Middlesex ss}

Sarah Newman< no role > Singlewoman maketh oath that
She was born in the Parish of Saint Paul Shadwell in the County
of Middlesex & was duly bound Apprentice thereto one James
Pellican< no role > a Lighterman & Waterman & Served him there under
Such Indre for the Space of one year & ten Months as she now
best remembers & by means thereof gained a legal Settlement there
That at the expiration thereof Differences having previous
thereto Arose between this Depont. & her St. Master & Mistress this
Deponents Indres were delivered upto her which She Cancelled and
destroyed & She was thereupon at Liberty to go Where so ever she
pleased she this Depont being then of the age of Sixteen years
& upwards That She this Deponent thereupon went & hired herself
to live as a hired Servant by the year with one George Dixon< no role > in
the Parish of St Botolph without Aldgate in the Sd. County in Whose
Service she Continued for about the Space of one Month & not
more as she now best remembers & for a Character of her She this
Deponent referredhersthe Said Mr Dixon to her Said late Master
& Mistress Pellican which this Deponent believes was given by
them or one of them That this Deponent afterwards without
the Consent of her Said late Master or Mistress Pellican hired
herself to live as a hired Servant by the year with one Mistress Hart
in the Said Parish of Saint Paul Shadwell in Whose Service She
Continued for about the Space of Six Months & has not Since lived
as a hired servant for a year elsewhere or been Married or done
any Act to gain a subsequent settlement

The Mark of
[mark] Sarah Newman< no role >