James Rogers (British Army officer)

In the American War of Independence, he commanded the 2nd Battalion of the King's Rangers, thereby forfeiting his lands in Vermont.

[3] Between 1780 and 1783, Rogers was heavily involved in the negotiations with Ethan Allen and Thomas Chittenden to have Vermont come back under the British Crown.

[5] Rogers and Allen were both large land owners in Vermont, which had not been admitted to the newly formed United States because both New York and New Hampshire claimed it as their own,[6] and declared independence in 1777.

His second son, James Rogers III (1764–1841), petitioned the state of Vermont and reclaimed the townships of Londonderry in 1795 [7] and Windham in 1797.

[8] His third son, David McGregor Rogers (1772–1824), assisted in the petitions and became a member of the Upper Canada Parliament.