St Botolph Aldgate Parish:
Pauper Settlement, Vagrancy and Bastardy Exams
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31st August 1776 - 10th December 1777

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Image 23 of 11613th November 1776


Middlesex ss}

Mary French< no role > the widow of Robert French< no role >
deced maketh oath that her Said late husband many years
ago was duly bound Apprentice to & Served the Whole of
his Apprenticeship with one Ashley a Taylor in Norwich
Court in the parish of St Botolph without Aldgate in the sd
County & by means thereof gained a legal Settlement there
and to this Deponents Knowledge or belief he did not
afterwards do any Act to gain a Subsequent Settlement
That She this Deponent Since his death has not lived as a
hired Servant for a year or been married or done any
Act to gain a Settlement for herself & that She was
married to her Said husband at the Fleet about twenty
Seven years ago


Sworn this 13 day of
November 1776 before
Jasper Clarkes< no role >

The Mark of
[mark]
Mary French< no role >

Middlesex ss

Sarah Haywood< no role > the widow of Robert
Haywood
< no role > her Second Husband deced maketh oath that
her Said husband has informed her & Which She believes to
be true That he was born in Cock Alley in the parish of St
Botolph without Aldgate in the said County That to this
Deponents knowledge or belief her Said husband never was
bound Apprentice nor ever lived as a hired Servant for year
nor ever rented a house of Ten pounds a year or upwards
nor ever Served any parish office or paid any poors Rates or
Kings Taxes nor ever did any Act to gain a Settlement in his
own right That She this Deponent was lawfully married to
her said late husband & Since his death She has not done any Act
to gain a Settlement in her own right & She Can give no Account
respectg the Settlement of her Sd husbands Parents or eithr of them

Sworn this day of
November 1776 before}

The Mark of
Sarah [mark] Haywood< no role >




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