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Mary Pickering
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Aged about Twenty five
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Years on her Oath Says she never was married Rented
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House or Paid Taxes or lived a hired Yearly Servant
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for one Year Says she was bound an
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Apprentice
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to
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and Served one
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Daniel Adcock
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Ribbon Weaver
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Holywell Row
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in the County of Middlesex
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for Three Years or upwards
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the first part of her said Apprenticeship but through
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the ill Usage of her Master her late Mother took her
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away says she never was Assigned Over to any other
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Person or ever gained any Subsequent Settlement and
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she was
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delivered of Female Bastard Child in the House of Mr. Miller
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which has since been baptized by
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the Name of
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Ann
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George Lee
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is
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the Father then of he having had carnal Knowledge
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of her Body sometime the Month of April 1773 and
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at servl. different times afterwards at one of Which
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times he got her with Child of the Female Bastard
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of which she was so delivered as afsd. and that the said
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Geo. Lee
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did beget the same and that he is the real
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and true Father
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Sworn this
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7th. day
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of Febry 1774
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W Kelyngs R Butler
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her
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Mary
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