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FORM of an Affidavit for a married Wo-
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man whose Husband is absent, in order to her
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2518 Admission into the BRITISH LYING-IN HOS-
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PITAL, in
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the
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John Drury
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now at
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voluntarily maketh Oath, That One was lawfully married to her said Hus-
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band, at
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on or about the twelfth
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Day of June in the Year of Our Lord, One Thousand Seven Hun-
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dred and Fifty Two And that her said Husband has not been absent
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from her more than One Week And this Deponent further maketh
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Oath, That her said Husband's last legal Settlement (as the hath been in-
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formed by him, and verily believed is in the Parish of Saint Mary
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at
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in the
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and that
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the said Settlement was gained by his serving as apprenticeship
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of Seven Years to Mr. Perkins
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Fenchurch Street
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And further saith, That, when the married as aforesaid, she waw not the Wife
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of any other Person, and believes her Husband had not then any other Wife.
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Sworn the
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18th. Day of Febry
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1757
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before me }
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Jane Deucy
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One of his Majesty's
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Justice of the Peace
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for the Country of
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The above is a true Copy of the Original affidavit
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now remaining on the File at the above named
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Hospital, examined the
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28th. Day of Janry 1761
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