+ 2g Annie Sophia Rogers Annie Rogers was b. at South Freetown 24 June 1879 and d. in New York, 15 Dec. 1935. On 15 June

1904 Annie m. John Stafford Walker (Staff) who was b. in Freetown, 1 July 1875, and d. in Erie, Pa. in 1953. (See Walker history.)

JOSEPH ROGERS

Joseph Rogers, b. 1833 in Carmathen, Wales, came with his parents and family to RBI. in 1839 and settled in Bedeque. A brother, David, was the owner of Rogers Mills in South Freetown. Joseph m. 1. Sarah

Hall, dau. of Jonathan and Jane (Ramsay) Hall. They had one dau., Anna who m. Russell S. Burns. Sarah d. 1877. Joseph m. 1. Isabelle Ross Hyde, dau. of Rev. Ross of North River. Isabelle d. 1900.

Joseph farmed in Bedeque and in his latter years went to live with his dau. Anna in South Freetown where he d. 1916. He is bur. in Lower Bedeque Cem.

THOMAS ROGERS

Thomas Rogers and his wife of Kilkampton, Cornwall County, Devon, England came to the Isle of Saint John via the Yeo ships and landed at Port Hill. They settled in Freetown ca. 1840. The earliest record indicates that his son William purchased 50 acres and buildings (code 36) on 27 July 1845 from Donald Montgomery. They operated the farm until their demise, when their son, William, took it over.

Thomas was b. 1795 and m. Mary Boundy in England. She was b. 1789. They had the following children all believed to have been born in England.

+2a William b. in England in 1820 m. Bridget McCarville of Freetown. 2b Mary Ann b. in England in 1828 m. Francis 11 McCarville of Freetown.

2c Thomas fought for the Union Army in US. Civil War, at Gettysburg 1861-65.

2d John was b. ca. 1838. He moved to the St. Eleanors area where he bought a farm near where Linkletter Beach is located in 1984. He m. Harriet Matilda Jelly, a daughter of George Jelly, who resided where Clarks Auto Centre is located. They had six children. John was a great grandfather of Wendell Rogers who resides in St. Eleanors in 1984.

+2a William Rogers In addition to the property mentioned above William Rogers purchased two other parcels of land, code 77 consisting of 75 acres and code 82 consisting of 100 acres both on the south side of the main Freetown

Road. They farmed in Freetown all their days.

William Rogers with grandchildren Ruth and Austin Rogers.

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