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I have an ancestor in Wootton, Berkshire who had 3 illegitimate children inbetween 1822 and 1832, she then moved into Oxford. Maybe one day if I did a common DNA test for autosomal, I may find out who the father/s were. So it is quite common to find a lady having several baseborn children over a several year period.
Another ancestor in London was born in 1835 and I think she was an illegitimate grandchild, as the supposed mother was 51 at the time, and I think she was her grandmother. The child had a middle name that was of her much older sister Emma. Emma herself had 4 subsequent illegitimate children, and she lied on the birth certs. She was in poverty so maybe was a lady of the night at times. Or she received financial support from an unknown man. His surname may have been Gore as one of her children had Gore as a middle name.
Researching:
LONDON, Coombs, Roberts, Auber, Helsdon, Fradine, Morin, Goodacre
DORSET Coombs, Munday
NORFOLK Helsdon, Riches, Harbord, Budery
KENT Roberts, Goodacre
SUSSEX Walder, Boniface, Dinnage, Standen, Lee, Botten, Wickham, Jupp
SUFFOLK Titshall, Frost, Fairweather, Mayhew, Archer, Eade, Scarfe
DURHAM Stewart, Musgrave, Wilson, Forster
SCOTLAND Stewart in Selkirk
USA Musgrave, Saix
ESSEX Cornwell, Stock, Quilter, Lawrence, Whale, Clift
OXON Edgington, Smith, Inkpen, Snell, Batten, Brain