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| RiD No.: | 564 |
| Birth | 1739 (estimated) | |
| From the age given on Roger's burial record, his birth year is estimated as 1739, but this is still to be confirmed from the Parish Register. | ||
| Death | 1794 (age 54-55) | |
| Roger Glanfield was buried at St Mary the Quay, on 11th May 1794 aged 55 | ||
| Spouse | Elizabeth COOK (1739?- ) | |
| Children | Roger GLANFIELD (bef1772- ) | |
| Elizabeth GLANFIELD (1774?- ) | ||
| Robert Cooke GLANFIELD (chr.1776) | ||
| John GLANFIELD (aft1777- ) | ||
| Marriage | 2 June 1772 (age 32-33) | St Mary at the Key, Ipswich |
| See "Other Details" below | ||
| Spouse | Elizabeth CLARK ( -1771?) | |
| Children | William CLARK Glanfield (1766?-1776?) | |
| Sarah CLARK Glanfield (1767?- ) | ||
| William GLANFIELD (1769?-1776?) | ||
| Elizabeth GLANFIELD (1771?-1771?) | ||
| Marriage | 3 December 1765 (age 25-26) | St Mary at the Key, Ipswich |
| See "Other Details" below | ||
Roger married Elizabeth Clark at St Mary Quay on the 3rd December 1765. He is shown as a "single man of this parish" . He was married by Licence and the witnesses were Daniel Kerridge and Elizabeth Cook, which indicates that Elizabeth Cook was a good friend of either Roger, or Elizabeth Clark.
Roger and Elizabeth Clark had 4 children, 2 of whom died in infancy. The last child, Elizabeth, was christened 9th June 1771 but died and was buried at St Mary Quay on 3rd September 1771. Elizabeth (Clark) subsiquently died and was buried on 18th October 1771. The cause of death is unknown, but it may have been associated with birth of her daughter?
Elizabeth Cook must have remained unmarried and friends with Roger and Elizabeth Clark, because in 2nd June 1772, less than 8 months after his first wife had been buried, Roger married Elizabeth Cook and they went on to have 4 children all of whom survived. One of these, Robert Cook(e) went on to develop the Cook Glanfield line.
Interestingly, their first child, Roger, was christened on the 11th November 1772, which, assuming this was shortly after his birth, indicates he was conceived around February/March 1772, only 4-5 months after Elizabeth Clark had died and about 3-4 months before Roger and Elizabeth Cook were married. It seems they were more than good friends !!
Prior to 1780, Roger and Elizabeth must have still been living in the parish of St Mary Quay, but wanting to move into the parish of St Matthews. On the 24th March 1780 he was the subject of a Settlement Certificate issued by the parish of St Mary Quay to the churchwardens of St Matthews, Ipswich. The certificate refers to "Roger Glanfield and Elizabeth his wife together with their children Sarah, William, Roger, Elizabeth, Robert Cooke and John."
Sarah and William were the surviving children of Elizabeth Clark, and the other four were Elizabeth Cook's children.
For further details on the law relating to Settlement Certificates, see Wikipedia HERE