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John Fitz Roger, son of Aaron was born about 1335 in England and became very wealthy by marrying Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Symon deFurneaux of Ashington and other manors in Somersetshire, Devonshire, etc. She was the widow of Sir John Blount, Constable of the Tower. With her second husband she was the co-f ounder of 'Rogers House' of South West England. Dame Elizabeth's paternal anc estors came from Furneaux, near Coutances - Normandy, the same general sectio n where the Sicilian ancestors of the Rogers family are said to have resided.