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See also:ROGERS, See also:ROBERT (1727-1784?) , See also:American frontier soldier, was See also:born of Irish parentage in 1727, probably at See also:Methuen, See also:Massachusetts, whence his See also:father, See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James Rogers (often See also:con-fused with James Rogers, an See also:early settler of See also:Londonderry, N.H.), removed in 1739 to Starktown (now Dunbarton), New See also:Hampshire. During the Seven Years' See also:War he raised and commanded a force of See also:militia, known as Rogers' Rangers, which won a wide reputation for its courage and endurance in the See also:campaigns about See also:Lake See also:George. He took See also:part in See also:Wolfe's expedition against See also:Quebec, and on the 4th of See also:October 1759 he destroyed an See also:Abnaki See also:Indian See also:village on the St See also:Francis See also:river near its mouth and killed about 200 of its inhabitants. After the See also:Montreal See also:campaign of 176o, in which he served, he was sent by See also:General See also:Amherst to take See also:possession of the See also:north-western posts, occupied See also:Detroit on the 29th of See also:November, and later returned to the See also:east.
End of Article: ROGERS, ROBERT (1727-1784?)
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