Westminster

to wit Esther Newton< no role > Aged about 19 Years on her
Oath Says she never was Married Rented House or
paid Taxes Says she lived a Hired Yearly Servant with
one Mr. Ezexiel Atkins< no role > a Broker in Stanhope Street.
in the Parish of St. Clement Danes in the Liberty of
Westmr. for one Year and half at the Yearly Wages of £4.
hath quitted her said Service about Six months ago and
hath not sence she quitted the same ever Rented House
or Paid Taxes And further upon her Voluntary Oath
Says she is pregnant wth. 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 she being Poor and
Unable to Maintain the same when born Says that her sd.
Master Ezekiel Atkins< no role > had Carnal knowledge of her body
sometime in the latter End of June or the beginning of July
but the particular day she does not now remember and
at Sevl. Other times Afterwards at one of which times he got
her wth. Child of the Child or Children of which she is now pregnant and
as afsd. and the sd. Ezekiel Atkins< no role > and no Other person did
beget the same & that he his the real and true Father
thereof

Sworn this 20th day of
January 1772 before} [..]

her
Esther [mark] Newton< no role >
Mark