Rogers, Nehemiah, an English divine (said by some to have been a great-grandson of John Rogers the martyr), was born iu 15'J4. He was minister of Dod- cUnghurst, Essex, and died in 1660. He published, Ex- positions of the Parables (1020-62) : — Exposition of St. Luke X, 5-1 1 (1658, 4to), and other works.
Rogers, Thomas (1), an English divine, was a na- tive of (Jhelsea, and entered Christ Church in 1568. He was A.M. in 1576; chaplain to Bancroi't, bishop of Lon- don, and in 1581 rectoroflloringer, Suffolk, where he was held in great esteem. He died Feb. 22, 1616. Among his many works are, The Amitoinie tfthe Minde (Lond. 1570, 8vi}):— Of the End ofthe World (ibid. 1577, 4to; 1582, 1583, 8vo):— 7'/ie Enijiish Creede (ibid. 1579, fol.) :— .4 Golilen Chain Taken out if the Rich Treasure-house of the Psalms <f Hitrid (ibid. 1579, 1587, 12mo) : — Historical J)ialo(jue touchimf .4 ntichrist and Popery, etc. (ibid. 1589, 8vo) : — besides Sermons, etc. See Alliboiie, Hict. if Brit, and A mer. A uthors, s. v.; Darling, Cyclop. Biblioij. s. v.
Rogers, Thomas (2), an English clergyman, was born in Warwickshire, Dec. 27, 1660, and was educated at tlie free school tliere. In Lent term, 1675, he entered Trinity College, Oxford, but soon after removed to Hart Hall, wliere be took the degree of A.M. ami entered holy orders. In July, lOHIl, he became rector of Slajiton, near Towcester, Norlharnptonshire. lie died of small-pox, while on a visit to London, .lune 8. 161(4. ami was burie(l at St, Saviour's, Soutliwark. His writings were mostlv
Coronation of Kiny William, etc. (Lond. 1689); Loyal and Impartial Satyrist (ibid. 1093, 4to) : — .4 True Protestant Bridle (ibid. lt)94, 4to) : — Commonwealth Un- masked. See Allibone, Diet, of Bnt. and Amer. Au- thors, s. V. ; Chalmers, Bioy. Diet. s. v.
Rogers, Timothy (l),an English clergyman, was born in 1589, became preacher of Essex, and died in 1050. He wrote, Riyhteous Man's Evidences (Lond. 1019, 8vo; 12th ed. 1037) : — Roman Eucharist (ibid. 1621, 4to; 1031, 24mo): — Good News from Heaven: — A Faithful Friend True to the Soul: — Christian's Jeicel (f Faith. See Chester, John Royers (1861), p. 275 ; also Allibone, Diet, of Brit, and Amer. Authors, s. v.; Darling, Cyclop. Bi- blioy. s. V.
Rogers, Timothy (2), a Dissenting minister, was born at Barnard Castle, Durham, England, about 1000. He was educated at one of the Scotch universities, be- came evening lecturer at a chapel in Crosby Square, London, and afterwards one of the ministers of a Dis- senting congregation in Old Jewry, which office he re- signed in 1707. He died in 1729. Among his works we notice. Practical Discourses (Lond. 1090, 8vo) : — iJis- course concerniny Trouble of Mind and the Disease of Melancholy (ibid. 1691). See Allibone, Diet, of Brit, and A mer. A uthois, s. v. ; Darling, Cyclop. Biblioy. s. v.
Rogers, William, D,D.. a Baptist minister, was born at Newport, R. I., July 22, 1751. He entered the Rhode Island College in 1765, and was licensed to preach in August, 1771. In ]May following he was ordained pastor ofthe Baptist Church in Philadelphia. In 1776 he became chaplain of the army of Pennsylvania, and from 1778 to 1781 he served as brigade chai)lain in the Continental army. In March, 1789, he was ajjpointed professor of English and oratory in the College and Academy of Philadelphia, an<l iu April, 1792, was elect- ed to tlie same office in the University of Pennsylvania. He was made D.D. by the latter institution in 1790, hav- ing previously received the degree of A.iM. from Y'ale College in 1780, and from the College of New Jersey in 1780. From April, 1803, to February, 1805, he also act- ed as pastor ofthe First Baptist Church in Philadelphia. In January, 1812, he resigned his professorship and re- ceived a call from the Church in Newark, N. J., but finally declined it. In 1810 and 1817 he became a mem- ber of the General Assembly of the State of Pennsylva- nia. The latter years of his life were spent in retire- ment. He died April 7, 1824. Dr. Rogers published a number of sermons, letters, essaj's, etc. See Sprague, Annah ofthe Amer. Pulpit, vi, 145.
Rogers, William Matticks, a Congregational minister, was l)orn on the island of Alderney, Sept. 10, 1806. His name was Samuel M. Ellen Kittle, which was changed to Rogers after he became a preacher. When ten years of age he was brought to the L'nited States, and lived with his uncle, Capt. W. M. Rogers, at Dorchester. He graduated at Harvard College in 1827, studied theology at the Andover Seminary, be- came pastor of the Evangelical Congregational Church, Townsend, IMass., where he remained five years, and was installed, Aug. 6, 1835, pastor of the Franklin Street Church, Boston, and died Aug. 11. 1851. He pidilishcd An Address at the Dedication ofthe New Hall of Brad- ford Academy (1841), and a couple of occasional ser- mons. See Sprague, A nnals ofthe A mer. Pulpit, ii, 730,
Roll, Peteij, a famous Roman Catholic missionary, was born in 181 1 at Aven, in the canton Valais, in Swit- zerland. When eighteen years of age, he entered the Society of Jesus, and after completing his philosophical and theological studies at Fribourg he was appointed professor of dogmatics at the Seminary of Lucerne. Having received holy orders in 1840, he went to France, where he remained one year, at Notre Dame d'.4y. He