This could be a red herring, but the West Yorkshire Bastardy Records on ancestry have an entry for an Elizabeth
Perkin of Leeds, receiving money in 1841:
http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/25...cklabel=Return
It looks as though a John Whitehead is the father of the child.
Can't remember whether this one has been mentioned, but there is the baptism of a John Henry, son of Elizabeth Parkin of Woodhouse, spinster, born 1 May 1837 and baptised 4 Jun 1837 at Leeds St Peter:
http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/22...nSearchResults
Then a Frances, daughter of Elizabeth Parkin of Silver Street, spinster, is born 23 Oct 1838 and baptised 11 Nov 1838, also at Leeds St Peter:
http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/22...nSearchResults