Emma Rogers.. mythical creature and grand grand... we still do not know how many, had a sister named Rebecca. Before we get into the tale of Rebecca, I just need to add that looking into ancestors is quite a sad experience. These poor people that are our ancestors certainly did not have an easy life.
This little investigation started when I spotted an anomaly on Robert Rogers timeline. See if you can see it.
If you didn't spot the problem, it is due to you being a nice person. If we look at the year 1816, we have the Marriage to Sarah Newman happening in June and then the birth of Rebecca. Either this is the earliest recording of a extremely prem baby surviving or the ancestors were rocking it in the 19th century.
After having a bit of a snigger, I though it would be pertinent to see when Rebecca's birthday was. It was at this point where the strangeness increased exponentially. I found a birth record for her
But the mothers name was Elizabeth. Her birth date is in January. If we take it that her mother died, during child birth, then her father managed to get her a new mommy by the time she was 6 month old. This may not be her, as I see a Baptism of her when she was 11. Who knows what that was all about.
She gets dragged off to the savage lands of Africa where she watches her baby sister die on the way over from England. She then gets to grow up on with the settlers which could not have been an easy existence.
At 17 she gets married on the 14th of January to Jacob Trollip to and by the end of the year she has a baby. Way to go on the spreading the genetics. Jacob was also a passenger on the same boat that sailed in 1820. He too was a child. He was 8 years older than her so a whole 23 when they got married.
A year later her father is killed during a savage attack. " in Military Action, 6th Frontier War (1834 -1835) [Hintsa's War]"
Then less than a years later she is dead. Oh what a waste. Though sharing her genetics she probably could not keep her mouth shut, and hence she was the only women killed during a Xhosa attack. It seems she was defending her husband. This too is how we would all behave. I heard something that I think cover it "you can do anything with just 20 second of intense braveness!"
Here is what the one site said about it "Description: stabbed by natives" . I found another "the Sixth Frontier War of 1835, in which Rebecca ROGERS, wife of Stephen TROLLIP's brother, Jacob, was killed defending her husband." and lastly "Rebecca ROGERS, + Elephant Fountain 14.5.1835. She was killed by marauding Xhosa" and lastly "they spared the lives of the women and children, only one settler woman, Mrs Jacob Trollip, being stabbed to death."
This may be a picture of the man she defended, I hope he enjoyed his life! He looks like a little ray of sunshine! I found this "He was stabbed and killed by Xhosas - died 21.2.1859.".. so it was just delayed!
I found the quote that describes her death. The interesting bit is that it mentions her father , Robert Rogers as well.
Hockly's 'Story of the British Settlers of 1820'
mentions Alexander FORBES in his chapter on the Sixth
K* War of 1835
'The first victims of the native rising were naturally
the traders in K*land, living isolated and
defenceless among thousands of natives. Amongst these
traders murdered in the first few days were the
settlers R. HODGES, Robert ROGERS, George ILES, James
WARREN, Wm. HOGG, __ BUDDING, John STANFORD, R.
RAWLINS, J. EDWARDS, James KENT and Alfred KIRKMAN.
Settler-farmers who perished in the first week of the
invasion while defending their homes and property
within the Colony itself were Thomas MAHONEY, Robert
CRAMER, W.H. HENDERSON. A. FORBES, John SHAW and John
BROWN. To the credit of the natives it must be
mentioned that even in this initial mad rush, as well
as in the later stages of the fighting, they spared
the lives of the women and children, only one
settler-woman, Mrs. Jacob TROLLIP, being stabbed to
death.'
I know the language sounds bad, but, that is how it was written. The place actually was named that!
She did manage to have a child and from this she seems to have a few people in her direct line.
I hope that this can be a bit of a remembrance to her.
This little investigation started when I spotted an anomaly on Robert Rogers timeline. See if you can see it.
After having a bit of a snigger, I though it would be pertinent to see when Rebecca's birthday was. It was at this point where the strangeness increased exponentially. I found a birth record for her
But the mothers name was Elizabeth. Her birth date is in January. If we take it that her mother died, during child birth, then her father managed to get her a new mommy by the time she was 6 month old. This may not be her, as I see a Baptism of her when she was 11. Who knows what that was all about.
She gets dragged off to the savage lands of Africa where she watches her baby sister die on the way over from England. She then gets to grow up on with the settlers which could not have been an easy existence.
At 17 she gets married on the 14th of January to Jacob Trollip to and by the end of the year she has a baby. Way to go on the spreading the genetics. Jacob was also a passenger on the same boat that sailed in 1820. He too was a child. He was 8 years older than her so a whole 23 when they got married.
A year later her father is killed during a savage attack. " in Military Action, 6th Frontier War (1834 -1835) [Hintsa's War]"
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| Jacob Trollip |
Then less than a years later she is dead. Oh what a waste. Though sharing her genetics she probably could not keep her mouth shut, and hence she was the only women killed during a Xhosa attack. It seems she was defending her husband. This too is how we would all behave. I heard something that I think cover it "you can do anything with just 20 second of intense braveness!"
Here is what the one site said about it "Description: stabbed by natives" . I found another "the Sixth Frontier War of 1835, in which Rebecca ROGERS, wife of Stephen TROLLIP's brother, Jacob, was killed defending her husband." and lastly "Rebecca ROGERS, + Elephant Fountain 14.5.1835. She was killed by marauding Xhosa" and lastly "they spared the lives of the women and children, only one settler woman, Mrs Jacob Trollip, being stabbed to death."
This may be a picture of the man she defended, I hope he enjoyed his life! He looks like a little ray of sunshine! I found this "He was stabbed and killed by Xhosas - died 21.2.1859.".. so it was just delayed!
Hockly's 'Story of the British Settlers of 1820'
mentions Alexander FORBES in his chapter on the Sixth
K* War of 1835
'The first victims of the native rising were naturally
the traders in K*land, living isolated and
defenceless among thousands of natives. Amongst these
traders murdered in the first few days were the
settlers R. HODGES, Robert ROGERS, George ILES, James
WARREN, Wm. HOGG, __ BUDDING, John STANFORD, R.
RAWLINS, J. EDWARDS, James KENT and Alfred KIRKMAN.
Settler-farmers who perished in the first week of the
invasion while defending their homes and property
within the Colony itself were Thomas MAHONEY, Robert
CRAMER, W.H. HENDERSON. A. FORBES, John SHAW and John
BROWN. To the credit of the natives it must be
mentioned that even in this initial mad rush, as well
as in the later stages of the fighting, they spared
the lives of the women and children, only one
settler-woman, Mrs. Jacob TROLLIP, being stabbed to
death.'
I know the language sounds bad, but, that is how it was written. The place actually was named that!
She did manage to have a child and from this she seems to have a few people in her direct line.
I hope that this can be a bit of a remembrance to her.
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