Hugh Rogers

Resident slave-owner, brother of Thomas Rogers and John Rogers (each of whom q.v.) and co-owner with his family of Clonbrock in Demerara. Natural son of Thomas Rogers senior of Clonbrook.

1. There is a memorial to Hugh Rogers Esq of Clonbrook in St Andrew's Church, Georgetown, giving his date of birth as 14 Dec 1786 and date of death as 8 July 1839.

2. Hugh Rogers, joint proprietor of Clonbrook and book-keeper at Bachelor's Adventure, gave evidence against several enslaved people following the Demerara Rebellion in 1823. During the same trials, Simon Rogers confirmed that his brothers John, Hugh and Thomas Rogers were joint proprietors of Clonbrook.

1. Email from David Alston 01/03/2020.

2. A. Stevenson, Report of the Trials of the insurgent negroes before a General Court-Martial held at Georgetown, Demerara, on the 25th of August 1823, and continued by adjournment, until the 11th of October following (1823) pp. 59-60, 136-137, 196.

We are grateful to David Alston for his assistance with compiling this entry.