Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry

Living

Sex: F

Parents

Father: Hon. James Johnstone Rogerson MHA ²⁹² Mother: Emma Garrett Blaikie ²⁹² ^,1512

Spouses and Children

1. *Hon. Alexander James Whiteford McNeily M.H.A. ⁶⁴³⁹ Marriage:
Marriage Events
• Minister/Priest: Rev. Thomas Harris, Wesleyan Church, 24 Jun 1878, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Children: 1. Living 2. Living 3. Living

Dr. John Rogerson

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cal 1762 ⁴⁶⁰⁴ Christening: Death: 20 Dec 1839 - Wamphray, Dumfries, Scotland ( about age 77) ⁴⁶⁰⁴ Burial: After 20 Dec 1839 - Dunning, Perth, Scotland ⁴⁶⁰⁴ Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Dr. John Rogerson FRS, FRSE ¹⁷² ^,4603 Mother: Living

Spouses and Children

1. *Elizabeth C. Grieg ⁴⁶⁰⁴ Marriage: Children: 1. Elizabeth Rogerson

Dr. John Rogerson FRS, FRSE

Sex: M
AKA: John Rodgerson ³⁹⁹¹
Individual Information

Birth Date: 22 Oct 1741 - Wamphray, Dumfries, Scotland ¹⁷² ^,3991 ^,7869 ^,7870 Christening: 26 Oct 1741 - Johnstone, Dumfries, Scotland ³⁹⁹¹ ^,5817 Death: 21 Dec 1823 - Moffat, Dumfries, Scotland ( at age 82) ¹⁷² ^,7869 ^,7870 Burial: After 21 Dec 1823 - Wamphray, Dumfries, Scotland ¹⁷² ^,7870 Cause of Death:
Events
• Residence: Lochbrow Farm, Lochmaben, Dumfries, Scotland. (Occupant)
• Graduation: School of Medicine, University of Edinburgh, 1765, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
• Arrival: Via Elsinore in Denmark, 1766, Petersburg, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia.
• Occupation: First Surgeon to Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, 1769-1815, Petersburg, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia. Also served Tsars Paul I and Alexander I.
• Honors: Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, 1779, London, Greater London, England.
• Honors: Foreign Fellow, Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
• Property: Purchased Dumcrieff, childhood home of friend, George Clerk, 1805, Wamphray, Dumfries, Scotland. Took until 1820 to completely rebuild to new Dumcrieff House.
• Retirement: Estate named New Dumcrieff, 1816, Moffat, Dumfries, Scotland.

Parents

Father: Samuel Rogerson ¹⁷² Mother: Janet Johnston ³⁹⁹¹ ^,5811

Spouses and Children

1. Living Marriage Notes

110122 from Scotland's People

07/07/1813 ROGERSON, JOHN (Old Parish Registers Marriages 853/A 10 422 Wamphrey) Page 422 of 423
Children: 1. Dr. John Rogerson

Notes
General:

151221:

From the National Gallery of Scotland accompanying his portrait shown here:

John Rogerson was born near Lochmaben in Dumfries and Galloway. After studying medicine at the University of Edinburgh he travelled to Russia to pursue a medical career. By 1776 he was physician to the Empress of Russia, Catherine the Great; he also became an advisor and diplomat at the Russian court. After Catherine's death in 1796, Rogerson served as physician to her successors, Tsars Paul I and Alexander I. In 1816, following fifty years' service, he left St. Petersburg and returned to Scotland, settling on his estate at Dumcrieff near Moffat. He maintained his taste for Russian delicacies, requesting deliveries of caviar, salted cucumber, Astrakhan grapes and reindeer tongues, to complement his Scottish food and to present as gifts to his friends.

Updated before 2020

Artist:Johann Battista Lampi IItalianAustrian (1751 - 1830)
Title:Dr. John Rogerson, 1741 - 1823. Physician and adviser to Catherine the Great
Date created:1792 - 1796
Materials:
Oil on canvas
Measurements:76.40 x 63.00 cm (framed: 97.00 x 84.50 x 13.00 cm)
Object type:Painting
Credit line:Purchased 1982
Accession number:
PG 2507
Gallery:
On Loan
Depicted:Dr. John Rogerson
Subject:Medicine and science

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From Dumfries and Galloway online:

Dr John Rogerson and Dumfries & Galloway

Dr John Rogerson

On the 21st December 1823, Dr John Rogerson died at Dumcrieff. He indeed, it could be said, had been one of the men who had well served Catherine the Great as her personal doctor and confidante for more than half his life.

