The Rogerenes
Some hitherto unpublished annals belonging to the colonial history of Connecticut
John R. Bolles ; Anna B. Williams
- The
- Rogers
- were
- a
- religious
- sect
- founded
- in
- 1674
- by
- John
- Rogers
- (1648–1721)
- in
- New
- London,
- Connecticut.
- They
- were
- opposing
- the
- Protestant
- church,
- refused
- to
- celebrate
- Sunday,
- as
- they
- perceived
- every
- day
- as
- holy,
- and
- also
- refused
- to
- pay
- taxes.
- They
- founded
- several
- settlements
- in
- Connecticut
- and
- New
- Jersey.
- This
- book
- was
- aimed
- to
- correct
- the
- record
- on
- some
- historical
- information
- about
- this
- family
- and
- its
- controversial
- leader.
- It
- gives
- many
- new
- details
- about
- the
- Rogers
- and
- Bolles
- families
- and
- documents
- many
- cases
- of
- people
- being
- jailed,
- whipped,
- and
- otherwise
- persecuted
- without
- due
- process
- for
- their
- religious views.
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