Living

[14220]

____ - ____

Father: Charles S. Maben
Mother: Grace Moyer

Family 1 : Hurley II McZook
  1.  Nichole Sylvanus McZook

                                                                             _John Maben ______________
                                                                            | (1796 - 1881) m 1819     
                                                 _William M Maben __________|_Nancy Henderson _________
                                                | (1829 - ....) m 1860        (1801 - 1881)            
                       _William Sylvanus Maben _|
                      | (1864 - 1934) m 1889    |
                      |                         |                            _William J Sawyer ________+
                      |                         |                           | (1805 - 1886) m 1826     
                      |                         |_Hannah M Sawyer __________|_Lucinda Sawyer __________
                      |                           (1833 - 1893) m 1860        (1805 - 1849)            
 _Charles S. Maben ___|
| (1901 - 1987)       |
|                     |                                                      __________________________
|                     |                                                     |                          
|                     |                          _George Franklin Marshall _|__________________________
|                     |                         | (1845 - 1880) m 1867                                 
|                     |_Ida Cordelia Marshall __|
|                       (1868 - 1946) m 1889    |
|                                               |                            _Leander Alexander Parks _
|                                               |                           | (1819 - 1907) m 1841     
|                                               |_Sarah Elizabeth Parks ____|_Hannah Barnett Sawyer ___
|                                                 (1842 - 1885) m 1867        (1816 - 1848)            
|
|--Living
|  
|                                                                            __________________________
|                                                                           |                          
|                                                ___________________________|__________________________
|                                               |                                                      
|                      _________________________|
|                     |                         |
|                     |                         |                            __________________________
|                     |                         |                           |                          
|                     |                         |___________________________|__________________________
|                     |                                                                                
|_Grace Moyer ________|
  (.... - 1982)       |
                      |                                                      __________________________
                      |                                                     |                          
                      |                          ___________________________|__________________________
                      |                         |                                                      
                      |_________________________|
                                                |
                                                |                            __________________________
                                                |                           |                          
                                                |___________________________|__________________________
                                                                                                       

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Benjamin Alexander

[37400]

1725 - 28 Apr 1807

Family 1 : Susannah Ruth Polk

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Eleanor Butler Alexander

[38988]

26 Dec 1888 - 29 May 1960

Family 1 : Theodore Roosevelt
  1.  Grace Green Roosevelt
  2.  Theodore Roosevelt
  3.  Cornelius van Schaak Roosevelt
  4.  Quentin Roosevelt

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Marie Bennett

15 Aug 1661 - ____

Father: Steven Bennet
Mother: Jean Gemmill


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                                                                   |                                               
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                                            |                                                                      
                       _____________________|
                      |                     |
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                      |                     |                      |                                               
                      |                     |______________________|_______________________________________________
                      |                                                                                            
 _Steven Bennet ______|
| (1631 - ....) m 1651|
|                     |                                             _______________________________________________
|                     |                                            |                                               
|                     |                      ______________________|_______________________________________________
|                     |                     |                                                                      
|                     |_____________________|
|                                           |
|                                           |                       _______________________________________________
|                                           |                      |                                               
|                                           |______________________|_______________________________________________
|                                                                                                                  
|
|--Marie Bennett 
|  (1661 - ....)
|                                                                   _______________________________________________
|                                                                  |                                               
|                                            _Johne Gemmill _______|_______________________________________________
|                                           | (1580 - ....)                                                        
|                      _James Gemill _______|
|                     | (1599 - 1620) m 1620|
|                     |                     |                       _______________________________________________
|                     |                     |                      |                                               
|                     |                     |_Beatrix Gibsone _____|_______________________________________________
|                     |                       (1628 - 1666)                                                        
|_Jean Gemmill _______|
  (1635 - ....) m 1651|
                      |                                             _Sir David Ramsay of Balmain, Kincardineshire _+
                      |                                            | (1560 - 1653) m 1576                          
                      |                      _George Ramsay _______|_Katherine Carnegie ___________________________
                      |                     | (1581 - ....) m 1606   (1534 - 1610)                                 
                      |_Alison Ramsay ______|
                        (1606 - ....) m 1620|
                                            |                       _Alexander Gibson _____________________________+
                                            |                      | (1559 - 1644)                                 
                                            |_Agnes Gibson Stuart _|_Margaret Craig Broun _________________________
                                              (1585 - 1645) m 1606   (1559 - 1619)                                 

