Middlesex ss

Martha Brown< no role > the wife of John Brown< no role > Waterman
maketh oath that her said husband (who is lately gone away from her
to places unknown & left her destitute) hath informed her which She
believes to be true That he duly Served his Apprenticeship with three
Several Masters in the business of a Waterman in the parish of St.
Botolph without Aldgate in the County of Middlesex & by means
thereof gained a legal Settlement there That to this Deponents
knowledge or belief her said husband never rented a house of the
Yearly Rent or Value of Ten pounds or Served any parish office
or paid any Poors Rates or Kings Taxes or ever did any Act to
gain a Subsequent Settlement That She hath two Children namely
William Brown< no role > aged about three Years & John Brown< no role > aged about
eighteen months the lawful Issue of this Deponent by her
said husband to whom he She was lawfully married in the
Church belonging to the said parish of Saint Botolph witht Aldgate

Martha
Brown< no role >