St Botolph Aldgate Parish:
Pauper Settlement, Vagrancy and Bastardy Exams
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31st August 1776 - 10th December 1777

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Image 71 of 1167th April 1777


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Ann Ruby< no role > This name instance is in set 756. This set is in the group(s): MothersBA . Singlewoman maketh oath that her
late Father John Ruby< no role > deced as She has been informed & believes was
bound to & served the whole of his Apprenticeship with his Father
in Law Wilkinson< no role > a Butcher in the parish of St Botolph without
Aldgate in the sd County & by means thereof gained a legal Settlement
there & did not afterwards to this Deponents knowledge or belief
do any act to gain a Settlement elsewhere That She this Depont
was born in the said parish & was never bound Apprentice nor
ever lived as a hired Servant for a year nor was ever Married
nor ever did any Act to her knowledge or belief to gain a
Settlement in her own right That She hath a child named
Ann Ruby< no role > aged about eleven years & nine months who was
born a Bastard in the said parish of Saint Botolph
without Aldgate & never did any Act to gain a Settlement in her
own right.


Sworn this 5 day of
April 1777 before
Parkr Rowlands< no role >

The Mark of
Ann [mark] Ruby< no role >

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Robert Williams< no role > maketh oath That divers years ago
he was hired & lived as a hired Servant by the year by & with Nevill
Meale
< no role > of church yard Alley in the Parish of St Botolph without Aldgate
in the sd County Brick layer at certain Wages & continued in such
service for the space of two years by means thereof gained a legal
Settlement there That he has not Since lived as a hired Servant for
a year nor rented a house of Ten pounds a year or upwards or
served any Parish office or paid any Poors Rates or Kings Taxes
or done any Act to gain another Settlement.


Sworn this 7 day
of April 1777 before
Parkr Rowlands< no role >

The Mark of
Robert [mark] Williams< no role >




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