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Esther Newton
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Aged about 19 Years on her
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Oath Says she never was Married Rented House or
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paid Taxes Says she lived a Hired Yearly Servant with
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one Mr.
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Ezexiel Atkins
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a Broker in Stanhope Street.
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in the Parish of
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in the Liberty of
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Westmr. for one Year and half at the Yearly Wages of £4.
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hath quitted her said Service about Six months ago and
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hath not sence she quitted the same ever Rented House
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or Paid Taxes And further upon her Voluntary Oath
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Says she is pregnant wth. Child or Children which is or are likely
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to be born a Bastard or Bastards and to become chargable to
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the said Parish of
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she being Poor and
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Unable to Maintain the same when born Says that her sd.
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Master
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Ezekiel Atkins
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had Carnal knowledge of her body
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sometime in the latter End of June or the beginning of July
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but the particular day she does not now remember and
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at Sevl. Other times Afterwards at one of which times he got
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her wth. Child of the Child or Children of which she is now pregnant and
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as afsd. and the sd.
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Ezekiel Atkins
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and no Other person did
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beget the same & that he his the real and true Father
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thereof
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Sworn this
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20th day of
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January 1772
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Esther
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Newton
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