Thomas Rogers, eldest son of James and Mary Rogers, was born in 1639 in Newport, where he made his home and where he was a proprietor of common lands as late as 1702. He was a freeman in 1668. and must have been possessed of considerable property as his taxes amounted to nineteen shillings and four pence in 1680. In 1696 he purchased lands in Dartmouth for one hundred and ten pounds. His will bequeathed considerable parcels of land and large sums of money for that day to his children. He died November 23, 1719. His wife Sarah died after 1716. Children: James, Thomas, Jonathan, Sarah, John, Elizabeth, Jeremiah, Joseph, Daniel, Samuel and Abigail.
Thomas Rogers was listed as a freeman in 1668 and was taxed 19s., 4d., in 1680. On September 8, 1696 he bought of Thomas Earle, for 110, land in Dartmouth. He is called of Portsmouth at this date, but he was not there long probably, his residence being chiefly at Newport, Rhode Island. On 4 February 1702, he was known as a proprietor in common lands at Newport. His will was proved on 17 December 1719 with his son Samuel named as executor. He calls himself aged seventy-seven years: Two wife Sarah, half of dwelling house and land. To son Samuel, half of dwelling house and land. To son James, 5sh. To son Thomas, 7sh. To daughter Sarah, wife of Thomas Wells, 5sh. To son John Rogers, 5sh. To daughter Elizabeth, wife of Samuel Bailey, 5sh. To son Jerimiah, 3sh. To son Joseph, 6sh. To son Daniel, 6sh. To daughter Abigail Rogers, un- married, 12sh. To grandson Edward Rogers, 10sh.