8th to 4th GREAT GRANDPARENTS
Born 1720 to 1792
John Rodgers (1747-1836)
My Maternal 5th Great Grandfather, married Margaret Ann Daughtery
Surveyor & Frontiersman, his Daughter’s Carnton Plantation was Chosen for a NY Times Best Selling Novel
William Rodgers (1708-1750)
My Maternal 6th Great Grandfather, married Margaret Caldwell
Building a Settlement, Small Pox and Mohawk Adoption
William Caldwell Rodgers (1771-1856)
My Maternal 4th Great Grandfather, married Elizabeth “Betsy” Rutter
Capt. in the Cornstalk Militia, Helped Secure Frontier Borders against Native Attacks, Donated Land for the City of Salem, Divorced his Wife for “Leaving his House and Board”.