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To Order of
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two of His Majesty's of the Peace in and for the
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said County, one whereof is of the Quorum,
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and both
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residing near unto the Limits of the Parish Church,
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within the
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in the said County, made the 2nd Day of October
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in the Year of our Lord 1793 concerning a male
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Bastard Child lately born in the Parish aforesaid, of the
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Body of
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Single Woman
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Widow
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Geo Story
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WHEREAS it hath been duly made appear unto us, the said Justices,
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as well upon the Complaint of the Churchwardens and Overseers of
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the Poor of the said Parish of Saint George as upon the
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Oath of the said
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that she was delivered
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of a male Bastard Child, at Mr. Lambs in
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Bounning Street
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in the said Parish,
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on the Twenty Sixth Day of December 1791 and that the said Bastard Child
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is now chargeable to the same, and likely so to continue; and further
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of
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in the
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of Christ Church
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in the
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said
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County, of
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did beget the said Bastard
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Child on the Body of her, the said
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Hannah Guest
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And whereas the said
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Borradaile Dickinson
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hath not shewn
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any sufficient Cause why he shall not be the reputed Father of the said
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Bastard Child,
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We therefore, upon Examination of the Cause and Circumstance
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Premisses, as well upon the Oath of the said Hannah Gulat
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as otherwise, do hereby adjudge him, the said Borradaile Dickinson
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to be the reputed Father of the said Bastard Child.
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John Staples
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And thereupon we do Order, as well for the better Relief of the said
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Parish of
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as for the Sustentation and Relief of
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the said Bastard Child, that the said
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Borradale Dickinson
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shall and do forthwith, upon Notice of this our Order, pay, or cause to
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be paid, to the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish,
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or to some one of them,
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the sum offor and towards the
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Lying in of the saidand the Mainte
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nance of the said Bastard Child, to the Time of making this our Order
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And we do also hereby further order, that the said
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shall likewise pay, or cause to be paid, to the
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Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of
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for the Time being,
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or to some or one of them.
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the Sum
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of Two Shillings and six pence Weekly, and every Week from this present Time, for
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and towards the Keeping, Sustentation and Maintenance of the said Bastard
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Child, for and during so long Time as the said Bastard Child shall be
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chargeable to the said Parish. And we do further order, that the said
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Borradaile Dickinson
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shall also pay, or cause to be paid
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to the said Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of
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Saint George
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for the Time being, or to some or one of
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them, the Sum of 2s/6dWeekley, and every Week, so long as the
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said Bastard Child shall be chargeable to the same, in case she shall not
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nurse and take Care of the said Child herself.
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Given under our Hands and Seals, the Day and Year first above
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written.
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