Middlesex ss}
Mary Henley< no role >
the widow
of
John Henley< no role >
deced
maketh oath that her Sd late husband divers years ago was bound
Apprentice to
John Platt< no role >
of the Parish of St Botolph without Aldgate
in the Sd County Pinmaker
& Served the Whole of his Apprenticeship
there with his Sd Master Save the last remaining nine Weeks of
his time when his Master Consented to remit to him Such remaining
nine Weeks of his Apprenticeship & thereupon gave him up his
Indre & thereupon they parted & left each other & never afterwds
lived together That her Said husband never rented a house of Ten
pounds a year or upwards nor ever Served any Parish office nor
ever paid any Poors Rates or Kings Taxes nor ever did any
Act to gain a Settlement Subsequent to his Apprenticeship to her
knowledge or belief And that She hath a child named
Mary< no role >
aged about five Months the lawful Issue of this Deponent by
her Said late husband to whom She was lawfully married
Sworn this 9 day of
December 1776
before
Jasper Clarkes< no role >
The Mark of
[mark]
Mary Henley< no role >
Middlesex ss}
The Voluntary Examination of
Mary Henley< no role >
of the Parish of St Botolph without Aldgate
in the Said
County Widow
taken on oath before me one of his Majesties
Justices of the Peace
in & for the Said County this 9th day of
December 1776
who Saith that She is now with Child and
that the Said Child is likely to be born a Bastard & to be
chargeable to the Said parish of St Botolph without Aldgate
And that one
William Pace< no role >
late of the
Parish of St George in
Southwarke
in the County of Surrey
Soldier
& now on a Voege
to America
is the Father of the Said Child.
Taken & Signed the day
& year above written before
Jasper Clarkes< no role >
The Mark of
Mary [mark] Henley< no role >