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<p n="260">(Indexed G) (After Birth) <rs type="persName" id="WCCDEP35827_n260-1">Elizabeth Cocker</rs>
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<interp inst="WCCDEP35827_n260-1" type="surname" value="Cocker"></interp>
<interp inst="WCCDEP35827_n260-1" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
& <rs type="persName" id="WCCDEP35827_n260-2">Rachael<lb></lb>
her Child</rs>
<interp inst="WCCDEP35827_n260-2" type="given" value="Rachael"></interp>
<interp inst="WCCDEP35827_n260-2" type="surname" value="Cocker"></interp>
<interp inst="WCCDEP35827_n260-2" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
</p>
<p n="261"> <rs type="placeName" id="WCCDEP35827_geo139">St Clement Danes</rs>
<interp inst="WCCDEP35827_geo139" type="placeName" value="St Clement Danes"></interp>
<interp inst="WCCDEP35827_geo139" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
September 24 1792</p>
<p n="262"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Middx<lb></lb>
and<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="WCCDEP35827_geo140">Westminster</rs>
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}</note>
<lb></lb>
<note type="authorial" place="margin">Woman's<lb></lb>
settlement in<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="WCCDEP35827_geo141">St James<lb></lb>
Clerkenwell</rs>
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}</note>
<lb></lb>
<note type="authorial" place="margin">Child's birth</note>
<lb></lb>
<note type="authorial" place="margin">Reputed father</note>
(to wit) <rs type="persName" id="WCCDEP35827_n262-1">Elizabeth Cocker</rs>
<interp inst="WCCDEP35827_n262-1" type="given" value="Elizabeth"></interp>
<interp inst="WCCDEP35827_n262-1" type="surname" value="Cocker"></interp>
<interp inst="WCCDEP35827_n262-1" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
<rs type="occupation" id="WCCDEP35827_occ22">singlewoman</rs>
<interp inst="WCCDEP35827_occ22" type="occupation" value="singlewoman"></interp>
aged 21<lb></lb>
years and upwards Upon Oath saith that She never<lb></lb>
was Married that she lived as an hired yearly with<lb></lb>
Mr. Bevan No. 6 James's Buildings in Rosemary<lb></lb>
Row <gap reason="illegible"></gap>
in the <rs type="placeName" id="WCCDEP35827_geo142">parish of St James<lb></lb>
Clerkenwell</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="WCCDEP35827_geo143">County of Middlesex</rs>
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<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
<lb></lb>
for one year (wanting one day) at the Annual<lb></lb>
Wages of £5:0:0 and Received the whole years<lb></lb>
Wages for such her Service and hath never obtained any<lb></lb>
Settlement in her own right otherwise than by such<lb></lb>
Service with Mr Bevan in James's Buildings as<lb></lb>
aforesaid and this Deponent further saith that<lb></lb>
on the 5th day of December 1791 at the House of<lb></lb>
Mrs. Knight No. 5 Houghton Street in the <rs type="placeName" id="WCCDEP35827_geo144">Parish<lb></lb>
of St Clement Danes</rs>
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in the said Liberty of<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="WCCDEP35827_geo145">Westminster</rs>
<interp inst="WCCDEP35827_geo145" type="placeName" value="Westminster"></interp>
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and <rs type="placeName" id="WCCDEP35827_geo146">County of Middlesex</rs>
<interp inst="WCCDEP35827_geo146" type="placeName" value="County of Middlesex"></interp>
<interp inst="WCCDEP35827_geo146" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
she this<lb></lb>
Deponent was delivered of a Female Bastard Child<lb></lb>
Named Rachael <del>aged 9</del>
and that the said Child is become chargeable to the <obscured></obscured>
to harsh that one <rs type="persName" id="WCCDEP35827_n262-2">John Croft</rs>
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<lb></lb>
who now Works at <rs type="placeName" id="WCCDEP35827_geo147">Kentish town</rs>
<interp inst="WCCDEP35827_geo147" type="placeName" value="Kentish town"></interp>
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in the said Cov<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
as a Labourer in the Highways is the only real<lb></lb>
and truefather of such Child of which She was<lb></lb>
so delivered as aforesaid he and no one else<lb></lb>
having had Carnal knowledge of this Deponent<lb></lb>
Body about four years ago and at several time<lb></lb>
since at some or one which times he did beget<lb></lb>
the said Child thereon and that he & no one else<lb></lb>
the real true father thereof</p>
<p n="263">Sworn the <rs type="date" id="WCCDEP35827_date23">24th day of<lb></lb>
September 1792</rs>
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before me} <rs type="persName" id="WCCDEP35827_n263-1">Wm Kitchiner</rs>
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<interp inst="WCCDEP35827_n263-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
</p>
<p n="264"> <del>Elizth</del>
</p>
<p n="265"> <rs type="persName" id="WCCDEP35827_n265-1">Elizth<figure rend="mark"></figure>
Cocker</rs>
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<interp inst="WCCDEP35827_n265-1" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
<lb></lb>
Mark</p>
<p n="266">Witness<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WCCDEP35827_n266-1">Benj: Henry</rs>
<interp inst="WCCDEP35827_n266-1" type="given" value="Benj"></interp>
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<obscured></obscured>
</p>
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