Middlesex ss}

Mary Powell< no role > the Wife of Thomas
Powell< no role > maketh oath That her Said husband is now
absent from her in his Majesties Service on board
the Royal Oak That he has informed her & which
She believes to be true That he duly Served his
Apprenticeship with one William George< no role > a
Carpenter & Joiner in Reading in the County of
Berks & has not Since done any Act to gain a
Subsequent Settlement to her knowledge or
belief That She was lawfully married to her
Sd husband by whom She hath a Child & lawful
Issue now living named Mary < no role > Aged Ten Years

Sworn this. 5. day
of July 1780 before}

The Mark of
Mary [mark] Powell< no role >