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Unknown Brattain

[27469]

1860 - ____

Father: Thomas Jefferson Brattain
Mother: Permilla Jane Gillespie


                                                                                       _Robert Brattain ____+
                                                                                      | (1746 - 1824) m 1768
                                                         _Benjamin Franklin Brattain _|_Mary Millikan ______
                                                        | (1773 - 1819)                 (1748 - 1814)       
                              _Paul Brattain ___________|
                             | (1801 - 1882) m 1826     |
                             |                          |                              _Thomas Hill ________
                             |                          |                             |                     
                             |                          |_Mary Hill __________________|_Elizabeth Unknown __
                             |                            (1771 - 1849)                                     
 _Thomas Jefferson Brattain _|
| (1829 - ....)              |
|                            |                                                         _____________________
|                            |                                                        |                     
|                            |                           _____________________________|_____________________
|                            |                          |                                                   
|                            |_Elizabeth Martha Carter _|
|                              (1805 - 1860) m 1826     |
|                                                       |                              _____________________
|                                                       |                             |                     
|                                                       |_____________________________|_____________________
|                                                                                                           
|
|--Unknown Brattain 
|  (1860 - ....)
|                                                                                      _____________________
|                                                                                     |                     
|                                                        _____________________________|_____________________
|                                                       |                                                   
|                             __________________________|
|                            |                          |
|                            |                          |                              _____________________
|                            |                          |                             |                     
|                            |                          |_____________________________|_____________________
|                            |                                                                              
|_Permilla Jane Gillespie ___|
  (1838 - ....)              |
                             |                                                         _____________________
                             |                                                        |                     
                             |                           _____________________________|_____________________
                             |                          |                                                   
                             |__________________________|
                                                        |
                                                        |                              _____________________
                                                        |                             |                     
                                                        |_____________________________|_____________________
                                                                                                            

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[27469] [S769] Jana Farley

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Joan (Alice De Braose

[8095]

ABT 1174 - ____

Father: William De Braose of Brecknock, Lord of Bramber, Gower, Abergavenny
Mother: Maud de Waleran or St. Walerie


