Middlesex ss
Catherine Small< no role >
the widow
of
William Small< no role >
who was
also the Widow
of
John Welton< no role >
her first Husband maketh Oath
that she was lawfully Married to the said
John Welton< no role >
at the Parish Church of Saint
Leonard Shorditch
on or about the Twenty Eighth Day of July
1776
that her said Husband before his Marriage with her he
being then a Widower
without Child or Children lived as a
Hired Servant
by the Year with Mr. Holbrook of
Darby Street
in the Parish of Saint Botolph without Aldgate
in the County
of Middlesex
Brewer at certain Yearly Wages and Continued
in such Service under such hiring for several Years that
her said Husband did not after he quitted his Service live
as a hired Servant by the Year in any other Parish or
Place for the space of one Year together or Rented any
House or Lodging of the Yearly Rent or Value of Ten Pounds
or paid any Poors Rate or Kings Tax or done any act to
her knowledge or belief to gain a subsequent settlement
And this Deponent further saith that she was lawfully
Married to the said
William Small< no role >
her second Husband at
the Parish Church of Saint Leonard Shorditch
aforesaid
on or about the Fourteenth Day of June 1789
that her
said Husband has informed her that before his said
Marriage he lived as a hired Servant
by the Year with
Mr. Bentley of
Tower Hill
in the Parish of Saint Botolph
without Aldgate
aforesaid Brewer but how long he lived
with him or what Wages he received she cannot tell that her
said Husband has not Rented any House or Lodging of the Yearly
Rent or Value of Ten Pounds or paid any Poors Rate or Kings Tax
or done any Act to gain a Settlement since his Servitude as afsd.
that her said Husband died in
Crown Court
in the said Parish of
Saint Botolph without Aldgate
some time in the Month
of March One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety