William Hazen Rogers / Wm. Rogers & Co.
Hartford, CT 1825-1862
Was in the partnerships of:
Church & Rogers with Joseph Church 1825-1836.
Asa Rogers, Jr. & Co. with brother Asa Rogers 1832-1838.
Rogers & Mead with Asa Rogers & J.O. Mead 1845-1846.
Rogers Bros. Manufacturing Co. with brothers Asa Rogers and Simeon
Rogers 1847-1853. In 1853 the company became primarily involved with
silverplating and in 1898 joined to form International Silver. The Rogers Bros.
line is still manufactured today. William Rogers & Son with son William
Henry Rogers 1857-1861 and again 1869-1873. William Rogers Mfg. Co.
with Thomas Birch, William J. Pierce, William Henry Rogers, and William H. Watrous. Rogers, Smith & Co.
with George W. Smith 1857-1862.
W.M. Root & Brother
Pittsfield, MA c. 1852-1856
Washington McDonough Root
Washington McDonough Root
Pittsfield, MA
Was a partner in a number of firms:
Root & Chaffee 1830-1949.
Root, Chaffee & Baird with Frederick Chaffee and Prentice Baird 1849-1850; a second branch was opened by
Chaffee in Rutland, VT 1849-1851.
W.M. Root & Brother c. 1852-1856.
W.M. & J.W. Root with J.W. Root, dates unknown.
Rogers & Cole
New Britain, CT 1830-1839
Spoon makers.
Root & Chaffee
Pittsfield, MA 1830-1849
A partnership between Washington M. Root and Frederick A. Chaffee.
William Rogers & Son
Hartford, CT 1857-1861 and 1869-1873
William Hazen Rogers and son William Henry Rogers. Precursor
to the Wm. Rogers Mfg. Co.
F.B. Rogers Silver Co.
Taunton, MA 1883-Present
Successors to West Silver Co. Became a division of National Silver Co. in 1955. Sold
to Boardman in 1985. Primarily silverplated goods, some sterling.
Rokesley Shop
Cleveland, OH c. 1904-1920's
Louis Rorimer, Mary Blakeslee, and Ruth Smedley. Makers of Arts & Crafts
style flatware, holloware, and jewelry.
Daniel Rogers (b. 1735 d. 1816)
Ipswich, MA 1753-1792
Wm. Rogers Mfg. Co.
Hartford, CT 1865-1990's
One of the companies to form International Silver in 1898.
See flatware patterns.
William Henry Rogers
Hartford, CT
Was a partner in the firm of William Rogers & Son with his father
William Hazen Rogers 1857-1861 and again 1869-1873. He partnered
with Edward R. Fifield 1863-1865 and then worked for the William Rogers Mfg. Co. 1865-1869. Rogers worked
as a silverplater 1873-1878, making goods for the Meriden Britannia Co. From 1878 to 1895 he oversaw the
flatware manufacturing division of Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co. Rogers died in 1896.
Rogers & Wendt
Boston, MA c. 1850-1859
Augustus Rogers & John R. Wendt. Precursor to John R. Wendt & Co.
Charles Boudinot Root
Raleigh, NC 1837-1860
Rogers to Root
Rogers to Root
A. Rogers Jr. & Co.
Hartford, CT c. 1856-1858
Brothers Asa and William Rogers.
L.M. & A.C. Root
Pittsfield, MA c. 1835-1840
Brothers Laurens M. Root and Aurelius Root.
Margaret Rogers
Boston, MA 1910's
Arts & Crafts era silversmith.
Ronson Corp.
Newark, NJ 1886-Present
A well known cigarette lighter manufacturer, they made a sterling lighter/cigarette urn
set named Jubilee in 1954.