Wensley Parish Records- TERRY

[yorkshire123]

Hi
I am trying to find a possible father/ fathers for the following
I know the mother to be Grace TERRY
and wondered if the Parish Records would help me
Margaret TERRY 1851 Wensley
Thomas TERRY  1859 Wensley
Elizabeth TERRY 1861 Wensley
Any help would be great
Christine

[ricky1]

Hi Christine

welcome to rootschat

If as you say the mother of the children is Grace Terry, looking at the 1851 and 1861 cenus sheets, Grace was'nt married, so a father might not have been registered

ricky

[yorkshire123]

Thank you for the reply
Yes I agree Grace was not married(she did marry much later)
I did just hope that someone may have been named as the father.
I have seen such entries before where the father has acknowledged the child as his and been named.

Christine

[Ecneps]

Hi Christine,

Welcome from me too.  If no-one on here has access to Wensley PRs, the North Riding Lookup Exchange may be able to help
http://www.redmire.net/lookup/nry.html

Kind regards,
Barbara

[yorkshire123]

Thank you for the welcome and the link
I will take a look
I dont think there will be a fathers name but
i live in hope
Christine

[Margaret W]

Hi Christine
The following info is in the Leyburn Bastardy Bonds records:
Nov 1861, Dec 1861 and Jan 1862
Grace Terry of Middleham and Francis Skelton of Wensley a Labourer

1864
Grace Terry of Middleham and Thomas Rumfill of Middleham a Labourer.

Hope this is of some use to you.
Happy hunting
Margaret

[yorkshire123]

Hi Margaret
Thank you so much for that information
Can you please tell me
does it mean that Grace TERRY had children to both these men?
Is there a way to know the childrens names?
Christine

[Margaret W]

Hi Christine
It certainly looks like Grace had children by both Francis and Thomas. Sorry but nothing is mentioned about the name or sex of the child. You might be aware of this but on the 1861 census Grace is living with her parents next door to Francis Skelton. I wonder if Ellen Terry is the child of Francis, what do you think? I don't know how long after the birth of a child the case came to court.
good luck
Margaret
ps I have the PR for Aysgarth and Askrigg if they are of any use to you

[yorkshire123]

Hi again
I dont understand the Ellen you refer to
I have Thomas TERRY and Margaret TERRY
children of Grace
and somewhere I found a reference to an Elizabeth as her daughter also
Grace married a Anthony PEACOCK befire the 1871 census
Thank you
Christine