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aged about Sixty Years on her Oath
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her Son who
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to her Brother in Law
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Benjn. Sharp
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Houghton Street
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Pounds hath quitted her said service about
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Seventeen Years ago since which time
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she hath never gained any other Subseqt.
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June 1779
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