Middlesex ss.
John Maylin< no role >
of the Parish of
St. Botolph
without Aldgate
in the County of Middlesex
Victualler
maketh Oath that one
James
Kirk< no role >
was lawfully Married to this
Deponents Sister
Elizabeth< no role >
at the
Parish
Church
of St. Dunstan Stepney
in the County
of Middlesex
about Five Years ago, & that
he this Deponent was present at the said
Marriage, And further saith that about Two
Years ago the said
James Kirk< no role >
Rented a
Publick House called the
Kings Head
the
corner of Perriwinble Street
in the Hamlet
of Ratcliff
in the Parish of St. Dunstan
Stepney
aforesd. of the yearly Rent of Seventeen
Pounds or thereabouts, & lived in the same
about Seven Months, that the said
James
Kirk< no role >
went from thence on a Voyage to
India
& left his said Wife
and a Child
Named
John< no role >
who is now about Three Years
old his lawful issue, And further saith
that the Wife of the said
James Kirk< no role >
is
now disordered in her Mind, & being unable
to provide for herself he has been obliged
to apply to the Overseers of the Poor of
the Parish of St. Botolph without Aldgate
for her Relief & she has been relieved
by them accordingly
Sworn this 26th Day
of May 1798
before
H: Reynell Dane Williams< no role >
John Maylin< no role >