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THE Examination of
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Joseph Wilton
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) a
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Rogue and
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Vagabond apprehended by Thomas Shenat
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Constable
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of the Parish of
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St. Margaret Westminster
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in the
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and brought before me one
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of His Majesty's
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Justices of the Peace
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for the said City
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Westmtr.
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aforesaid. And taken before Me
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this 30th Day of August in the Year of our
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Lord 17 45
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This Examinant on Her Oath says, That her said Husband
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who is now or lately was a
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) was born in the
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Parish of Mear in the County of Wilts where his Fasher kept House
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& Paid all Parish Taver as this Deponent believes till the time of
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his Decease and the said Husband was never an Apprentice
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sufficient to gain a Settlement And that she has
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heard that the formerly Lived a yearly servant but where or when
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this Deponent cannot say, or whether be ever Lived in any other
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Service And that she was married to her said Husband at
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The Parish Church of Kingston Deverell in the County of Wilts
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by whom she hath two Children now Living (Vizt
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Elizabeth
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aged upwards of three years &
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Joseph
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aged upwards of One year
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& a half) & that neither she nor her said Husband have not by Rentidg
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House or Lands, or otherwise, gained a Settlement since their said
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Marriage which was in the Year of our Lord 1739.
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Sworn at
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before Me
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George Howard
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The Mark of
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Eliza.
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Wilton
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