Samuel  and  Hannah  Wise  Rogers,  of  Ipswich,  Mass.  Her  father  was  a  descendant
of  John  Rogers,  of  Dedham,  England,  and  Rev.  Nathaniel,  Rev.  John  and  Rev.
John,  of  Ipswich,  Mass.  Her  mother  was  a  daughter  of  Major  Ammie  Ruhamah  Wise,
who  was  a  son  of  Rev.  John  Wise,  of  Ipswich,  who  was  a  son  of  Rev.  Joseph  Wise,
of  Roxbury,  Mass.  She  died  March  12,  1813.  Among  the  household  efJFects  she
brought  to  her  new  home  was  a  fine  Venetian  mirror,  which  a  great-great-grand-
father. Rev.  Nathaniel  Rogers,  brought  with  him  to  Ipswich,  Mass.,  in  1636.  This
mirror  is  now  in  the  possession  of  Mrs.  Edward  K.  Warren,  of  Three  Oaks,  Mich.,  a
daughter  of  Hon.  Henry  Chamberlain.  He  was  born  in  Massachusetts,  fitted  for
college  and  graduated  at  Harvard  in  1756.  Was  ordained  minister  at  Canterbury,
N.  H.  He  studied  law,  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  after  his  removal  to  New  Hamp-
shire,where  in  1784,  he  was  one  of  the  judges  (chief  justice)  of  the  Court  of  Common
Pleas  for  Rockingham  county.  Was  representative  in  Congress  from  1789  to  1791  and
from  1795  to  1803.  He  was  much  employed  in  public  business.  Was  one  time  president
of  the  New  Hampshire  State  Senate.  His  integrity,  virtue  and  usefulness  secured
the  esteem,  confidence  and  favor  of  the  people  of  New  Hampshire  and  the  respect  of
numerous  friends.  He  was  an  intimate  iriend  of  Gen.  Washington,  whose  miniature
likeness  on  ivory,  a  gift  from  him,  is  in  possession  of  one  of  Mr.  Foster's  descend-
ants.    A  fair  estimate  of  Mr.    Foster's  character  and  an  interesting  incident  con-


HON.  ABIEL  FOSTER,  M.  C.
:d  from  a  portion  of  the  painting  by  Trumbull  in  the  rotunda  at  Washington,  of  Gen.  Washi.t
resigning  his  commission  as  Commander-in-Chief  of  the  Army  to  Congress.
