1692 Joseph Rogers, son of John and Mary Rogers, was born on 13 of month 8 in Chesterfield, Burlington County, New Jersey. [1] [2] [3]
1721 On May 4, Joseph Rogers and Sarah Harrison made their second declaration of intention to marry, as recorded in the Chesterfield, Burlington County, monthly meeting minutes. [4] [5] [6]
1745 Joseph Rodgers, perhaps this one, was a freeholder in New Hanover Township, Burlington County, New Jersey. Dated April 15. [7]
1764 Joseph Rogers, of New Hanover, Burlington County, yeoman, dated his will on August 23. Daughter, Mary Rogers, £20. Daughters, Sarah Ruth, and Amy, £20 each. Lands to be sold. Sons, Michael, William and John, rest of estate. Executors: sons, Michael and William. Witnesses: John Bullock, Thomas Harrison, Robert Hamilton. Proved Dec. 16, 1771. [8] [9]
1771 Dec. 16. Inventory, £48.5.0, made by John Bullock and Samuel Emley. [10]
[1] Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington, New Jersey, Marriages, Births, Deaths, and Marriage Intentions (from the Minutes), Certificates of Removal 1684-1847 (NJ/B2F:L), [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[2] Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington, New Jersey, Births and Deaths, 1675-1750, Vol. K, Marriages, 1684-1724, 17, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[3] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Untitled: Chesterfield Births and Deaths, 13, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[4] Lewis D. Cook, Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington, New Jersey, Intentions of Marriage and Certificates of Removal 1685-1756 (NJ/B2F.3) (1970), 006, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[5] Lewis D. Cook, "Marriage Intentions, 1685-1730, Burlington County, New Jersey," National Genealogical Society Quarterly 53 (1965), 129-32, at 131.
[6] "Marriages at Chesterfield, New Jersey, 1685-1730," The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 9 (1885), 347-352, at 350, [GoogleBooks].
[7] Carlos E. Godfrey, "A List of the Freeholders for the City and County of Burlington," The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 29 (1905), 421-26, at 426, [InternetArchive].
[8] 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, [InternetArchive].
[9] New Jersey, U.S., Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817, Vol.36, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[10] 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. 15, p. 406, [InternetArchive].