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 Saint Gabriel in Fenchurch Street
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 said
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 settlement
And this Deponent farther saith that her said late husband never
was an Apprentice nor a hired servant by the year Nor ever rented
a house of Ten pounds a year or upwards nor served any parish
offices Nor ever gained any settlement but in right of his said late
Fathers settlement Nor hath this Depont. to her knowledge or belief
since the Deaths of her said late father in law and her said husband
gained any settlement in her own right.
Sworn this 4th. day of
February 1758
before us
Chris: Scott< no role >
Walter Berry< no role >
Mary
the Mark [mark] of
Thomas< no role >