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<p n="15"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Middlesex ss</note>
<rs type="persName" id="GLBAEP10309_n15-1">Lydia Roberts</rs>
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<interp inst="GLBAEP10309_n15-1" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
the <rs type="occupation" id="GLBAEP10309_occ14">widow</rs>
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of <rs type="persName" id="GLBAEP10309_n15-2">John Roberts</rs>
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<interp inst="GLBAEP10309_n15-2" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
deced<lb></lb>
maketh oath that she hath been informed by her said late husband<lb></lb>
That divers Years Ago and When a single man he lived as a<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="GLBAEP10309_occ15">hired servant</rs>
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by the Year at the Yearly Wages of Six Pounds<lb></lb>
with Mr. Roddle of the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="GLBAEP10309_geo20"> <rs type="placeName" id="GLBAEP10309_geo21"> <rs type="placeName" id="GLBAEP10309_geo22">Arksey</rs>
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near Doncaster</rs>
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<lb></lb>
in the County of York</rs>
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and Continued in such service for the<lb></lb>
Space of a year which information this Deponent believes<lb></lb>
to be true And this Deponent Saith that after she was<lb></lb>
Married to her Said late husband <rs type="occupation" id="GLBAEP10309_occ16">he rented a Tenement or<lb></lb>
Farm</rs>
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of Twelve Pounds a Year in the said Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="GLBAEP10309_geo23">Arksey</rs>
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<lb></lb>
and <rs type="occupation" id="GLBAEP10309_occ17">Continued the occupation of such Tenement or Farm</rs>
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<lb></lb>
for the Space of Three Years and there died and by Means<lb></lb>
thereof and of his Said Servitude as She is advised he gained<lb></lb>
a legal settlement there And this Deponent farther Saith<lb></lb>
that to her knowledge or belief her said late husband did<lb></lb>
not do any Act whereby to gain a subsequent settlement<lb></lb>
And that she hath four Children to wit <rs type="persName" id="GLBAEP10309_n15-55">Mary</rs>
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<interp inst="GLBAEP10309_n15-55" type="surname" value="ROBERTS"></interp>
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Aged about<lb></lb>
fifteen Years <rs type="persName" id="GLBAEP10309_n15-22">Sarah</rs>
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<interp inst="GLBAEP10309_n15-22" type="surname" value="ROBERTS"></interp>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10309_n15-22" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
Aged about Thirteen Years <rs type="persName" id="GLBAEP10309_n15-56">Elizabeth</rs>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10309_n15-56" type="given" value="ELIZABETH"></interp>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10309_n15-56" type="surname" value="ROBERTS"></interp>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10309_n15-56" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
<lb></lb>
Aged about nine Years and <rs type="persName" id="GLBAEP10309_n15-47">Esther</rs>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10309_n15-47" type="given" value="ESTHER"></interp>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10309_n15-47" type="surname" value="ROBERTS"></interp>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10309_n15-47" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
aged about Seven<lb></lb>
Years the lawful Issue of this Deponent by her said<lb></lb>
late husband none of which said Children hath as yet done<lb></lb>
any Act to gain a settlement in their or either of their own<lb></lb>
right.</p>
<p n="16">Sworn thisday of<lb></lb>
September 1765 before us}</p>
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