WAKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

ROGERS FAMILY

Research Summary Job Rogers

ca 1705. Job Rogers was born in Rhode Island. Note: Job was the son of Thomas Rogers ( - 22 Aug, 1736) and Ann Tripp ( - 1736) of Newport, Rhode Island. (Ann was the daughter of Peleg Tripp and Anne Sisson.) Thomas and Anne had two sons Peleg and Job. See John O. Austin, "Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island", p. 369.

RI Westerly

01 Feb 1724/5

Thomas Rogers of Westerly, RI, yeoman

his son Job Rogers of Westerly, laborer

133

Westerly, RI Land Evidence 3.129. See 18 November, 1734.

NC Bertie

DB D.197

22 Jan

1734

John Grady

Alexander Cotton

Deep Creek

Job Rogers witnessed. See Mary Best Bell, Colonial Bertie County, North Carolina Deed Books A - H, 1720 - 1757.

RI Westerly

18 Nov

1734

Job Rogers of Westerly, RI, yeoman

John Hoxsie of Calvary, RI.

133

Job'S wife Mary relinquished her dower rights. Westerly, RI Land Evidence 6, p. 350. See 01 February, 1724/5. (In 1760 Job Rogers made his will in Orange Co., NC naming wife Mary.)

NC Bertie

DB D.298

ca

1736

Jonathan Gilbert

Job Rogers

Deep Creek Bridge

Adj. Robert Rogers. Two tracts at in Bertie County, NC to. Bertie County, NC Deed Book D, Page 298. See Mary Best Bell, Colonial Bertie County, North Carolina Deed Books A - H, 1720 - 1757.

20 Feb 1736. Thomas Rogers of Newport, RI named sons Peleg Rogers and Job Rogers, and several daughters in his will. See John O. Austin, Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island.

NC Bertie

DB F.089

ca

1738

Jonathan Gilbert

Job Rogers

200

See Mary Best Bell, Colonial Bertie County, North Carolina Deed Books A - H, 1720 - 1757. See 9 Feb., 1739.

NC Bertie

DB F.090

09 Feb

1739

Job Rogers

Jonathan Gilbert

200

See Mary Best Bell, Colonial Bertie County, North Carolina Deed Books A - H, 1720 - 1757.

NC Bertie

DB F.142

02 Feb

1739

Jonathan Gilbert

Thomas Penny

Chowan River and Deep Creek

Job Rogers witnessed. See Mary Best Bell, Colonial Bertie County, North Carolina Deed Books A - H, 1720 - 1757.

NC Bertie

DB F.249

19 May 1740

Peleg Rogers of Edgecomb County, NC

John Mitchener

300

Horse Creek

Two tracts (one tract on Horse Creek). See Mary Best Bell, Colonial Bertie County, North Carolina Deed Books A - H, 1720 - 1757. Job Rogers witnessed the deed. See 13 Nov., 1735.

NC Bertie

DB F.320

12 Oct

1741

James Rutland

Thomas Jones

Deep Creek

Adj. Job Rogers. See Mary Best Bell, Colonial Bertie County, North Carolina Deed Books A - H, 1720 - 1757.

NC Edgecomb

DB D.260

21 Mar

1742

State of North Carolina - Edgecomb

Job Rogers

200

Town Creek

See Joseph W. Watson, Abstracts of Early Deeds of Edgecomb County, North Carolina, 1759 - 1772. See 30 Aug., 1769. See also 9 Jul., 1760.

NC Bertie

DB F.539

06 Feb

1743

Job Rogers was mentioned in deed for land on Deep Creek of Bertie County, NC. The tract was adjacent Robert Rodgers and was witnessed by William Rodgers. See Mary Best Bell, Colonial Bertie County, North Carolina Deed Books A - H, 1720 - 1757.

NC Bertie

DB G.416

01 Oct

1751

Thomas Jones

Edward Scull

160

Deep Creek

The "late Job Rodgers" was mentioned as adjacent landowner. See Mary Best Bell, Colonial Bertie County, North Carolina Deed Books A - H, 1720 - 1757.

31 Jan 1759. Peleg Rogers wrote his "father" in Westerly, Rhode Island. He mentioned: that he lived near his brother Job; that Job had a wife and two sons, that his wife Isabell had died April 25, 1754; and that he had five sons and three daughters of which four of his children were married. See letter dated October 7, 1985 from Bob McCrary to David H. Robertson citing Elizabeth F. McKoy, "Early New Hanover Records"; and McKoy Collection, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.

Note: This letter and other documents connected with it provide an enormous amount of information and clues on the Rogers family. Although the salutation in the letter is "Honored Father", it was addressed to Thomas Brand. Therefore, the letter may actually be to the father-in-law of Peleg rather than to his father. Much of the information is connected to a lawsuit entitled Saunders Vs. Baker litigated in Newport, RI and involves a lot of references to the Brand family. The fact that Job is mentioned as having two sons tends to identify Job who died in Wake County, NC as the brother of Peleg.

9 Jul 1760. Job Rogers made his will as a resident of Orange County, late dwelling of Johnston County, naming wife Mary, sons Peleg and Thomas, and grandson Job, second son of Thomas.

Note: Peleg Rogers died testate in Wake Co., NC and Thomas Rogers died testate in Nash Co., NC.

NC Johnston

DB __.___

25 Jul

1763

Henry McCulloh

Peleg Rogers

300

Neuse and Tarr Rivers

See __________, Johnston County, NC Deed Books 1759 -1771, Vol. 1. Note: This Peleg is the son of Job of Wake County, NC.

NC Johnston

DB E-1.309

19 Jan

1768

Jesse Powel

Peleg Rogers

320

Neuse River

Note: This Peleg is the son of Job of Wake County, NC.

NC Edgecomb

DB D.192

30 Aug

1769

Job Rogers of Johnston County

 Jonathan Weaver

200

Town Creek

Originally patented said Rogers See 21 Mar, 1742.

Sep 1772. The will of Job Rogers was proved and admitted to probate in Wake County, NC.

Comments:

(1) The Rhode Island Branch of Rogers is may descend from Thomas Rogers who arrived aboard the Mayflower in 1620! The Thomas Rogers Society published a book entitled "Thomas Rogers, Pilgrim and Some of His Descendants" in 1980. This book does not accept our line as a descendant of Thomas Rogers who landed at Plymouth Rock.

(2) Peleg and Job Rogers appear in numerous NC Counties due to the rapid change of county boundaries. Some of the newer counties actually have the records of the parent county! The following is a summary of major county line changes:

Edgecombe was cut out of Bertie in 1741

Halifax was cut out of Edgecombe in 1758

Duplin was cut out of New Hanover in 1750

Sampson was cut out of Duplin in 1784

(3) Other Rogers appearing in Bertie County, NC that appear to be related to either Peleg or Job Rogers include John, Thomas, Robert, and William. Note: These other Rogers are quite likely cousins of Peleg having moved south from Westerly, RI and New London, CN.

(4) The references to Peleg and Job Rogers in Johnston County, NC at first are very puzzling as both appear to be living in adjacent Duplin County, NC before and after the deed references. This is explained by the fact that Job of Duplin County is the son of Peleg of Duplin County and Peleg of Johnston County is the son of Job of Johnston/ Wake County.

Compiled By: David H. Robertson, 159 Hickory St., Roswell, GA 30075 davidhr@hushmail.com