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Mary Collis
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Aged about Twenty five Years
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on her Oath Says she never was married Rented house
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or paid Taxes she lived a hired Yearly
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with her
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John Collis
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a
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in
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Cumberland Court
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Drury Lane
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in the Parish of Saint Clement Danes
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in
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the Liberty of Westminster
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for Two Years or thereabouts
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at the Yearly Wages of five Pounds hath quitted her said
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Service upwards of one Year & an half ago and hath not
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since she quitted the same ever Rented House paid Taxes
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or lived a hired Yearly Servant for one Year And further
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upon her Voluntary Oath Says that on the
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fourth day of
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Febry 1770
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she was delivered of a Female Bastard Child in
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her said Brothers House in
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Cumberland Court
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aforesaid who
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has since been Baptized by the Name of
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Frances
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she being
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Poor and unable to maintain the same Says that one Mr.
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Thomas Holman
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a
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Custom house Officer & who belongs to the
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Searchers Office
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is the Father thereof he having had Carnal
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Knowledge of her Body at her Lodgings at one Mr. Vaughams in
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Wych Street
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some time in the Month of Feby 1769 and at
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times afterwards at one of which times he got her with Child of
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the Female Bastard Child of which she was so delivered a
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aforesaid and that the said
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Thomas Holman
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and us other pur
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did beget the same and that he is the real and true Father th
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Sworn this
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3d. day
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of Novr. 1773
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before
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W Kelynge
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Mary
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Colles
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