                                                                                                                                                      _William de Braose (or Braiose or Briouse or Breuse or Brewes) of Bramber _
                                                                                                                                                     |                                                                           
                                                                                                                    _Philip De Braose _______________|_Eva De Braose ____________________________________________________________
                                                                                                                   | (1073 - 1139)                     (1001 - 1080)                                                             
                                                                       _William De Braose _________________________|
                                                                      | (1112 - ....)                              |
                                                                      |                                            |                                  _Judael of Totnes _________________________________________________________
                                                                      |                                            |                                 |                                                                           
                                                                      |                                            |_Aenor De Totnes ________________|___________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      |                                              (1084 - ....)                                                                                               
 _William De Braose of Brecknock, Lord of Bramber, Gower, Abergavenny_|
| (1153 - 1211)                                                       |
|                                                                     |                                                                               _Walter FitzRoger _________________________________________________________+
|                                                                     |                                                                              | (.... - 1129) m 1087                                                      
|                                                                     |                                             _Miles De Petres III FitzWalter _|_Berta Emma De Baalun _____________________________________________________
|                                                                     |                                            | (1092 - 1143) m 1121              (1067 - 1091)                                                             
|                                                                     |_Bertha FitzPWalter de Piers, de Gloucester_|
|                                                                                                                  |
|                                                                                                                  |                                  _Bernard De Neufmarche ____________________________________________________+
|                                                                                                                  |                                 | (1050 - 1093)                                                             
|                                                                                                                  |_Sybil De Neufmarche ____________|_Nest FitzRichard Verch Osborn ____________________________________________
|                                                                                                                    (.... - 1143) m 1121              (1075 - 1163)                                                             
|
|--Joan (Alice De Braose 
|  (1174 - ....)
|                                                                                                                                                     ___________________________________________________________________________
|                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                           
|                                                                                                                   _________________________________|___________________________________________________________________________
|                                                                                                                  |                                                                                                             
|                                                                      ____________________________________________|
|                                                                     |                                            |
|                                                                     |                                            |                                  ___________________________________________________________________________
|                                                                     |                                            |                                 |                                                                           
|                                                                     |                                            |_________________________________|___________________________________________________________________________
|                                                                     |                                                                                                                                                          
|_Maud de Waleran or St. Walerie______________________________________|
  (1155 - 1210)                                                       |
                                                                      |                                                                               ___________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      |                                                                              |                                                                           
                                                                      |                                             _________________________________|___________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      |                                            |                                                                                                             
                                                                      |____________________________________________|
                                                                                                                   |
                                                                                                                   |                                  ___________________________________________________________________________
                                                                                                                   |                                 |                                                                           
                                                                                                                   |_________________________________|___________________________________________________________________________
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

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Gilbert I De Talbot

[24970]

ABT 1160 - Bef 13 FEB 1230-1231

Father: Richard II De Talbot

Family 1 :
  1. +Richard III De Talbot

                                                                                              _William Talbot _____________
                                                                                             | (1015 - ....)               
                                                         _Richard I Of Battlesden De Talbot _|_Bastita Flaitel ____________
                                                        | (1050 - ....)                        (1025 - ....)               
                         _Hugh Of Shrewsbury De Talbot _|
                        | (1085 - 1123)                 |
                        |                               |                                     _William II De Albini _______+
                        |                               |                                    | (1010 - 1066) m 1049        
                        |                               |_AIMEE De Albini ___________________|_Adelica Belvoir de Plessis _
                        |                                 (1050 - ....)                        (1014 - ....)               
 _Richard II De Talbot _|
| (1128 - 1153)         |
|                       |                                                                     _____________________________
|                       |                                                                    |                             
|                       |                                ____________________________________|_____________________________
|                       |                               |                                                                  
|                       |_ERMENTRUDE ___________________|
|                         (1100 - ....)                 |
|                                                       |                                     _____________________________
|                                                       |                                    |                             
|                                                       |____________________________________|_____________________________
|                                                                                                                          
|
|--Gilbert I De Talbot 
|  (1160 - ....)
|                                                                                             _____________________________
|                                                                                            |                             
|                                                        ____________________________________|_____________________________
|                                                       |                                                                  
|                        _______________________________|
|                       |                               |
|                       |                               |                                     _____________________________
|                       |                               |                                    |                             
|                       |                               |____________________________________|_____________________________
|                       |                                                                                                  
|_______________________|
                        |
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                        |                                                                    |                             
                        |                                ____________________________________|_____________________________
                        |                               |                                                                  
                        |_______________________________|
                                                        |
                                                        |                                     _____________________________
                                                        |                                    |                             
                                                        |____________________________________|_____________________________
                                                                                                                           

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Janet Fleming

[3526] [3527]

ABT 1355 - ____

Father: David Fleming
Mother: Jean Barclay

Family 1 : William de Seton
  1. +John de Seton
  2. +Alexander Seton
  3. +Catherine Seton
  4. +John de Seton of Seton
  5. +Marian Seton

