He was impressed as a soldier 7 June 1711. He died about 1715, and there is no later record of his wife. His father's will names four children of his son William, viz., Abiel, William, Anna and Sarah. Dec. 3, 1760, there was a division of land left by Elizabeth Willimns, wife of Jonathan Williams and daughter of Thomas Leonard, Esq., late of Taunton, between her children, one of whom was Abiah, wife of Abiel Macomber.-See Deeds at Taunton, XLVII.17.
Sarah Macomber, daughter of William Macomber deceased, above fourteen years of age" chose her brother Abiel for guardian to act in settlement of her father's estate and of her brother William's estate, who died in testate without issue.
March 20, 1730-1, Sarah Macomber, daughter of William Macomber deceased, above fourteen years of age, chose her brother Abiel for guardian to act in settlement of her father's estate and of her brother William's estate, who died intestate without issue.
March 20, 1730-1, Sarah Macomber, daughter of William Macomber deceased, above fourteen years of age, chose her brother Abiel for guardian to act in settlement of her father's estate and of her brother William's estate, who died intestate without issue.
...appears as grantee and grantor of land in Taunton from 1721 to 1734. He was probably living in 1754, when Samuel Macomber, Jr., of Berkeley, received a deed of land in Rehoboth. He probably married Sarah, dau. of Isaac and Alice (Chartley?) Pierce of Middleborough. Isaac Pierce, born in 1661, died in Lakeville, Mass., 28 Feb. 1731-2, in the 71st year of his age, son of Abraham and Abigail (Peterson) Pierce and grandson of Abraham Pierce of Plymouth. His will, 1722, names a daughter, Sarah Macomber, who can be accounted for only as wife of Samuel Macomber.
Nathaniel Macomber was a deacon in the Congregational Church.
May 24, 1788, there was a division of the estate of Nathaniel Macomber of Taunton among his children, George, Ichabod, Nathaniel, Priscilla, widow of Nathaniel, released her thirds. George received land on which he was living in Taunton, also land in Cotley (a locality in the eastern part of Taunton) and land in Berkley, bounded by land of Joseph and James Macomber. He also had the whole right or share of his brother Job, who was oldest son. Nathaniel lived in Middleborough and took land there. Ichabod took the homestead in Taunton, bounded by land of Josiah Macomber and Captain Macomber. Witnessed by Job and Abiel Macomber.
Called the "Father of Taunton."
She made her will March 7, 1703, and made bequests to "son Parmiter" (of Boston)' to widows of her sons Nathaniel, Joseph and Benjamin; to her son Thomas; and to her dau., Elizabeth Bird of Dorchester Mass." (Son Samuel is by now dead.) Another child "ffebe" is noted as being born (6) 1643, the daughter of Richard Williams in the Early Records of Boston [NEHG 8:40] which may account for later instances of the name in the Williams family.
Charles C. Williams, M.D.. Ancestry and Posterity of Richard Williams of Taunton, Mass. Los Angeles, California 1924. P. 19: His marriage certificate -" Richard Williams, of the Parish of St. Johns in Gloucer. and Frances Dighton of the parish of St. Nicholas, in Gloucester, Eng., aforesaid, were married in the XI day of February, at Witcomb Magnor, by Mr. Stubbs, teacher, 1632.".
He is noted as an eminent surgeon of Gloucester City, England where he dies, his will being proved may 21, 1640, in which he mentions his eldest son, John, daughters Frances Williams, Katherine Heighborne.
John was living in Leiden, Holland, in 1622 with his mother and sisters, in a house with other Pilgrim families. He came to New England about 1630 with the last of the Leiden Pilgrim community, and was first taxed in Plymouth Colony Mar 25, 1632/3. On Oct 20, 1634 he bought a lot of land "on Duxbury side." The proof that John Rogers of Duxbury is the son of Pilgrim Thomas Rogers lies in a grant of 50 acres of land each at the North River [at Marshfield] made Apr 6, 1640 to "Joseph Rogers and John Rogers his brother." He first served on a jury Dec 7, 1641, was admitted a freeman as early as Mar 1, 1641/2, and was first appointed a Duxbury highway surveyor June 5, 1644. He served as a deputy at court on June 3, 1657. On June 3, 1662 he was one of the "ancient freemen" who was given land on the northerly side of Taunton.
John Rogers, Sr. of Duxbury yeoman sold half his meadow northwest of "Joanes River" in May 1664, with consent of wife Anna, the only time she is called by name other than at their marriage. John was appointed a constable of Duxbury June 5, 1666, and on July 2, 1667 was granted 100 acres on Coteticutt River [Titicut River between Middleboro and Taunton?]. On Aug 23, 1670 John Rogers of Duxbury weaver "and his wife" acknowledged a deed made Oct 30, 1654, in which he had sold the 50 acres granted to him in 1640. He was given another 100 acres on the northeast side of Taunton, July 4, 1673. In his last recorded land transaction, John Rogers, Sr. of Duxbury weaver, on Jan 5, 1680, sold an acre of Duxbury land to Wrestling Brewster, acknowledging his signature Dec 12, 1685.
The original will of John Rogers is not in existence today, but a copy, proved Sept 20, 1692, exists in the Plymouth County records.
Listed with his brother Joseph as able to bear arms 1644.
Named Proprietor of Commons and Surveyor of Highways for many years in Duxbury.
Appointed to lay roads in Duxbury in 1644.
Town Deputy in 1657.
Named Constable in 1665 and 1667.
Converted to the Quaker religion in the 1660's.
Source: "History of Duxbury, Massachusetts with Genealogical Registers" by Justin Winsor, published by Crosby & Nichols, Boston, 1849.
Thomas Rogers became a citizen of Leyden on 25 June 1618 with sponsors William Jepson and Roger Wilson, and is called a Camlet-merchant. And just two years later, on 1 April 1620, he sold his house in Leyden before coming to America on the Mayflower.
Thomas Rogers brought his son Joseph on the Mayflower. He died the first winter, but his son Joseph survived. William Bradford in his Of Plymouth Plantation writes of Thomas Rogers: "the rest of Thomas Rogers' [children] came over and are married and have many children."
In the 1622 poll tax for Leyden are listed his wife Elsgen (Alice), and daughters Lysbeth (Elizabeth) and Grietgen (Margaret), and son John. John Rogers is known to have come to America and married, but unfortunately the whereabouts of Elizabeth and Margaret remain unknown, though Bradford seems to suggest they came to America and married.
He was one of the signers of the Mayflower Compact.
Died during the "first sickness" in the Pilgrim's first winter.
Sources: Clifford Stott, "The English Ancestry of the Pilgrim Thomas Rogers and His Wife Alice (Cosford) Rogers", The Genealogist, 10:138-149.
Robert S. Wakefield, "Mayflower Passengers Turner and Rogers: Probable Identification of Additional Children," The American Genealogist 52:110-113.
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