There is a black Rogers line from Adam Rogers in CT . It is well documented from what I have seen. Dot ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Rogers" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2007 2:09 PM Subject: Re: [ROGERS] ROGERS Digest, Vol 2, Issue 206 > Thanks, Doreen. I noticed in some old church records that a few Rogers > were > listed as "colored". Wonder if they also had origins in England, or > perhaps > they were "mulatto"? > > Or ... I don't know how much "slavery" existed in Newport, but I heard > that > "slaves" often took the name of their "master" (not saying it was by > choice, > as I don't know). So if a mansion was cared for by 5 "slaves" working for > "John Brown", then the five took on the surname "Brown". I actually saw a > census laid out this way, where # and "slave" substituted for first names. > > "Masters" sometimes picked one of their young female "slaves" as their > "mistress" - therefore producing "mulatto" offspring. I heard this by > word > of mouth from an African-American researcher. I also was told that usually > there was no documentation as to the father-child relationship, but the > unfortunate mothers who were left to raise their mixed race child usually > passed the father's name down by word of mouth through subsequent > generations. The child would usually be raised and marry back into the > African-American society. Once in awhile, some fathers would send money > undercover or care packages to continue in the support of their > offspring - > often unbeknown to the wife, as some had trully developed a loving > relationship with their "mistress". > > It would be interesting to know if some of the currant Rogers that might > be > still living in Newport date back through generations from the original > ones. Perhaps they might carry some old documents that could break down > some brick walls for a few of us! > > Carol > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On > Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2007 6:37 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ROGERS] ROGERS Digest, Vol 2, Issue 206 > > > > In a message dated 11/3/2007 2:08:57 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Major Rogers becomes Governor > > > there are still Rogers' in Newport RI, or at least were a few years ago. > Also, some were African-Americans > > Doreen > > > > ************************************** See what's new at > http://www.aol.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >