APPENDIXES
I: Other Virginians by the Name of William Rogers
In order to feel absolutely certain that the William Rogers of Yorktown was the "poor potter" so often mentioned by Governor Gooch, a check was made through the records of all 17th-and 18th-century Virginians named William Rogers to see if any others might possibly have been associated with the Yorktown pottery.
The earliest William Rogers found was listed as one of a group of 60 persons transported and assigned to Richard Cooke in Henrico County.[233] In 1639 a "Mr. William Rogers" was viewer of the tobacco crop in Upper Norfolk.[234] In 1718 a William Rogers died in Richmond County.[235] It is quite evident that none of these was the "poor potter."
In 1704 a William Rogers owned 200 acres in Accomack County on the Eastern Shore,[236] and in 1731 a will of William Rogers was recorded there.[237]
In Surry County several men of this name are noted.
One of them was bound as an apprentice in 1681;[238] this William Rogers was probably the same man who was listed in 1687 in the Surry militia "for Foot."[239] In 1702 a William Rogers took up some newly opened land "on the South side of Blackwater," which was measured by the surveyor for Charles City County (only meaning, perhaps, that Surry did not have its own surveyor).[240] In 1704 a William Roger (sic) owned 450 acres in Surry.[241] Two years later William Rogers, Jr., had 220 acres surveyed on the "S. side of Blackwater" in Surry County.[242] Meanwhile a William Rogers had recorded a will in Surry in 1701, and another (presumably William Rogers, Jr.) did so in 1727.[243]
A William Rogers was listed in Lancaster in 1694 as the husband of Elizabeth Skipworth,[244] and he appears to have been tithable in the Christ Church parish in 1714.[245] Wills are recorded under the name in Lancaster County in 1728 and 1768.[64]
None of these records dispute the strong evidence discovered at Yorktown concerning the identity of the "poor potter."
II. Evidence of William Rogers' Properties
Virginia Gazette, SEPTEMBER 10, 1736
"To be Lett or Sold, very reasonably. The House which formerly belong'd to Col Jenings, in which the Bristol store was lately kept, being the next House to John Clayton's, Esq.; in Williamsburg: It is a large commodious House, with Two Lots, a Garden, Coach-House, Stable, and other Outhouses and Conveniences. Enquire of Capt. William Rogers, in York, or of William Parks, Printer in Williamsburg."
Rogers' Will (1739)
To his wife Theodosia: "... two Lotts—lyeing & being in the City of Wmsburgh together with the Dwelling House and other houses thereunto belonging" and also
"... a Lott lying behind Cheshire's Lott number 63 in York Town that I bought of Mr. George Reade, with all the Improvements upon it during his life and after his death." ["Behind Cheshire's Lott" apparently means Lot 59, next to it. See plat.]
"... one certain Tract or Parcel of Land, lying being and adjoining to Mountford's Mill Dam in the County of York commonly called & known by the Name of Tarripin Point."
"... the parcel of Land that I bought of Mr Edwd Smith except one Chain and that to be laid off at the end next the Lott that I bought of Francis Moss with all the Improvements on it and in case I should dye before I build upon it, I shall leave all the plank & framing stuff together with the window frames & all the other things designed for the House to my Wife and not to be appraised with my Estate and if my Carpenter is not free that he shall not be appraised but serve his time out and with my said Wife." [Francis Morse owned Lot 75, extreme southwest corner. Therefore, this was probably Lot 74.]
- "unto my son W^m Rogers
- all my Lotts in Yorktown where I now dwell with all
- the houses thereunto belonging."
- "also the warehouse by the waterside and
- all other my Lands and Tenements wherever lying
- except the Lotts & Land before given to my Wife."
To his daughter Susanna Reynolds: "the Lott that I bought of Mr Francis Morse known by the No 75 together with the Brickhouse and all other Improvements upon it also one Chain of the Land that I bought of Mr Edward Smith to be taken at the end next to the Lott to her & her heirs for Ever in case I dye before the House is done I then leave also bricks enough to finish the house, together wth the window frames & doors and what other framing was design'd for her house...."
64 Virginia Wills and Administrations, loc. cit. (footnote 53).
III: Inventory of William Rogers' Estate[246]
Pursuant to an Order of York Court Dec. the 17th 1739 We the Subscribers being first sworn before Wm. Nelson junr Gent have appraised the Estate of Capt. Wm. Rogers decd. as followeth Vizt.
| Waterford £25 Betty £25 Adam £30 Blackwall £30 | £110. | 0. | 0 | |
| Nanny £18 Lazarus Son of Nanny £5 | 23. | 0. | 0 | |
| Amy Daughter of Nanny £16 Grace Daughter of Nanny 8£ | 24. | 0. | 0 | |
| Barnaby £15 Samson £25 Quaqua £25 Tony £30 | 95. | 0. | 0 | |
| Jo £30 York £25 Jack £25 George £22 Tom 30 | 132. | 0. | 0 | |
| Monmouth £30 London £30 Ben £30 Pritty £30 | 120. | 0. | 0 | |
| Phillis £25 Sarah £30 Harry £25 Lucy £12 | 92. | 0. | 0 | |
| Little Nanny £25 Phoeby £20 Phil son of Phoeby £5 | 50. | 0. | 0 | |
| Cato £20 James £18 Peg £16 | 54. | 0. | 0 | |
| Household Goods &c. 1 Clock £6 one Silver hilt Cutting Sword and one pr. Silver Spurrs 4£ | 10. | 0. | 0 | |
| 1 Tea Pott 5 Spoons 2 pt. Cans and 2 Salts of Silver | 11. | 15. | 0 | |
| To a parcel China ware £10 a pcl Glasses & Table Stand £1.10 | 11. | 10. | 0 | |
| a pcl books £4 a pcl Sheets Table Linnen and one wt. Quilt 22l | 26. | — | — | |
| 1 Silver Salver 1 pt. Can 2 Salts 11 Spoons and one Soop Do | 14. | — | — | |
| 1 Silver Watch £4 one horse Colt £4 a Coach & 4 horses £40 | 48. | — | — | |
| a Neat Picture of King Charles the Second | 2. | 10. | 0 | |
| 1 Marble Table £2 one corner cupboard wth. a glass face 20/ | 3. | — | — | |
| 1 Looking Glass £1.10 1 pr. Glass Sconces 15/ | £2. | 5. | 0 | |
| 1 Chimney Glass wth. a pr. brass arms £2 a japaned corner Cupboard | 2. | 15. | 0 | |
| 12 Chairs wth. Walnut frames & Cane bottoms | 5. | — | — | |
| 1 Dutch picture in a guilt frame | 0. | 10. | 0 | |
| 7 Cartoons 4 glass Pictures 4 Maps & 3 small Pictures | 1. | 5. | 0 | |
| 1 Large walnut Table £1.15 one less Do 20/ | 2. | 15. | 0 | |
| 1 small Table & one Tea board 5/ one Iron back 12/ | 0. | 17. | 0 | |
| 1 pr. And Irons 20/ one Iron fender 1 pr. Tongs & Shovel fire 7/6 | 1. | 7. | 6 | |
| 1 Iron plate frame 7/6 8 China Pictures in large frames 8/ | 0. | 15. | 6 | |
| 1 Copper Cistern 13/ 12 Ivory handle knives & forks £1.10 | 2. | 3. | 0 | |
| 11 Eboney Do 12/6 12 Desart Do wth. Ivory handles 12/ | 1. | 4. | 6 | |
| 4 Window Curtains & Vallins £1.10 one small Cherry Table 6/ | 1. | 16. | 0 | |
| 2 Mares & one Colt £5 a pcl of Carpenters Tools £2.10 | 7. | 10. | 0 | |
| 27 head Cattle £17 Six high back Chairs wth. rush bottoms £1.10 | 18. | 10. | 0 | |
| 1 Bed Bolster Pillow Bedsted 1 pr. blankets & Quilt | 3. | — | — | |
| 2 small pine Tables | 0. | 4. | 0 | |
| 1 large Bed Bolster 1 Pillow 1 pr. blankets Bedstead Curtain rod Workt Curtains & Vallins | 7. | |||
| 1 Bed Bolster 2 pillows 1 pr. blankets 1 Old Quilt old blue Hangings & Bedsted | 4. | — | — | |
| 1 Looking Glass 20/. 2 pr. window Curtains 10/ one pr. Sconces 6/ | 1. | 16. | 0 | |
| 1 pr. large mony Scales & weights 12/6 1 pr. less do 5/ | 0. | 17. | 6 | |
| 1 pr. small do 2/6 5 rush bottom Chairs wth black frames 7/6 | 0. | 10. | 0 | |
| A Chimney piece 10/ 52 Pictures in the Hall 10/ | 1. | |||
| 1 Couch Squab and pillow 30/ 1 japand Tea Table 5/ | 1. | 5. | 0 | |
| 1 Small pine Table 1/ 2 Walnut Stools 3/ | 0. | 4. | 0 | |
| 1 Chimney Glass 4/ one pr. Sconces 7/6 1 Dressing Table 2/ | 1. | 09. | 6 | |
| 1 Looking Glass wth Drawers 20/ one Iron back 6/ | £1. | 6. | 0 | |
| 1 pr. And Iron 7/6 1 pr. Tongs & fire Shovel 4/ | 0. | 11. | 6 | |
| 1 brass fender 5/ 1 Case wth Drawers 1.5 | 1. | 10. | 0 | |
| 1 pr. Backgammon Tables 12/6 Tea Chest & Cannisters 6/ | 0. | 18. | 6 | |
| 1 Dresing Box 5/ 1 Trumpet 5/ 1 large Elbow Chair 7/6 | 0. | 17. | 6 | |
| A Dutch Picture in a guilt frame | 2. | 0 | ||
| 1 Bed Bedstead Bolster 2 pillows 1 blanket 1 Quilt Curtains Vallins & Curtain Rod | 6. | 0. | 0 | |
| 1 Bedstead wth Sacking bottom 1 small Bed & one pillow | 1. | 10. | 0 | |
| 1 Dram Case & 6 Bottles 12/6 2 pr. window Curtains 10/ | 1. | 2. | 6 | |
| 1 Copper preserving pan 10/ 1 pr. large pistols 15/ | 1. | 5. | 0 | |
| 1 pr. Holsters 5/ 1 pr. holster Caps & housing laced and flowerd with Silver 20/ | 1. | 5. | 0 | |
| 14 bottles Stoughton's Elixir 14/ 6l Chocolate 18/ | 1. | 12. | 0 | |
| 20 lb Cocanuts £2, 50 Ells Ozn brigs £2.10 | 4. | 10. | 0 | |
| 15½ yds Dorsay 9 Strips twist 2 hh Silk 5 doz Coat and 2 doz. brest buttons | 2. | 0. | 0 | |
| 3 Cloth brushes 3/ 28 Maple handle knives 5/10 | 0. | 8. | 10 | |
| 10 Yarn Caps 2/6 3 horn books 6d 3 Baskits 4/ | 0. | 7. | 0 | |
| 1 Iron back in the work room 5/ 1 Do in the Little Chamber 6/ | 0. | 11. | 0 | |
| 1 Iron fender 1 pr Tongs & fire Shovell 5/ 1 pr Andirons 2/ | 0. | 7. | 0 | |
| 5 brass Candle Sticks 2 Tinder boxes & 1 Iron Candle Stick 14/ | 0. | 14. | 0 | |
| 1 Flasket and a parcel Turners Tools | 0. | 18. | 0 | |
| 8 pr Negros Shoes £1.4. 72 yds Cantaloon £1.4 | 2. | 8. | 0 | |
| 11 yds Coarse Stuff 5/6 1 old Desk 20/ 1 Cedar Press 15/ | 2. | 0. | 6 | |
| 13 Cannisters 3/6 16 Tin patty pans 12 Cake Do 2 Bisket Do 12 Chocolate Do 2 Coffee pots and 1 Funnell 11/6 | 0. | 15. | 0 | |
| 1 Box Iron & 2 heaters 5/ 1 Coffee mill 4/ | £0. | 9. | 0 | |
| 1. 2 hour Glass 1/ 5 broad hows 13/ 1 Spining Wheel 5/ | 0. | 19. | 0 | |
| 2 4l flat Irons 6/ 1 Trooping Saddle blue housing Crooper & Brest plate 20/ | 1. | 6. | 0 | |
| An Ozenbrig Skreen 10/ 1 small pine Chest 2/6 | 0. | 12. | 6 | |
| 1 Walnut Table 12/6 5 Candle Moulds 7/6 | 1. | — | — | |
| 1 Bark Sifter 5/ 10 Pictures 4/ 1 Cold Still 12/6 | 1. | 1. | 6 | |
| 1 pr Stilliards 7/6 12 New Sickles 12/ 10 old Do 2/6 | 1. | 2. | 0 | |
| 2 larger Sieves and 1 Hair Sifter 7/6 1 Case wth. 14 bottles 15/ | 1. | 2. | 6 | |
| 1 Bell Metal Skillet 12/ 1 pr brass Scales & weights 10/ | 1. | 2. | 0 | |
| 1 Coffee Roaster 4/ 1 fire Shovell 1 pr Tongs & 1 Iron fender 3/ | 0. | 7. | 0 | |
| 6 woodin Chairs and 1 old Cane Do | 0. | 8. | 0 | |
| 1 pewter Ink Stand 2/6 1 Tea Kettle 5/ | 0. | 7. | 6 | |
| 2 Trivets 2 pr Sheep Sheers and 1 pr Bellows 5/ | 0. | 5. | 0 | |
| 1 Warming pan 5/ 20 doz Quart bottles 2£ 1 whip Saw 20/ | 3. | 5. | 0 | |
| 3 Empty Casks and 2 beer Tubbs 7/6 | 0. | 7. | 6 | |
| 2 Powdering Tubbs and 1 large Cask | 0. | 6. | 0 | |
