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Aged upwards of Eighteen Years
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on her Oath Says she never was married Rented House
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or paid Taxes Says she was bound out an
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Govrs. & Guardians of the
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to one Mr.
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Boulton a
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Hair Dresser
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untill she shod. Attain
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her Age of 21 Years or Day of Marriage and lived with her sd.
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Master upwards of half a Year and was afterwards Assigned
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Over to one Mr. Mackfarlane a
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Ship Yard
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in
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the parish of St. Clement Danes
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under such Assignment for about Seven Years and hath never
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gained any other Subsequent Settlement And further upon
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her Voluntary Oath Says she is pregnant with Child or
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Children which is or are likely to be born a Bastard or
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Bastards and to become Chargable to the said Parish she
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being poor and unable to maintain the same when born
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William Lewis
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who lodges
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in her said Masters House is the Father thereof he having
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had Carnal knowledge of her Body sometime in June or
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July last in her said Masters House but the Particular Month or days she does not
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one of which times he got her with Child of the Child or
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Children of which she is now pregnant as aforesaid and
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18th. day
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of February 1777
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before
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her
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Ann
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