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in the Fourth year of the Reign of our sovereign Lord George the Third
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by the Grace of God King of Great Britain Etc Before
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their Fellows Justices of our said Lord the King Assigned to keep his
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deceased the Husband of the said Amelia and the Father of the said three Children
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John Alice and Hercules being an unmarried Person having no Child and being a
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Soldier inlisted in his Majesty's guards hired himself to
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from the said time of the said Hireing and lived and resided with the said
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being a Soldier inlisted in the Service of His Majesty had
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