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she is Pregnant with a Child or Children
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Bastard or Bastards and to become
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Single Woman
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never Married and
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poor and unable to Maintain
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the same when born And Further
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upon her Voluntary Oath Saith
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James White
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Servant
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to Mr. Dn Merrick at Mrs. Blands
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, had Carnal
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knowledge of this Examinant
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sometime in the Month of
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March-last and at Several
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Times since at one of which
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times he did beget the Child
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or Children of which she is so
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Pregnant-And saith That he hath
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lived at Mrs. Blands upwds of
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12 Months last past as a hired
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Yearly Servant.
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Sworn before me this
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19 Octr 1787
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.} R Butler
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her
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Martha
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Pitt
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