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Middlesex,
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to wit,
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Mary Peters
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maketh Oath and Saith, That
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about Ten Years ago she was Married to one
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John
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at the
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in the
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County of Essex
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, that she was afterwards informed
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and believes that the said John English at the time
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of such Marriage had a Wife living to whom he was
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lawfully Married at the
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Leonard Shoreditch
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in the County of Middlesex
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,
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That she this Deponent has a Child by the said
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John English now living, aged about Eight Years,
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who was born at
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Stratford
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in the said Parish of
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Westham
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, since Baptised by the Name
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of John
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,
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and who has not gained any Settlement in his
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own right And this Deponent further saith,
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that about Five Years ago she was lawfully
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Married to her present Husband
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Richard Peters
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at the
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aforesaid,
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and that she has Issue by her said Husband
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now living Two Children, namely,
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aged Four Years or thereabouts, and
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William
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aged Two Years or thereabouts, that her said
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Husband has deserted her, that she and her
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said Three Children are now Chargeable to the said
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