Middlesex ss

William Arthurs< no role > Mariner maketh oath
That he Can give no Account respecting the Settlement of his
late Parents or either of them That he this Deponent as
he has been informed & verily believes was born in the Parish
of Saint James in the City of Bristol and that to this
Deponents knowledge or belief he never did Act to gain
a Settlement for himself

The Mark of
[mark] William Arthurs< no role >