Middlesex ss}
Charles Kennedy< no role >
maketh oath that he
was heretofore hired & lived as a yearly hired servant
by & with Mr
Samuel Road< no role >
a Farmer
in that
part
of Hoxton
which is in the Parish of St John Hackney
in the sd County & Continued in such Service under
such hiring at Certain Wages for the Space of about
Sixteen Years & has not since lived as a hired Servt
for the Space of a year elsewhere 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 a subsequent
Settlement.
Sworn this 12. day
of May 1785
before
R Davies Robt Smith< no role >
The Mark of
Charles [mark] Kennedy< no role >
Middlesex ss}
The Voluntary Examination of
Jane
Watkins< no role >
of the Parish of Saint Botolph without
Aldgate
in the said County Singlewoman
taken
upon oath before me one of his Majesties Justices
of the Peace in and for the said County this twenty
fifth day of May 1785
who upon oath saith that on
the ninth day of October one thousand seven hundred
& eighty two
in
Coopers Court
in the said Parish
of St Botolph witht Aldgate
she the said
Jane
Watkins< no role >
was delivered of a Male Bastard
Child since baptized & registred by the name of
George Skelton< no role >
and this Examinant farther
Saith that on the eighth day of February now
last past
in Coopers Court
aforesaid in the said
Parish she the said
Jane Watkins< no role >
was delivered
of Another Male Bastard Child since baptized
& registred by the name of
William Skelton< no role >
both
of which said Children are now chargeable to
the said Parish of St Botolph without Aldgate
she this Examinant being Poor & not able to
provide for them and this Examinant farther
Saith that
George Skelton< no role >
late of Coopers Court
aforesd belonging to the Mint
did get her with child
of the said two bastard Children
Taken & Signed the day &
year above written before
me
R Davies
The Mark of
Jane [mark] Watkins< no role >