Middlesex ss.

John Cross< no role > maketh Oath that his Father
William Cross< no role > has informed him that upwards
of Thirty years ago and when he was a Single
Man he lived as a hired Servant by the Year
with a Mr. Hardle of Wheeler Street in the Strand
in the Parish of St. Martin in the Fields in the City
& Liberty of Westminster Silversmith at certain
Yearly Wages & continued in his Service under
such hiring upwards of Three years. that he did
not after he quitted his Service live as a hired
Servant by the year in any other Parish or Place
for the space of One year together or do any Act
to his knowledge or Belief to gain a Subsequent
Settlement, That he this Deponent was born in the
said Parish and has never been an Apprentice or
lived as a hired Servant by the year or 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 his Knowledge or
Belief to gain a Settlement in his own right, that
he has a Wife named Sarah< no role > to whom he was
lawfully Married at the Parish Church of St. Dunstan
Stepney the Fifteenth Day of Novr. 1784 & Three
Children Namely John< no role > aged about Six Years who
was born in the Workhouse of the said Parish
of St. Martin in the Fields , Elizabeth< no role > aged about Five
Years and William< no role > aged about Two Years the
lawful issue by his said Wife, and further saith that
being Poor & not able to provide for himself & Family
he has been obliged to apply to the Churchwardens of
the Parish of St. Botolph without Aldgate Middx for
Relief & has been relieved by them accordingly

John Cross< no role >