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Aged about 27 Years upon her voluntary Oath says
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She never was married That She is pregnant with Child or Children
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She being poor & unable to maintain the same where
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to Mr. Gardiner a
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in little
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London did begett the said Bastard Child or Children on her Body
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William Foster
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having
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in the House of one Mrs. Smith in Water Lane
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and at
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Several times since And further upon Oath says that
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Thomas
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her late Father deced Rented a House of Eighteen Pounds a
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in the County of Surry
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Barth: Hammond
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Phebe Venden
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