Middx
to wit
Elizth. Billing< no role >
Aged about Twenty one Years
on her Oath Says she is the Widow of
Zachariah
Billing< no role >
who has been dead about Two Years and with
whom she Intermarried at the Parish Church of Oswestry
in the County of Salop about four Years ago Says her said
late Husband served Seven Years Apprenticeship with
one
Edward Edwards< no role >
a Carpenter
in the Parish of
Llhanablodwell
in the said County of Salop as her said
Husband has often Informed her and which Information
she verily believes to be true and Says that since her late
Husbands Death she never Rented House paid Taxes or
lived a hired Yearly Servant for one Year And Further
Upon 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 Chargable to the
said Parish of St. Clement Danes
where she now lodges
she being poor and unable to maintain the same when
born Says that one
William Cave< no role >
a Brazier in Watling
Street
London had Carnal Knowledge of her Body on or
about the Twenty Seventh day of
April June last past and at
several Different times afterwards at one of which times
he got her with Child of the
[..] Child or Children of
which she is now pregnant as of sd. and that the said
Wm. Cave< no role >
&no Other person did beget the same and
that he is the real & true Father thereof
Sworn this 30th. day
of Decr. 1771
before} [..]
Resworn this 4th. day
of January 1772
before}
her
Elizth. [mark] Billing< no role >
Mark