The Fogden Surname
This name is of English locational origin from one of an estimated seven to ten thousand villages and hamlets that have now disappeared from maps in Britain. The placename is made up of the elements "Fog", from the middle English "fogge", which was a grass left to grow after the hay had been cut, long grass in a water meadow, and "den", from the Old English "denn", a "pasture, especially a swine-pasture", common as a second element of place-names in Kent and Sussex. The name Fogden came from the Chichester, Sussex area, with the earliest known Fogden in our tree being Richard Fogden born about 1475. Most of them were farmers. We are related to the Fogden’s through Jane Fogden who married William Pearce.
Richard Fogden (Abt. 1475 - Bef. 1535)
Richard Fogden married Joan (surname unknown) and had a son Edward:
Edward Fogden (1496 - Abt. 1557)
Edward Fogden was born in Fittleworth, Sussex, England. He married (wife unknown) and had the following children:
Robert Fogden (? - 1553)
John Fogden (1557 - ?)
Robert Fogden (? - 1553)
Robert Fogden married Elizabeth (surname unknown) and had the following children:
John Fogden (? - 1592)
William Fogden (? - ?)
Edward Fogden (? - ?)
Thomas Fogden (1547 - 1585)
John Fogden (? - 1592)
John Fogden married Joan Hobb around 1567 and had the following children:
Ellen Fogden (1564 - ?)
John Fogden (1570 - 1639)
John Fogden (1570 - 1639)
John Fogden was born in Tangmere, Sussex, England, married Elizabeth Willerde on 19-11-1604 in Boxgrove, Sussex, England and had the following children:
Elizabeth Fogden (1605 - ?)
William Fogden (1609 - ?)
John Fogden (1613 - ?)
John died in 1639. He made a "Nuncupative" will (ie made by word of mouth in the presence of witnesses) in which there are bequests to his wife, Elizabeth, and two sons, William & John. John senior was described as a weaver of Tangmere.
John Fogden (1613 - ?)
John Fogden was born in 1613 and married Elizabeth (Judith) Compton on 21-07-1640 at Tangmere, Sussex, England. Their children were:
Susan Fogden (1641 - ?)
John Fogden (12-11-1644 - ?)
Thomas Fogden (1648 - ?)
William Fogden (1650 - 1708)
Robert Fogden (18-02-1652 - ?)
Elizabeth Fogden (1654 - ?
William Fogden (1650 - 1708)
William was baptised on 14-02-1650 at Tangmere. William and his family moved to Boxgrove between 1679 and 1683. William Fogden married Mary Hollis in 1674 in Pagham, Sussex, England and had the following children:
William Fogden (1671 - ?)
William Fogden (1672 - ?)
William Fogden (04-1673 - ?)
John Fogden (1676 - ?)
Thomas Fogden (1679 - 1763)
Robert Fogden (1683 - 1744)
Mary Fogden (1685 - Bef. 1707)
William Fogden (1685 - ?)
Henry Fogden (1690 - 1699)
Ann Fogden (1695 - ?)
Thomas Fogden (1679 - 1763)
Thomas Fogden was born in Tangmere, Sussex and died in Boxgrove, Sussex, England. He was variously described as a husbandman, yeoman and farmer. Thomas married Mary Purdy on 15-12-1700 at St Peter the Less, Chichester, Sussex, England and they had the following children:
William Fogden (11-05-1701 - 21-10-1767)
Thomas Fogden (21-10-1703 - 09-05-1781)
John Fogden (1705 - 1778)
Henry Fogden (1709 - 1794)
Robert Fogden (31-08-1712 - 10-1766)
Mary Fogden (1716 - 29-06-1750)
Richard Fogden (1720 - 24-04-1805)
Henry Fogden (1709 - 1794)
Henry Fogden is buried at Donnington Sussex, England. Apart from a couple of earlier marriages Fogdens first appear in the Donnington registers in 1751 with the baptism of John Fogden, the fifth and final child of Henry & Jane Fogden.
Where did these Fogdens come from? Well, around 1750, three Fogden brothers moved to Donnington from Boxgrove (which was then the Fogden heartland, 5 miles away to the NE). They were William, Henry & Robert, three of the sons of Thomas & Mary Fogden. Henry & Robert were both yeoman farmers. We are not sure if William migrated at the same time as his brothers or followed them after all his children had grown up. All the many later Fogdens at Donnington in the Parish Registers descend from Henry and his brother Robert. By 1800 these two had been the cause (either directly or indirectly!) of 42 baptisms and 12 marriages at Donnington.
