Middlesex
&
Westmr.}
Mary Anthony< no role >
Aged about Thirty Years on her
Oath Says she never was married Rented House
or paid Taxes says she lived a hired Yearly Servant
with Mr.
James Brownley< no role >
a Smith
in
Wych Street
in
the parish of Saint Clement Danes
in the Liberty of
Westminster
upwards of Three Years at the Yearly
Wages of Six pounds hath quitted her said Service about
Ten Days ago and hath not since she quitted the same
done any other Act whereby to gain a Subsequent Settlemt.
And further upon her Voluntary Oath Says she is
pregnant with Child or Children which is or are likely to
be born a Bastard or Bastards and to become chargable
to the said Parish she being poor and unable to maintain
the same when born Says that one
William Richardson< no role >
a Journeyman Blacksmith
who lately worked with her
said Master and where he now lodges had Carnal knowledge
of her Body sometime the latter end of March last in her said Masters House but the
particular day she does not now remember and at several
different times afterwards at one of which times he got her
with Child of the Child or Children of which she is now
pregnant and that the said
William Richardson< no role >
and no
other person did beget the same and that he is the real and
true Father thereof
Sworn this 27th. Octr.
1774
before
Sampn Wright< no role >
Mary Anthony< no role >