                                                                                                              _____________________
                                                                                                             |                     
                                                                                        _____________________|_____________________
                                                                                       |                                           
                       ________________________________________________________________|
                      |                                                                |
                      |                                                                |                      _____________________
                      |                                                                |                     |                     
                      |                                                                |_____________________|_____________________
                      |                                                                                                            
 _David Fleming ______|
| (1343 - 1405)       |
|                     |                                                                                       _____________________
|                     |                                                                                      |                     
|                     |                                                                 _____________________|_____________________
|                     |                                                                |                                           
|                     |________________________________________________________________|
|                                                                                      |
|                                                                                      |                      _____________________
|                                                                                      |                     |                     
|                                                                                      |_____________________|_____________________
|                                                                                                                                  
|
|--Janet Fleming 
|  (1355 - ....)
|                                                                                                             _____________________
|                                                                                                            |                     
|                                                                                       _____________________|_____________________
|                                                                                      |                                           
|                      _David de Berkeley of Carny and Kindersleith, later of Brechin _|
|                     | (.... - 1350)                                                  |
|                     |                                                                |                      _____________________
|                     |                                                                |                     |                     
|                     |                                                                |_____________________|_____________________
|                     |                                                                                                            
|_Jean Barclay _______|
  (1330 - ....)       |
                      |                                                                                       _William De Brechin _+
                      |                                                                                      | (1230 - ....)       
                      |                                                                 _David De Brechin ___|_ELENA Comyn ________
                      |                                                                | (1255 - 1320)         (1235 - ....)       
                      |_Margaret De Brechin ___________________________________________|
                        (1295 - ....)                                                  |
                                                                                       |                      _____________________
                                                                                       |                     |                     
                                                                                       |_Margaret De Bonkyl _|_____________________
                                                                                         (1260 - ....)                             

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[3526] U.S. President James Monroe is a descendant.

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Hilda Gaugler

____ - ____

Family 1 : David Earl Simpson

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Joan Josselyn

[38775]

1557 - ____

Father: John Josselyn
Mother: Alice

Family 1 : Robert Lee

                                                                   _John Rosselyne _____+
                                                                  | (1449 - 1524)       
                                             _Ralph Rosselyne ____|_Anne Lavenahm ______
                                            | (1475 - 1525) m 1498  (1451 - ....)       
                       _Ralph Josselyn _____|
                      | (1503 - 1546)       |
                      |                     |                      _William Cornish ____
                      |                     |                     | (1453 - ....)       
                      |                     |_Elizabeth Cornish __|_____________________
                      |                       (1479 - 1546) m 1498                      
 _John Josselyn ______|
| (1525 - 1579) m 1544|
|                     |                                            _____________________
|                     |                                           |                     
|                     |                      _____________________|_____________________
|                     |                     |                                           
|                     |_____________________|
|                                           |
|                                           |                      _____________________
|                                           |                     |                     
|                                           |_____________________|_____________________
|                                                                                       
|
|--Joan Josselyn 
|  (1557 - ....)
|                                                                  _____________________
|                                                                 |                     
|                                            _____________________|_____________________
|                                           |                                           
|                      _____________________|
|                     |                     |
|                     |                     |                      _____________________
|                     |                     |                     |                     
|                     |                     |_____________________|_____________________
|                     |                                                                 
|_Alice ______________|
  (1525 - 1601) m 1544|
                      |                                            _____________________
                      |                                           |                     
                      |                      _____________________|_____________________
                      |                     |                                           
                      |_____________________|
                                            |
                                            |                      _____________________
                                            |                     |                     
                                            |_____________________|_____________________
                                                                                        

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Mary Lyman

[15171]

