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ROBERT ROGERS (1727-1784?)

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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 457 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ROBERT See also:ROGERS (1727-1784?)  , See also:American frontier soldier, was See also:born of Irish parentage in 1727, probably at See also:Methuen, See also:Massachusetts, whence his See also:father, See also:James See also:Rogers (often See also:con-fused with James Rogers, an See also:early settler of See also:Londonderry, N.H.), removed in 1739 to Starktown (now Dunbarton), New See also:Hampshire . During the Seven Years' See also:War he raised and commanded a force of See also:militia, known as Rogers' Rangers, which won a wide reputation for its courage and endurance in the See also:campaigns about See also:Lake See also:George . He took See also:part in See also:Wolfe's expedition against See also:Quebec, and on the 4th of See also:October 1759 he destroyed an See also:Abnaki See also:Indian See also:village on the St See also:Francis See also:river near its mouth and killed about 200 of its inhabitants . After the See also:Montreal See also:campaign of 176o, in which he served, he was sent by See also:General See also:Amherst to take See also:possession of the See also:north-western posts, occupied See also:Detroit on the 29th of See also:November, and later returned to the See also:east .

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