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 109 of 11628th November 1777


Middlesex ss}

Elizabeth Sidnall< no role > the widow of Philip Sidnall< no role > deced
maketh oath That her Said late husband has informed her & which She
believes to be true that about Thirty two years ago & when a Singleman
he was hired & lived as a hired Servant by the year by & with his late
Father John Sidnall< no role > Brece her maker deced in upper Easts with field
in the Parish of Saint John Wapping in the sd County at Certain Wages
and Continued in Such Service for about the Space of two years & thereby
gained a legal Settlement there & then this Deponts. sd. husband left Such
Service & was there upon lawfully married to this Depont. That this
Deponts. sd husband after Such his Servitude as afore sd. did not rent a
house of Ten pounds a year or upwards or Serve any Parish office or
pay any Poors Rates or Kings Taxes or do any act to gain anothr
Settlement nor hath She this Deponent Since his death done any act
to gain a Settlement for herself That She hath two Children namely
Nathanainel < no role > aged about nine years & Seven Months and Sarah < no role > Aged
about Seven years the lawful Issue of this Depont by her husband San
And this Deponent further Saith that her Sometime before She was
married to her sd husband She worked for his Said Father at his
Dwelling house before referred to & that She has seen her Said husbands
Father pay the Land Tax for the said house he lived in to the Collectors
of the Same for the Said parish


Sworn this 28 day of
November 1777 before
P. Rowlands Jasper Clarkes< no role >

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




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