2 Jan 1667 - 16 Oct 1740

Father: John Lyman
Mother: Dorcas Plumb


                                                                   _John Lyman _________+
                                                                  | (1516 - 1587) m 1539
                                             _Henry Lyman ________|_Margaret Gerard ____
                                            | (1552 - 1605) m 1576  (1518 - ....)       
                       _Richard Lyman ______|
                      | (1580 - 1642) m 1608|
                      |                     |                      _____________________
                      |                     |                     |                     
                      |                     |_Elizabeth Rande ____|_____________________
                      |                       (1559 - 1587) m 1576                      
 _John Lyman _________|
| (1623 - 1696) m 1653|
|                     |                                            _____________________
|                     |                                           |                     
|                     |                      _Roger Osborne ______|_____________________
|                     |                     | (1561 - ....) m 1588                      
|                     |_Sarah Osborne ______|
|                       (1584 - 1641) m 1608|
|                                           |                      _____________________
|                                           |                     |                     
|                                           |_____________________|_____________________
|                                                                                       
|
|--Mary Lyman 
|  (1667 - 1740)
|                                                                  _____________________
|                                                                 |                     
|                                            _____________________|_____________________
|                                           |                                           
|                      _John Plumb _________|
|                     | (1594 - 1648) m 1616|
|                     |                     |                      _____________________
|                     |                     |                     |                     
|                     |                     |_____________________|_____________________
|                     |                                                                 
|_Dorcas Plumb _______|
  (1635 - 1725) m 1653|
                      |                                            _____________________
                      |                                           |                     
                      |                      _____________________|_____________________
                      |                     |                                           
                      |_Dorothy Wood _______|
                        (1598 - 1669) m 1616|
                                            |                      _____________________
                                            |                     |                     
                                            |_____________________|_____________________
                                                                                        

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Hannah Mendenhall

11 Aug 1696 - 1770

Father: Benjamin Mendenhall
Mother: Ann Pennell

Family 1 : Thomas Marshall
Family 2 : Peter Grubb

                                                                    _____________________
                                                                   |                     
                                              _Thomas Mildenhall __|_____________________
                                             | (1590 - 1673)                             
                        _Thomas Mildenhall __|
                       | (1633 - 1682) m 1649|
                       |                     |                      _____________________
                       |                     |                     |                     
                       |                     |_____________________|_____________________
                       |                                                                 
 _Benjamin Mendenhall _|
| (1662 - 1740) m 1689 |
|                      |                                            _William Strode _____+
|                      |                                           | (1555 - 1592) m 1580
|                      |                      _William Strode Jr.__|_Elizabeth Upton ____
|                      |                     | (1589 - 1666)         (1556 - 1629)       
|                      |_Joane Strode _______|
|                        (1635 - 1682) m 1649|
|                                            |                      _Edward Barnard _____+
|                                            |                     | (1585 - 1641) m 1606
|                                            |_Joane Barnard ______|_Jane Smithes _______
|                                              (1607 - 1649)         (1590 - 1658)       
|
|--Hannah Mendenhall 
|  (1696 - 1770)
|                                                                   _____________________
|                                                                  |                     
|                                             _____________________|_____________________
|                                            |                                           
|                       _Robert Pennell _____|
|                      |                     |
|                      |                     |                      _____________________
|                      |                     |                     |                     
|                      |                     |_____________________|_____________________
|                      |                                                                 
|_Ann Pennell _________|
  (1668 - 1749) m 1689 |
                       |                                            _____________________
                       |                                           |                     
                       |                      _____________________|_____________________
                       |                     |                                           
                       |_Hannah Hyandson ____|
                                             |
                                             |                      _____________________
                                             |                     |                     
                                             |_____________________|_____________________
                                                                                         

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[1845] [S136] FGS from Thomas A. Valentine, Roswell, Georgia

[1846] [S136] FGS from Thomas A. Valentine, Roswell, Georgia

[39828] [S114] FGS from Thomas A. Valentine, Roswell, Georgia FGS from W. Dean Leonard, San Jose, California

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Robert Plumpton

____ - ____

Family 1 : Lucy De Ros
  1. +William Plumpton

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John Rogers

[17695] [17696]

