When Benjamin Rogers was born on 27 October 1759, in Allentown, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States, his father, Isaac Rogers, was 31 and his mother, Hannah Tallman, was 20. He married Ellen Reading in 1773, in Monmouth, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He died in August 1794, in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 34.