Il est marié avec Susannah Brockman.
Ils se sont mariés le 26 septembre 1816 à Burlington, Boone, Kentucky, United States, il avait 20 ans.Source 1
Ils se sont mariés le 25 septembre 1816 à Scott Co., Indiana, il avait 20 ans. Ils se sont mariés en l'an 1816 à KY, il avait 19 ans.Source 1 Ils se sont mariés le 26 septembre 1816 à Burlington, Boone, Kentucky, USA, il avait 20 ans.Source 1 Ils se sont mariés le 25 septembre 1816 à Boone, Kentucky, United States, il avait 20 ans.Source 6 Ils se sont mariés le 26 septembre 1816 à Burlington, Boone, KY, il avait 20 ans.Source 6 Ils se sont mariés le 25 septembre 1816 à Boone, Kentucky, United States, il avait 20 ans.Source 2 Ils se sont mariés le 26 septembre 1816 à Burlington, Boone, KY, il avait 20 ans.Source 2Enfant(s):
Elijah Rogers and Susannah Brockman - 200th Anniversary
Happy 200th!
What better occasion to honor two memorable ancestors than on the 200th anniversary (bicentennial) of their wedding day. Third great-grandparents Elijah Rogers (1798-1872) and his bride, Susannah Brockman (1799-1884), were from aristocratic Virginia families that transplanted first to Kentucky, where the two wed 26 September 1816, before moving to Indiana later with the start of a young family in tow. There were many more offspring to follow, as Elijah and Susan became parents of eighteen children, fourteen of whom lived to adulthood. In the 1930s, a cousin had the foresight to interview several of the living grandchildren of Elijah and Susan, reflecting on many of the details and oral legends about these Hoosier pioneers. Grandmother Susan was remembered for her soft brown eyes and her kind but serious nature. She was religious, dressed simply, wore muslin and lace caps, and enjoyed knitting socks and spinning fabric to make her husband’s fine linen suits. She often worked in the fields, right along with the men, and kept her children confined in pens of wooden rail while she worked. Susan’s mother, a Virginia gentlewoman, apparently once commented that she never thought a daughter of hers would have to work so hard. The family suffered house fires at least three times while working in the clearing. Possessions were lost, but they rebuilt and survived. Once widowed, Susan stayed for two weeks at a time with different relatives, always insisting on paying her way. She lived to the age of 85 and in her final years grew nearly blind. This impacted her knitting ability, and she cried when she dropped a stitch while making socks, fearing she was losing her usefulness. Elijah, on the other hand, was a bit of a rebel and quite the opposite of his wife, in character and temperament. Recalled for his “snapping black eyes,” he was reputedly rather unsettled or “wild” until he was 30-drinking, gambling, and carousing. This could have prompted the family’s move to Indiana. The Rogers clan was linked to both George Rogers Clark and President James Madison. Elijah’s wife allegedly resented his family’s aristocratic airs despite feeling that her family, the Brockmans, had kept Elijah afloat, possibly after diluting his own inheritance. By 1840, Elijah had acquired over 1000 acres of land on the Clinton County, Indiana twelve-mile prairie near his in-laws, Moses and Eleanor Brockman. Grandchildren recalled that Elijah dressed nicely, wearing silk vests of such texture that they would stand alone-some later being cut up and made them into chair cushions by a granddaughter. In winter, he apparently wore white linen suits while hunting deer so he would be invisible against the snow. Elijah, too, apparently enjoyed knitting and keeping his hands busy. He was ill for quite a while, possibly with tuberculosis, before he died at the age of 74. In her obituary, his wife, Susan, was remembered for her “kindness of heart, and her Christian life and conversation.” Elijah’s memorial wasn’t quite as striking, despite his life being a bit of an adventure. So we honor them today-two stalwart Indiana settlers who played a large part in what our family was able to become over time.
Record for William Rogers/ Ancestry.com
Legacy NFS Source: Elija Rogers -/ FamilySearch
Elijah Rogers, "Find A Grave Index"/ FamilySearch
Legacy NFS Source: Elija Rogers -/ FamilySearch