The Rogerenes

Some hitherto unpublished annals belonging to the colonial history of Connecticut

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  • 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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