I'm sure the kids would love running around here but neither Mary nor Jane ever married let alone have kids. Their will said only unmarried female descendants could inherite this property, so I doubt any kids ever lived here
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modern days that shouldn't be any problem to have kids as a single mom . but in those days i think it wouldn't be that easy.
It would definitely be a scandal in those days to have a child out of wedlock.
Having said that, when I watch period TV dramas, sometimes there would be a storyline where a girl finds herself in that situation, a female relative or friend would accompany her on a trip abroad for a year, where she would become a young widower and have her child there and give the baby up for adoption. Then she'd come home as if nothing had happened!
Sorry, been watching too many TV programs!!