Middlesex ss}
James Jones< no role >
maketh oath that divers years ago
he was duly bound Apprentice
to & Served the whole of his apprenticeship
with
John Ballenger< no role >
Mathematichal Instrument maker
in
Crown
Court
in the Parish of Saint Botolph without Aldgate
in the said
County & by means thereof gained a legal Settlement there That he
hath not since rented a house of the yearly Rent or Value of Ten
Pounds or served any Parish office or paid any Poors Rates or Kings
Taxes or done any Act to gain a subsequent settlement & that he
hath a wife named
Hannah < no role >
to whom he was lawfully married.
Sworn this. 18. day of
April 1776
before
Geo C Smith< no role >
James Jones< no role >