Rogers Family History
Ancestor Story Submitted by Col. C. A. Hays
First Families of Huron County Member #228
Ancestor Story Submitted by Col. C. A. Hays
First Families of Huron County Member #228
The 1830 U. S. Census found JEREMIAH ROGERS, with his family, living adjacent to his eldest son, REUBEN HART ROGERS, also with his family, in Margaretta Township, Huron County, Ohio. It seems probable that the Erie County, Ohio, history by Lewis Cass Aldrich is correct when it states that Jeremiah and Phebe (Hart) Rogers settled in Margaretta in 1829, after coming from New York with a family of four sons and four daughters. It went on to say that two of them are now living: Richard H. and Mrs. Phebe Paxton. (Presumably in 1889 when the History was published.)
On 18 December 1836, Jeremiah died in Huron County and was buried in Sand Hill Cemetery now in Erie County, Ohio. The 1840 U. S. Census found an older lady living on the home place in Margaretta Township, but now in Erie County, with Stephen H. Rogers and his family adjacent to REUBEN H. and SALLY (KIP) ROGERS and their family. That older woman was probably PHEBE (HART) ROGERS, Stephen and Reuben’s mother who died 3 December 1850, and was buried beside her husband in Sand Hill Cemetery. The gravestones record the death date and the age at death for both and shows that they were man and wife.
On 27 February 1847, PHOEBE ANN ROGERS, Reuben H. Rogers’ daughter, married a neighbor boy, GABRIEL C. CLARK, who, according to his obituary, came to Ohio in 1829 with his parents ELISHA JACOB and MATILDA (MURRAY) CLARK and their family from New York. Elisha Jacob Clark died about 1848 and is thought to be buried in Sand Hill Cemetery. His wife Matilda married secondly Benjamin Rushton in Erie County, Ohio, on 3 April 1849, and is also thought to be buried in Sand Hill Cemetery.
The 1850 U. S. Census found Reuben H., Stephen H., and Richard H. Rogers with their families all in Margaretta. Nearby were two of Reuben's daughters and their families [Gabriel C. and Phoebe Ann (Rogers) Clark and Henry D. and Elizabeth (Rogers) Hartwell.] Gabriel Clark's mother: Matilda (Murray) Clark, with his younger brothers and sisters, also lived in the vicinity.
In 1854, REUBEN H. and. SALLY (KIP) ROGERS, with six younger children, moved to Marshall County, Iowa. The Henry D. Hartwell and Gabriel C. Clark families either accompanied them or moved to Iowa soon after. All three of these families are recorded in the 1856 Marshall County, Iowa Census.
There were still many of the Rogers family left in the Firelands, although most of Jeremiah's descendants were now located in Erie County without having moved from where they lived in Huron County. Jeremiah's ancestry is pretty well established by a report by a professional genealogist. His immigrant ancestor was one of three brothers who arrived in Massachusetts shortly after the Mayflower. Jeremiah's parents were Benjamin Rogers, born 27 January 1739-40; married 22 April 1762, Mary Stevens. Benjamin Rogers' ancestry traces back to Robert Rogers, who was one of three men with the surname of Rogers –– Christopher, John, and Robert, called "Cheddar men" –– who were at the settlement of Agamenticus as early as 1640, according to Thomas Gorges, Deputy Governor of the Province of Maine.
On 18 December 1836, Jeremiah died in Huron County and was buried in Sand Hill Cemetery now in Erie County, Ohio. The 1840 U. S. Census found an older lady living on the home place in Margaretta Township, but now in Erie County, with Stephen H. Rogers and his family adjacent to REUBEN H. and SALLY (KIP) ROGERS and their family. That older woman was probably PHEBE (HART) ROGERS, Stephen and Reuben’s mother who died 3 December 1850, and was buried beside her husband in Sand Hill Cemetery. The gravestones record the death date and the age at death for both and shows that they were man and wife.
On 27 February 1847, PHOEBE ANN ROGERS, Reuben H. Rogers’ daughter, married a neighbor boy, GABRIEL C. CLARK, who, according to his obituary, came to Ohio in 1829 with his parents ELISHA JACOB and MATILDA (MURRAY) CLARK and their family from New York. Elisha Jacob Clark died about 1848 and is thought to be buried in Sand Hill Cemetery. His wife Matilda married secondly Benjamin Rushton in Erie County, Ohio, on 3 April 1849, and is also thought to be buried in Sand Hill Cemetery.
The 1850 U. S. Census found Reuben H., Stephen H., and Richard H. Rogers with their families all in Margaretta. Nearby were two of Reuben's daughters and their families [Gabriel C. and Phoebe Ann (Rogers) Clark and Henry D. and Elizabeth (Rogers) Hartwell.] Gabriel Clark's mother: Matilda (Murray) Clark, with his younger brothers and sisters, also lived in the vicinity.
In 1854, REUBEN H. and. SALLY (KIP) ROGERS, with six younger children, moved to Marshall County, Iowa. The Henry D. Hartwell and Gabriel C. Clark families either accompanied them or moved to Iowa soon after. All three of these families are recorded in the 1856 Marshall County, Iowa Census.
There were still many of the Rogers family left in the Firelands, although most of Jeremiah's descendants were now located in Erie County without having moved from where they lived in Huron County. Jeremiah's ancestry is pretty well established by a report by a professional genealogist. His immigrant ancestor was one of three brothers who arrived in Massachusetts shortly after the Mayflower. Jeremiah's parents were Benjamin Rogers, born 27 January 1739-40; married 22 April 1762, Mary Stevens. Benjamin Rogers' ancestry traces back to Robert Rogers, who was one of three men with the surname of Rogers –– Christopher, John, and Robert, called "Cheddar men" –– who were at the settlement of Agamenticus as early as 1640, according to Thomas Gorges, Deputy Governor of the Province of Maine.
