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| RiD No.: | 565 |
| Birth | 1739 (approx.) | Ipswich, Suffolk |
| Family Search shows an Elizabeth Cook as being christened in 1739 at St Matthew parish, Ipswich. Her father was Johnathan Cook and her mother was Mary Cook. This would be about the right date for a later marriage to Roger. The only other Elizabeth Cook so far identified was christened in 1755 which would have made her 10 years old at the time of Roger's first marriage, so too young to be correct. Original documents have not yet been examined and further investigation is required. |
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| Spouse | Roger GLANFIELD (1739?-1794) | |
| 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 | ||
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 more probably, Elizabeth Clark.
Roger and Elizabeth Clark had 4 children, 2 of whom died in infancy. Their 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 Cark 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 Certificateissued 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 at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poor_Relief_Act_1662