The position he attained afforded him the opportunity to get closer than most to the imperial families of Russia. He would also have been a close observer of many historical events throughout this period and most certainly had been involved in them. However Rogerson was an extremely private individual sharing with history that elusiveness of fact and certainty; a lot of his life today still remains a mystery.

What we can be sure of though is that from very humble beginnings John Rogerson returned to Scotland a very wealthy individual. His time spent treating the Russian elite as their personal doctor and confidante resulted in this onetime tenant farmer's son, being in his later days in a position, of having tenants of his own farming land on his Wamphray Estate.

Rogerson's life begun in a small tenant farm in lower Annandale (Lochbrow), and ended eighty four years later in Dumcrieff House less than five miles from where it began. His affinity for Scotland throughout his life remained and recognition of his achievements in his profession was accorded upon his return when he was made a freeman of Dumfries.

A Tenant's Family
Janet Johnston, wife of Samuel Rogerson, gave birth in lower Annandale on 22 October 1741 to a baby boy at their cottage in Lochbrow near Lochmaben. Four days later, the child was baptised and named John. With the passage of years, John had grown to be a likeable and intelligent young man, aware of the daily concerns of his tenant farmer family. At the same time, he was benefiting from contacts and relationships with people in other walks of life.

As a teenager, he was a frequent and welcome visitor to the Clerk family who had acquired in 1737 Dumcrieff as their summer house. He was observing their efforts to improve the property, add more rooms to it and generally improve its interior and in the grounds, to repair fencing and dyking and to create a plantation of forest trees. John must have been saddened when his good friend, George Clerk had to close his linen factory in Dumfries and sell Dumcrieff in 1782.

At home, the news from Russia was that John's Uncle James Mounsey was doing very well and was now a doctor. Mounsey availed himself of the opportunity to attend lectures at Paris University and eventually while in Paris emerged with a medical qualification. After five years with the Navy, he opted for private practice in Saint Petersburg where eventually he was appointed as private doctor to the obese Empress Elizabeth. After her death, Peter III awarded Dr Mounsey the rank of Privy Councillor. The unfortunate Peter was soon removed from the throne and was replaced by his wife Catherine II, who was to gain glory later as Catherine the Great. The change of sovereign was the main event of 1762. Mounsey retired and returned to Scotland wealthy and built himself the luxurious mansion of Rammerscales, near Hightae.

Mounsey's return gave John Rogerson, by then a student of Medicine in Edinburgh, the chance to discuss with his uncle in great detail the situation and prospects in Russia. He was encouraged to seek a career there. Soon after obtaining his medical degree in 1765, he too left for Petersburg via Elsinore in Denmark, arriving in the Russian capital some time in 1766.

On 5 September 1766 he was interviewed by a three member Committee and gained his permit to practice medicine in Russia. Following that, an Imperial "ukaze" appointed him as "Court Doctor" in February 1769. His next task was to learn Russian. He quite easily learned to speak it, but his writing of it was bad. However, he won widespread sympathy among the nobility of St Petersburg.

Visits Home
Dr Rogerson paid several visits to Scotland from his post in Petersgrad. Two of the visits were connected to formal occasions: in 1782 he became a member of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. Four years later he was to receive in Dumfries the Freedom of the City. Other, unrecorded, visits were to see his father and relatives, but also to look for farm properties to buy. The aim was not to derive personal gain - which he did not need. Rather, he wished to provide opportunities for his son and "to make a difference" to the lives of as many as possible tenant farmers like his father. The first recorded purchase by Rogerson was Gillesbie Estate in 1782. The most expensive was the large Wamphray estate which cost him £90,000, a very large sum in 1810. But it was in 1805 that he bought Dumcrieff (www.dumcrieff.com). Rogerson must have seen the chance to secure for his retirement a wealth of happy memories.

As a young man Rogerson was a frequent visitor to Dumcrieff because of his friendship with the owners, Sir John Clerk of Penicuik and his son George Clerk-Maxwell.

In 1819 Dr. Rogerson was already some 78 years old and was, at last, organising his departure from Petersburg. He entrusted his nephew Alexander, who was employed by Messrs J. Thomson, T. Bonar & Co, with two tasks: the sale of his house and to take care of his 'serfs. Dr John Rogerson did not need to take with him to Scotland the strong and much praised carriage that the renowned coach maker Alexander Crichton in Edinburgh had built for him on order and delivered in St Petersburg some years ago. After all he could get a new one locally!

