When Mehitabel Rogers was born on 29 September 1747, her father, Nathaniel Rogers, was 29 and her mother, Rebecca Symonds, was 27. She died in 1749, in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 2.
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English (of Norman origin): variant of Roger , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Irish: adopted for Gaelic Mac Ruaidhrí (see Rorie ).
History: Thomas Rogers (c. 1587–1621), born in London, England, was among the Pilgrim Fathers who sailed on the Mayflower in 1620. He died during the first winter at Plymouth Colony, but his son Joseph survived and married, and was later joined in MA by his brother John. This name was subsequently brought to North America independently by many different bearers.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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