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Single woman maketh oath That by a Pass
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two of his Majesties
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bearing date the
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she this Deponent was
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removed to the
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Surry
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being the Place where she this Deponent was last legally Settled
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by Virtue of her living there as a hired Servant for a year together with
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her illegitimate Child
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William Bowyer
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aged four years & Seven Months
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born in the
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of Middlesex
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who was directed to go with her for nurture till she age
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of Seven Years That she this Deponent was thereupon with her said
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Child received into the
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the County of Surry & Sworn to the birth of her child That she this Deponent
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was Permitted to stay in this workhouse for about a Fortnight when
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the
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the Parish officers there insisted that she shod. Stay no longer there and
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thereupon her said child was removed by a Pass Order to the said
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Parish
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of St. Botolph Aldgate
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as to the Place of its Settlement and this Depont.
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Saith That she never wilfully deserted the said child and the same still
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Continues in her Custody as a Nurse child to be taken care of by her which
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she is willing & desireous to do
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Sworn this
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12th: day of
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August 1773
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before
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The mark of
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Sarah
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Blake
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