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Mary “Polly” Hadley Rogers

Birth	:	23 Nov 1805 Willsboro, Essex County, New York, USA
Death	:	5 May 1842 Saint Johns, Auglaize County, Ohio, USA
Burial	:	Pompallier Cemetery, Birkenhead, Auckland Council, New Zealand
Coordinate	:	-36.8036900, 174.7251200
Description	:	Mary was born the 9th of 12 children. Her father was 40 years old and although he had lived his life in New England states, he decided to move his family to Ohio when Mary was about 5 years old. They lived for a couple of years in Licking County before the family settled in Richland County, Ohio. There she married John Rogers, who had left New York with his family, stopping in New Jersey before traveling on to Licking County and settling in Richland County. Whether the families knew each other in New York before... Read More	Mary was born the 9th of 12 children. Her father was 40 years old and although he had lived his life in New England states, he decided to move his family to Ohio when Mary was about 5 years old. They lived for a couple of years in Licking County before the family settled in Richland County, Ohio. There she married John Rogers, who had left New York with his family, stopping in New Jersey before traveling on to Licking County and settling in Richland County. Whether the families knew each other in New York before their migrations, or even traveled together is unknown. Mary was 16 years old when she married John Rogers. She gave birth to her first son shortly thereafter. The family remained in the Washington Twp., area for the next ten years, before John moved his family to Allen Co., Ohio. Mary now had two young sons Elza Hedge Rogers and George Marshall Rogers and an infant daughter Louisa Jane. The area they moved to in the fall of 1833 had been Shawnee Indian territory. The Shawnee were removed to a reservation in Kansas only the year prior. The site of the Rogers homestead lies between the two forks of Blackhoof Creek and comprised 240 acres in Section 5 of Clay Twp. that now lies in Auglaize County. Mary's husband John surveyed and platted a village with a friend of his Daniel Bittler. It was suggested the town be called Rogerstown, but the community that migrated to the area, settled on the name Saint Johns, as a tribute to Mary's husband. The small town remains today with a population of 185 in 2010. The original plat for the village was filed in the office of the Allen County Recorder on April 29, 1835. Soon after settling in their new home Mary gave birth to another son they called Mitchell Young Rogers. Her youngest son, Alfred E. Rogers was not born until seven years later when she was 36. John and Mary named their sons after men they had known personally. George Marshall had served as a justice of the peace in Richland County, Ohio when they lived there, and Elza Hedge, had served as a court clerk in Richland County about the same time. I suspect Alfred's middle name was Ellis, but have seen no document that records it. John and Mary's knowledge of Mitchell Young and Alfred Ellis is unknown. Mary died of cholera when she was 36 years old, a few months after Alfred was born. Their daughter Louisa Jane married George Sommers in 1851, but they divorced in 1876. George moved to the state of Washington. Louisa remained in the area and died sometime after 1880.

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Mary “Polly” Hadley Rogers's memorial is located at: Pompallier Cemetery, Birkenhead, Auckland Council, New Zealand.
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Mary “Polly” Hadley Rogers death on 5 May 1842 in Saint Johns, Auglaize County, Ohio, USA
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Latitude: -36.8036900
Longitude: 174.7251200

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Col John Rogers Sr.

(1800 - 1880)

Siblings

Chloe Hadley Bell

(1809 - 1890)

Chancy Hadley

(1813 - 1900)

Children

Elza Hedge “Elzey” Rogers

(1822 - 1894)

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