Can anyone help me with some research with Quarter Sessions please. I have never researched this particular area before.
I am trying to find out if my ancestor Susan Mayhew who is the mother of Caroline Mayhew who was a base child born 18 August 1860 in Coddenham Suffolk applied for maintenance from the father George Fox.
I understand from my friends on Roots Chat that there may be mention of a maintenance or affiliation order in the quarter sessions for Coddenham Suffolk, or in the coddenham churchwarden accounts that susan may have applied for.
I cannot find a marriage of Susan Mayhew to a George Fox, and Caroline starts to use the surname Fox instead of Mayhew between 1871 and 1880. Susan went on to have another illegitimate child who was called George Fox.
I would like to find out if Susan Mayhew applied for any maintenance for her daughter. Susan was a servant and left her daughter in the care of her own parents in Coddenham whilst she was working away.
Where can I find these documents please? Thank you
