St Botolph Aldgate Parish:
Pauper Settlement, Vagrancy and Bastardy Exams
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18th June 1768 - 1st February 1771

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Image 172 of 36528th November 1769


Middlesex ss

Sarah Bonham< no role > Singlewoman Maketh oath That she
hath four Children to wit Elizabeth Thompson< no role > aged abt.
Ten Years and a Quarter Sarah Thompson< no role > Aged about
Seven Years & Samuel Thompson< no role > Aged about two years
and eight Months born of her Body in Swan Alley in
the Parish of St. Botolph without Aldgate in the County
of Middlesex and Baptized and Registred there and Catherine
Thompson
< no role > aged about twelve Months born of her Body
in Coopers Rents in the Precinct of St. Catherine in the
County of Middlesex and Baptized in the Parish Church
of St. Botolph without Aldgate aforesd. all of which
Said Children are Bastards this Depont. never having
been Married And this Depont. Saith that one William
Thompson
< no role > late of the Precinct of St. Catherine in the
County of Middlesex Carman deced did get her with Child
of the Said four Bastard Children And this Depont.
farther Saith that She Cannot setforth or Discover the
place of Settlement of her late Parents deced or either
of them But says that She has been informed by her
late Mother deced that She this Depont. was born in the
Parish of St. Leonard Shoreditch in the County of Middlesex
& there Baptized That She never lived as a hired Servant
for a year nor was ever bound apprentice nor ever paid
any Poors Rates or Kings Taxes nor ever did any
Act to her knowledge or belief to gain a Settlement in
her own right


Sworn this 28th day of
November 1769 before
Chris: Scott< no role >

The Mark of
Sarah [mark] Bonham< no role >




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