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<p n="180"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Middlesex ss}.</note>
The Voluntary Examination of <rs type="persName" id="GLBAEP10315_n180-1">Catherine<lb></lb>
Doe</rs>
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<interp inst="GLBAEP10315_n180-1" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
of the <rs type="placeName" id="GLBAEP10315_geo228"> <rs type="placeName" id="GLBAEP10315_geo229">Parish of Saint Botolph without Aldgate</rs>
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in<lb></lb>
the County of Middlesex</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="GLBAEP10315_occ131">Singlewoman</rs>
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taken on oath before<lb></lb>
me one of his Majesties <rs type="occupation" id="GLBAEP10315_occ132">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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in and for the<lb></lb>
Said County this <rs type="date" id="GLBAEP10315_date66">10th day of october 1775</rs>
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</p>
<p n="181">Who Saith that she is now with Child and that the Said<lb></lb>
Child is likely to be born a Bastard and to be Chargeable<lb></lb>
to the said <rs type="placeName" id="GLBAEP10315_geo230">parish of Saint Botolph without Aldgate</rs>
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<interp inst="GLBAEP10315_geo230" type="type" value="parish"></interp>
and<lb></lb>
that one <rs type="persName" id="GLBAEP10315_n181-1">Arthur Fraser</rs>
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<interp inst="GLBAEP10315_n181-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
late of the said <rs type="placeName" id="GLBAEP10315_geo231">parish of Saint<lb></lb>
Botolph without aldgate</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="GLBAEP10315_occ133">Armorer</rs>
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and now on Board<lb></lb>
the Ship Talbot on a Voyage to the <rs type="placeName" id="GLBAEP10315_geo232">East Indies</rs>
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<interp inst="GLBAEP10315_geo232" type="type" value="region"></interp>
is the Father<lb></lb>
of the Said Child And this Examinant Farther Saith that<lb></lb>
Sometime ago She was hired & lived as a <rs type="occupation" id="GLBAEP10315_occ134">hired Servant</rs>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10315_occ134" type="occupation" value="hired Servant"></interp>
by<lb></lb>
the Year at Certain Yearly Wages with one <rs type="persName" id="GLBAEP10315_n181-2">Thomas Webb</rs>
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<interp inst="GLBAEP10315_n181-2" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<lb></lb>
of the said <rs type="placeName" id="GLBAEP10315_geo233">parish of St Botolph without Aldgate</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="GLBAEP10315_occ135">Victualler</rs>
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<lb></lb>
and Continued in Such Service for the Space of Fifteen<lb></lb>
Months & by means thereof gained a legal Settlement there<lb></lb>
That she this Examinant has not Since lived in any other<lb></lb>
place for the space of a year as a hired Servant nor hath<lb></lb>
She been ever married nor done any Act to gain a Subsequent<lb></lb>
Settlement</p>
<p n="182"> <hi rend="brace"> <lb></lb>
Taken & Signed the day &<lb></lb>
Year above Written before me<hi rend="braceResult"> <rs type="persName" id="GLBAEP10315_n182-1">Geo. C. Smith</rs>
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</hi>
</hi>
</p>
<p n="183">The mark of<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="GLBAEP10315_n183-1">Catherine<figure rend="mark"></figure>
Doe</rs>
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