Westmr
to wit
Sarah Cox< no role >
Aged about Thirty Eight Years on her Oath Says that
She intermarried with her late Husband
Richard Cox< no role >
at the
Parish Church
of
Saint Leonard Shoreditch
in the County of Middlesex
the 11th of Novr. 1759
and by
whom She hath 4 Children now living Viz
Martha< no role >
Aged about 12 Years,
Sarah< no role >
aged about 10,
William< no role >
Aged about 6, and
Elizabeth< no role >
Aged about 2, Says her
said late husband before his said intermarriage with this Examinant and Whilst
he was a single Man lived as a Covenanted Servant
with one
Richard Lidgley< no role >
Glass cutter
facing Palsgrave head Court
in the Parish of Saint Clement Danes
in the County
of Middlesex
for the space of five Years under such Covenant Soon after which he
was Married
to this Examinant, And Afterwards listed for a Soldier
& Continued
in his Majestys Service three Years or thereabouts and was discharged, That
her said Husband after being so discharged went to
Dudley
in Worcester-
Shire
and worked as a Journey man
with Messrs Guest and Taylor Glasscutter
for 7 Years or Thereabouts that Afterwards her said Husband went to
Liverpool
and worked as a Journeyman
there for about the Space of 3 Years
and rented a House of £4-12S-6D payable Quarterly, but never paid any
Taxes whatsoever due for the same except the Watch Afterwards he went
and lived at
Wodgsley
in Staffordshire
and worked at his said business
as a Journeyman
about Eighteen Months, when her said Husband was
taken ill of the Stone and had relief for about 2 months, from the Parish
Officers there Viz: 5 Shillings Pr week and which was merely done to see
whether he got better and to save the Expences of Passing him and his family
upto Town, but her said Husband before his Death was Examined
with regard to his said Parish and upon his death bed declared the
Parish of Saint Clement Danes
to be his Parish that the Parish Officers
of Wodgsley
soon after his Burial paid for the Carriage of this
Examinant and her 4 Children upto Town and gave her a Guinea
for her and her Childrens Support and which was done to save
[..]
the Expence of the Overseers coming upto Town as also the Expence
Attending such Pass. But this Examinant on her solemn Oath Says that her said
husband never gained any other Subsequent Settlement than as before mentioned
Sworn this 13th day of
Jany 1775
before
R Butler
Sarah Cox< no role >