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maketh oath that divers years
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ago he was hired & lived as a
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there That he has not Since lived as a hired Servant for a year or
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rented a house of Ten pounds a year or upwards or served any parish
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office or paid any Poors Rates or Kings Taxes or done any Act to
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gain another Settlement That he hath a
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aged about Six years the lawful Issue
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wife
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Sworn this
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March 1777
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deced
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maketh oath That her said late husband was by birth an
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Irishman & to her knowledge or belief never did any Act to gain
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a Settlement in England That this Depont can give no account
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respecting the Settlement of her late parents or either of them
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having never received any information relative there to save that
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She has been informed that they were born in
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Stafordshir
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but
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the place where She cannot setforth That She this Deponent
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has been informed that She was also born in the same County but
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the place where She cannot discover or set forth That she was
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never an Apprentice nor ever lived as a hired servant for a
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year nor even did any Act to gain a Settlement for herself save
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what she has Acquired by her marriage as aforesaid That
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She hath four children namely
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margaret
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aged about twenty years
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aged about Thirteen years
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aged about Ten
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years &
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by her said husband
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in the
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of middlesex & have done no Act to gain a Settlement for themselves
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