Middx
&
Westmr.}
Rebecca Green< no role >
Aged about 34 Years on her Oath says
she never was married rented house or paid Taxes
says she lived a hired Yearly Servant
with one
Alexr.
Philips< no role >
an Attornoy at Law
in
Cecil Street
in the Strand
in the parish of St. Clement Danes
in the County of Middx
for two Years and a half at the yearly Wages of £6s hath
quitted her said Service upwards of nine Years ago since
which time she hath never gained any other subsequent
Settlement either by renting house paying Taxes or living
a hired Yearly Servant for one Year and furr. on her
Voluntary Oath says she is pregnant with Child or
Children which is or are likely to be born a Bastard or
Bastards and to become chargeable to the said parish
she being poor and unable to maintain the same when
born says that one
Phoenix Lane< no role >
a Journeyman Copper
plate Printer
who lately worked with one Mr. Paybody
in Wych Street
(and who she believes
[..] does now) had Carnal Knowld.
of her Body upwards of Eighteen Months last past at one
of which times he got her with Child of the Child or Children of which
she is now pregnant and that the said
Phoenix Lane< no role >
and no other person did beget the same and that he
is the real and true Father thereof
Sworn this 22d
Day of Octr. 1776
R Butler
her
Rebecca [mark] Green< no role >
Mark