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Elizabeth Pratt< no role >
the widow
of
William Pratt< no role >
deced maketh oath That She hath been informed by a Letter
lately received from one
Mary Parker< no role >
now resident in the
Town of Birmingham
& by other Credible information &
which this Deponent Verily believes to be true That her
said late husband duly Served his apprenticeship
with one
Wild in the
Parish of Saint Martin
in Birmingham
in the
County of Warwick
Buckle Chasemaker
and by means thereof gained
a legal Settlement there That to this Deponents knowledge or
belief her Said husband did not afterwards rent a house of the
yearly rent or value of Ten Pounds nor Serve any Parish
office or pay any Poors Rates or Kings Taxes or do any Act
to gain a Subsequent Settlement and this Deponent can give no
other account respecting her Said late husband Settlement That
She hath Five Children namely
Joseph aged< no role >
about Thirteen
years two months
John aged< no role >
about Eight years and five months
William aged< no role >
about Seven years and five months and
Thomas
aged< no role >
about Three years and five months and
Elizabeth aged< no role >
about nine months the lawful Issue of this Deponent by
her said husband to whom She was lawfully married and
none of which said children have done any act to gain a Settlement for themselves
Sworn this 30th day
of August 1774
before
B Camper Wilmot
The Mark of
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Elizabeth Pratt< no role >