Westminster

THE Examination of Elizabeth Wilson< no role > (Wife
of Joseph Wilton< no role > a Soldier at Flanders ) a
Rogue and Vagabond apprehended by Thomas Shenat
Constable of the Parish of St. Margaret Westminster
in the County of Middlesex
and brought before me one
of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said City
of Westmtr. aforesaid. And taken before Me
this 30th Day of August in the Year of our
Lord 17 45

This Examinant on Her Oath says, That her said Husband
who is now or lately was a Soldier at Flanders ) was born in the
Parish of Mear in the County of Wilts where his Fasher kept House
& Paid all Parish Taver as this Deponent believes till the time of
his Decease and the said Husband was never an Apprentice
Housekeeper sufficient to gain a Settlement And that she has
heard that the formerly Lived a yearly servant but where or when
this Deponent cannot say, or whether be ever Lived in any other
Service And that she was married to her said Husband at
The Parish Church of Kingston Deverell in the County of Wilts
by whom she hath two Children now Living (Vizt [..] Elizabeth< no role >
aged upwards of three years & Joseph< no role > aged upwards of One year
& a half) & that neither she nor her said Husband have not by Rentidg
House or Lands, or otherwise, gained a Settlement since their said
Marriage which was in the Year of our Lord 1739.

Sworn at Westminster
before Me
George Howard< no role >

The Mark of
Eliza. [mark] Wilton< no role >