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Middx
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Aged about Twenty Seven
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Years on her Oath Says she never was married Rented
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of Six Years at the Yearly Wages of Eleven pounds Eleven
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Shillings hath quitted her Said Service upwards of Two
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Years ago since which time she hath gained on other
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Subsequent Settlement And further upon her Voluntary
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Oath says she is pregnant with Child or Children which
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is or are likely to be born a Bastard or Bastards and to
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become Chargable to the Parish of
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Robert Boycott
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beget such Bastard Child or Children on her Body he
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29th. day of March last
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and at one other
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at one of which times he got her with Child of the Child
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or Children of which she is now pregnant and that the
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Sworn this
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22d. day
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Catharine Davis
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