The Return Home
Dumcrieff Wamphray and the Rogersons" by Evan PantelourisOnce back in Scotland, Dr. Rogerson did not take residence immediately in the mansion he had acquired. He considered the building too small and unpretentious for a person of his wealth and status. He therefore decided to have it demolished and replaced on the same site with a new one of a size and on plans he would approve personally. Demolition and rebuilding would take time and Dr. Rogerson was staying in the meantime partly in Edinburgh but mostly in Moffat, at the residence of his friend, the Earl of Hopetoun (the present Moffat House Hotel). This enabled him to keep an eye on the work and ensure the result he envisaged. Only one room of the old building, an erstwhile dining room, was saved and incorporated in the new, as a reminder of the happy times of George Clerk's hospitality.

The building work at Dumcrieff was progressing and Dr Rogerson was satisfied, as he announced to a friend on 28 March 1820: "am glad the work is going so well at Dumcrieff and I should think that it will be right to have the additional offices erected as early as may be". He was right, and a few weeks later he was at last in residence in the Mansion of his dreams.

On 21 December 1823 Dr John Rogerson died at Dumcrieff and was buried on the 29 at the Wamphray Glen churchyard. There is now in that rural churchyard a simple roofless "enclosure" where a memorial plaque carries the bare inscription:

In memory of Dr John Rogerson, of Wamphray First physician to His Majesty the Emperor of Russia born.....1741.-died 2...Dec...1823...at the age of 82 years

Extract From "Dumcrieff Wamphray and the Rogersons" by Evan Pantelouris
(Download part of the PDF Here. 1MB)
If you wish to know more about this book please contact Philip Pantelouris at Dumcrieff.com

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311221:

"One of Mounsey's half-sisters married a Rogerson and had issue, Dr John Rogerson, who went to Russia, on Mounsey's advice, in 1766 and remained there till 1816. He also was an Honorary Member of the College of Physicians of Edinburgh. His descendant, Colonel Rogerson, resides in Dumfries to-day" (May 1926).

John A. Rogerson

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1886 - Ireland ⁴³³⁷ Christening: Death: 1965 - ( about age 79) Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Census: 1891, Hutton, Dumfries, Scotland. (Household Member)
• Residence: Gillesbie House, 1891, Hutton, Dumfries, Scotland. (Occupant)

Parents

Father: Col. William Rogerson 52rd Shropshire Regiment ⁴³³⁵ Mother: Georgiana Letitia Drought ⁴³³⁴

John Nicholls Rogerson

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1832 - Scotland ⁴⁶⁰³ Christening: Death: 22 Apr 1861 - Québec, Québec, Canada ( about age 29) ⁴⁶⁰³ Burial: Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Alexander Rogerson ²²⁰⁶ ^,4603 Mother: Eliza Miller ⁴⁶⁰³

John S. Rogerson

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1838 - Scotland ⁴⁶⁰⁴ Christening: Death: 14 Nov 1852 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland ( about age 14) ⁴⁶⁰⁴ Burial: After 14 Nov 1854 - Wamphray, Dumfries, Scotland ⁴⁶⁰⁴ Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: William Rogerson ⁴⁶⁰⁴ Mother: Agnes French ⁴⁶⁰⁴

Margaret Rogerson

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1802 - Johnstone, Dumfries, Scotland ⁵¹⁴⁸ Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Residence: 1807, Wamphray, Dumfries, Scotland. (Occupant)
• Residence: 1841, Johnstone, Dumfries, Scotland.

Parents

Father: James Rogerson ⁹⁷⁹ ^,5145 ^,5146 Mother: Margaret Halliday ⁹⁷⁹ ^,5145 ^,5146

Margaret Rogerson

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: 23 Feb 1799 - Wamphray, Dumfries, Scotland ⁹⁷⁹ Christening: Death: 13 Jan 1837 - Wamphray, Dumfries, Scotland ( at age 37) ⁴⁶⁰³ Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt. Birth: Cir 1800, Johnstone, Dumfries, Scotland.

Parents

Father: Samuel Rogerson ²²⁰⁶ ^,4603 Mother: Janet Mounsey ⁹⁷⁹

Spouses and Children

Children: 1. Dr. David Rogerson

Mary Frew Rogerson

Sex: F
AKA: Mary Rogerson ²²⁰⁹
Individual Information

Birth Date: Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Living: 7 Dec 1911, St. John's, Newfoundland.

Parents

Father: William Paterson Rogerson MBE ²⁹² Mother: Living

Spouses and Children

1. *Harry Pine Carter ¹⁶⁰⁸ Marriage: 20 Jan 1930 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Marriage Events
• Minister/Priest: Rev. Wylley Clark, 20 Jan 1930, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Children: 1. Living 2. Living

Notes
General:

061118:

Left $1000 in the will of Elizabeth Gillard.

