Middlesex ss
Esther Heritage< no role >
aged fifty two years or thereabouts the
Widow
of
Edward Heritage< no role >
deced. Maketh oath that divers
ago her said late husband lived as a hired Servant by the Year
When a Singleman (as he has informes this Depont. & as She
believes) With one
Thos. Brewer< no role >
of the Parish of Saint
John in the Devizes
in the County of Wiltshire
Horse Dealer
and Continued in such service for many Years at the Yearly
Wages of Ten Pounds and by Means thereof as she is
advised gained a legal settlement there And this Deponent
Saith that to her knowledge or belief her said late husband
never did any Act Whereby to gain Settlement subsequent
to such his servitude Nor hath she this Deponent since his
Death done any Act to gain a Settlement in her own right
And that She hath a Child named
Thomas < no role >
aged about ten
Years the Lawful Issue of this Deponent by her Said late husband
Sworn this 5th: day of
August 1767
before
Chris: Scott< no role >
The Mark of
Esther [mark] Heritage< no role >