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Minutes of Norfolk and Norwich Hospital 13 Jan 1773

“Mr Rogers resigned his appointment of Surgeon to the Hospital on account of ill-health (2 years’ service)”

Now that is a really nice find!
In 1773 most of the children would have been in their teens or in their early 20's, curiously no mention of wife Elizabeth. Joseph thus retires as Surgeon and presumably regains his health to start practising law in 1775 (at least I am assuming he becomes some kind of lawyer from the many mentions/documents on Family search?)

incidently I came across this document below (sorry if it has already been noted) It does mention his wife Elizabeth many times, so I intend to search as many documents I can find to see if there is some kind of pattern with this that the mention of his wife suddenly stops ,,,, who knows 

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS62-7QHX?view=fullText&keywords=Joseph%20Rogers%2CRogers%2CJoseph%2CSurgeon&lang=nl&groupId=

Trying to find and prove the demise of Elizabeth has been driving me crazy 

there are many possibilities, the Elizabeth Rogers death in 1777 at Laugharne, Carmathenshire is a big coincidence.

I have narrowed down the possibilities in Norfolk down to 3 candidates illiminating: married to another mans name, infants, widows and burials whereby the age is not correct, unfortunately the place of burial each time is not encouraging:
i. buried 15-09-1764 Gissing
ii. buried 09-07-1766 Weasenham
iii. buried 06-09-1773 Frettenham

The list of Elizabeth Rogers' buried in London is just too long. The Elizabeth buried 21-07-1782 @ St. Brides suggested by Ili1133 is a nice possibility being 2 years before the second marriage of Joseph but there are other such burials listed in the London area.
@ Ili1133 Indeed a non conformist burial is also an option.

The facts give us Joseph and Elizabeth living in Norfolk born (and bred?) although I am still unsure as to Joseph being born London or Norfolk  For some reason they move to Wales (in 1777 their eldest child would be 17) with an Elizabeth Rogers being conveniently buried in 1777 (did they move to Wales for health reasons)

After 1777 Joseph goes dark until he pops up again in Londen for his second marriage. As Ili1133 mentions, the answer could lie in Josephs whereabouts in this period?

Oh well, ramble over, back to the drawing board 

Thanks, jonwarm 

He is mentioned in the 1714 Norfolk voters list living in Buxton. I'm trying to find Henry Rippingall junior, born c. 1690.

This book confirms that Henry Rippingall, the Aylsham attorney, had two children, and that they could have been fathered by Christopher Layer 

https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Norfolk_Antiquarian_Miscellany/uUIuAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22rippingall%22+%22aylsham%22&pg=RA1-PA64&printsec=frontcover

Great find! Have been trying to read the rest of the page to get the context of the remark.
Its really turning into an interesting story 

this is the link:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-D1PQ-DKJ?view=fullText&keywords=Joseph%20Rogers&lang=en&groupId=