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Aged 33 years upon her
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yearly Servant with Mr. Ridgway in
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for Six years at the yearly
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Wages of Five Pounds hath quitted said Service
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about Eight years ago since which time she has
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not lived as a hired yearly Servant for one year
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Rented House Tenement or Lodging of £10 a year
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paid Taxes or done any Act to gain a
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Subsequent Settlement And further this
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Examinant upon her voluntary Oath saith that
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She is pregnant with Child or Children which is
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John Rider
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a Waiter who lives at the Sign of the Six Bells in
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Dove Court
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is the father thereof
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he having had Carnal knowledge of this Examts.
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last and at several times since at one of
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which times he did beget the said Child or
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is the only real & true father
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4th.
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Janry. 1787
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Mary
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Pickering
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Mark
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Vide over Leaf for
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