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din the House on the Sixteenth day of March last, And
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that John and
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were taken out of the House by their Mother on the Sixteenth
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day of February last, And that
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Ann Maria Edwards
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also in said Minutes was taken out of the House by her
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Mother on the Eighth day of Said February.
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The Master also Reported that
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a Bastard
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a Bastard
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aged Eleven days was admitted into the House the sam
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Also that
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a Bastard Casual was born in the
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House on the Twenty Seventh day of said February A
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that Harrel a Male Child born in the House on t
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fourth day of March last died there in on the Eleventh of
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Said March That
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aged two years
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and P
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Matthews do remain in the House until the next
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Properly Cloathed and sent into the Country to
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