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 88 of 11617th July 1777


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Susannah Dighton< no role > maketh oath that She can give
no account respecting the Settlement of her late Parents deced or either
of them That She this Deponent as She has been credibly informed &
believes was born in Churchyard Alley in the Parish of Saint
Botolph without Aldgate in the Said County That She this Depont.
never was bound an Apprentice nor ever lived as a hired Servant
for a year nor was ever Married nor ever did any act to
gain a Settlement in her own right.


Sworn this. 17. day
of July 1777 before
Parkr Rowlands< no role >

The Mark of
Susannah [mark] Dighton< no role >

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Elizabeth Griffiths< no role > Singlewoman maketh oath that
her late Mother Jane Griffiths< no role > deced has informed her & which She
believes to be true that her late Father Owen Griffiths< no role > deced in his life
time rented a house in Jewin Street in the Parish of St Botolph
without Aldersgate in the City of London & that during Such his
residence there in he was Charged to & paid all Parochial Taxes for
the Same & by means thereof as She this Deponent is advised he gained
a legal Settlement there That to this Deponents Knowledge or belief
her said Father did not afterwards rent a house of the yearly rented
or Value of Ten pounds or Serve any Parish office or pay any Poors
Rates or Kings Taxes or do any act to gain a Settlement elsewhere
That She this Deponent was never bound an Apprentice nor ever
lived as a hired Servant for a year nor was ever Married nor ever
did any Act to gain a Settlement in her own right.


Sworn this 17. day
of July 1777 before
Parkr Rowlands< no role > Jasper Clarkes < no role >

The Mark of
Elizabeth [mark] Griffiths< no role >




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