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to the Birth of a Bastard Child
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by the Mothers Information
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in the said
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County maketh oath that by a warrant or Pass order
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bearing date the
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Elizabeth
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Bennett
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therein mentioned to be the wife of
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Robert Bennett
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was removed from the
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Parish of St John Wapping
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in the sd
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County to the sd
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as the Place of her last legal Settlement and her Child
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Sophia
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aged about two years was removed Came with
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her for Nurture That the Said
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Elizabeth Bennett
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upon Such her Removal refused to take Care of her sd
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Child or in any manner to Administer any Nurture
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thereto although required by this Depont so to do but
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hath left the same in this Deponents Custody
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That by an Examination in Writing of the sd
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Elizabeth
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& taken upon her oath it Appears that the
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said Child was born in the sd
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and Which this Deponent believes to be true
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Sworn this.
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15.day
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of July 1783
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before
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R Davies J. Hawley
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John Mackelrath
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