Master of the Workhouse sworn
to the Birth of a Bastard Child
by the Mothers Information
Middlesex ss}
John Mackelrath< no role >
master of the Workhouse
of the Parish of St Botolph without Aldgate
in the said
County maketh oath that by a warrant or Pass order
bearing date the fifth day of July instant
Elizabeth
Bennett< no role > This name instance is in set 7784396.
therein mentioned to be the wife of
Robert Bennett< no role >
was removed from the Parish of St John Wapping
in the sd
County to the sd Parish of St Botolph without Aldgate
as the Place of her last legal Settlement and her Child
Sophia< no role >
aged about two years was removed Came with
her for Nurture That the Said
Elizabeth Bennett< no role >
upon Such her Removal refused to take Care of her sd
Child or in any manner to Administer any Nurture
thereto although required by this Depont so to do but
hath left the same in this Deponents Custody
That by an Examination in Writing of the sd
Elizabeth
Bennett< no role >
& taken upon her oath it Appears that the
said Child was born in the sd Parish of St John Wapping
and Which this Deponent believes to be true
Sworn this.15.day
of July 1783
before
R Davies J. Hawley
John Mackelrath< no role >