Henry married Jane Mears (?-1770) on 08-11-1736 at Bishop’s Palace, Chichester, Sussex, England and they had the following children:
Thomas Fogden (1737 - 1806)
Ann Fogden (1739 - 13-06-1781)
Henry Fogden (1741 - 1820)
Mary Fogden (1743 - ?)
John Fogden (1751 - ?)
Thomas Fogden (1737 - 1806)
Thomas Fogden married Elizabeth Mountfield on 15-11-1758 at Donnington, Sussex, England . Thomas was baptised on 30-08-1737 at Boxgrove. He married Elizabeth Mountfield on 15-11-1758 at Donnington. They had 11 children. He was the Parish Clerk of Donnington. Thomas was buried at Donnington in 1806, 29 years after that of his wife (who was only 42). They had the following children:
Isabel Fogden (09-06-1759 - ?)
Stephen Fogden (1760 - 1845)
Elizabeth Fogden (1761 - ?)
Susanna Fogden (1763 - 1832)
Sarah Fogden (1766 - ?)
Frances Fogden (1767 - 1768)
Henry Fogden (1769 - 1842)
Daniel Fogden (1771 - ?)
Fanny Fogden (1772 - ?)
Joseph Fogden (10-04-1764 - 1828)
Charlotte Fogden (1774 - 1774)
Joseph Fogden (10-04-1764 - 1828)
Joseph Fogden was buried in North Mundham, Sussex, England. He was a farmer. He married Ann Shepherd on 22-01-1790 at Donnington, Sussex, England and they had the following children:
Harry Fogden (25-01-1793 - ?)
Stephen Fogden (1794 - 03-03-1871)
George Fogden (25-06-1797 - ?)
Joseph Fogden (23-02-1800 - ?)
Mary Ann Fogden (30-04-1803 - ?)
Sarah Fogden (26-12-1806 - ?)
Stephen Fogden (1794 - 03-03-1871)
Stephen Fogden was born in South Mundham, Sussex and was christened at Pagham, Sussex, England. He married Lizzy (Eliza) Heath on 10-05-1818 in North Mundham, Sussex and they had the following children:
Stephen Fogden (Abt. 10-1818 - ?)
Mary Ann Fogden (Abt. 04-1821 - ?)
Sarah Jane Fogden (27-04-1823 - ?)
Emma Louisa Fogden (25-07-1825 - ?)
Jane Fogden (Abt. 1831 - 17-10-1869)
Stephen Fogden was a customs officer in the 'pool of London' - i.e. the area in the centre of London between London Bridge and the London Docks. His title was "Tidewaiter of the Superior Class" - Customs men who boarded ships when they docked to check cargoes. A Tidewaiter literally waited for the tide to turn - when the ships could sail up-river into London with their loads - and then rowed out to check them. Those men of the "Inferior Class" pulled the oars and did the hardest work whilst those of the "Superior Class" gave the orders i.e. they were in charge of the boat and the team. It was the rule that Customs and Excise officers were never appointed in or near their place of origin so they wouldn't and couldn't do 'favours' to people they knew. It makes sense that Stephen, as virtually all the Fogdens did, came from the Chichester Harbour area and knew about boats.
According to the Customs records at the British National Archives (CUST 102/324 - 1st Class Tidewaiters), he joined in London on 25-03-1819 at the age of 30 and was superannuated (retired) on 26-05-1859. It even says his bed and box number was No.24! In March 1825 he was earning £200p.a. (CUST 102/326). There are no other Stephen Fogden's in the London Customs records during that time. When Stephen Fogden retired in 1859 he became a Superannuated Tide Waiter or Customs Officer.
Stephen’s wife Eliza Heath was 80 at her death in 1876, shown as 'Lizzy'. She died at 170 Albany Road, Camberwell. Her christening record, 04-11-1797 at St Martin, Chichester, Sussex, shows her parents as John Heath and Grace (surname possibly Sheve) and she was named Lizzy Heath on the record.
Stephen and Eliza’s daughter Jane Fogden married William Pearce on 26-02-1854 at St Paul’s, Bermondsey, Surrey.
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