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<rs type="persName" id="WCCDEP35807_n565-1">Jane Besford</rs>
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Aged about Nineteen Years on her Oath<lb></lb>
Says she never was married Rented House paid Taxes or<lb></lb>
lived a hired Yearly Servant for one Year Says her Father<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WCCDEP35807_n565-47">Francis Besford</rs>
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Rented and lived in a house in <rs type="placeName" id="WCCDEP35807_geo867"> <rs type="placeName" id="WCCDEP35807_geo868"> <rs type="placeName" id="WCCDEP35807_geo869">Stanhope<lb></lb>
Street</rs>
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Clare Markett</rs>
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in the Parish of St. Clement Danes</rs>
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for<lb></lb>
sevl. Years at the Yearly Rent of Sixteen Pounds & paid Taxes<lb></lb>
due for the same hath quitted sd House upwards of Twenty<lb></lb>
Two Years ago & hath not since gained any or subseqt Settlemt.<lb></lb>
And further upon her Voluntary Oath Says she is Pregnant<lb></lb>
with Child or Children which is or are likely to be born a<lb></lb>
Bastard or Bastards and to become Chargable to the said<lb></lb>
Parish she being poor and unable to maintain the same when<lb></lb>
born Says that one <rs type="persName" id="WCCDEP35807_n565-18">George Denejean</rs>
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at a <rs type="occupation" id="WCCDEP35807_occ329">Midshipman</rs>
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at Mrs. Denejeys in<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="WCCDEP35807_geo870"> <rs type="placeName" id="WCCDEP35807_geo871">George Street</rs>
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York Buildings</rs>
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had Carnal knowledge of her Body at a<lb></lb>
House and as she believes at <rs type="placeName" id="WCCDEP35807_geo872"> <rs type="placeName" id="WCCDEP35807_geo873">the Bagnio</rs>
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in St. Martins Lane</rs>
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<lb></lb>
the latter end of December last but the Particular Day she<lb></lb>
does not now remember at which time he got her with Child<lb></lb>
of the Child or Children of which she is now pregnant and<lb></lb>
that the said <rs type="persName" id="WCCDEP35807_n565-417">George Denejean</rs>
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and no other person did<lb></lb>
beget the same and that he is the real and true Father<lb></lb>
thereof</p>
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Sworn this <rs type="date" id="WCCDEP35807_date193">Twenty Seventh<lb></lb>
day of July 1774</rs>
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before<hi rend="braceResult"> <rs type="persName" id="WCCDEP35807_n566-1">William Addington</rs>
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</hi>
</hi>
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<p n="567">her<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WCCDEP35807_n567-1">Jane<figure rend="mark"></figure>
Besford</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Mark</p>
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