Rogers, Ezekiel, a Congregational minister, was born at Weathersfield, Essex, England, in 1590. He took the degree of B.A. at Benet College in 1604, and that of M.A. at Christ's College in 1608, becoming the chaplain of Sir Francis Barringron at Hatfield, Essex. After five or six years, Sir Francis bestowed ujmn him the benefice of Rowley, Yorkshire, where he exercised his ministry for at)out twenty years, when he was si- lenced for nonconformity, though he was allowed the profits of his living for two years longer, and the privi- lege of nominating his successor. Restless under the
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restraints upon his liberty, Mr. Rogers came to America in IO08, where he commenced a new settlement in April. 1G39, and was ordained in the following December. He continued to labor in this parish until his death, Jan. 23, IGGO. Mr. Rogers gave his library to Harvard College, and his house and lands to the town of Kowley for the support of the (iospel. See Sprague, Annuls of the Amcr. Pulpit, i, 120.
Rogers, George, an English clergyman, was born in 1741, and was for more than lifty years rector of Sproughton, near Ipswich. He published a Sermon (1790, 8vo) :— f «Ve Sermons (1818. 12mo) ; and edited, with a memoir, the Sermons of Rev. Edward Ecunson (1806, 2 vols. 8vo). See Gentleman's Mag. 183G, i, 555; Allibone, Diet, of Brit, and A me?: A utJiois, s. v.
Rogers, George W. T., a minister of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church, was born in Holderness, N. H., Feb. 2, 1812, and was converted March, 1830, joining the Church in 1832. He preached his first sermon as local preacher in 1838, and, after preparation, entered the reg- ular work in 1843. In 1864 he became supernumerary, in 1865 effective, in 1867 superannuated, and died at the house of his son in Salem the next year. See Minutes if Annual Conferences, 1869, p. 104.
Rogers, Hester Ann, an eminent saint in the early annals of Methodism, was born in Macclesfield, England, in 1756. Her father, a pious man, died when she was but nine years old, and his peaceful end made an indelible impression upon her mind. She was at first greatly prejudiced against the JMethodists; but her in- terest in them was aroused by hearing one of their preachers, and, although her mother threatened to turn her out of doors in consequence, deepened, until, on a visit of Mr. Wesley to her native place in her twentieth year, she fully joined them. Her maiden name was Roe, and in 1784 Wesley promoted her marriage with James Rogers, one of his most effective preachers, with whom she lived happily, occupied in all evangelical la- bors, until her death, in 1794, soon after the birth of her fifth child. She was a model of Christian purity and zeal, filling the office of female class-leader, and often addressing public congregations with remarkable pa- thos and power. For twenty years she had been a wit- ness of the experience of perfect love. Her Journal has been published, also her Life, as a part of Methodist literature. See also Stevens, Women of Methodism, p. 98 sq. ; Simpson, Cyclop, of Methodism, s. v.
Rogers, Isaiah P., a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was converted in the autumn of 1840, and soon after joined the Church. In July, 1846, he was received on trial in the Maine Conference ; and when the conference was divided, August, 1848, he became a member of the East INIaine Conference. He was super- annuated June 20, 1849, and hold that relation until his death, at Benton, Me., June 20, 1852, See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1852, p. 80.
Rogers, John (1), an English divine and martyr, was born about 1500. He was educated at Cambridge, where he entered holv orders, and was appointed chap- lain to the English factory at Antwerp, where he re- mained several years. There he met Tyndale and Cov- erdale, through whom he was led to renounce popery. He married at Antwerp, and became pastor of a congre- gation at Wittenberg, which oflice he retained until the accession of Edward VI. In 1548 he returned to Eng- land, invited by bishop Ridley, and was presented with the rectory of St. Margaret Moyses and the vicarage of St. Sepulchre's, both in London, May 10, 1550. Bishop Ridley made him a prebendary of St. Paul's, St. Pan- eras, and rector of Chigwell, Aug. 24, 1551, and, later, divinity -reader. On the Sunday after the entry of queen Mary into London (Thursday, Aug. 3, 1553), he denounced Romanism at St. Paul's Cross, urging the people to continue steadfast in the doctrines taught in king Edward's day. For this he was summoned before the privy council, but defended himself so ably that he
was released. On Aug. 18 he was ordered to remain a prisoner in his own house at St. Paul's, from which he refused to make his escape, though frequently urged. After six months he was removed to Newgate, wliere his confinement was aggravated by every species of severity. In January, 1555, he was tried i)efore (iardi- ner, bishop of Winchester, and condemned to be burned at Smithfield. Feb. 4, which sentence he bore with great constancy and patience. He translated from Jldanc- thon, A Wei(jhinf) and Considerinf/ of the Interim (Loud. 1548, 16mo); and was compiler of the first authori/.ed English Bible prepared from Tyndale's MSS., Cover- dale's translation, published under the assumed name of Thomas Matthew: The Byble, in vhich is continntd the Olde and Newe Testaments, etc., hy Thomas Matthew (1537, fol.). It was printed by (irafton and Whitchurch, and copies are in the British Museum, Lambetii, Bod- leian, St. Paul's, and other libraries. During his im- prisonment, he wrote an account of his examinations, and also other papers, which were providentially pre- served, and have been transmitted to the present time. They may be found in Fox's Martyroloyy, p. 415. See Chester, lAfe of Rogers (Lond. 1861, 8vo) ; Strype, Cran- mer ; British Reformers, \o\.\yi; also AWxhon^, Diet, (f Brit, and A mer. A utkors, s. v.