Middx
to wit
Diana Reed< no role > This name instance is in set 685. This set is in the group(s): MothersCD .
Aged about 19 Years on her Oath Says
she never was married Rented House or paid Taxes Says
she lived a hired Yearly Servant
with one Mr. Waters an
Attorney in
Clements Inn
in the Parish of Saint Clement
Danes
in the Liberty of Westmr
. for one Year and an half
at the Yearly Wages of Six pounds hath quitted her said
Service about Two Years ago since which 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 Chargable to the said Parish
she being poor and unable to maintain the same when
born And that one
Mathew Coulthurst< no role >
an Attorney
at
No. 5
in the Inner Temple Lane
is the Father thereof he
having had Carnal Knowledge of her Body at his the said Mr.
Coulthurst's Chambers in the Month of March last but the
particular Day she does not now remember and at
sevl. 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
Mathew Coulthurst< no role >
and
no other person did beget the same and that he is the
real and true Father thereof
Sworn this 27th. day
of October 1778
before
Abrm Baley< no role >
Diana Reed< no role >