Middlesex ss}
Carolina Floyd< no role >
Singlewoman
maketh oath
that She never was married and that divers years ago She
was hired & lived as a hired Servant
by the year at Certain
yearly Wages by & with
Hans Tennis< no role >
of the Precinct of Saint
Catherine
in the Said County Victualler
& Continued in Such
Service for the Space of three years & by means thereof gained a
legal Settlement there That She has not Since lives as a hired
Servant for a year or rented a house of Ten pounds a year or
upwards or Served any Parish office or paid any Poors Rates
or Kings Taxes or done any Act to gain a Subsequent Settlement
That She hath a Child named
Peter James Hedgley< no role >
aged
about fourteen Months Which was born in the
Parish of St.
Saviour in Southwarke
in the County of Surry
& is illegitimate
& Bastard and that one
Peter Hedgely< no role >
late of Newington
in
the Same County Painter
is the Father of the Said Child
Sworn this 9th day of
September 1776
before
Jno Sherwood< no role >
W Blackmore
The Mark of
Carolina [mark] Floyd< no role >