Middlesex ss
Eleanor Cotterell< no role >
the widow
of
Richard Cotterell< no role >
deced
maketh Oath That about five years ago She was lawfully married
to one
Benjamin Summers< no role >
at
the Parish Church
of St. George
in
the County of Gloucester
mariner
deced Whose place of Settlement or
the settlement of his Parents this Depont. Cannot in any wise set forth
or discover She never having received any information relative thereto
Save that her late husband Summers has informed her that he was
born in Gloucestershire
but the place where he never made known
to her That She hath a child named
Sarah< no role >
Aged about four years
& half her lawful Issue by her Said late husband Summers born in
Anchor & Rope Alley
in the Parish of St. George in the County
of
Middx
& there baptized & registred That about two years ago
She was lawfully married to her sd. late husband Cotterell in
the
Parish Church
of St. Stephen
in the City of Bristol
whose place of
Settlement or of his Parents this Depont. Cannot in any wise set forth
or discover She never having received any information relative thereto
Except that her husband Cotterell has informed her that his
Father was born in
Boston
in New England
and that he himself
was born in the
County of Derry
in Ireland
best the place where in
that County he never made known to her That She hath a Child
named
Richard< no role >
Aged about thirteen Months her lawful Issue
by her Said late husband Cotterell born in
St. Catherines Lane
in the
Precinct of St. Catherine
in the County of Middx
& Baptized and
registred in the Said Precinct That to her Knowledge information
or belief her Said late husbands or either of them never rented a
a house of ten Pounds a year or upwards nor ever served any parish
offices or paid any Poors Rates or Kings Taxes nor ever did any
Act to gain a settlement in their or eithr of their own Rights That
She this Depont. was born in the
County of Kerry
in the west of
Ireland
and that She was never an Apprentice nor ever lived as a
hired servant for a year nor ever did any Act to gain a Settlement
in her own right Prior to her respective Marriages
Sworn this 31st. day of october
1768
before
R Pell Rt. Darling
The [mark] Mark of
Eleanor Cotterell< no role >