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July 29th 1793
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and
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Mary
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Kent
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Sarah Richards
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aged 34 years or
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thereabouts (on behalf of her illegitimate Child
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named
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Sarah Prosser
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five Years & upwards)
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Upon her voluntary Oath saith that she this Examint.
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was Married to
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Watkin Richards
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Church of
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about
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seventeen or eighteen years ago that about eighteen
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he went as a Soldier to
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she hath not heard of him for
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about fourteen
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us
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knows not what is become of him Saith that she
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this Examinant was delivered of the said Child
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named
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in the
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County of Kent
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that
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on or about the 31st day of
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March 1788 that one
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James
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by trade a
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Shoemaker
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only real true
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father of the said
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Child named Sarah
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Nichol and that he hath deceased
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Prosser
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and
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and that she this Examinant hath never been Married
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Got to the said Watkin Richards as aforesaid
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Sworn the
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29th day of
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July 1793
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before us} N Bond
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John Collick
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Sarah
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Richardss
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Mark
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Witness Garrett
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Removed by Mr Robertson Master of the Workhouse
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