St Botolph Aldgate Parish:
Pauper Settlement, Vagrancy and Bastardy Exams
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27th January 1776 - 10th August 1776

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Image 109 of 11526th July 1776


Middlesex ss

Jane Darking< no role > the widow of John Darking< no role > deced
maketh oath that her Said late husband has informed her that he was
born in Dublin in Ireland and to this Deponents knowledge or belief
he never did any Act to gain a Settlement in England That She
this Deponent previous to her Marriage with her Said husband
& While a Single woman was hired & lived as a hired Servant by the
year at Certain Wages by & with one Thomas Holmes< no role > of
Rose Mary Lane in the Parish of St Botolph without Aldgate in
the Said County Victualler & Continued in such Service for the
Space of Six years & by means thereof gained a legal Settlemt
there That she this Deponent has not since lived as a hired Servant
for the year nor rented a house of Ten pounds a year or upwards
or [..] any Poors Rates or Kings Taxes or done any Act to
gain a settlement for herself Save what She may have acquired
by her Said Marriage.


Sworn this. 26. day
of July 1776 before
Parkr Rowlands< no role >

The Mark of
Jane [mark] Darking< no role >

Middlesex ss}

Bridgett Quidley< no role > the widow of John Quidley< no role >
deced maketh oath that She can give no Account respecting the
Settlement of her Said late husband That she this Depont was born
near Dublin in Ireland & never lived as a hired servant for a year
nor was ever bound Apprentice nor ever rented a house of Ten pounds
a year nor ever paid any Poors Rates of Kings Taxes nor ever did
any Act to gain a settlement for herself Save what she may have acquired
by her Marriage That she hath a Child now living named Elizabeth
Quidley
< no role > Aged about twelve years the lawful Issue of this Depont
by her Said husband The which Child was born in Church Yard Alley
in the Parish of Saint Botolph witht Aldgate in the Sd County & hath
not yet done any Act to gain a settlement for herself & that by reason
of this Deponts poverty She is unable to provide for such Child


Sworn this 26 day of
July 1776 before
Parkr Rowlands< no role >

The Mark of
Bridgett [mark] Quidley< no role >




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