It has been said that John of Marshfield was a relative of Rev. William Witherell and came to this country with him. In 1635, William Witherell of Maidstone, Schoolmaster, Mary, his wife, three children and one servant came in the Hercules; the certificate is dated March 14, 1634/5. Founders of New, England, pp 82, 83
There were a number of John Rodgers in early New, England, and different sources have very different dates. Presumably came from, England with his wife Frances and several children, but nothing certain is known of his origin or his life before his appearance in Scituate. He moved to Marshfield in 1647. His son John Rogers signed a deposition in Plymouth court on September 29, 1699, in which he says that in or about the year 1647 his father John Rogers lived on a lot of land between the land of Thomas Hicks and the land of John Stockbridge, adjoining Hicks' swamp, that about 1647 being about to move out of Scituate his father sold his house and lands to Thomas Simons and did so move, and that the deponent who lived with him many years had never heard him lay any claim to the said land after he removed from it.
In 1651 John Rogers of Marshfield was fined for vilifying the ministry and bound to good behavior in the sum of L20. He was fined for not attending town meetings in 1649, 1651-1653. Probably he had Quaker sympathies. He died in 1661.
The will of John Rodgers Sr. of Mrashfield in court on 6/5/1661 is pretty clear in naming wife Francis, daughter Ann Hudson and John Hudson and grandchildren from the Russell marriage.
No certainty as to origin or immigration. John Rodgers of Marshfield. Quite possibly came as servant to William Wetherell in 1635 on the Hercules, Scituate and then to Marshfield about 1647 (fined there 1649-53 for not attending town meetings.John R
