Middlesex
&
Westminster}
Middx. of
Father
Lewis
Fras. -
Downs
in the
next Back
to wit
Elizth. Langston< no role >
of Bear
Yard
in the Parish of St. Clement
Danes
in the County of Middlesex
Singlewoman
Upon her Oath Saith that
Fras.
Lewis Downs< no role >
late of Denyell Street
Clare
Markett
in the said Parish & County Taylor
has run away & deserted his two Children (vizt.)
Margaret< no role >
aged about 11 years and
Mary < no role >
aged
Ten years or thereabouts and left the same
Chargeable to the Parish of Saint Clement
Dane
And this Examinant further saith
that this Examinants Knowledge of his
had & so done arises from this Circumstance
that is to say That the said Fras. Lewis
Downs had put the said Children to m
[..]
with this Examinant and about Seven Weeks
ago went away and entirely deserted them
since which time this Examinant hath
delivered them to the Parish Officers of the sd.
Parish of St. Clement Danes and the said
Children are now in the Workhouse of
St. Clement Danes aforesaid
Sworn this 5th-
day of Novr. 1784
R Butler
Elizth Langston< no role >