Notes on Tom Jones (Henry Fielding) ...Tom Jones is a child of uncertain birth. The good Squire Allworthy returns to his estate one day to find a baby abandoned in his bed. He and his sister Bridgetsuspect that the baby belongs to Jenny Jones, a servant of the local schoolmaster, Mr Partridge. Jenny admits that she placed the baby in the Allworthys’ home, but refuses to name Tom’s father.