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Joseph Sillcoks< no role >
maketh oath That twenty
Years Ago he was duly bound Apprentice
to one
Benjamin
Possey< no role >
of the Parish of
St. James
in the Town of Taunten
in the County of Somerset
Carpenter
& Served Five years of Such
his apprenticeship there & by that means gained a legal
Settlement in the sd Parish That he hath never rented a
house of the Yearly Rent or Value of Ten Pounds nor Served
any Parish office or paid any Poors Rates or Kings Taxes
nor to his Knowledge or belief hath he done any Act to gain
a Subsequent Settlement and that he hath a wife
named
Elizabeth< no role >
and two Children to Wit
Elizabeth< no role >
Aged about five Years
&
Mary< no role >
about one year & half the lawful Issue of this
Depont by his Said Wife to Whom he was lawfully Married in
the Church
belonging to the Said Parish of St. James.
Sworn this 25 day
of January 1772
before
Cha: Digby< no role >
Jno Sherwood< no role >
Joseph Sillcoxx< no role >