"At a Court held for Augusta County May the 17th 1758
On the Motion of William Johnston It is Ordered that his Servant Woman Mary Watson who was lately delivered of a Bastard Child serve him Twelve Months (after her present time by Indenture or Otherwise is Expired) for the trouble of his House and the Child be by the Churchwardens of Augusta Parish bound According to Law." (1)
Mary bore an illegitimate child during her years of servitude.
(1) Augusta County, Virginia Court Order Book 6:146, Family History Library Microfilm 30375, Salt Lake City, Utah.