Joseph Rogers of Bocking (st Mary's)

[petey22]

Solved the Window question ;
The cost of building the Church was funded from a bequest from Miss Frances Wakeham who died on 14th March 1893. Miss Wakeham left £4,500 towards the building of a second Church in the Parish of Bocking.
Above the small arches are five small windows (known as the clerestory windows). These windows are inscribed with the letters F and W (the initials of Miss Frances Wakeham).
http://www.stpeters-bocking.net/html/about_st_peters.html
The inscription on the broken slab on top of the tomb is proving difficult to track down, but where there is a will (no pun intended) ,,,,,,

[petey22]

On taking a second look, I came across this, not sure how it all fits in ;
White's Directory 1848
Rev. Perryman Wakeham M.A.
Mrs. Susan Wakeham, Bocking End
https://historyhouse.co.uk/placeB/essexb26b.html
hope its OK to paste the URL here 

[petey22]

Its been a while and I still haven't managed to track down the girls parents: Joseph and Susanne 
I spotted a couple of possible marriages on Familysearch,
Joseph and Susannah Burgess at Faversham, Kent 1799, and
Joseph and Susannah Wall at Barking, Essex, 09-01-1785
Nothing really in Pinner, Middlesex though. Can anyone give me a nudge in the right direction?
 

[..claire..]

Hi

I can add a couple of things to maybe help your search.

Joseph Rogers left a Will in the PCC, which can be found on the National Archives website. It does mention wife Susanna, and his three daughters. Probate was granted December 1806.

He dies in Swaffham in Norfolk and was buried there on November 17th 1806 aged 81 yrs and was a surgeon.  So looking for a birthdate c1725.

Given his age at death and the ages of his children maybe it was a second marriage for him.

Claire

[amondg]

Possible Ref: ancestry

Joseph Rogers Esq. of St Dunstan in the West, widower married Susanna Ingram of St Mary Magdalen,  Milk Street, spinster.
At Christ Church, Newgate Street London  on 3 October 1784.

ADDED
Another entry handwritten not typed says they married by License St Lawrence Jewry, London on 3 October 1784
Witness Edward Dowling and Benjamin Holloway - he signs several others

[..claire..]

Think this is the couple that the OP is searching for 

Sunday last was married, at St Lawrence church, Guildhall, London, Mr. Joseph Rogers, formerly an eminent surgeon in this city, to Miss Ingram, niece to Mr. Dowling, of Aldermanbury."

 Norfolk Chronicle, Oct. 9, 1784.

Claire
 

[amondg]

Thanks Claire, that solves that question.

[amondg]

Ref: NFHS transcriptions

Lydia daughter of Joseph and Susanna Rogers Buried 1 August 1803 age 12 at Swaffam

Born circa 1791

[amondg]

St John the Baptist Pinner Middlesex

Lydia bap 21 August 1791 daughter of Joseph and "Elizabeth"

The image is on ancestry. I think this is the correct baptism, the clerk wrote the wrong mothers name.