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<p n="775"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Middx</note>
<rs type="persName" id="WCCDEP35819_n775-1">Elizabeth Morris</rs>
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aged near Twenty Years upon her Voluntary Oath<lb></lb>
says She <rs type="occupation" id="WCCDEP35819_occ940">never was Married</rs>
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that She is <rs type="occupation" id="WCCDEP35819_occ941">pregnant</rs>
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with Child or Children<lb></lb>
which is likely to be born a Bastard or Bastards and to become Chargeable<lb></lb>
to the <rs type="placeName" id="WCCDEP35819_geo1253">Parish of Saint Clement Danes</rs>
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She being poor and unable to<lb></lb>
maintain the same when born that <rs type="persName" id="WCCDEP35819_n775-3">Benjamin Lindsey</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WCCDEP35819_occ942">Servant</rs>
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to Mr.<lb></lb>
Weston in <rs type="placeName" id="WCCDEP35819_geo1254">Norfolk Street</rs>
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in the said Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="WCCDEP35819_geo1255">St. Clement Danes</rs>
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hath had<lb></lb>
Carnal knowledge of this Examinants Body several times at one of which<lb></lb>
times he <rs type="occupation" id="WCCDEP35819_occ943">got her with Child</rs>
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of the Child or Children with which She is now<lb></lb>
pregnant and that the said <rs type="persName" id="WCCDEP35819_n775-4">Benjamin Lindsey</rs>
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and no other Person did<lb></lb>
beget the same Says She lived a hired Yearly <rs type="occupation" id="WCCDEP35819_occ944">Servant</rs>
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with Mrs.<lb></lb>
Shields at <rs type="placeName" id="WCCDEP35819_geo1256">the Angel and Sun</rs>
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in <rs type="placeName" id="WCCDEP35819_geo1257">the Strand</rs>
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in the said <rs type="placeName" id="WCCDEP35819_geo1258">Parish of Saint<lb></lb>
Clement Danes</rs>
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at the Yearly Wages of Four Pounds-and continued<lb></lb>
in her said Service about Nine Months and then was discharged That in<lb></lb>
about three Months after her said Discharge She came and lived with the<lb></lb>
said Shields again for the space of six Months or thereabouts and then<lb></lb>
quitted her said Service again and went and lived with Mr. Burley in<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="WCCDEP35819_geo1259">Piccadilly</rs>
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for about two Months and then<lb></lb>
came and lived with the said Shields again for three Months or thereabouts<lb></lb>
and was discharged again from that Service on the fourth day of October<lb></lb>
1762</p>
<p n="776">Sworn the <rs type="date" id="WCCDEP35819_date219">9th. day of October<lb></lb>
1762</rs>
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before} <rs type="persName" id="WCCDEP35819_n776-1">Fran: Bedwell</rs>
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<p n="777">The Mark of<figure rend="mark"></figure>
<rs type="persName" id="WCCDEP35819_n777-1">Elizth. Morris</rs>
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