| A Meal Binn 3/ 3 Spills 9/ 1 worm Still £2/10 | 3. | 2. | 0 | |
| 4 Wheel barrows 8/ 3 Spades 7/ a Copper Kettle £2.10 | 3. | 5. | 0 | |
| 1 large Iron pott 12/6 1 Iron Kettle 15/ 1 Flasket 1/6 | 1. | 9. | 0 | |
| 1 Iron pott 1/6 1 Bed Bolster Bedsted 1 Rugg & 10 Blanket 1/10 | 1. | 11. | 6 | |
| 1 Bed Bolster Bedsted Blanket and 1 old Quilt | 17. | 6 | ||
| 1 old Table 1/6 6 oxen Ox Cart Yokes & Chains | 13. | — | — | |
| 80 lb Ginger 10/ 24 lb. Alspice £1.4 55 lb. Rice 5/ | 1. | 19. | 0 | |
| 50 lb. Snakeroot £1/5 34 lb. Hops 17/ 124 lb. feathers £5.3.4 | 7. | 5. | 4 | |
| a pcl old Sails & riging | 3. | — | — | |
| 1 pr large Scales & weights £2.10 a pcl crakt red ware £2 | £4. | 10. | 0 | |
| a parcel crakt Stone Do £5 11 pocket bottles 3/8 | 5. | 3. | 8 | |
| ½ barrel Gun powder £2.10 1 old Sain & ropes £1.10 | 4. | — | — | |
| 1 horse Mill £8 2300 lb. old Iron £9.11.8 | 17. | 11. | 8 | |
| 26 doz qt Mugs £5.4 60 doz pt Do 7.10 | 12. | 14. | 0 | |
| 11 doz Milk pans £2.4 9 large Cream potts 4/6 | 2. | 8. | 6 | |
| 9 Midle Sized Do 3/ 12 Small Do 2/ | 0. | 5. | 0 | |
| 2 doz red Saucepans 4/ 2 doz porringers 4/ | 0. | 8. | 0 | |
| 6 Chamber potts 2/ 4 doz bird bottles 12/ | 0. | 14. | 0 | |
| 3 doz Lamps 9/ 4 doz small stone bottles 6/ | 0. | 15. | 0 | |
| 4 doz small dishes 8/ 6 doz puding pans 2/ | 0. | 10. | 0 | |
| 26 Cedar pailes £2.12 40 Bushels Salt £4 | 6. | 12. | 0 | |
| 104 lb. pewter in Dishes & plates | 5. | 4. | 0 | |
| 1 Gallon 1. 2qt 1 qt 1 pt & 1 ½ pt pewter pott | 0. | 16. | 0 | |
| 1 pewter Bed pan 5/ 12 Sheep £3 | 3. | 5. | 0 | |
| 6 Washing Tubbs 12/ 1 Chocolate pott & Mill 6/ | 0. | 18. | 0 | |
| 6 Tea Spoons & a Childs Spoon of Silver | 1. | — | — | |
| 7 Bell Glasses 16/ 1 Kitchen jack 26/ | 2. | 2. | 0 | |
| 1 pr Andirons 15/ 1 large Copper pott & Cover 30/ | £2. | 5. | 0 | |
| 1 less Do 17/6 1 Marble Mortar 12/6 | 1. | 10. | 0 | |
| 1 Bell Metal Do and Iron Pestle | 0. | 10. | 0 | |
| 2 large knives 1 Choping Do 1 Basting Ladle 1 Brass Skimer 1 pr small Tongs and flesh fork | 0. | 5. | 0 | |
| 1 Copper Stew pan 1 Copper & 1 Iron frying pan 1 Tin fish Kettle | 0. | 14. | 0 | |
| 1 Brass Skillet and 2 Tin Covers | 0. | 9. | 0 | |
| 1 Iron Crane and 1 large Pestle | 0. | 8. | 0 | |
| 1 Water pail 1/6 1 Iron pott 1 pr hooks & 1 Iron Ladle 6/ | 0. | 7. | 6 | |
| 1 larger Iron pott & hooks 6/ 1 horse Cart & wheels £3 | 3. | 6. | 0 | |
| 1 old whip Saw 10/ 1 Set old Chain harness for 3 horses 20/ | 1. | 10. | 0 | |
| 1 Set Do for 3 Horses £4 8 Iron Wedges 12/6 | 4. | 12. | 6 | |
| 1 Bay horse £1.5 1 pr wooden Scales 2/ 2 Baskets 2/6 | 1. | 9. | 6 | |
| 1 old horse Cart £1.5 212 bushels wheat a 1/6d £15.18. | 17. | 1. | 0 | [sic] |
| 1 old Boat 10/ a New Sloop Boat Sails Rigging 2 Anchors 2 Cables 1 old Hawser and 1 Grapnell | 90. | 0. | 0 | |
| 1 Glass Light 3/ 2 Wyer Sieves 7/6 | 0. | 10. | 6 | |
| £1224. | 5. | 6 | [sic] | |
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