Middlesex (ss)
The Examination of
Eleanor James< no role >
Wife
of
Andrew James< no role >
Shipwright
and
Corker
taken upon Oath before us two of
his Majesty's Justices of the Peace actg.
in and for the said County this 23d
day of October 1788
Saith that in the Month of December One
thousand seven hundred and Eighty four she this
Deponent was lawfully Married to her said present
Husband Andrew James< no role >
at the
Church
of the Precinct
of Saint Catherine
, that there is Issue of the said
Marriage two Female Children, namely, Mary< no role >
aged two Years and an half, and Esther< no role >
of the Age of
five Months-That her said Husband is a Native
of Copenhagen
, at which Place she this Deponent
has heard him say he served his Apprenticeship
That previous to her Marriage she was hired as
a Yearly Servant
by & lived under that hiring
with, Captain Fretter of
Ditch side
in
the precinct of St. Catherine
in the said County for
the space of Fifteen Months & upwards at the
Yearly Wages of three pounds. And this Deponent
further Saith that her said Husband hath not to
her knowledge or belief at any time, either before or
since his Intermarriage with this Deponent, lived
as a Yearly hired Servant, Rented any House or
Lodging of the Yearly, Rent or Value of ten Pounds, or
served any parish Office, or done any other Act what soever
whereby to gain a Settlemt. in any Parish or Place in the
Kingdom of England.
Sworn this 23d day of October
1788
before us
R Davies Rob Smith< no role >
The Mark of
Eleanor [mark] James< no role > This name instance is in a workspace.