Hicks Hall Middx
October Sessions 1773}

The Inhabitants of St. Martins in the Fields
Appellants

and

The Inhabitants of St. George & Hanover Square
Respondants

For the Respondants

Anne Wood< no role > the Widow of Tobias Wood< no role > with her five
Children Vizt. Ann < no role > Aged 8 years, Joseph < no role > 6 Thomas < no role > 4, Mary < no role > 3 andEliz < no role > 7 Months were by an Order under the
Hands and Seals of John Phillips< no role > and William Timbrell< no role >
Esquires Two of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the City
and Liberty of Westmr. were removedto the saidfrom and out
of the Parish of Saint George Hanover Square to the said Parish
of Saint Martin's as the place of their last legal Settlements

The said Elizabeth Hook< no role > Anne Wood< no role > in her Examination taken
in Writing upon Oath before Two Magistrates declared that she was
the Widow of Tobias Wood< no role > and was Married to him about 11 years ago
at St. Georges Church Hanr. Square by whom she had the said 5 Children
That her said Husband never gained and Settlement to her knowledge
believes he was a Yorkshire Man That when she was a Singlewoman
she lived as a hired yearly Servant to Mr. Wade a Taylor in Whitcomb
Street Leicester Fields St. Martins the Continuance of one whole
year at £5 per Annum Wages and she did not after live a year in
any other Service or Rent £10 per annum or ever paid Taxes

To prove the Case CallAnne Wood< no role >

Note

they pretend that a Tobit Wood< no role > was Born at a place called Ashton
in Lancashire and have Brought an Attestation of his Inlisting into
the GuardsIt will be very Necessary to prove the Identity of
Wood,