4 Feb 1507 - 4 Feb 1555

Father: John Rogers
Mother: Margaret (Margery) Wyatt

Family 1 : Adriana Alids de Pratt De Weyden
  1.  Susan Rogers
  2.  Bernard Fitz Rogers
  3. +John Rogers
  4. +Elizabeth Rogers
  5.  Barnaby Rogers

                                                                                  _John FitzRoger _______+
                                                                                 | (1386 - 1441) m 1408  
                                                       _Thomas (Henry) Rogers ___|_AGNES Mordaunt _______
                                                      | (1408 - 1471) m 1426       (1390 - ....)         
                             _Thomas Rogers __________|
                            | (1435 - 1489) m 1483    |
                            |                         |                           _______________________
                            |                         |                          |                       
                            |                         |_Avice Stourton __________|_______________________
                            |                           (1408 - ....) m 1426                             
 _John Rogers ______________|
| (.... - 1530) m 1505      |
|                           |                                                     _John De Courtenay ____+
|                           |                                                    | (1384 - ....) m 1403  
|                           |                          _Philip De Courtenay _____|_Joan Champernon ______
|                           |                         | (1400 - ....) m 1428       (1382 - 1419)         
|                           |_Catherine De Courtenay _|
|                              m 1483                 |
|                                                     |                           _Walter De Hungerford _+
|                                                     |                          | (1378 - 1449) m 1402  
|                                                     |_Elizabeth De Hungerford _|_Katherine Peverell ___
|                                                       (1406 - 1476) m 1428       (1380 - 1426)         
|
|--John Rogers 
|  (1507 - 1555)
|                                                                                 _______________________
|                                                                                |                       
|                                                      __________________________|_______________________
|                                                     |                                                  
|                            _________________________|
|                           |                         |
|                           |                         |                           _______________________
|                           |                         |                          |                       
|                           |                         |__________________________|_______________________
|                           |                                                                            
|_Margaret (Margery) Wyatt _|
  (1490 - ....) m 1505      |
                            |                                                     _______________________
                            |                                                    |                       
                            |                          __________________________|_______________________
                            |                         |                                                  
                            |_________________________|
                                                      |
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                                                      |                          |                       
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[17695] Rogers, John (c.1500-55), first Protestant martyr in the Marianpersecution, was the son of John Rogers of Deritend, in the parish ofAston, near Birmingham. He was educated at PembrokeHall, Cambridge, wherehe took his BA in 1525, and in 1532 was appointed Rector of Holy Trinityin theCity of London. He resigned this living in 1534 and became chaplainto the Company of the Merchant Adventurers in Antwerp. At that time hewas an orthodox Catholic priest, but he now fell in with Tyndale andwassoon converted to Protestantism. Before he was arrested in 1535,Tyndale handed over to Rogers his incompleted translation of the OldTestament. Tyndale was burned in October 1535; during 1536 Rogers devotedhimself to completing the Old Testament by adding to it Miles Coverdale'srenderings (published in 1535) of the untranslated books and of theApocrypha, and Tyndale's own translation of the New Testament (published1526). Rogers's only original contribution was the Song of Manasses in the Apocrypha which he found ina French Bible printed in1535. Rogers was also responsible for thepreface, the marginal notes (the first English commentary on the Bible),and a calendar and almanack and other additional matter. Rogers signedthe title-page with the name 'Thomas Matthew' and the book came to beknown as Matthew's Bible. This was the book largely drawn upon for theGreat Bible of 1539.

When Edward VI came to the throne, Rogers returned to England (1548). Hewas given three livings in London and in 1551 he was appointed to aprebend of St Paul's by Nicholas Ridley and shortly afterwards becamedivinity lecturer at St Paul's. With his Protestant views Rogersnaturally sympathized with Lady Jane Grey rather than with Mary Tudor. Hepreached two sermons for which he was had up before the Council, and in1554 he was sent to Newgate. Here, inconjunction with Hooper, Bradfordand others, he drew upa confession of faith of the most extremeProtestant type. He was again examined by Gardiner with much rudeness andeven brutality and was condemned to death as a heretic. When he asked tobe allowed to see his wife, he was refused, and it is said that he mether and his eleven children on the way to the stake. At the stake he wasoffered a pardon, if he would recant, but he refused and he was burnedjust outside the entrance to the church of St Bartholomew in Smithfield.He was the first of the Protestant martyrs, and his example had awidespread effect in encouraging others. Ridley confessed that the newsof Rogers's death had destroyed 'a lumpish heaviness' in his heart.

