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<p n="440"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Middlesex ss</note>
<rs type="persName" id="GLBAEP10310_n440-1">John Robertson</rs>
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Maketh oath That he was born in <rs type="placeName" id="GLBAEP10310_geo322">North Britain</rs>
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and th<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
his Parents to his knowledge or belief never did any Act to<lb></lb>
gain a settlement in England; That divers years ago he <lb></lb>
was <rs type="occupation" id="GLBAEP10310_occ175">hired & lived as a hired Servant by the year</rs>
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at the year<lb></lb>
wages of Five Pounds with one Mr Kelvington in the <lb></lb>
Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="GLBAEP10310_geo323"> <rs type="placeName" id="GLBAEP10310_geo324">Thesk</rs>
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in the County of york</rs>
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and continued <lb></lb>
in such Service for two years he being during such his <lb></lb>
Servitude a single & unmarried man and by means them<lb></lb>
as he is advised gamed a legal Settlement there; That at the<lb></lb>
he hath since lived as a <rs type="occupation" id="GLBAEP10310_occ176">hired servant by the year</rs>
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in the <lb></lb>
Part of Great Britain Called England yet he was during<lb></lb>
such his last mentioned servitude lawfully married to <obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
present wife and could not as he is advised there by gai<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
a subsequent settlement; That he never rented a house of<lb></lb>
the yearly Rent or Value of Ten Pounds nor ever served<lb></lb>
any Parish office or paid any Poors Rates or kings Tax<lb></lb>
nor to his knowledge or belief hath he done any act to gain<lb></lb>
a Settlement subsequent to his Servitude first Above mentioned<lb></lb>
That he hath a <rs type="occupation" id="GLBAEP10310_occ177">wife</rs>
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named <rs type="persName" id="GLBAEP10310_n440-55">Amelia</rs>
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<interp inst="GLBAEP10310_n440-55" type="surname" value="ROBERTSON"></interp>
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, and three children<lb></lb>
namely <rs type="persName" id="GLBAEP10310_n440-47">Christian</rs>
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, aged about three years & two months<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="GLBAEP10310_n440-65">Jane</rs>
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<interp inst="GLBAEP10310_n440-65" type="surname" value="ROBERTSON"></interp>
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, aged about two years & <rs type="persName" id="GLBAEP10310_n440-32">James</rs>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10310_n440-32" type="given" value="JAMES"></interp>
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, aged about seven<lb></lb>
Months the Lawful Issue of this Depont. by his Said <lb></lb>
Wife.</p>
<p n="441">Sworn this day<lb></lb>
of September 1770 before}</p>
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