St Botolph Aldgate Parish:
Pauper Settlement, Vagrancy and Bastardy Exams
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18th July 1788 - 19th May 1790

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Middlesex (ss)

The Examination of Hannah Gotschin< no role > This name instance is in set 2224. This set is in the group(s): MothersBA . (whose
Maiden name was West< no role > ) now the Wife of John
Gotschin
< no role > Watchman for and on the part and
behalf of Alexander West< no role > her Son an Idiot takes
before us two of Majesty's Justices of the peace
acting in and for the said County this day of
1788.

Saith that she was Born in Pembrokeshire in South
Walls . That she was never bound an Apprentice, nor lived
as a hired Servant for a Year with any person whom soever
That about thirty years ago, she Cohabited with
Thomas Frazier< no role > Mariner as his Wife , and continued so
to do for the space of 11 Years then following, That the
said Thos. Frazier< no role > then departed this life, That in the
course of such Cohabitation she had Issue by the
said Thos. Frazier< no role > , three Children, namely, Thomas< no role > ,
the said Alexander< no role > , and Jane< no role > , who were born in the
several parishes & precinct following , Vizt. Thomas
in the parish of Saint George , in the County of Middlesex
Alexander in the precinct of Saint Catherine , in the
said County, and Jane in the parish of Saint John
Wapping in the said County,-That in the Month
of April One thousand seven hundred and Seventy
she this Deponent was lawfully Married to her said
present Husband John Gotschin< no role > at the Church of
the precinct of Saint Catherine aforesaid.-That
about ten Years ago to the best of this Deponents
recollection, the said Alexander was bound
Apprentice by Indenture. (by the name of Alexander
Frazier
< no role > ) by the Church Wardens and Overseers of the
poor of the parish of Saint John Wapping aforesaid
to John Yeates< no role > Mariner for the Term of Nine Years
That about a fortnight after the Execution of the said




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