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<p n="153"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65437_geo168">Westminster</rs>
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THE Examination of <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65437_n153-1">Elizabeth Wilson</rs>
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(Wife<lb></lb>
of <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65437_n153-2">Joseph Wilton</rs>
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a <rs type="occupation" id="LMWJPS65437_occ102">Soldier</rs>
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at <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65437_geo169">Flanders</rs>
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) a<lb></lb>
<del> Rogue and </del>
Vagabond apprehended by Thomas Shenat<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMWJPS65437_occ103">Constable</rs>
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of the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65437_geo170">St. Margaret Westminster</rs>
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<lb></lb>
in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65437_geo171">County of Middlesex</rs>
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<lb></lb>
and brought before me one<lb></lb>
of His Majesty's <rs type="occupation" id="LMWJPS65437_occ104">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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for the said City<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65437_geo172">Westmtr.</rs>
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aforesaid. And taken before Me<lb></lb>
this 30th Day of August in the Year of our<lb></lb>
Lord 17 45</p>
<p n="154"> This Examinant on Her Oath says, That her said Husband<lb></lb>
who is now or lately was a <rs type="occupation" id="LMWJPS65437_occ105">Soldier</rs>
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at <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65437_geo173">Flanders</rs>
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) was born in the<lb></lb>
Parish of Mear in the County of Wilts where his Fasher kept House<lb></lb>
& Paid all Parish Taver as this Deponent believes till the time of<lb></lb>
his Decease and the said Husband was never an Apprentice<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMWJPS65437_occ106">Housekeeper</rs>
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sufficient to gain a Settlement And that she has<lb></lb>
heard that the formerly Lived a yearly servant but where or when<lb></lb>
this Deponent cannot say, or whether be ever Lived in any other<lb></lb>
Service And that she was married to her said Husband at<lb></lb>
The Parish Church of Kingston Deverell in the County of Wilts<lb></lb>
by whom she hath two Children now Living (Vizt<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
<rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65437_n154-1">Elizabeth</rs>
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<lb></lb>
aged upwards of three years & <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65437_n154-42">Joseph</rs>
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aged upwards of One year<lb></lb>
& a half) & that neither she nor her said Husband have not by Rentidg<lb></lb>
House or Lands, or otherwise, gained a Settlement since their said<lb></lb>
Marriage which was in the Year of our Lord 1739.</p>
<p n="155">Sworn at <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65437_geo174">Westminster</rs>
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<lb></lb>
before Me<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65437_n155-1">George Howard</rs>
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<p n="156">The Mark of<lb></lb>
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Wilton</rs>
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