Historic Ledyard, Volume VI: Quakertown -- The final volume in Janice Bell and Sheila Godino’s series surveying the historically significant regions, families, and buildings in the town of Ledyard, CT. “Isolating themselves from the Rogerenes of New London, families by the names of Watrous (Waterhouse), Whipple, Crouch, and Chapman chose this quiet corner of Ledyard to establish themselves and protect and practice their own beliefs and religious practices.”

Copies (108 pp., including photographs) may be ordered directly from the Ledyard Historical Society, P.O. Box 411, Ledyard, CT 06339 ($20. each, including any taxes as well as shipping within the US, payable by check to the Ledyard Historical Society)

No Peace in New London: Mather Byles, the Rogerenes, and the Quest for Religious Order in Late Colonial New England -- A 2009 Miami University (Oxford, OH) Masters thesis by Jonathan Blake Vaughan. "In April, 1768 Congregational minister Mather Byles abruptly left his parishioners in New London, Connecticut[,] and converted to the Church of England... Byles stated that among his primary reasons for leaving New London and Congregationalism were the incessant conflicts that arose between him and the religious dissenters known as the Rogerenes. This thesis narrates the conflict between Byles and the followers of John Rogers." The entire thesis (53 pages) may be read online in .PDF format

Mr. Rogers's Neighborhood: Religious Dissent in New London, 1674-1721 -- A 2006 University of California Los Angeles Ph. D. dissertation by Susan Chongmi Kim examining the link between John Rogers's "actions and thoughts," revealing that "he was more of an intellectual than a demonstrator," someone who "covered a broad range of issues in his extensive writings" and who kept in close contact with fellow sectarians in other colonies and in Europe. A brief abstract is available on this site. The entire dissertation (236pp.) may be ordered online from UMI, Bell & Howell's dissertation service ($43. plus postage and handling for an unbound copy through the mail; $36. for downloading as a .PDF file)

The Limits of Religious Dissent in Seventeenth Century Connecticut: The Rogerene Heresy -- A 1999 University of Connecticut Ph. D. dissertation by Denise Schenk Grosskopf exploring the "political dimensions of [John] Rogers' struggles with the authorities in order to illuminate the connections between religious dissent and the development of colonial institutions and official policies." A brief overview is available on this site. The entire dissertation (227pp.) may be ordered online from UMI, Bell & Howell's dissertation service ($43. plus postage and handling for an unbound copy through the mail; $36. for downloading as a .PDF file)

Nor Silver, Nor Gold: The Burning Bush Movement and the Communitarian Holiness Vision -- A 1996 University of Notre Dame Ph.D. dissertation by William Kostlevy chronicaling the early history of the Chicago-based Metropolitan church Association, which held regular meetings in Quakertown during the 1920s. An abstract is available on this site. The entire dissertation (329pp.) may be ordered online from UMI, Bell & Howell's dissertation service ($43. plus postage and handling for an unbound copy through the mail; $36. for downloading as a .PDF file)