Capt. William Rogers may well be my direct ancestor and I have many early documents about him. This is a reply to Catharine O'Briant, who contributed an "Interesting Memonto of the Past" from a Raleigh, North Carolina, newspaper dated 10 Aug. 1859. And to Gregg Rogers of Red Bluff, California William Phoenix Rogers. Born abt. 1810, Baltimore, Maryland. He died on 19 Feb. 1862 in San Francisco and was buried on Feb. 20 in Calvary Cemetery, San Francisco. At the time his wife was Frances O'Donnell. Born abt. 1824-25 in Maryland, probably Baltimore. I am not yet sure that her maiden name was O'Donnell; that was her name when she and William were married on 11 Aug. 1840 at New Orleans, Louisiana - in St. Mary's Church After William's death, his wife, who had several young children, married Thomas Rogers (probably William's brother). Born abt. 1812-1820 in Maryland, probably Baltimore. Thomas was involved with boats throughout his life. In 1870 he was a pilot This Rogers family appears in the 1870 U.S. census for Oakland, California (July 20) Rogers, Thomas age 50 Rogers, Francis, age 45 Rogers, Catherine, age 14 Rogers, H., age 12 Rogers, Charles, age 4 After William's death in early 1862 Frances and Thomas Rogers (William's brother) are married on 10 Feb. 1864 in Santa Clara, Santa Clara Co., California - south of San Francisco. In mid-Oct. 1867, Thomas, Frances and their children move from San Francisco to Oakland, across the Bay. The last known entry for Thomas Rogers is in the 1876/1877 San Francisco City Directory Please let me know what documents you have about William Rogers. Bill Shurtleff -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2007 12:02 AM To: [email protected] Subject: ROGERS Digest, Vol 2, Issue 207 Today's Topics: 1. Re: ROGERS Digest, Vol 2, Issue 206 ([email protected]) 2. An interesting piece of history...Weekly Standard Newspaper, Raleigh, NC--Aug 10, 1859 (O'Briant, Catherine) 3. Re: An interesting piece of history...Weekly Standard Newspaper, Raleigh, NC--Aug 10, 1859 ([email protected]) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 07:37:21 EDT From: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ROGERS] ROGERS Digest, Vol 2, Issue 206 To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" 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 ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 18:18:56 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) From: "O'Briant, Catherine" <[email protected]> Subject: [ROGERS] An interesting piece of history...Weekly Standard Newspaper, Raleigh, NC--Aug 10, 1859 To: "Rootsweb: ROGERS" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" INTERESTING MEMENTO OF THE PAST.--We were shown the other day an interesting relict in the shade of a fine old gold watch, with the history of which are connected some interesting incidents. The history of the time records the fact that Capt. William Rogers made the first trip across the Atlantic by steam. He sailed from Savannah, we do not recollect the year, for Liverpool, and in due time reached that point in safety. His appearance in that harbor in a Ship that moved along without sails, caused a good deal of surprise and some little alarm. It is said some armed barges were sent to meet him, and to demand what manner of man he was, or rather what of his vessel; his answer to which was made by thundering puffs of steam through the safety valve, which so frightened those on the Barges as to cause them to keep at a respectful distance. After his arrival, however, and when the success of a steam voyage was realized, there were great rejoicings, and as a manifestation of the estimation in which the successful experiment was held, a purse was made up and an elegant gold watch purchased and presented to Capt. Rogers. Some years afterwards, Capt. Rogers navigated the first Steam Boat up the Pee Dee to this place. He not long afterwards died here or on the river, and his effects were sold in this place, and among other things the watch. It was bought by James Colt, Esq., one of the prominent merchants of this place Some years after this, Mr. Colt died in the place, leaving a widow and one son an infant. She returned North with her son and the watch, but eventually settled near Baton Rogue, Louisiana, where she again married. The watch was kept for her son until he reached manhood, soon after which he was drowned in the Mississippi. The watch is now worn by the second husband, who showed it to us and gave us the above brief history of its eventful existence. Capt. Rogers some few years ago had a son living and if this chance to meet his eye, he will learn where he may find this interesting testimonial to his father's enterprise and perseverance.--Cheraw Gazette. ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2007 19:44:31 -0400 From: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ROGERS] An interesting piece of history...Weekly Standard Newspaper, Raleigh, NC--Aug 10, 1859 To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Do you by chance know when William Rogers died.? My research indicates that my early Rogers were "Of Sea Faring Men" but other than that have no history.? My William Rogers? was born on?July 17, 1819 and died June 11, 1853.? All?I have been able to determine as to who he?may have married is a? Melissa LIEURANCE on February 20, 18??.? Other than that I have no additional history. Greg Rogers Red Bluff, CA -----Original Message----- From: O'Briant, Catherine <[email protected]> To: Rootsweb: ROGERS <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 3:18 pm Subject: [ROGERS] An interesting piece of history...Weekly Standard Newspaper, Raleigh, NC--Aug 10, 1859 INTERESTING MEMENTO OF THE PAST.--We were shown the other day an interesting relict in the shade of a fine old gold watch, with the history of which are connected some interesting incidents. The history of the time records the fact that Capt. William Rogers made the first trip across the Atlantic by steam. He sailed from Savannah, we do not recollect the year, for Liverpool, and in due time reached that point in safety. His appearance in that harbor in a Ship that moved along without sails, caused a good deal of surprise and some little alarm. It is said some armed barges were sent to meet him, and to demand what manner of man he was, or rather what of his vessel; his answer to which was made by thundering puffs of steam through the safety valve, which so frightened those on the Barges as to cause them to keep at a respectful distance. After his arrival, however, and when the success of a steam voyage was realized, there were great rejoicings, and as a manifestation of the estimation in which the successful experiment was held, a purse was made up and an elegant gold watch purchased and presented to Capt. Rogers. Some years afterwards, Capt. Rogers navigated the first Steam Boat up the Pee Dee to this place. He not long afterwards died here or on the river, and his effects were sold in this place, and among other things the watch. It was bought by James Colt, Esq., one of the prominent merchants of this place Some years after this, Mr. Colt died in the place, leaving a widow and one son an infant. She returned North with her son and the watch, but eventually settled near Baton Rogue, Louisiana, where she again married. The watch was kept for her son until he reached manhood, soon after which he was drowned in the Mississippi. The watch is now worn by the second husband, who showed it to us and gave us the above brief history of its eventful existence. Capt. Rogers some few years ago had a son living and if this chance to meet his eye, he will learn where he may find this interesting testimonial to his father's enterprise and perseverance.--Cheraw Gazette. ------------------------------- 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 ________________________________________________________________________ Check Out the new free AIM(R) Mail -- Unlimited storage and industry-leading spam and email virus protection. ------------------------------ To contact the ROGERS list administrator, send an email to [email protected] To post a message to the ROGERS mailing list, send an email to [email protected] __________________________________________________________ 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 email with no additional text. 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