Rogers (Y-DNA)

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Status summary

As of January 16, 2017:

  • Y Elite test results for Thomas Rogers descendant (kit N8S52, tested previously as kit #197102) under analysis

Paper trail

First Generation

Thomas Rogers was born prob. at Watford, Northampton, England[1] about 1572,[2] the son of William and Ellenor (_____) Rogers.[3] Thomas died at Plymouth during the "general sickness" of the first winter (1620-1). He married at Watford 24 Oct 1597[4] Alice Cosford, baptized at Watford 10 May 1573, daughter of George & Margaret Cosford.[5] It is believed she died in Leiden sometime after 1622.[6] Thomas and his son Joseph came over on the Mayflower in 1620, the other children (but not the mother) are said (by Gov. Bradford) to have "came over & are maried & have many children."

Thomas Rogers and Alice Cosford had five children baptized at Watford; two daughters and three sons (Thomas [died young], Joseph and John)

Second Generation

Joseph Rogers was buried at Watford 23 Jan 1602/3[7] and died at Eastham between 2-15 Jan 1677/8.[8] He was the only child of Thomas to travel with him aboard the Mayflower. Joseph married sometime before Aug 1633[9]. It is believed Hannah _____ was his only wife, but there is nothing to state definitively she was the mother of any/all of his children.

Joseph had eight children, recorded (but not necessarily born) in the Sandwich, MA Vital Records: four daughters and four sons (Joseph, Thomas, John and James)


  1. where his parents lived and where he was married.
  2. Estimate, based on date of marriage.
  3. The Genealogist 10:142-43 citing William's will.
  4. ibid., p. 145
  5. ibid., p. 146
  6. TAG 52:110-13
  7. TG 10:140
  8. Will & Inventory from MD 3:67-70
  9. birth of first child

DNA Results FGC59523

Previous Y-DNA testing

Previous Y-STR testing through the Rogers DNA Project has identified a Y-STR haplotype for the Mayflower Rogers lineage and has determined that the lineage belongs to the R1b-M269 Y-DNA haplogroup,[1] which is quite common in Western Europe. Forthcoming Y Elite test results will be able to place the place the Rogers lineage more precisely within the broad R1b-M269 clade and identify a number of more recent SNP markers.


  1. http://www.rogersdna.com/geddna/relationship.php

NGS/WGS testing

One member of the My Rogers Family Tree DNA Project[1] has stated they are a Y-DNA descendant of Pilgrim Thomas Rogers. They also agreed to have a Y-Elite test completed.

Data downloads

Summary of findings

(to be added)

External links and References

  • Roser, Susan E., Mayflower Passenger References (from contemporary records & scholarly journals) [www.stewartbooks.com Stewart Publishing & Printing], Canada. Second Edition, 2015
  • Westgate, Alice W.A. (revised by Ann T. Reeves) (2nd ed. rev. by Peggy M. Baker), Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: vol. 19 Rogers, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA. Second edition 2013
  • Rogers DNA Project
  • Thomas Rogers Society
  • The Genealogist 10 [1989]: 138-49 "The English Ancestry of the Pilgrim Thomas Rogers and His Wife Alice (Cosford) Rogers," by Clifford L. Scott
  • FTDNA kit #197102