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South Mims at. 25 Novr. 1766 Mr. Preston the Cross Keys
touching the death of Sarah Forster< no role > & her [..] born female
Child.

Mary< no role > the Wife of Henry Buck< no role > Laborer that last Thursday
was sever night James Field< no role > came to her & 1s. for Gods take conrs for
I Believe my Wife hath fetald: her last breath she ask'd him what
his wife ask'd he Answered she had a fever & AqusThat in
going wth. him she again ask'd him what his Wife ailed & he
Answed. why to tell you the Truth she hath Misearrdshe asked him
whose he had hear all dayhe Answed. at Hornswent & found
her dead to her hands coldThat she helped to day her out & it
appear'd she [..] had lost all her Blood by Flooating after her Delivery
That when she was amensing away she saw a half Butter Firkin
under the Bed & pull'd it out & saw a female childshe took it
out eachcannot say how it canns in or by whom but the after
birth. was in the Tab wth. this Child That the believes there was near
a Gallon of Bloody Water in the Tab & that this Chamber Pott That stod
by the Tab was whiptyapprehends the Mothers death was owing
to her Flooching after DeliveryThat Jas. Field< no role > when he was aske'd
why he did not Call in some of the Neighbours he knowed. his Wife would
not Let him & his Wife had done every Thing herself & all was over

The Mark of
Mary [mark] Buck< no role >

Dorothy< no role > the Dair of Wm. Rippon< no role > That last Thursday was
7 night Mr Duck cams to her Mother & desired her hosp to Lay out the
deced That at her mother Request she went alway wth. Mr. Duck
Catherine Roberts< no role > & Mary Samms< no role > & confired Mrs. Duck after the
laying her out of the taking the Child out of the Ind of the other
circumstances & the thus bounds Answd. abt. not calling in the Neighbours
for his Wife would not Lat him & That Mrs. Robert & Mrs. Sworns
Knownd Mors & they all cams away Esqr.

Dorothy Ripp< no role > [..]