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. Products are currently made in Europe and Asia.
Rokesley Shop
Cleveland, OH c. 1904-1920s
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 1910s
Arts & Crafts era silversmith. Received the Society of Arts & Crafts
Boston Medal of Excellence in 1915.
Ronson Corp.
Newark, NJ 1886-Present
A well known cigarette lighter manufacturer, they made a sterling
lighter/cigarette urn set named Jubilee in 1954.
William Rollinson
New York, NY c. 1785