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That in or about the January Sessions 1749 the then
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Church Warden and Overseers of the Poor of the said Liberty applied
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by Petition to this Court that the sd.
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Wm. Beech
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might be Compelled
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by Order of this Court to make & allow such a Weekly or Monthly
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Allowance for the Subsistence of his sd. Mother as to this Court
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Should seem meet
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That thereupon It was Ordered by this Court that the said
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should attend this Court on the Thursday then next
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to shew Cause why he should not at his own Costs & Charges releive
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and maintain his said Mother in Ease of the Inhabitants of the
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said Liberty.
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That the sd.
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being served with the said Petition
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& Order applied to of his own voluntary Accord & agreed with Mr. Cox
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the sd. Petitioners then Sollr. to Pay 3s. P week for the Maintenance
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of his sd. Mother from the Time she was taken into the Work house
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till that time & for the future so long as she should remain therein
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and did accordngly pay to the late
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Overseers of the Poor
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of the sd.
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Liberty Three Pounds eighteen Shillings for one half Year's
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Maintenance after the Rate of 3s. P week according to his sd. Agreemt.
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But now refuses to Pay or Contribute at all to wards her Maintenance
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That the said
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Wm. Beech
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being of sufficient Ability as afsd.
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and capable of maintaining his said Mother ought as your Petrs.
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are advised to provide for her in ease of the other Inhabitants of the
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sd. Liberty.
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Joshua Cox
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Sollr
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for the Petrs.
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May 23. 1751.
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Therefore your Petitioners humbly pray that
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the sd.
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Wm. Beech
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may be Compelled by Order of
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this Court to make & allow such Weekly or Monthly
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Allowance fro the subsistance of his sd. Mother
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as this Court in that Behalf shall jude Proper
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to be made.
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