11 June 2020: Rogers Family in New London’s Old Burial Ground, Ye Townes Antientest Burial Place

Here’s another post cleaning out my backlog of accumulated genealogical material. This is a neat article that appeared in the New London County Historical Society Newsletter in the March 2014 issue. As a member of the NLHS, I received a copy in the mail. As a side note, they are a wonderful society to belong to, with great functions and newsletters. I highly recommend a stop by the Shaw Mansion on your next trip to NL.

The article here deals with the Rogers family buried in New London, though not my direct line ancestors, I enjoyed the article very much.  Here’s a link to the cemetery in question on FindAGrave.com: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/1976226/ancient-cemetery

The James Rogers first mentioned below, who came to New London between 1656 and 1660, was James Rogers Sr. (1615-1687) husband of Elizabeth Rowland. The Author is indeed correct that keeping track of the many Rogers’ with the same…