Chapter V: (1694-1698.)

John Rogers tried at Hartford on charge of blasphemy. Placed 183-194
on the gallows with a rope about his neck. Returned to
Hartford prison for refusal to give bonds for “good
behavior.” Burning of the New London meeting-house;
attempt to secure conviction of Bathsheba Smith and John
Rogers, Jr., for complicity in same. John Rogers, Jr., and
William Wright charged with assisting a prisoner to escape
from Hartford prison. William Wright imprisoned at
Hartford. Merciless and mysterious scourging of John
Rogers in Hartford prison. Remonstrance of dissenters at
New London. Death of Joseph Rogers. John Rogers, Jr.,
complained of before the General Court, for publishing and
circulating “a book counted heretical” “up and down the
colony.” John Rogers released from Hartford prison after
an imprisonment of nearly four years. He protests against
an unjust decision of the Superior Court, in regard to
William Wright, and is fined for Contempt. Death of
Jonathan Rogers. Rev. Gordon Saltonstall recovers £600
from John Rogers on a trivial pretext. Death of widow of
James Rogers