Desperately seeking a Jane Turley of Awre... (General)

by lisa_hawkins , Saturday, August 25, 2012, 14:58 (4468 days ago)

Hi everyone,
following a recent visit to the Records Office in Gloucester, researching the Hawkins family in Awre/Blakeney/Viney Hill, I have come across a Jane Turley claiming poor relief for her base child in 1803 in Awre.
Has anyone else who has looked into the Turley family of Blakeney/Awre, come across a Jane, who might have had an illegitimate child in 1803?
A suspicion is that she (Jane) is the illegitimate daughter of Sarah Hawkins, who later married Edward Turley, as she is referred to as both Jane Hawkins and Jane Tirley/Turley in subsequent birth and marriage records. The estimate of her birth is about 1779, which would have been before Sarah and Edward's marriage in 1783.
She later married Thomas Clay, and had children Hannah, William, Thomas and George.
My link in is that Jane Hawkins has a "base son" John in Awre in 1803 (my husband's direct ancestor), before she married Thomas Clay, and we have been stuck at this point in the Hawkins line for many years now. My husband Andy posted on this site about John b1803 some years ago and we are still at the same point.
I know that the Turleys were numerous, in and around Blakeney in years after 1830 so I just wondered if anyone else had already spotted a Jane Turley born about 1779, as part of their research?
Many thanks in anticipation of any further help or suggestions, which would be very welcome!
Lisa.