John Rogers, = Margaret Cock, of E. and W. Denton. | dau. of Henry Cock, Merchant, | Newcastle-on-Tyne. +--------------------------+----------+ | | John Rogers, of Denton = Eliz. Ellison, Sarah = Hon. Charles Hall and Newcastle-on-Tyne, | m. 1684, at Rogers.| Montagu, High etc., Sheriff of | Lanchester; | Sheriff of Northumberland, | d. April 16, | Durham, 1693–94; d. 1709. | 1733. | 1686–1709; | | d. 1721. +------------------+ | | | | | John Rogers, = Anne Delaval, | Sheriff of dau. | Northumberland, 1715–16; Sir John Delaval; | b. 1685, d. June 24, 1758. d. Jan. 3, 1723. | | | +--------------------+ | +----------------+--+--------+-+----+ | | | | Edward = Eliz. Crewe, John, Jemima = Mr. Medows, Montagu, Robinson, b. 1694. died afterwards b. 1692, b. 1720, _s.p._ Sir Sydney d. May d. 1800. Medows. 20, 1775. [271] Evidently he was a lunatic forty years, and bed-ridden ten. [Illustration: _The Rev. M.W. Peters, R.A.Pinx._ _Emery Walker Ph. Sc._ _Morris Robinson_] [Page heading: A CURIOUS LETTER] Old Mr. Rogers had bought East Denton land and collieries for £10,900 from the Erringtons in 1689, who had long had the property. In December, 1705, Mr. Rogers bought of Sir James Clavering his share of the West Denton property. The history of Denton Hall will be given further on. Young John Rogers appears to have had fits as early as 1718. He married in 1713, Anne Delaval, who died in 1723 at Seaton Delaval, and he seems to have become deranged soon after her death. As long as his mother lived he was well cared for, but she died in 1733, and the last nine years he had been gradually getting worse, and a set of designing people surrounded him. I have a letter of his written to his parents, apparently on going to Oxford in 1705, which is so curious that I insert it here. It is addressed-- “To “John Rogers, Esqr., att “The House in Newcastle upon Tyne, “These--” “DEAR FATHER,