Middlesex ss
John Bright< no role >
of the Parish of Saint
Botolph without Aldgate
in the Said County Beadle
maketh oath that it Appears by an Examination of
Jane
Hopperton< no role >
Singlewoman
in writing taken on oath before
Parker Rowlands< no role >
Esquire
late one of his Majesties Justices
of the Peace
for the Sd County on the Seventh day of March
one thousand Seven hundred & Seventy Seven
That She had
then a Child named
Richard Johnson< no role >
then Aged about
two months which was born of her body in
Milk Street
in the Parish of Christ Church
in the Said County the
which Child was Bastard & illegitimate by reason that
She the Sd
Jane Hopperton< no role >
was not married And this Depont.
farthr Saith that it also Appears by a Pass Order bearing
date the Said fifth day of March that the Said
Jane
Hopperton< no role >
was removed from the Said Parish of Christ
Church
to the Sd Parish of St Botolph witht Aldgate
as the place of her last legal Settlement together with
her Sd Bastard Child for Nurture And that in the
Work house
of the Sd last mentioned Parish the Said
Child (as this Deponent has been informed & believes) hath
ever Since remained & as Yet remains & hath not to the
Knowledge or belief of this Deponent done Any Act to
gain a Settlement for himself
Sworn this fifth day of
January 1786
before
R Davies Robt. Smith< no role >
John Bright< no role >