Rev. John ROGERS^{[1, 2, 3]}

1507 - 1554  (47 years)

• Name	John ROGERS
  Prefix	Rev.
  Birth	4 Feb 1507	Deritend, Aston, Warwickshire, England
  Christening	4 Feb 1507	Deritend, Warwickshire, England   [4]
  Gender	Male
  Life Sketch	[4]
  	Life Sketch
  Note 1	1525	Graduated from Cambridge   [4]
  	Note 1
  Death	4 Feb 1554	Smithfield, England
  	He was Martyred at Smithfield.
  Martyrdom	4 Feb 1555	Smithfield, London, England,   [4]
  	Martyrdom
  Note	[4]
  	Note
  Name	John "The Martyr" ROGERS  [4]
  _FSFTID	L5K5-WDY
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L5K5-WDY
  _UID	87936CEE8C7C458D9C816F3ACC403664BA79
  Burial	6 Feb 1555	Marian Martyrs' Monument Smithfield, City of London, Greater London, England   [4]
  Person ID	I170722	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	30 Dec 2022

  
  

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

  
  

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

  
  

• 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

  [S538] !Fix This Source-130. [S1087] Gedcom File provided by, John Woodward "Jack" Buschman, February 10, 2002 (Reliability: 2). [S1089] David A. Blocher , [Plantagenet Descent], (Personal Usage). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 30 Dec 2022), entry for John ROGERS, person ID L5K5-WDY. (Reliability: 3).