John Rodgers, U.S. Navy-- Part 1

From Find-A-Grave.

He was the brother of George Washington Rodgers who married Anna Maria Perry, the daughter of Christopher R. Perry, the father of Oliver Hazard Perry and Matthew Calbraith Perry.

Birth:  11 July, 1772 in Havre de Grace, Maryland

Death:  1 August 1838  (age 66)  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Buried:  Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.

Range 56, Site 152

Sons of Commodore George Washington Rodgers and Anna Maria Perry

Their three sons all served in the military and two were killed in wars.

CHRISTOPHER RAYMOND PERRY RODGERS (1819-1892)   USNA 1833, Mexican War, Commanded USS Wabash at Battle of Port Royal and capture of Fort Pulaski.  Became rear admiral and commanded USNA 1874-1878.  I'll write more about him in my Running the Blockade blog.

GEORGE WASHINGTON RODGERS  (1822-1863)   Mexican War  Commanded USS Constitution in 1860 and moved Academy  to Newport, R.I. during Civil War.  Killed while in command of monitor USS Catskill 17 August 1863 during Second Battle of Charleston Harbor.  I'll write more about him in my Running the Blockade blog.

ALEXANDER PERRY RODGERS  (1825-1847)   U.S. Army.  Graduated USMA 1845  Killed in Mexican War at the Battle of Chalputepec September 13, 1846, at age 22 while leading his company.

The Navy Tradition Continues.  --Brock-Perry

A Perry Son-in-Law Through Marriage, Commodore George Washington Rodgers

Married Anna Maria Perry, daughter of Christopher R. Perry.

Commodore GEORGE WASHINGTON RODGERS  (1787- 1832)

Born:    22 Feb 1787  Harford County, Maryland

Death:   21 May 1832  Buenos Aires, Argentina    While in the Navy.

Burial:  Cedar Grove Cemetery,  New London, Connecticut.  Wife Anna Maria Perry Rodgers also buried there.

Died in Bueno Aires while in command of U.S. squadron off Brazil.

He also had several sons who served in the U.S. Navy.  I will post about the couple's sons next.

His brother, John Rodgers, was also in the U.S. Navy and commanded during the War of 1812.

--Brock-Perry

Final Resting Places of Family of Christopher R. Perry

FATHER:  Judge Freeman Perry (1732-1813)  Perry Family Cemetery  South Kingstown, Rhode Island

MOTHER:  Mercy Hazard Perry  (1739-1803)    same    So this is where the name Hazard comes from.

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CHRISTOPHER R. PERRY  Island Cemetery, Newport, Rhode Island

SARAH WALLACE ALEXANDER PERRY   Same

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CHILDREN

Oliver Hazard Perry    Same

Matthew Calbraith Perry   Same

Raymond Henry Jones Perry     Juniper Hill Cemetery   Bristol, Rhode Island

Anna Maria Perry Rodgers     Cedar Grove Cemetery  New London, Connecticut

Sarah Wallace Perry       Same

Nathaniel Hazard Perry     Same

Jane Tweedy Perry Butler     Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery, Greenville, South Carolina.

I couldn't find where Lt. James Alexander Perry was buried.

--Brock-Perry

The Family of Christopher Perry-- Part 2: Two More Sons in the Navy and a Daughter Married a Navy Officer

**  Anna Maria Perry  ((1797-1858)  Married Commodore George Washington Rodgers (1787-1832)

**  Jane Tweedy Perry  (1799-1876)  Married William Butler Jr. (1790-1850) a surgeon  an U.S. Congressman in 1819.

**  Lieutenant  James Alexander Perry  (1801-1822)  U.S. Navy from 1811 to his death.  Served with his brother Oliver Hazard Perry at the Battle of Lake Erie at age 12.

**  Purser Nathaniel Hazard Perry (1803-1832)    U.S. Navy from 1820 until his death.

Quite A Group of Children.  --Brock-Perry