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Note: aka "Thomas Matthew," "The Smithfield Martyr"

Capt. William Clark of the Lewis & Clark Expedition and Gen. GeorgeRogers Clark are descendants. He was Vicar of Trinity the Less, London and Leader of the AngelicanReformation.

John Rogers contributed to the first full English translation of theBible, known as "The Coverdale Bible" printed on October 4, 1535. He wasburned at the stake in 1555 during the reign of "Bloody Mary" for the"crime" of being a Protestant.

Given the chance to repent, Rogers replied, "That which I have preachedwith my lips will I seal with my blood."

"Everything was now ready for the lighting of the terrible bonfires. Thequeen having declared to the council, in writing, that she would wishnone of her subjects to be burnt without some of the council beingpresent, and that she would particularly wish there to be good sermons atall burnings, the council knew pretty well what was to be done next. Soafter the cardinal had blessed all the bishops as a preface to theburnings, the Chancellor Gardiner opened a high court at St.Mary Overy,on the Southwark side of London Bridge, for the trial of heretics.

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Educated Cambridge, Class of 1525 Martyred, burned at the stake during Queen Mary's Reign

Wrote under the pseudonym of Thomas Matthews and wrote the first EnglishProtestant translation of the Bible, Matthews Bible, for which he wasburned at the stake in Smithfield, England in 1555, with his elevenchildren watching. Took Roman Catholic Orders 1526 after leavingCambridge - before becoming involved in the Protestant Reformation.

In the genealogical part of the address the point of departure for thefamily was John Rogers the martyr who was burned at the stake, in thereign of Queen Mary, Feb. 4, 1555.-Three hundred and nine years haveelapsed since then, but the memory of that epoch is yet frag rant in thehistory of freedom and truth. The martyr, was born in Lancashire,England, and was educated in Cambridge where he attained greatProficiency in Classical and Hebrew literature. He soon became widelyknown as a thorough biblical student and a powerful preacher of theGospel. He was an ardent friend of the devoted scholar and martyr,William Tyndale, and it is affirmed that in connection with him and MilesCoverdale, he entered upon a critical examination of the Scriptures, andassisted in translating them into the English language. This led to theprinting, publishing and introduction into England of the folio Bible in1537. The Bible was the first complete edition of the old and newTestaments in English, and it was afterwards revised and published byJohn Rogers alone, under the assumed name of Thomas Mathews.

His knowledge of language, theology, society and men, eminently fittedhim for this work. He had traveled much, and had gathered an abundance ofinformation for his task. On leaving Camb ridge he went to Antwerp, andfrom Antwerp to Wittenburg, at which place his mastery of the Dutchlanguage enabled him to officiate as a Pastor. In the reign of Edward6th, he was called home by Bishop Ridley and made Divinity lecturer at St. Paul's, and the duties of this office he discharged with zeal andefficiency. But on the accession of Queen Mary to the throne, he becameobnoxious to the government through his eloquence in behalf ofProtestantism-was confined for six months in his own house-then during along period in Newgate-passing through three examinations in which hedefended himself manfully, but was finally condemned and burned at thestake in Smithfield. Soon after his death, one of his friends found adark, dirty looking scroll, rolled up in a corner of his prison cell.That scroll contained a memorandum of his experiences in prison, of his attempts to obtain a visit from his wife, of his conversations with hisjailer, and of the calm, beautiful Christian hope and fortitude that sustained him under every hardship and trial.

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