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Mr. Walker a Chair maker in the
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London upwards
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of a year at the yearly wages of Four pounds and hath quitted her
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said Service about four years and hath not since Rented Ten pounds a
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Sutherland a Poulterer in
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and which hath since
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been baptized
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Samuel
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& is still living and likely to become Chargeable
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She being poor & unable to
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maintain the same And that
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Samuel Hilliard
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now a
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Rotherhith
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did beget the said Male Bastard Child on her
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this Examinant's Body in
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the Month of March in the Year 1753 in the House
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of Mr. Shirley at the Dover Castle in
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March and at several
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Child She was delivered of as aforesaid And that the said
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Samuel
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Hilliard
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Sworn the
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Theodr. Sydenham
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Margt Fleetwood
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