A Collection of Newfoundland Wills
(G)
Elizabeth Gillard

Will of Elizabeth Gillard
from Newfoundland will books vol 12 pages 4 & 5 probate years 1921 & 1923

In re Elizabeth Gillard deceased

This is the last Will and Testament of me Elizabeth Gillard, Widow of the late John T.Gillard, of St. John's, Newfoundland.

I revoke all former wills.

Whereas under the provisions of the will of my late husband John T.Gillard I have the power to direct by my will the manner in which after my death the executors of the said John T.Gillard shall pay out of the residue of his estate the sum of Ten thousand dollars. I do hereby direct that the said sume of Ten thousand dallars shall be paid out of the residue of the estate of the said John T.Gillard unto my three brothers, namely Robert Tasker Steele of Hamiliton in Ontario, James Reid Steele of Montreal in Quebec and Robert Steele of Winnipeg in Manitoba in equal shares, the children of any of my said brothers who shall predecease me taking their deceased father's share.

To my niece Muriel Steele Wright, of Toronto, I leave the sum of Three thousand dollars.

To Emma Rogerson of Montreal, daughter of the late James Rogerson of St. John's, I leave the sum of One thousand dollars.

To Cyril G. Tessier, son of the late Charles W.H. Tessier, I leave the sum of One thousand dollars.

To the Association for the Prevention of Consumption I leave the sum of One thousand dollars.

To Mary Rogerson, youngest daughter of William P. Rogerson I leave the sum of One thousand dollars.

To Charles H. Renouf, my late husband's Clerk, I leave the sum of Five hundred dollars.

To Milicent Dunfield, daughter of the late Canon Dunfield I leave the sum of Five hundred dollars.

My watch and chain I leave to Sarah, daughter of my brother Arthur Steele.

My jewel box and its contents I leave to my niece Muriel Steele Wright.

My household furntiture, clothing and all personal effects I leave to my friend Mrs. Alfred G.Smith.

All the rest residue and remainder of my estate I leave to my niece Muriel Steele Wright.

I appoint Herbert E.Knight of St. John's Solicitor and Charles H.Renouf of St. John's, Accountant, Executors of this my will.

Dated at St. John's, Newfoundland, this 7th day of December A.D. 1911 Elizabeth Gillard.

Signed Published and Declared by the said Testatrix as and for her last Will and Testament in our presence who in her presence and at her request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses. Herbert E.Knight. Elizabeth Moss.

Correct William F. Lloyd
Registrar of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland.

(Listed in the margin next to this will the following)
Fiat March 15/21
The Chief Justice
Probate granted
to Herbert E
Knight & Charles
H Renouf
March 15/21
Estate sworn at
$21,629.56

Codicil.

This is a Codicil to my last Will and Testament.

I revoke the legacies of One thousand dollars which I had left to Emma Rogerson and of Five hundred Dollars which I had left to Millicent Dunfield.

I leave One thousand dollars to Walter Pritchard and Five hundred dollars to Hope Pritchard the children of Muriel Pritchard of Bay Roberts.

Dated at St. John's this 14th day of September A.D. 1915. Bessie Gillard.

Signed Published and Declared by the said Testatrix as and for a Codicil to her last Will and Testament in our presence who in her presence and at her request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses. C.H. Renouf Herbert Knight.

Correct

(Listed in the margin next to this codicil the following)
Fiat June 19/23
Kent J
Probate of a
Codicil granted
to Herbert E
Knight &
Charles H
Renouf
June 19/23
Estate sworn at
$21,629.56

Note: The wills in those will books are NOT actual wills. They are hand-written copies of a, "last will and testament," written by the court clerk, after the death of the testator, when the executor presented them to the court for probate. The court clerk didn't list the signatures at the bottom, he (or she) just put them in the book in whatever order they were in, on the original document, no spacing most of the time, no punctuation. The originals were kept by the executor.
We who have typed these wills, have made every effort to include all the errors that were on the microfilm, in order to avoid destroying the integrity of the originals, where ever they may be.

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Paul Mounsey Rogerson

Sex: M
AKA: Paul M. Rogerson ⁷⁴³⁰
Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 29 Apr 1827 - Harbour Grace, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁷⁴³⁰ Christening: 29 Apr 1827 - Harbour Grace, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ³⁷⁰⁵ Death: 15 Feb 1849 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( about age 21) ⁷⁴³¹ Burial: After 15 Feb 1849 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁷⁴³¹ Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Peter Richard Rogerson MEC ¹³⁸⁹ Mother: Amelia Palmer ⁵⁹⁵ Marriage Did Not Marry

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