Westmr.

Martha Middleton< no role > aged about 18 years upon
Oath says she never was Married and that she lived a
hired Yearly Servant with Mr. Lewis at the Bull in
Milford Lane in the Parish of St. Clement Danes in the
County of Middlesex for one Year and upwards at the
Yearly Wages of Forty Shillings; quitted said Services abt.
Three Years ago & hath not since Rented House paid
Taxes or lived a hired Yearly Servant for One Year
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 said Parish of St. Clement Danes , she
being poor and unable to maintain the same when born
Says that William James< no role > (who is now abroad in the
Service of the East India Company) had carnal
knowledge of her Body in the Month of December 1765,
and at several times Afterwards at one of which times
he got her with Child of the Child or Children with which
she is now pregnant and that the said Wm: James< no role > and
no other Person did beget the same.

Sworn the 26th. day
of August 1766 , before} Fran. Cary< no role >

The Mark of
[mark]
Martha Middleton< no role >