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September 9th 1794
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aged 24 years & upwards singlewoman
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Upon Oath saith that she never was Married that
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she lived as an hired yearly Servant with Mr.
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Graham in
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in the parish of
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in the
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County of Middlesex
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for One
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year and six Months or thereabouts at the
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annual Wages of Ten pounds that she has quitted that
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September 1794
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And this Examinant upon
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her voluntary Oath further saith that she is now
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John Mushatt
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is the only real true father thereof he having
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Witness
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Garrett
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