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Notes for William Rogers and Grace Allen

1731 On 21 July, William Rogers, son of William Rogers, was born. [1]

1767 William Rogers married Grace Allen, widow of Eayre. [2] [3]

"William, son of William, was born on the homestead July 21, 1731, succeeded to it by will, and there resided his life time. He added fifty acres to the homestead, and built the stone house' now upon the property in 1767. He was a representative farmer and an influential citizen. He took an active interest in local affairs, and was a member of the 'New Jersey Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery,' his certificate of membership being signed by Joseph Bloomfield, president of the society. He was an active member and elder of the Friends' Society at Mount Laurel. He died Dec. 5, 1812. He married, in 1754, Sarah, daughter of Henry Warrington. After her death, in 1765, he married Ruth Bishop, who also died without issue. In 1767 he married Grace Allen, an elder and widow of Ner Eayres, who was born Oct. 6, 1741, and died Sept. 24, 1807." [4]


Footnotes:

[1] Major E. M. Woodward and John Hageman, History of Burlington and Mercer Counties, New Jersey (Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1883), 376, [HathiTrust].

[2] Richard Haines, George Haines, Charles Stokes. Genealogy of the Stokes Family (1903), 65, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].

[3] Richard Haines, Ancestry of the Haines, Sharp, Collins, Wills, Gardiner, Prickett, Eves, Evans, Moore, Troth, Borton, and Engle Families (1902), 384, 289, [InternetArchive], [HathiTrust].

[4] Major E. M. Woodward and John Hageman, History of Burlington and Mercer Counties, New Jersey (Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1883), 376, [HathiTrust].