Hi again, Marie, Thanks for responding again. You said, "Just a small point - the Ann in question may be the widow of one of the Evans men.........." I'm not sure which Ann Evans you're referencing, but as I mentioned in response to Paul, the examinations and bastardy bonds call my Ann Evans a "singlewoman." The parish register also lists the children as base-born. If Ann were a widow, would both these things have been phrased the way they were? There could definitely have been at least two separate Ann Evanses giving birth to children in Hartland. There is a big gap in births before and after John's birth, whichever Ann gave birth to John Kinsman alias Evans. Thanks again, Liz Loveland
Not necessarily - depends on the person writing up the records. I have found so many errors in the 40 years I have been researching that I believe nothing I read until I have proven it for myself. It is not necessarily a widow but just a little point to keep in the back of your mind. Yes there appear to be two Ann Evanses due to the time frame but keep a very open mind. Marie -----Original Message----- From: Liz Loveland Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2014 10:35 AM To: devon@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [DEV] Tracing mother of an 'illegitimate' child Hi again, Marie, Thanks for responding again. You said, "Just a small point - the Ann in question may be the widow of one of the Evans men.........." I'm not sure which Ann Evans you're referencing, but as I mentioned in response to Paul, the examinations and bastardy bonds call my Ann Evans a "singlewoman." The parish register also lists the children as base-born. If Ann were a widow, would both these things have been phrased the way they were? There could definitely have been at least two separate Ann Evanses giving birth to children in Hartland. There is a big gap in births before and after John's birth, whichever Ann gave birth to John Kinsman alias Evans. Thanks again, Liz Loveland ------------------------------------------ The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) and the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message