Middlesex ss.

Sarah Nelson< no role > the Wife of Edwd. Nelson< no role >
maketh Oath that she was lawfully Married
to her said Husband at the Parish Church
of St. Michael Royal in the City of London
the Twenty Sixth Day of Decr. 1774 that her
Said Husband was duly Bound Apprentice
at Watermans Hall the Eighth Day of
Jany. 1767 to his Brother William Nelson< no role >
who then lived in Cartwright Street in the
Parish of St. Botolph without Aldgate in the
County of Middlesex Waterman & Lighterman
that he duly served his said Master under
the said Indenture about Six Years when he
Went to Sea & his Mother paid Five Pounds
for the remainder of his time, And that for
upwards of the last Forty Days of his Service
under the said Indenture he Boarded & lodged
at his said Masters Dwelling House in Shovel
Alley in the Precinct of St. Catherine in the
County of Middlesex that her said Husband
has never Rented any House or Lodging
of the Yearly Rent or Value of Ten Pounds
or paid any Poors Rate or Kings Tax or
done any Act to her knowledge or Belief
to gain a Subsequent Settlement That
she has Four Children Namely Thomas
aged< no role > about Eighteen Years who now lives