Benjamin D Rogers was born on 24 December 1814, in North Carolina, United States. He had at least 3 sons and 6 daughters with Martha L Patterson. He lived in Orange, Mingo Township, Sampson, North Carolina, United States in 1860 and Patterson Township, Orange, North Carolina, United States for about 10 years. He died on 23 October 1882, in Orange, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Chapel Hill, Orange, North Carolina, United States.
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.
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