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James Whitby
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about 4 years 8 Months old
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St Clement Danes
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June 30th 1794
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Middlesex
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and
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Westminster
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James a Whitby
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born Novr/89
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in Wedlock}
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Child of Risborn
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&
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Mary Whitby
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Settlement
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in
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Columpton
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Devonshire
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right of his fathr}
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Sworn
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(to wit)
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Elizabeth Poolman
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singlewoman
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on behalf
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of
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James Whitby
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a Poor Child (which was left with
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her this Examinant by the Mother, who hath desorted is)
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Upon Oath that she hath been informed which she
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Verily believes to be true that the said Child named
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James Whitby
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was born sometime in or about the
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Month of November 1789, in lawful Wedlock, at the
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lying in Hospital
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Brownlow Street
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Long Acre
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that
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he is the legitimate Child of Risbon and Mary
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Whiltey that they were
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Married at the Church
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of the
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Parish of Shipton Mallet
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in the
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County of
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Somerset
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on or about the 29th day of November
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1788
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1788 that the said
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Risbon Whitby
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obtained his
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settlement in the Parish of Columpton in the
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County
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of Devon
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by serving his Apprenticeship with his
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Father
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Thomas Whitby
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a Sargemaker in that parish
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And that she known not by information or otherwise of
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lb
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</
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any other Settlement the
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is in
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said Risbon Whitby
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is entitled
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into
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unto
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Sworn the
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30th day of June
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1794
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before us
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M Addington J: Hind
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Elizth
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P Poolman's
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Mark
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Witness
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Removed Talboy July1794
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