Farley (or Farleigh) Castle - birth ?

[Welsh Girl]

I have fund that my GGG GM was born in Farley Castle in 1777.

Can anyone tell me what or why she would have been born here, please?

I am being lead by the records I have found, so don't know how accurate they are ...

Her name was Amelia Moore, and she was born in 1777, and Married Benjamin Smith in Wiltshire on 10/12/1795, if this helps at all.

Many Thanks

[Old Bristolian]

Could be Farleigh Hungerford Castle. It is a ruin and no doubt had habitable cottages or houses in the 18th century

Steve

[stanmapstone]

It appears the castle was a ruin in 1777, could she have been born in Castle Farm? See the map at http://maps.nls.uk/view/101460769#zoom=5&lat=1575&lon=4285&layers=BT

Stan

[DRH123]

There was a baptism at Farleigh Hungerford on 4 May 1777 of a daughter of Isaac and Mary Moore, the daughter's name either illegible or omitted (FreeREG).

David

[stanmapstone]

I have fund that my GGG GM was born in Farley Castle in 1777.
I am being lead by the records I have found, so don't know how accurate they are ...

Which records have you found?

Stan

[Welsh Girl]

Only the census returns, I'm afraid ....

On the 1851 it says Farleigh Castle (FARMERS WIFE OF 30 ACRES) .. on the 1861 it says Farley Castle .. but both b 1777.

[Welsh Girl]

on the 1861 census she is living with her widowed sister Ann (Law)

[Welsh Girl]

Ann is shown as born 1779 Farley Castle

[Welsh Girl]

I can't find a marriage for an ANN MOORE to unknown LAW ... and it might just be me, but LAW and Moore sound very similar ... but she is shown as Widowed - so I don't know 

Amelia was in Pickwick by this point ....