I wonder if anyone can hep me with this particular problem. Elizabeth Johnson, born about 1770 in Blandford (possibly the Elizabeth Johnson baptised 27 Mar 1771 of James and Elizabeth) seemed to have had eight illegitimate children, all baptised at Langton Long, Dorset between 1791 and 1813. These were Catherine, Susanna, Elizabeth, James, Frances, Charles, Sophia and George. They were all described as natural son/daughter or baseborn son/daughter. Elizabeth may have lived at Langton Long or she may have lived at Pimperne as her son Charles was baptised at both places! At some point she moved to Bath, Somerset, where three of her daughters were married and she later moved to Cheltenham, Glos, where she died in 1840. I am intrigued as to who the father of all these children may have been. Elizabeth was obviously not short of money. Three of her daughters married well (one died young and one I cannot trace). Her son James was mentioned as Capt James Johnson of New South Wales in family documents. Her son Charles was living in Cheltenham in 1840 and of "independent means". And when Elizabeth wrote her will in 1835 she left cottages and land in Pimperne and Tarrant Hinton. Has anyone heard of "Springfields" in Pimperne or "The Vineyards" in Tarrant Hinton? Where did Elizabeth get her money from? Did she have a rich father? Or a rich lover? Can anyone suggest where I go from here? Sue Stead