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State of Service: CT
Qualifying Service: Surgeon / Patriotic Service
Author: Harry Mirick
David Rogers was born August 21, 1748 in Norwalk, CT. His parents were Dr. Uriah Rogers and Hannah Lockwood Rogers. David Rogers married Martha Tennet in Greenfield Hill, CT on September 1, 1772. They were the parents of twelve children: David (1773), Martha (1774), William (1776), Susan (1778), Charles (1779), Samuel (1782), as second Samuel (1784), a third Samuel (1786), Morris (1788), Gilbert (1790), Julian (1794), and yet another Samuel (1796). David studied medicine under his father and received a license to practice medicine in New York City. He served several times on the School Committee for Greenfield Hill both before and after his revolutionary service. He also served on committees to supply pulpit on several occasions after the Revolution, and served as Surveyor of Highways in 1786. Early in the Revolution Dr. Rogers was appointed Surgeon under the command of Gen. Gold Sellek Silliman in the Fourth Regiment Connecticut Militia. He was present at the Battle of Ridgefield, where Major General David Wooster was killed and General Benedict Arnold sustained a leg injury. Dr. David Rogers died June 21, 1829, in Norwich, CT. He is buried in the Harris Cemetery.
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