Middlesex ss

Rebecca Cooper< no role > the Wife of Matthew Cooper< no role >
maketh Oath that her said Husband has informed
her that his late Father at the time of his Death
was Possessed of a Leasehold Estate in the Parish
of Brigg in the County of Lincoln , and for several
Years Before his Death lived on the said Estate and
carried on his Business of a Carpenter that her said
Husband has also informed her that he was Born
in tha said Parish and after his Father Death lived
in the Premises his late Father Occupied about Two
Years, and paid the Poors Rate for the same,And that
he has not since he quitted the said Premises
Rented any House or Lodging of the Yearly Rent or
Value of Ten Pounds or paid any Poors Rate
or Kings Tax or lived as a hired Servant by
the Year in any parish or place for the space
of One Year together or done any Act to his
knowledge or Belief to gain a Subsequent
Settlement, And this Deponent further saith
that she was lawfully Married to her said
Husband at the Old Church in Leeds in the
County of York on or about the Twenty Third Day
of April 1789 . and that she has a Child living
named William < no role > aged about Five Months the
lawful issue by her said Husband, and further
Saith that her said Husband is now confined to
his Bed by Sickness, & being poor & unable to provide
for himself & Family she has been obliged to apply
to the Churchwardens of the Parish of St. Botolph
without Aldgate Middlesex for Relief & has been
relieved by them accordingly

Rebecca Cooper< no role >