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Aged about Twenty Six years on
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her Oath says she never was married Rented House or pd. Taxes
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with one Mr. Woodham in
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Musical Instrument maker in
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St. Clement Danes
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upwards of Three
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Service about five Months ago since which time she hath
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gained no other Settlement And further on her Voluntary
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Oath says she is Pregnant with Child or Children which is or
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are likely to be born a Bastard or Bastards and to become
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Chargeable to the said Parish she being Poor & unable to maintain
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the same And further says that one Serjeant Bean who
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lately Used Mr. Dykesher late Master at a Wine Vault facing
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Burleigh Street in the Strand but of what Regiment she does
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not know is the Father thereof he having had Carnal
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knowledge of her Body at her said late Masters House some
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time in the Month of October last but the Particular Day she
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does not now Remember and at sevl. Difft. times afterwards
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at one of Which times he got her with Child of the Child or Childn,
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of Which she is now Pregnant and that the said Mr. Serjeant
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Bean & no other Person did beget the same & that he is the real &
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