources).

The story of the 3 Parker sons marrying 3 Misses Rogers sisters is repeated in Jay Guy Cisco's 1909 book 'Historic Sumner County, Tennessee.' (see Sources)

The 1885 Ophelia Parker family bible (see Sources) gives the birth and death dates for Nancy Rogers, wife of Richard Parker. (see Sources).

William Rogers, the father of the 3 Roger sisters who married 3 Parker brothers is referenced in an 1818 Nelson, Kentucky court deposition wherein his brother James Rogers age 75 stated that 'William Rogers, who died 7 or 8 years ago was his eldest brother, and that another brother, Jonathan Rogers died in Virginia in 1782. The same court deposition has a confirming statement from Agnes Bailey where she identifies herself as a sister of these 3 brothers, James Rogers, William Rogers, and Jonathan Rogers. (see Sources)

The 1804 and 1805 Nelson County, KY indentures show William Rogers Senr was of Hampshire, Virginia at that time.

Land Records in Virginia

• Hampshire County Deed Book 1, pp. 359-360 By this indenture, William Rogers and wife Sarah conveyed 264 acres of the 379 passed on 10 June 1749 to Matthew Rogers Sr to James Rogers on 14 April 1767.

• Hampshire County Deed Book 2, pp. 163-165 By this indenture, William Rogers sold by lease and release 115 acres of land to Matthew Rogers (Jr) on 14 March 1770. This tract of land was the same for which Matthew Rogers (Sr) deceased obtained a deed from the Proprietor of the Northern Neck on 19 May 1762.

• Hampshire County Deed Book 2, pp. 161-165: By this indenture, William Rogers sold by lease and release 115 acres of land to Jonathan Rogers on 14 March 1770. This 115 acre tract was part of the original 379 acres conveyed by the Proprietor to Matthew Rogers Sr on 10 June 1749.

1. ↑ Todd County, Kentucky Family History. (Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, 1995)
   164.

   ... Susannah Rogers (1773-1838)

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Rogers Family History [1], in Rootsweb Message Boards.
3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).

   https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/84027276/person/42496071806/facts

4.   Susan Rogers birth and death record, in Francis and Pamelia A. (Parker) Duffy. 1828 Francis and Pamelia A. (Parker) Duffy family bible. (1828).

   Susana Rogers wife of Thomas Parker was born 11th April 1773; she was the daughter of William Rogers and Sarah his wife. Susana was born in Hampshire County, Virginia.
   
   Susan Parker wife of Thomas Parker departed this life on Wednesday half past 4 o'clock PM 24th Oct 1838, in the 66th year of her age, a perfect model of industry.
   1828 Francis and Pamelia A. (Parker) Duffy family bible

5.   Nancy Rogers birth and death record, in 1885 Ophelia Parker family bible.

   Nancy Rogers (wife of Richard Parker (son of Nathaniel)) his wife born January 20, 1770.
   BIRTHS
   Nancy Rodgers Parker died February 7, 1845
   DEATHS

6.   Oct 11, 1904 letter by Ernest H. Parker of Nashville, TN., in Parker in America
   page 482, 1911.

   On Page 482 the following text is found:
   The oldest son John never came to Tennessee; the three oldest sons married three sisters, the Misses Rogers. John married ____ (Mary?), Richard married Nancy Rogers, Thomas married Susie Rogers.
   
   Then further down page 482 is found:
   John, son of Nathaniel, lived in Shelbyville, KY. Shelbyville, KY. is the county seat of Shelby County, KY.
   Parker in America page 482

7.   Parker Family, in Historic Sumner County, Tennessee by Jay Guy Cisco.

   The text in Jay Guy Cisco's 1909 repeats the text from the 1904 letter found on page 482 of Parker in America:
   Nathan PARKER had seven sons. The three eldest, John, Thomas, and Richard, married sisters, Misses ROGERS, members of the same family as General George Rogers CLARK. The eldest, John, never came to Tennessee.
   Historic Sumner County, TN. - Parker Family
   
   This book leaves off the part of John Parker living in Shelbyville, KY. found in the 1904 Parker in America letter.