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Jas Durham
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her Bastard Child
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After Birth
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November 19th 1793
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and
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Woman's
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settlement in
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St Michael
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Basinghall all
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Bassishaw
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London}
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Birth of the
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Child
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Reputed Father
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Mary Mills
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commonly called
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Mary
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Durham
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aged 23 years & upwards Upon Oath
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saith that in or about the Month of May 1788 she was
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never
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James Durham
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at the
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according to the Rights and Ceremonies of the Church
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of
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England
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Rome she this Examinant then now being
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of the Protestant Faith and the said
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Husband of
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James Durham
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then
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being of the Roman Catholic persuasion that she has never
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been otherwise Married, that
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she
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being single and
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unmarried she lived as an hired yearly Servant with
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Mr Long at the
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White Bear
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in the
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parish of St Michael Basinghall
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otherwise
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London for thirteen Months or upwards
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at the annual Wages of Eight Guineas
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a year
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that she quitted that Service about
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five years & five
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Months ago and hath not since done any Act
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Matter or thing whatsoever whereby to obtain any
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subsequent legal Settlement And this Examinant
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further saith that on or about the Nineteenth day of
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May 1793 at the House of Mrs Carver at No 14 Change
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Court in the
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parish of St Clement Danes
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in the
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County of Middlesex
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she was delivered of a Male
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Bastard Child Named
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James Durham
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that the
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said
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James Durham
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the elder-unto
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whom she
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was so Married as aforesaid is the real true father
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of the said Child of which she was so delivered
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as aforesaid he and no
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other person having
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