Middx
&
Westmr
Martha Davis< no role >
aged about 25 Years Lodging
in Carey Street
in the Parish of St Clement Danes
in
the Liberty of Westminster
in the County of Middx
upon Oath saith she never was Married
That she lived a
hired Yearly Servant
with
Godolphin Edwards< no role >
Esqr
. in the
Parish of St Chads
in the Town of Shrewsbury
for upwards
of One Year at the Yearly Wages of £3 quitted the same
about 5 Years ago and hath not since rented any House
paid Parliamentary or Parochial Taxes or been a hired
Yearly Servant for one whole year in any one place
And further upon her voluntary Oath says she is
now pregnant
with Child or Children which is likely
to be Born a Bastard or Bastards and to become
Chargeable to the said Parish of St. Clement Danes
she
being poor and unable to maintain the Same when
Born and that one
John Smith< no role >
Shopman
to Mr. Clark
Woolen draper
the Corner of Blackmoor Street
in
Drury Lane
did beget such Child
or Children he having
had carnal Knowledge of her Body in or about the
Month of May 1761 at the house of the said Mr. Clarke
where she was then a Servant
and at several times
since at one of which times he got on her Body the Child
or Children with which she is now pregnant.
Sworn the 18th. January
1762
Before me} Fran: Bedwell< no role >
Matha Davies< no role >