Thank you Kite & Shona. So much information to digest!
As you have both found, there were many Joseph Ro(w)es in Houghton and Stockbridge. The one Shona found in the census is too young to be 'my' Joseph, although 'my' Joseph did have a daughter Mary.
Re post #6 - that Joseph looks interesting, as there was a son John baptised with parents John & Martha in 1764 in Houghton, but I didn't have a son Joseph for them. 'My' Joseph had a brother John, who is my 4x G grandfather on my maternal grandfather's side.
There were Blacksmiths in the family (I think). I need to check my notes and my FTM to see who they were. I'll do that later today hopefully.
The baptisms I have of Joseph and his brother John were from the Hampshire baptisms from HGS, kindly found for me by a member on another site.
I have only seen a transcription of Joseph & Lucy's marriage, but it states he is 'b' and she is 's'.
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin...pshire&indiv=1