Middlesex ss

Joanna Thomas< no role > the Wife of John Thomas< no role > Mariner
and Who is now Absent from her & at Sea Maketh oath that
her said husband has informed her & which information
She believes to be true) that her said husband was duly
bound to and Served his apprenticeship with his Father
John Thomas< no role > in Middle Row in the Parish of
St Andrew Holbourn in the County of Middlesex Breeches
Maker and Glover and by means thereof gained a
legal Settlement there That to this Deponents Knowledge
or belief her said husband never rented a house of the
Yearly Rent or Value of Ten Pounds nor ever Served
any Parish office or Paid any Poors Rates or Kings
Taxes nor ever did any Act to gain a Settlement
Subsequent to his Said Apprenticeship and that about
Seventeen Years Ago She was lawfully Married to her
Said husband at the Savoy Chappel

Sworn this day
of March 1772 before}