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Jane BAILEY
Abt 1787 - 1852 (~ 65 years)
Has 10 ancestors and 148 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Jane BAILEY Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Abt 1787 Kingsteignton, Devon, England 
Baptised 17 May 1788 St. Michael’s Church, Kingsteignton, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 13 Aug 2018)
Gender Female Poor Law 1811 Kingsteignton, Devon, England Settlement examination and removal - It seems that in 1811 Jane, pregnant and unmarried, was living in Kingsteignton.
With an unmarried mother both mother and child could required support from the overseers of the parish in which they lived. It seems that in May 1811 Jane was already chargeable to the parish of Kinsteignton, although she had no legal right of settlement there. Not only that, if Kingsteignton Parish did not get rid of her from the parish before she gave birth then her child, who was likely to become dependant on the overseers, would have a right to support from Kingsteignton. Unlike a legitimate child who inherited their father's place of settlement, an illegitimate child had a right of settlement in the parish in which it was born. Kingsteignton did not want to be saddled with supporting Jane's child.
Presuambly aware that she had moved to the parish from St. David's Parish in Exeter the Churchwardens and Overssers of the Poor of Kingsteignton complained, and the JPs issued a removal order on 14th May,
"... we [his Majesty's Justices of the Peace] do likewise adjudge that the lawful settlement of her the said Jane Bailey is in the said parish of Saint David within the said City and County fo the City of Exeter. We do therefore require you the said Church-wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said parish of Kingsteington or some or one of you to convey the said Jane Bailey from and out of your said parish of Kingsteington to the said parish of Saint David's and her to deliver to the Church-wardens and Overseers of the Poor there ... And we do also hereby require you the said Church-wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said parish of Saint Davids to receive and provde for her the said Jane Bailey as an inhabitant of your said parish."
However, this was not the end of the matter. Somehow by June Jane was living not in St. David's Parish but another Exeter Parish, St. Sidwells.
It was not clear which parish had a duty to support here and so she was examined:
"City and County of the City of Exeter. [to wit.]
The examination of Jane Bailey Singlewoman now residing in the Parish of Saint Sidwell in the said City and County, taken this Twenty seventh day of June 1811 before us whose Names are hereunder subscribed, two of his Majestry's Justices of the Peace, of and for the said City and County;
Who on her Oath saith, that she was born in the Parish of Kingsteington in the County of Devon but that her Parents belonged to the Parish of Teing-grace in the said County of Devon, that about four years since she went to live with Mr. James Brown at the High Gaol for the County of Devon for the Wages of Five Guineas P[er] Year that she lived with the said James Brown between Ten and Eleven Months, this Examinant lived at several other Places before this, but never lived a Twelvemonth in neither nor has ever done any other Act to gain a Settlement and she is now actually chargeable ~
Sworn at the City of Exeter the day and Year abovewritten before me
Rrd: Phillips
The Mark of + Jane Bailey"
On the back is written:
"27th. June 1811.
The Examination of Jane Bailey Singlewoman
Order to be suspended"
The suspension of a removal was almost certainly due to Jane's advanced pregnancy - it would not have been considered reasonable to remove her in her condition. Nevertheless, she did not stay put. By July she was clearly once again in Kingsteignton.
Once again the JPs issued a removal order, upon a "complaint of the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Kingsteington" but this time they came to a different conclusion about where Jane belonged:
"We the said Justices, upon due proof made thereof, as well upon the examination of the said Jane Bailey upon oath ... do likewise adjudge, that the lawful settlement of her the said Jane Bailey is in the said Parish of Teingrace." Again the Kingsteignton Churchwardens or overseers were ordered to remove her but this time only as far as the neighbouring parish of Teigngrace, whose Churchwardens and Overseers were required to provide for her.
