Rogers, John (4)

Rogers, John (4), a Congregational preacher, was born probably at Assington, England, and came with his father to New England in 1636. He was graduated at Harvard College in 1649, having studied medicine and theology. He was invited to preach at Ipswich in 1656, where he remained until he became president of Harvard College, August, 1683. He died July 2, 1684. See Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, 1, 147.