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Aged about 27 Years on her Oath says she never
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upwards of three Years at the Yearly Wages of £4..10s..0d hath
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quitted her said service about Ten Years ago since which time she
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of a Female Bastard Child in the House of one Farrall a Cork
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Cutter in
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which hath since been Baptized by the
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And that in the Month of Decr. 1775 she was
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Holton in
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which hath since been Baptized by the
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Mary
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both of which are likely to become Chargeable to the
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a
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who now works at
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one Mr. Hambletons in
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is the
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Father of Both the said Bastard Children he having had Carnal
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Knowledge of her Body for Ten Years last past and that the said
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Febry 1779
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her
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Watson
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