Middlesex,
to wit,
Mary Smith< no role >
, wife
of
William
Smith< no role >
, maketh Oath, that on the First Day
of October 1786
she was lawfully married to
her said husband at the
Parish Church
of
Saint Botolph Bishopsgate
in the City of
London
, that there is issue of the said marriage
one Son named
William< no role >
aged about Two Years
that her said husband was bound out
Apprentice by Indenture by the Officers of the
Parish of
Saint Giles in the Fields
in the
County of Middlesex
the 11th Day of February
1777
to
John Brittain< no role >
of the
Hamlet of
Hammersmith
in the County of Middlesex
aforesaid Gingerbread Baker
, with whom her
said husband regularly served his said
Apprenticeship as she verily believes, that
her said husband hath not rented any house
or lodging of the yearly rent of Ten Pounds
or upwards, served any Parish Office, paid any
Poor's Rate or Kings Tax or done any Act
to gain a subsequent settlement, and that
her said husband and Child are now
absent from her on board a
Guardship
in
Sheerness Harbour
as she is informed and
verily believes
Sworn this 19th Day of
December 1789
before
R Davies Rob Smith< no role >
her
Mary [mark] Smith< no role >
Mark