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To the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of
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the
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;
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and to the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor
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of the Parish of
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in the County of
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Surry
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and to Each and Every of them
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, To wit.}
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Thos Kynaston
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Petr Planck
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WHEREAS Complaint hath been made unto
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Us, Two of His Majesty's
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Justices of the Peace
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,
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in and for the City and Liberty of
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, aforesaid (One
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whereof being of the Quorum) by the Church-Wardens
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and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of St. Mar-
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tin in the Fields,That
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Elizabeth Griffis
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Wife of
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Edward Griffis
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(gone from her)
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and their two Children to wit
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Elizabeth
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aged two Years and
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upwards and
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John
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aged about
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two months have lately intruded and
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came into the said
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,
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and
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become Chargeable to the 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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Elizabeth
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Griffis
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and two Children to be in
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in the
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County of Surry aforesaid
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THESE are therefore, in His Majesty's Name,
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to require you, the said Church-Wardens and
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Overseers of the Poor of the
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Fields
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, on the Sight hereof, to remove and convey the said
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Elizabeth Griffis
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and two
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Children
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from and out of your said
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, to the said Parish of
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in
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the County of
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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 Hands
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and Seals, this 21st. Day of February 1770,
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