An interesting topic for 52 Ancestors 52 Weeks.
I would like to light a candle on a glitch which exists in my Ancestry tree. My cousin is a DAR member, among other accepted credentials that prove our ancestors took part in the American Revolution, and then the Confederate Army in the Civil War. We also have ancestors who fought on the side of the Union, but I don't know if she has that affiliation also.
But her tree has our dear first immigrant as Giles Fitz Rogers (1643-1730) who came to Virginia in 1664 and 1670...who married in England and brought his wife and early children later to the wild new world.
Next in line was either their son, Peter Iverson Rogers (1677-1724) who had been born in England and had 9 children. My cousin believes he was the link in our ancestors.
BUT...I have his brother John Rogers (1680-1762) as the link for our ancestry.
It all comes down to a documented ancestor, Henry Rogers, several generations later. Unfortunately some eager DAR members gave his parentage as Mary Byrd, daughter of William Byrd. Nope. She didn't marry a Rogers, and there are lots of documents about who she did marry.
So whenever I look at documents on Ancestry, I check to see if they go back to these DAR documents. DAR doesn't necessarily mean things are facts. Original documents (wills, birth certificates or baptisms, land purchases) are what piece together the little we know about early colonists.
I do want to know more that has been researched in various journals by genealogists, and perhaps I'll find something that proves my theory wrong.
Barsically I've come up with this other line. It works with real people. But it doesn't include a Mary Byrd, but a Molly (Mary) of unknown parents, who was born around 1699 in England or America, and she married John Rogers (1680-1762). (This John was the son of Giles Rogers)
Their son George Rogers (1721-1802) fought for the Revolutionaries. His son Henry Rogers (1741-1794) who also fought in the Revolution, took his family from VA into what became Tennessee eventually.
There were two George Rogers' listed as fighting for Virginia, in one document is a 2nd. Lt. George Rogers on the brig Liberty from May 18 till July 30 1776 (a payroll document). The other is a member of the Vriginia Militia. So if we looked into that book on pg. 201 we could see about this amount of information.
| Rogers, George, S. L., S. June 28, 1779. | |
| Comments | VIRGINIA MILITIA IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR PART III Virginia's Share in the Military Movements of the Revolution |
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| Page number | page 201 |
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April
Week 14 (Apr. 2-8): Begins With a Vowel
Week 15 (Apr. 9-15): Solitude
Week 16 (Apr. 16-22): Should Be a Movie
Week 17 (Apr. 23-29): DNA
May
Week 18 (Apr. 30-May 6): Pets
Week 19 (May 7-13): Bald
Week 20 (May 14-20): Bearded
Week 21 (May 21-27): Brick Wall
Week 22 (May 28-June 3): At the Cemetery
June
Week 23 (June 4-10): So Many Descendants
Week 24 (June 11-17): Last One Standing
Week 25 (June 18-24): Fast
Week 26 (June 25-July 1): Slow
July
Week 27 (July 2-8): The Great Outdoors
Week 28 (July 9-15): Random
Week 29 (July 16-22): Birthdays
Week 30 (July 23-29): In the News
August
Week 31 (July 30-Aug. 5): Flew the Coop
Week 32 (Aug. 6-12): Reunion
Week 33 (Aug. 13-19): Strength
Week 34 (Aug. 20-26): Newest Discovery
Week 35 (Aug. 27-Sept. 2): Disaster
September
Week 36 (Sept. 3-9): Tradesman
Week 37 (Sept. 10-16): Prosperity
Week 38 (Sept. 17-23): Adversity
Week 39 (Sept. 24-30): Surprise
October
Week 40 (Oct. 1-7): Longevity
Week 41 (Oct. 8-14): Travel
Week 42 (Oct. 15-21): Friends
Week 43 (Oct. 22-28): Dig a Little Deeper
Week 44 (Oct 29-Nov. 4): Spirits
November
Week 45 (Nov. 5-11): War and Peace
Week 46 (Nov. 12-18): “This Ancestor Went to Market…”
Week 47 (Nov. 19-25): “This Ancestor Stayed Home…”
Week 48 (Nov. 26-Dec. 2): Troublemaker
December
Week 49 (Dec. 3-9): Family Recipe
Week 50 (Dec. 10-16): “You Wouldn’t Believe It”
Week 51 (Dec. 17-23): Cousins
Week 52 (Dec. 24-31): Me, Myself, and I
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