Middlesex ss}
Edward Currey< no role >
maketh oath
that he was heretofore duly bound Apprentice by Indre
to
William Turpin< no role >
of
Seething Lane
in the Parish
of Allhallows Barking
in the City of London
Lighter
[..]
& after having Served three years of his Apprenticeship
in the Sd Parish he was Pressed on board one of his Majesties
Ships of War & always Continued at Sea
during the
remainder of the Term for which he was bound
Apprentice & did not afterwards return to his Said
Master That he never rented a house of Ten Pounds
A year or upwards nor ever Served any Parish office
nor ever Paid any Poors Rates or Kings Taxes nor
ever did any Act to gain a settlement Since his Sd
Apprenticeship
& that he hath a w
Sworn this 2d day
of January 1784
before
J. Hawley Robt. Smith< no role >
Edw Currey< no role >