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Robert Rogers (7 November 1731 – 18 May 1795) was an American colonial frontiersman. Rogers served in the British army during both the French and Indian War and the American Revolution. During the French and Indian War Rogers raised and commanded the famous Rogers' Rangers trained for raiding and close combat behind enemy lines.〔() Shadow Warriors〕〔Black, Robert, "The Beginning of the American Ranger," ''Gung-Ho'' magazine, Oct. 1984: 20-22.〕 ==Early life== Robert Rogers was born to James and Mary McFatridge Rogers on 7 November 1731, in Methuen, a small town in northeastern Massachusetts. At that time, the town served as a staging point for Scots-Irish settlers bound for the untamed wilderness of New Hampshire. In 1739, when Rogers was eight years old, his family relocated to the Great Meadow district of New Hampshire near present-day Concord,〔() ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''〕 where James, an Irish immigrant, founded a settlement on of land, which he called Munterloney after a hilly place in Derry, Ireland. Rogers referred to this childhood residence as "Mountalona". It was later renamed Dunbarton, New Hampshire.〔 In 1740 the War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748) broke out in Europe and in 1744 the war spread to North America where it was known as King George's War (1744–1748). During Rogers' youth (1746) he saw service in the New Hampshire militia as a private in Captain Daniel Ladd's Scouting Company and, in 1747, also as a private, in Ebenezer Eastman's Scouting Company, both times guarding the New Hampshire frontier.〔() Burt Garfield Loescher, ''History Of Rogers'' Rangers, Heritage Books〕 In 1754 Rogers became involved with a gang of counterfeiters. He was indicted but the case was never brought to trial.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert Rogers (soldier)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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