Middlesex ss
Mary Thomas< no role >
widow
of William Thomas< no role >
deced Maketh oath that she hath been Credibly
informed and verily believes the same to be true
That her said late husbands Father William Thomas< no role >
also deced when a Singleman lived as a hired servant
or Clerk
at Certain yearly wages with one Mr Agar
a Merchant in the
Parish of St. Margaret Pattens
in the City of London
and continued in such service for
about eight years And by Means thereof gained a
legal settlement there And that the sd. William Thomas< no role >
the Father did not afterwards live as a hired servant
by the year Nor rent a house of Ten pounds a year or
upwards nor do any Act to Acquire a subsequent settlemt
And this Depont farther saith that her said late
husband never was an Apprentice Nor a hired servant
by ye year nor ever rented a house of Ten pounds a year
or upwards nor never served any Parish offices nor ever
gained any settlement but in right of his sd late Fathers
settlemt. Nor hath this Depont. to her knowledge or belief
since the Deaths of her said late Father in Law and her sd
husband gained any settlemt in her own right
Sworn this 25th: day
of January 1758
before us
Chris: Scott Walter Berry< no role >
The Mark of
Mary [mark] Thomas< no role >