London to wit

The Examination of Robert Stolker< no role > , apprehended
by Thomas Gates< no role > , City Marshal, and brought before e
James Townsend< no role > Esquire , one of his Majesty< no role > 's Justices
of the Peace for the said City Who saith, that he believes
he is the Son of John Stolker< no role > , formerly an Engineer
and Sureyer at Barbadoes , and who Examinant understands
died at [..] Martinice when he this Examinant was about
ten Years of AgoSays, that his Mother then
removed to Dominica, and he lived with her, untill she
died about Five Months after the death of his Father
Says, that after the death of his Mother he went in a
Brig, commanded by Captain Smith, in Whose Service
he went to Barbadoes , New York and other Parts,
and continued with him about eighteen Months
Says, That he and Thomas Dargaval< no role > came together at
Port Royal in Jamaica, on board the Vigilant Letter
of Marque, and meeting with two, French Men of War, some
Shot were exchanged, by one of which he lost his
right LegSays, that he and Dargaval have since
been taken Prisoners to Brest, and at Length were
exchanged by Cartel, and came to Dover about ten
Months ago, since which he has been in on regular
Employment, but subsisted chiefly by Charity from
the Publick, by shewing the Model of the Ship
now Produced

Taken at Guild hall London
the 16th November 1782 before me}

James Townsend< no role >

The Mark of
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Robert Stolker< no role >