<div1 type="CW_ICpage" id="WACWIC65237IC652370037"> <xptr type="pageFacsimile" doc="WACWIC652370037"></xptr>
<p n="132"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65237_geo108">City & Liberty of Westmr</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65237_geo108" type="placeName" value="City & Liberty of Westmr"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65237_geo108" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
. in the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65237_geo109">County of Middlesex</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65237_geo109" type="placeName" value="County of Middlesex"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65237_geo109" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
}</note>
<lb></lb>
Informations taken this 19<lb></lb>
January 1797 at the House of<lb></lb>
the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65237_geo110">Sign of the<lb></lb>
red Lion</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65237_geo110" type="placeName" value="Sign of thered Lion"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65237_geo110" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65237_geo111">portland Street</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65237_geo111" type="placeName" value="portland Street"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65237_geo111" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65237_geo112">parish of St. George Hanover<lb></lb>
Square</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65237_geo112" type="placeName" value="parish of St. George HanoverSquare"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65237_geo112" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
on view of the Body of a new born Male Infant<lb></lb>
Child then & there lying dead to Wit</p>
<p n="133"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65237_n133-1">John Atkinsen</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65237_n133-1" type="given" value="John"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65237_n133-1" type="surname" value="Atkinsen"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65237_n133-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65237_occ56">Keeper</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65237_occ56" type="occupation" value="Keeper"></interp>
of the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65237_geo113">Church Yard</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65237_geo113" type="placeName" value="Church Yard"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65237_geo113" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
at <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65237_geo114">St. James:</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65237_geo114" type="placeName" value="St. James:"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65237_geo114" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
<lb></lb>
being sworn deposeth & saith that Yesterday Morning between<lb></lb>
8 & 9 o'Clock he was in the Sexton's office & a<lb></lb>
Man told him there were a bundle lying under<lb></lb>
the Bellfry within the Iron Rails & added he believes<lb></lb>
it was a Child for he thought be felt a Child's<lb></lb>
head this Dept. went with him & when they<lb></lb>
arrived at the place there was a Man there<lb></lb>
this Dept. look up the parcel & he look & the sd.<lb></lb>
two Men took it into the Sextons Office he<lb></lb>
opened it & it contained a male Child It was<lb></lb>
pinned up in a white Cloth & one that was a purple & white Linnen cloth. he had passed<lb></lb>
by there about 1/2 past 7 o'Clock that Morning<lb></lb>
but did not then observe it. further he<lb></lb>
knoweth not.</p>
<p n="134">J Atkinson</p>
</div1>

View as Text