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Hannah Wells< no role > This name instance is in set 823. This set is in the group(s): MothersCD .
Aged about Nineteen Years on
her Oath Says she never was married Rented House
or paid Taxes Says she lived a hired Yearly Servant
with
one
Robert Smith< no role >
an Attorney
in Lyons Inn
in the Parish
of Saint Clement Danes
in the Liberty of Westminster
upwards of One Year at the Yearly Wages of five Pounds
hath quitted her said Service upwards of Two Years ago
since which time she never lived a hired Yearly Servant for
One Year or ever gained any other Settlement than as aforesd
And further Says that on the 25th. day of April
last past
she was delivered of a Male Bastard Child in the Workhouse
belonging to the aforesaid Parish of Saint Clement Danes
which hath since been baptized by the name of
Miles Wells< no role >
And is now Chargable to the aforesaid Parish of St. Clement
Danes
and likely to Continue so And further Says that One
Miles Jackson< no role >
Esqr
. who lodges at Mr. Sedgleys a Taylor in
Maiden Lane
Covent Garden
is the Father thereof he having
had Carnal knowledge of her Body at his Lodging at
Briththelmstone some time in the Month of July last but the
particular day she does not remember and at several different
times afterwards at one of which times he got her with Child
of the Male Bastard Child of which she was so delivered as
aforesaid and that the said
Miles Jackson< no role >
and no other
Person did beget the same and that he is the real and true
Father thereof
Sworn this 22d day of
May 1784
before Us
Sampn Wright < no role >
W Addington
Hannah Wells< no role >