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Image 17 of 11228th April 1739


Middx,


The Confession of Ann Minchen< no role > otherwise
Watts< no role > Taken before me one of his Majesties
Justices of the Peace for the County of Middx.

Who being Examin'd doth Voluntarily Confess and Say That
on the first day of January last was four Years She was lawfully
married to John Minchen< no role > a Leather Breeches Maker with
whom She liv'd and Cohabited for the Space of three Years and
upwards and afterwards to wit on the 20th. day of November
last She was married in the like lawfull manner to John
Watts a Leather Breeches Maker with whom She has
Since cohabited Excepting two Nights that She went over to
the Marshalsea Prison in Southwark and lay along with
the Said John Minchen who was then a Prisoner there
And the Said Ann Minchen otherwise Watts doth further
Confess and Say that the Said Two Marriages as aforesaid
were Severally perform'd by two Clergymen or Gentlemen
in Clergymens Habits & Rofes at Fleet Ditch London
at Two different houses each known by the Name or Sign
of the hand and pen and at the Times aforesaid

Taken before Me the
28th. April 1739

J Poulson

The Mark of
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Ann Minchen
otherwise Watts




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