Died Mar Q 1852 Stoke Damerel Reg Dist, Devon, England - GRO ref: VOGWILL, Jane q1 1852 Stoke Dam RD 5B 263; GRO online index shows age at death as 64 (also shows volume clearly)
Buried 18 Jan 1852 Ford Park Cemetery, Plymouth, Devon, England - Jane was buried in a common grave in the Church of England part of the cemetery, in Section G, No.22, Row 6.
(from data from the DFHS, transcribed data from the burial register, ref. 2595/1, held at the PWDRO)
Siblings2 brothers and 6 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
William BAILEY, b. Abt 1724, (probably in or near), Kingsteignton, Devon, England, d. Jul 1817, Teigngrace, Devon, England (Age ~ 93 years) (Grandfather) 
Elizabeth JORDAN, b. Est 1732, d. Yes, date unknown (Grandmother)Notes - Before I found the marriage I guessed that Jane was Jane Bailey.
It seems to me not many men born in Whitchurch would have married a bridge from Kingsteignton, or vice versa, but the censuses make it clear that Henry did, as did as his niece Elizabeth. It seems it unlikely that this was co-incidence, given that Elizabeth's husband had a sister Jane of the right age and birthplace to be Henry's wife, it seems probable there were 2 marriages between the same families.
Person ID I1010 All Last Modified 18 Dec 2021
Father Joseph BAILEY, b. Abt 1761, Teigngrace, Devon, England , d. 14 Dec 1843, Wolborough, Devon, England (Age ~ 82 years) Mother Elizabeth EVANS, b. Abt 1760, Kingsteignton, Devon, England , d. 1829, Kingsteignton, Devon, England (Age ~ 69 years)
Other Partners: Richard GERRET m. 18 Feb 1783Married 12 Aug 1787 St. Michael’s Church, Kingsteignton, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 2 Sep 2014)
Whilst most Bailey Teigngrace entries are this family, the Joseph who with his wife Elizabeth had a family there in the C19th was not the son of this Joseph, but of Joseph's brother William.
Family ID F726 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Children 1. Maria BAILEY, bap. 11 Aug 1811, St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Teigngrace, Devon, England , d. Yes, date unknown▻ John PHILIPS m. 18 Feb 1830; John BARTLETT m. 9 Dec 1852Last Modified 29 Jul 2017 Family ID F6894 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 2 Henry VOGWELL, b. Abt 1794, Whitchurch, Devon, England , d. 15 Nov 1871, Stoke Damerel, Devon, England (Age ~ 77 years)
Other Partners: Ann ROUNSEVELL m. 25 Jul 1856Married 27 Sep 1816 St. Mary’s Church, Bathwick, Somerset, England - I was guessing the marriage would have taken place about 1816, i.e. not too long before the first child was born (IF I know of all the children)
And then I found this marriage - a good match on date, and given the rarity of surname Vogwill seems too much to be co-incidence. But in Somerset -why did they marry in Bathwick? Census shows Jane to have been born Kingsteignton so I don't think it indicates the bride being a different Jane Bailey.
Now (29 July 2017) the Somerset baptism index is on FMP, there is not a single (F/V)ogw(e/i)ll baptism in it, in any part of Somerset at any date; clearly Henry was from elsewhere.
Children5 children Last Modified 29 Jul 2017 Family ID F780 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Born - Abt 1787 - Kingsteignton, Devon, England 
Baptised - 17 May 1788 - St. Michael’s Church, Kingsteignton, Devon, England Poor Law - Settlement examination and removal - 1811 - Kingsteignton, Devon, England 
Child - Maria BAILEY - 11 Aug 1811 - St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Teigngrace, Devon, England 
Married - 27 Sep 1816 - St. Mary’s Church, Bathwick, Somerset, England Child - Henry VOGWELL - Abt 1817 - Kingsteignton, Devon, England 
Child - Mary Ann VOGWELL - 11 Dec 1824 - Peter Tavy, Devon, England 
Died - Mar Q 1852 - Stoke Damerel Reg Dist, Devon, England 
Buried - 18 Jan 1852 - Ford Park Cemetery, Plymouth, Devon, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
