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To Samuel Watters and
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Westmr. to wit
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To the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of
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Us, to of his Majesty's
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aged about a Year, hath
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lately intruded, and come into the said
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and are become Chargeable to same,
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We the said Justices, upon Examination of the Premises
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upon Oath, and other Circumstances, do adjudge the
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same to be true, and do also adjudge the place of the
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last legal Settlement of the said
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, Mary
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his Wife and their said three Children, to
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County of Berks
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THESE are therefore, in his Majesty's Name, to
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require you, on Sight hereof, to remove and
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convey the said
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and their said three Children
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from and out of your said
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to the said
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and them deliver unto the Church-wardens and
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Overseers of the Poor there, or to some, or One of them,
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together with this our Order, or a true Copy hereof,
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who are hereby required to receive and provide for
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them according to Law. Given under Our
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Hands and Seals this 24th. Day of May 1758.
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