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[toni*]

Was Alice cast out for having a child illegitimately? where did she die?
Sometimes the reputed father is listed in the pr’s
Was the child the eldest boy?
In which case he would be due to inherit if he was the son of Robert if he was not the son of Robert then he would have no inheritance maybe this is why he was regarded as illegitimate to enable someone else to inherit.

[Greensleeves]

That is an interesting point, Toni, as Robert Jnr remarried less than four months after the death of Alice - on 17 August 1788 -  and as their son, Thomas, was born on 31 March 1789, it seems that his new wife, Mary Whittingham, was pregnant at the time.

[Greensleeves]

If the baby died at 6 weeks of age I honestly don't think there would have been time for any bastardy proceeding to take place.

I think sight of the PRs would help, you  can see if the same person was making entries all the time, you get a feeling for their style and what exactly they did record, something transcriptions don't let you do.

I think I need to visit the records office in Durham, don't I?  Pity I live in Wales ......

[jaywit]

Have you got a LDS Family History Centre anywhere near to you?

If so I would order the PR film there and look at them, see if they give any clues.

[angelfish58]

I might be misreading it but it looks as if the films available are of transcripts 

[Greensleeves]

Have you got a LDS Family History Centre anywhere near to you?

If so I would order the PR film there and look at them, see if they give any clues.

Oh thanks for this, Jaywit - I have a friend who is far more knowledgeable than I am on these things - I will contact her to see if she knows of an LDS Family History Centre in Wales because it would certainly be worth looking at those records.  It is such a shame that there are no BTs on Family Search for Hartlepool of the relevant period.  I got some really interesting stuff off there for another branch of the family who were at Sunderland/Bishopwearmouth.

[Greensleeves]

I might be misreading it but it looks as if the films available are of transcripts 

Looks like I am building up a pretty good excuse for a holiday in Durham.....

[Annie65115]

There are several family search centres in Wales:

http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp

I believe that you can order fiches through them and then use their facilities to read the fiches (you can't take the fiche away with you). The loan period is for 3 months and it costs £7.50 --- bargain!

(hope that is all correct - I've a friend doing this through on of the centres atm, I'm sure that's what she said!)

[Greensleeves]

Oh thanks Annie, that's great.  I see there is one in Swansea where daughter is at uni so I could combine a visit to the records centre with lunch, perhaps.....