Middlesex ss}
Edward Catherell< no role >
maketh oath That divers
years ago he was duly bound Apprentice to & Served his
Apprenticeship with his Brother in Law
Henry Ford< no role >
in the
Parish of St Botolph without Aldgate
in the Sd County Lighterman
& Waterman
& by means thereof gained a legal Settlement there
That he has not Since 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 a Subsequent Settlemt.
That he hath a wife
named
Isabella < no role >
& two Children namely
William < no role >
aged about two Years & half &
Edward < no role >
Aged about
eight Months the lawful Issue of this Deponent by his Said
wife
to whom he was lawfully Married
Sworn this 4. day of
May 1778
before
P. Rowlands
The Mark of
Edward [mark] Catherell< no role >
Middlesex ss}
Charlotta White< no role >
maketh oath that divers Years
ago She was hired & lived as ahired servant
by the Year with
one
Richard King< no role >
in
Mansfield Street
in the Parish of Saint
Mary Whitechapel
in the Said County Gentleman
at Ceratin
Wages & Continued in Such Service for the Space of one
Year & three Quarters & by means thereof gained a legal
Settlement there That She has not Since lived as a hired servant
for the Space of a year elsewhere nor was She ever Married
nor hath She done any Act to gain a Subsequent Settlement
That She hath a Female Child aged about Six Weeks born
of her Body in
Brown Bear Alley
in the Parish of Saint
Botolph without Aldgate
in the Said County which Child is
illegitimate & a Bastard & one
Gray Arnold< no role >
is the Father
of the Said Child.
Sworn this. 5. day of
May 1778
before
P. Rowlands Jasper Clarkey< no role >
Charlotta White< no role >