Middlesex ss}
Mary Edwards< no role >
the wife
of
John Edwards< no role >
maketh oath That her said husband is now absent from her
in the Kings Service
in America
That he has informed this
Deponent & which She believes to be true that he was duly
bound to & Served the whole of his Apprenticeship with his
Father
John Edwards< no role >
in the
Parish of Greenwich
in the
County of Kent
Carpenter
& by means thereof gained a legal
Settlement there That to this Deponents knowledge or belief
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 Since his Apprenticeship
and that She was lawfully married to her Said husband
Sworn this 15 day
of August 1778
before
Jasper Clarkey< no role >
Jno. Sherwood< no role >
The Mark of
Mary [mark] Edwards< no role >
Middlesex ss}
Patience Barrett< no role >
maketh oath that She
is the widow
of
Thomas Barrett< no role >
deced That her Said
late husband divers Years ago was hired & lived as a hired
Servant
by & with
Francis Seale< no role >
in
Seething Lane
in the
Parish of Allhallows Barking
in the City of London
&
Continued in Such Service under Such hiring for divers
Years & by means thereof gained a legal Settlement there
& did not afterwards to this Deponents knowledge or
belief do any Act to gain a Subsequent Settlement nor hath
She this Deponent Since his death done any Act to gain
a Settlement for herself & that She was lawfully married
to her Said husband
Sworn this. 15. day of
August 1778
before
Jasper Clarkey< no role >
Jno. Sherwood< no role >
The Mark [mark] of
Patience Barrett< no role >