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Jane Swaine
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aged 23 years
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upon her Oath saith that on the
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24th: day of
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November last
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past she Intermarried with
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Joseph Pester
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at the
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Parish of Christ Church
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in the
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County of Surry who at that time she thought
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was Single but since her said Marriage she this
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Deponent has learnt he had been legally
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married to a former wife named
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Ann Pester
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Church of
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Saint Ann's Aldersgate
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London on
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the
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23d. December 1792
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. That she this Examinant
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lived as a hired yearly Servant with Mr. Carey the
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Optician in
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the Strand
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in the Parish of
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Saint
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Clement Danes
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County of Middlesex
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for Ten
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Years and upwards at the yearly wages of Eight
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Guineas that she hath quitted said Service about
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Ten Months since which time she hath done no
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Act to gain a subsequent settlement And further
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this Examinant upon her Oath saith That that on
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the Third day of April now last past she this
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Examinant was delivered of a female Bastard
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Child in the
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London Lying in Hospital
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which hath
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since been Christened by the Name of
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Jemima
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That the said
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Joseph Pester
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who now lodges at
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Mr. Pye's in
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Saint Anns Lane Westmr
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. is the
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father thereof he having had carnal knowledge
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of this Examinants Body and begotten the same
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thereon and that the said Joseph Pester and no
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other Person did beget the same and that he is
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the only real and true father thereof
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Sworn this
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14th.
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day of Augt. 1795
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.} E Read
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her
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Jane
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Swaine
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Mark
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