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Ann Cowden
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aged about 19 years upon her
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Oath saith that she never was married Rented House
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paid Taxes lived as a hired yearly Servant for one year
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or ever bound an Apprentice that her late father
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Cowden
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in his life time Rented and lived in a House
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Water Street in the Parish of
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for 7 years
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the yearly Rent of £9..15..0 & paid all Taxes due for
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same that since his decease her Mother has kept
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said House till this day and that this Ext. has been
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with her Father & Mother ever since she was born that
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she has done no Act in her own right to gain a Settlement
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And further this Ext. upon her Oath saith that
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the 29th. day of April 1784 last past she was delivered of
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Male Bastard Child in her Mother House in the Street
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Parish afsd. which hath since been Christened by the
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Thos. Henry Ward
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and that on the
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17
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last past she was delivered of another Male Bastard
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Child at her mother House afsd. in the Parish afsd. which has
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since been Christened by the name of
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Henry Ward
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one
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Thos. Henry Ward
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a Journeyman Taylor who la
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at this Exts. Mothers House and work for a Mr. Triad
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Taylor in Arrundel Street is the father of the sd. 2 Children he ha
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had Carnal knowledge of the Exts. Body for these
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years last past at sevl. times and begotten the said
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Children thereon And that the said Thos.
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Henry Ward
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the only real and true father of the said Two Child
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Sworn this
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15th.
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day of Febry. 1787
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before me} R Butler
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Man taken he paid £10
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Release Exted
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