1757 Isaac Rogers of Monmouth County got a license to marry Hannah Talman, daughter of Ben' Talman. [1]
Date unknown. To be sold by the subscriber: and may be entered upon next Fall, a valuable plantation and tract of land, containing 243 acres, situate on the river Delaware, in the township of Chester, in the County of Burlington, West-Jersey, about 10 miles from Cooper's Ferries, by land, and about the same distance from Philadelphia, by water; there is on said premises, a good two story framed house, a good kitchen, stone smoke-house, and sundry other convenient buildings, a small apple orchard, and sundry other fruit trees, about 60 or 70 acres of upland cleared, and within good fence, which is very fertile for grain or market truck; there is also about 20 acres of excellent meadow cleared, most part of which is under green grass and Timothy, and well secured from the tide, about 30 acres more may be made. The title is indisputable. Any person inclinable to purchase, may know the terms, by applying to the Subscriber, living on the premises. Isaac Rogers.
1765 To be sold by way of public vendue, on second-day, the twentieth of May next, on the premises, A plantation, containing 169 acres of land, whereon is a good dwellinghouse, two rooms on a floor, a good cellar under the whole, a large kitchen and good well of water near the door, good barn and stables, a good apple orchard of about 200 bearing trees, and sundry other fruit trees, about 60 acres of cleared land, 15 acres whereof good meadow and much more may be made, the remainder well timbered. Also at the same time and place will be sold, in the same manner, about 99 acres of excellent woodland, thereunto adjoining, whereon is a vast quantity of white-oaks, black-oaks and hickory. The said wood-land will be sold in small lots, and may suit the purchaser of the plantation, or others. The whole lands are situate within the corporation of the city of Burlington, in the county of Burlington, about two miles and an half from said city, and the same distance from a good navigable landing on Rancocas Creek. Any person or persons who have a mind to purchase or view the premises, before the day of sale, may apply to John Price, living on the said plantation, or to George Elkinton, at the adjoining plantation, who will shew the lines of the whole, if required. The sales to begin precisely at twelve o'clock on said day, where the conditions will be made known, and attendance given, by Isaac Rogers. [2]
1770 "This is to give Notice, to those whom it may concern, That the Subscribers intend to petition the Assembly of New-Jersey, at their next Sessions, to pass an Act, for making the Bridge over Crosswick's Creek, below Richard Brown's Mill, a County Charge. Samuel Rogers, Isaac Rogers, Richard Brown. Allen Town, in New-Jersey, February 12, 1770." Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 2149, March 1, 1770. [3]
1772 Nathaniel Robins, son of Nathaniel Robins, in 1772, purchased of "Isaac Rogers, Esq., of Allentown," farm lying on the east side of the homestead, and bounded west by Keiths line. The survey was made and the deed written by David Brearley, who was then living in Allentown, and who afterwards became the first chief justice of this state.
1776 On 31 January, Isaac Rogers, Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, was a signer of a petition in support of William Barton and Richard Lloyd. [4]
1777 On 19 March, Isaac Rogers, Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, took a loyalty oath to New Jersey government. [5]
1777 "Continental Pork Seized by Loyalists." [Affidavit of Thomas Carter and William Hunt, Allentown, before Joseph Lawrence, Justice of the Peace, March 19, 1777] According to this complaint, a gang of about a dozen men led by Anthony Woodward, Jr., seized three wagon loads of pork from the storehouse of Isaac Rogers, Esq., in Allentown. When the deponents wanted to weigh the meat, Woodward told them it was "Continental pork and that Mr. Rogers should never have any satisfaction for it." Woodward and his first cousin Anthony, "commonly called Black Nat," were white middle class Quaker landowners who sided with the British. Woodward was convicted in 1778 for riot and sentenced to one month in jail. [6]
1777 On February 8, Isaac Rogers, of Allentown, Monmouth County, dated his will. Wife, Hannah, £500. Son, Benjamin, the plantation that I bought
of Abel James and Henry Drinker, which is near Allentown. Son, James, the house and land where I live, and the other land in Allentown. Son, Samuel, plantation that I bought of James and John Stevenson, in Windsor, Middlesex County; also the tavern house in Allentown, now in possession of Ann Cox. Daughters, Elizabeth Rogers, Mary Rogers, Sarah Rogers and Ann Rogers, £500 each, when they are 18. My wife, Hannah, is to have the profits of all real and personal estate, till children come of age. Executors: wife, Hannah, my brother, Samuel Rogers, and brother-in-law, Joseph Borden. Witnesses: James Newell, William Taylor, David Brearley, Jr. Proved at Bordentown, April 4, 1777. [7]
1777 "On the fourteenth ult. Isaac Rogers, Esq., of Allentown in the Jersies, departed this life; a gentleman endowed with many excellent qualities, and of a sound and clear judgement, which enabled him to execute the important trust of magistrate with a becoming dignity, and a steady impartial administration of justice. Vile Tories! It cannot go unnoticed, that through your gross abuse and continual harassing, you brought on him a dejection of spirits and a broken heart, by which he fell a sacrifice to your villanous conduct." [8] [9]
1778 To be sold at public Venue, on Monday the 7th day of September next at the house of Hannah Rogers, Widow of Isaac Rogers, Esq. deceased, in Allentown; Horses, cattle, sheep and hogs; with farmers utensils, such as plows, harrows, three waggons and gears; also household furniture, consisting of beds, bedsteads and bedding, tables and table linen, chairs, desks, chests of drawers, with a variety of Kitchen furniture; also two Negro wenches to be sold at private sale. The conditions will be made known, and attendance given on the day of sale, by us. Executors: Joseph Borden and Samuel Rogers. Executrix: Hannah Rogers. N. B. All persons indebted to the estate of Isaac Rogers, Esq. deceased, are desired to make immediate payment to the above Executors. [10]
[1] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 22. (Marriage Records, 1665-1800) (1900), 325, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[2] Newspaper, Pennsylvania Gazette (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 1896, April 25, 1765.
[3] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 27. (Newspapers 8, 1770-1771) (1905), 70, [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive], [HathiTrust].
[4] Michael S. Adelberg, Roster of the People of Revolutionary Monmouth County New Jersey (Clearfield, 1997, reprinted 2003), 231, [GoogleBooks].
[5] Michael S. Adelberg, Roster of the People of Revolutionary Monmouth County New Jersey (Clearfield, 1997, reprinted 2003), 231, [GoogleBooks].
[6] New Jersey State Archives, Trenton, R.D. 27, Prepared by Gary Saretzky.
[7] A. Van Doren Honeyman, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 34. (Wills and Administrations 5, 1771-1780) (1931), 431, citing Lib. 18, p. 180, [InternetArchive].
[8] Francis B. Lee, Documents relating to the Revolutionary History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Extracts from American Newspapers, Vol. 1 1776-1777 (Trenton, New Jersey: 1901), 324, [HathiTrust].
[9] Pennsylvania Vital Records From the Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine and the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 2 (1983), 379.
[10] Francis B. Lee, Documents relating to the Revolutionary History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Extracts from American Newspapers, Vol. 2 1778 (Trenton, New Jersey: 1903), 384, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust], [HathiTrust].