Middlesex
&
Westminster}
Mary Ashford< no role >
Aged about Twenty Eight
years on her Oath Says she never was married
Rented House served any Apprenticeship or
lived a hired yearly Servant
for one year Says she has
a Female Bastard Child begotten by one
Joseph
Symonds< no role >
Named
Jane< no role >
Aged about four years
which which was born
near the Rose and Crown
Ale house
at Wandsworth
in the County of Surry
And this Examinant further saith that her late
Father
James Ashford< no role >
served Seven years Apprenticeship
to one
William Gardiner< no role >
a Waterman
at
Wandsworth
aforesaid in the said County of Surry
and after he
was out of his said Apprenticeship he never Rented
House paid Taxes or otherwise gained any other
Subsequent Settlement neither hath this Examinant
since her said Father death
Sworn this 22d.
day of Feb: 1776
before
Wm Kitchiner< no role >
Mary Ashford< no role >