Middx
Catherine Bonny< no role >
aged about Seventy three years on her Oath
says she never was Married Rented House or paid Taxes
says she was Covenanted to serve & learn the Trade of a
Mantua Maker
with one Mrs. Egan a Mantua Maker in
Holles Street
Clare Market
for four years & after serving
her said Mrs. Egan for that time she hath gained no other Subsequent
Settlement 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 Chargeable
to the Parish of Saint Clement Danes
she being Poor
and unable to Maintain he same says that one
Saml. Eaton< no role >
a Buckle Chafe Maker
who uses
the Sign of the Bull & Monk
Publick House
adjoining to the Burial Ground
in Drury Lane
is the Father thereof he having had Carnal Knowledge of her
Body at her Lodgings at one Mr. Smarts in Saffron Hill
the later end of January last and 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
Saml. Eaton< no role >
and no other Person did beget
the same and that he is the real and true Father thereof
Sworn this 13th. day
of October 1778
before
R Butler
her
Catherine [mark] Bonny< no role >
Mark