Middlesex ss}
Mary Bartlett< no role >
the widow
of
William Bartlett< no role >
deced maketh oath that
her sd husband about two years ago departed house
& left her & went away from her to places to her
unknown & she has never seen or heard from him since
and has been Credibly informed & believes that
he was drowned That she this Deponent has
been informed & believes the same to be true that
her sd husband was heretofore duly bound an
Apprentice to & served the whole thereof with
Richard Watson< no role >
in the Parish of St Botolph
without Aldgate
in the sd County Lighterman
& did not afterwards to her Knowledge or belief
or any Act to gain a subsequent Settlement
and that she was lawfully married to her sd
husband
Sworn this fourth day
of February 1785
before
R Smith
The Mark of
Mary [mark] Bartlett< no role >
.