Lieutenant-Colonel James Rogers 1726-1790
Born in Ireland, Rogers emigrated with his family to Massachusetts Bay Colony about 1730. During the Seven Years' War he served in the Queen's Rangers (Roger's Rangers), a provincial corps raised by his brother Robert, and was present at the capture of Louisbourg and of Quebec. In the American Revolution he commanded the 2nd Battalion, King's Rangers, thereby forfeiting some 20,230 ha in the old colonies. In 1784 he led a party of about 300 disbanded King's Rangers and their families to this vicinity where they were granted land. Rogers, who first settled in Fredericksburgh, where he became lieutenant-colonel of the militia, lived for a time in Prince Edward County but returned to this township before his death.
Plaque via Alan L. Brown's site Ontario Plaques. Full page here.