Middlesex ss.
Susannah Jones< no role >
Singlewoman
maketh Oath
that she has been informed by her late Mother
decd. that she was born in the House
adjoining
to the Swan Public House
at Mile end
in the
Hamlet of Mile end Old Town
in the Parish of
St. Dunstan Stepney
in the County of Middlesex
which her late Father Rented & lived in many
Years But what Rent he paid for the said House
or what Taxes he paid she cannot tell, that her
late Father died in the said House when she this
Deponent was about Nine Years old, & was legally
settled in the said Hamlet at the time of his Death
as her Mother has informed her, And further saith
that her late Mother decd. died legally settled in
the said Hamlet, she not having done any Act to
gain a settlement for herself after her Fathers
Death, And that for some time before her Death she
was maintained at the charge of the said Hamlet
And this Deponent further saith that she has never
been an Apprentice or lived as a hired Servant by
the Year in any Parish or Place for the space of
One year together or done any Act to her Knowledge
or Belief to gain a settlement in her own right
&that she never was Married and further Saith
that being Poor & not able to provide for herself she
has been obliged to apply to the Overseers of the Poor
of the Parish of St. Botolph Aldgate Middx
for Relief &
has been releived by them accordingly
Sworn this 16th Day of
March 1796
before
R Davies H: Reynell
her
Susannah [mark] Jones< no role >
Mark