Middlesex ss
Penelope Pollard< no role >
the widow
of
John Pollard< no role >
deced maketh oath That her Said late husband as She has been informd
& believes was born in
Nightingale Lane
in the parish of St Botolph
witht Aldgate
in the Sd County & to this Deponts knowledge or belief
he never was bound an Apprentice nor ever lived as a hired few
for a year nor ever rented a house of Ten pounds a year or upwds
nor ever Served any parish office or paid any poors Rates or
Kings Taxes nor ever did any Act to gain a Settlement in his
own right & this Depont Can give no Account respecting the
Settlement of his parents or eithr of them That She this Depont
was Married to her Said husband at the Fleet
about thirty Seven
years ago & Since his death hath not done any Act to gain a
Settlement for herself.
Sworn this 4 day of
January 1777
before}
Parkr Rowlands< no role >
The Mark of
Penelope [mark] Pollard< no role >
Middlesex ss}
The Voluntary Examination of
Elizabeth
Davis< no role >
of the parish of St Botolph without Aldgate
in the Said
County Singlewoman
taken on oath before me one of his Majesties
Justices of the peace
in & for the Sd County this 4. day of January
1777
who Saith that She is now with Child & that the Sd Child
is likely to be born a Bastard & to be Chargeable to the Sd parish
of St Botolph witht Aldgate
And that one
Mountague Wale < no role >
of
the Parish of St John Clerkenwell
in the Sd County Bricklayer
Labourer is the Father of the Said Child.
Taken & Signed the day
and year above written before
Parkr Rowlands< no role >
The Mark of
[mark]
Elizabeth Davis< no role >