Middlesex ss

Elizabeth Russell< no role > the wife of John Russell< no role > mariner (who
is now at Sea and absent from her) maketh oath that she Can't
in any wife set forth or discover the Settlement of her Said husbands
Parents or either of them But says that her Said husband has inform
her & which information She believes to be true That he was born
in Swan Alley in the Parish of St. Botolph without Aldgate
in the County of Middlesex That he was brought up in the Sea
Service that to her knowledge information or belief her said
husband never rented a house of Ten Pounds a year or upwards
nor ever Served any Parish Offices nor ever Paid any Poors
Rates or Kings Taxes nor ever did any Act to gain a Settlement
Subsequent to his Birth That she was lawfully Married to her
Said husband and that she hath a Child named Sarah Jane< no role > the
lawful Issue of this Depont. by her Said husband.

Sworn thisday of
February 1770 before}

The Mark of
Elizabeth [mark] Russell< no role >