Middlesex ss}
Eleanor Nightingale< no role >
the wife
of
Robert
Nightingale< no role >
who is lately gone from her to amerion
maketh
oath that her said husband has informed her & which She believes
to be true that many years ago & when a Singleman he was hired
lived as a hired Servant
by the year with
John Furness< no role >
of
old
Ford
in the Parish of Frome
in the County of Somersetat
farmer
certain wages & continued in Such Service for a year & by means
thereof gained a legal settlement there That to this Deponents
knowledge or belief her said husband since such his servitude
has not lived as a hired servant for a year elsewhere or rented a
house of Ten pounds a year or upwards or served any Parish
office or paid any Poors Rates or Kings Taxes or done any act
to gain another Settlement That she hath a Daughter named
Susannah < no role >
aged about eighteen years & half the lawful if one
of this Deponent by her said husband who has done no act
to gain to settlement for herself
Sworn this 18 day of
February 1777
before
Jasper Clarkes< no role >
The Mark of
Eleanor [mark] Nightingale< no role >
Middlesex ss}
Sarah Goodwin< no role >
Singlewoman
maketh oath
that divers years ago She was hired & lived as a hired Servant
by
the year at Certain Wages by and with one Mr Bristow of
Epping
Forrest
in the parish of wanstead
in the County of Essex
Engine
maker
& Continued in Such Service for the Space of three years & by
means there of gained a legal Settlement there That She has
not Since lived as a hired Servant for a year else where nor has
She been ever married nor done any Act to gain anothr Settlemt.
That She has a child named
George Hammond< no role >
aged about three
years & eleven months born in the
parish of Westham
in the
County of Essex
& also anothr child named
Ann Hammond< no role >
born
in the
parish of St George
in the county of Middx
& aged about
fourteen months Both of which children are Bastard by reason
She this Depont was never married
Sworn this 20 day of February
1777
before
Parkr Rowlands< no role >
Jasper Clarkes< no role >
The Mark of
Sarah [mark] Goodwin< no role >