light on this little-known family.
You are likely aware of this, but there is a pedigree of the Offley family
that was published in vols. 19 and 20 of "The Genealogist" [new series] and
includes a brief discussion of the Rogerson connection, with indications
that there may be a connection to a Rogers family of London.
"The will of David Rogers, Cit. and Grocer of London, pr. P.C.C. 1582,
mentions his cousin Robert Offley, his brother Edw. Wylde, and his cousin
Hughe Rogerson, Alderman; and that of his uncle John Rogers, also Cit. and
Grocer of London, pr. P.C.C. 30 Dec. 1589, mentions his "cousin germyn" Mr.
Robert Offley, and also Mr. William and Mr. Hughe Offley."
If the Offley pedigree is correct, Elizabeth Rogerson and William Offley are
ancestors of Princess Diana, and William Offley is also her ancestor via a
daughter of his first marriage.
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From: <ToddWhitesides@aol.com>
To: <GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 6:11 PM
Subject: Rogerson, an Aldermanic family from Chester 1400s~1500s
I would appreciate any assistance on the early history of the Rogerson
family, a politically active family in Chester in the 1400s and 1500s.
William
Rogerson served as Mayor of Chester from 1447 to 1449, and Robert
Rogerson in
1463-64 and 1471-72.
I can support with documentation my lineage back to William Rogerson (d.
1519), Ironmonger and Alderman of Chester, who served as Mayor in 1510-11.
His
will [PRO prob/11/19] was written 18 Apr. 1519 and recorded on 31 May
1519.
He requested burial in the Church of St. Peter in Chester by the body of
his
wife Margaret. In it he made a donation "to the makyng of the newe
steple of
the College Church of Saint John of Chester." He left his house in
Chester
and his house in Stapleford to his eldest son Rauffe Rogerson . He
mentioned
his siblings: Hugh Rogerson, Thomas Rogerson, and Alice Thornton.
Besides
his eldest son Rauffe he had the following children: Thomas Rogerson,
Agnes
Rogerson, Margery, Johna Yure (Eure?), Alice Barton, and Elizabeth
Offeley
[wife of Will'm Offeley].
His eldest son Rauffe Rogerson (alias Ralph Rogers with other variations)
was also an Ironmonger and Alderman of Chester, and he served as Mayor in
1534-35. His will [PRO prob/11/26] was written 1 Oct. 1539 and recorded
on 7 Feb
1540. He requested "to be buryed in the Trynytie Churche w'in Seynt
Patryck
Chappell there." His sister Elizabeth Offeley was the first of the
witnesses
to his will.
Elizabeth (Rogerson) Offeley was the second wife of William Offeley (d.
1560), Sheriff of Chester, and they were buried in the Church of St. Peter
in
Chester. She was the ancestor of at least three colonial North
Americans:
Sarah (Offley) Thorogood (1609-1657) of Lynnhaven, Princess Anne Co.,
Virginia;
William Brewster (alias Sackford Brewster), Gent., of Sackford Hall,
Suffolk,
and Surry County, Virginia (who died between 1655 and 1669); and Richard
Edelen (ca. 1639-1695), Gent., of St. Andrew Undershaft Parish, London,
and Saint
Mary's County, Maryland.