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Silence Burr, "Complaint of Silence Burr"

Date

1777 December 26
Part of: Bristol County, Massachusetts Court Records
Rare Books & Special Collections, Hesburgh Libraries

A complaint signed by Silence Burr, a single woman of Easton, alleging that Thomas Randell, also of Easton "did . . . begit her with a Basterd childe." The complaint is directed to (and written in the hand of) Benjamin Pettingill, Bristol County justice of the peace, and seeks a warrant against Randell.

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Date
1777 December 26

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Rare Books & Special Collections, Hesburgh Libraries

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