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Rev. John ROGERS

Rev. John ROGERS[1, 2, 3]

Male 1507 - 1554  (47 years)

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  • Name John ROGERS 
    Prefix Rev. 
    Born 4 Feb 1507  Deritend, Aston, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 4 Feb 1507  Deritend, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Gender Male 
    FamilySearch ID L5K5-WDY 
    Life Sketch   [4
    My 13th Great Grandfather, Reverend John “The Martyr” Rogers Jr. (February 4th 1507-February 4th 1555), who translated and published the first completed English version of the Christian Bible in 1537, under the pseudonym of Thomas Matthews, commonly know 
    Note 1 1525  Graduated from Cambridge Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Died 4 Feb 1554  Smithfield, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • He was Martyred at Smithfield.
    Martyrdom 4 Feb 1555  Smithfield, London, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Burned to death under Queen Mary's persecutions of Protestants 
    Note   [4
    1st Protestant burnt on the stake under Queen "Bloody" Mary I 
    Name John "The Martyr" ROGERS  [4
    _UID 87936CEE8C7C458D9C816F3ACC403664BA79 
    Buried 6 Feb 1555  Marian Martyrs' Monument Smithfield, City of London, Greater London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I170722  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 30 Dec 2022 

    Father Thomas John ROGERS, Jr.,   b. 1485, Deritend, Aston, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Mar 1537, Aston, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years) 
    Mother Margaret (Margery) WYATT,   b. 1490, Allington Castle, Boxley, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1540, Dorset, Dorsetshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years) 
    Married 1505  Deritend, Aston, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F91762  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Adriana De Wyden PRATT,   b. 1511, Brabant, Antwerp, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Aug 1572, Smithfield, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Married 1536  Antwerp, Brabant, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Susan ROGERS,   b. Jan 1532, Brabant, Antwerp, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. John ROGERS,   b. 21 Nov 1538, Wittenberg, Saxony, Sachsen, Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jul 1601, Chelmsford, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
     3. Daniel ROGERS,   b. 1540, Wittenberg, Saxony, Sachsen, Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jan 1590  (Age 50 years)
     4. Ambrose ROGERS,   b. 1541, Wittenberg, Saxony, Sachsen, Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Sir Bernard Barnaby "Ray" ROGERS,   b. 1543, Wittenberg, Saxony, Sachsen, Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jul 1587, Bath, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years)
     6. Samuel ROGERS,   b. 1545, Wittenberg, Sachsen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Philip ROGERS,   b. 1547, Wittenberg, Sachsen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Augustine ROGERS,   b. 1550, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Beverly ROGERS,   b. 1552, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     10. Elizabeth ROGERS,   b. 1553, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     11. Hester ROGERS,   b. 1555, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F91875  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Wrote under the pseudonym of Thomas Matthews and wrote the first English Protestant translation of the Bible, Matthews Bible, for which he was burned at the stake in Smithfield, England in 1555, with his eleven children watching. Took Roman Catholic Orders 1526 after leaving Cambridge - before becoming involved in the Protestant Reformation.

  • Sources 
    1. [S538] !Fix This Source-130.

    2. [S1087] Gedcom File provided by, John Woodward "Jack" Buschman, February 10, 2002 (Reliability: 2).

    3. [S1089] [Plantagenet Descent], David A. Blocher , (Personal Usage).

    4. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 30 Dec 2022), entry for John ROGERS, person ID L5K5-WDY. (Reliability: 3).