Middlesex
&
Westminster}
Elizabeth Skinner< no role >
Aged about Twenty Two
Years on her Oath Says she never was married
Rented House or paid Taxes says she lived a
hired Yearly Servant
with one Mrs. Kirk a Nursery
Woman in the Parish of
Kensington
in the County
of Middlesex
upwards of One Year at the Yearly
Wages of five Pounds hath quitted her sd Service
upwards of Three Years ago since which time she
hath gained no other Subsequent Settlement And
further on her Oath Says that on the 14th. day of
August last past
she was delivered of a Male Bastard
Child in the House of
Robt. Cairns< no role > This name instance is in a workspace.
in
Bear Yard
in the Parish of St. Clement Danes
which hath since
been baptized
William< no role >
and is likely to become
Chargable to the said Parish And further says that
one
Benjamin Carne< no role >
a Bricklayer
did beget such
Bastard Child on her Body Says that the said
Benjamin
Carn< no role >
served his Apprenticeship
in Wales
and never
gained a Settlement in England to her Knowledge
or belief.
Sworn this 27th. day
of May 1778
before
Jno Barnfather< no role >
Wm. Frank< no role >
her
Elizabeth [mark] Skinner< no role >
Mark