Middlesex
to Wit
The Information of
John Hickford< no role >
of Little Brickhill
in the County of Bucks
Labourer
and
Edward Hatt< no role >
on
of the Same place Schoolmaster
taken before one this
8th. day of June 1787
Who being upon Oath say, and first the said John Hickford< no role >
says that he was a Marine on board the Triumph for about two
YearsThat he went on board her at Chatham
and went in her
to the West Indies
at which time a person now present who calls
himself Richard Ramsbottom< no role >
was a Corporal of Mariner on
board the Triumph whilst he was on board of herThat he this
Informant cannot write nor ever signed his Mark in his Life
to any [..] Instrument whatsoeverAnd further says that he was
not a Witness to the Will now produced nor did he ever Witness any
other Will in his LifeAnd the said Edward Hatton< no role >
for himself
says that he hath know the said John Hickford< no role >
for upwards of
twenty Five Years and that he always understood and doth verily
believe that he said Hickford can neither write nor read
Sworn before me this
8th. day of June 1787
}
Sampn Wright< no role >
his
John [mark] Hickford< no role >
Mark
Edwd Hatten< no role >