Middlesex ss}
Jane Bedford< no role >
the Wife
of
John Bedford< no role >
mariner
maketh oath that her said husband is now on Board
his Majesties ship the Hone Such on a voyage to America
as She
this Deponent as been informed & believes that She this Depont.
Can give no Account respecting his Settlement Save that he has
informed her that he was born in Ireland
That She this Depont
was born in the
Parish of Aimsworth
near Portsmouth
in the
County of Southampton
& never lived as a hired Servant for a
year nor was ever bound Apprentice in any part of the Kingdom
of Great Britain nor ever did any act to her knowledge or
belief to gain a Settlement for herself Save What She may have
Acquired by marriage With her Said husband That this Deponts
late Father
Morgan Williams< no role >
deced divers years ago rented a
house of the Yearly rent of Forty pounds in the Parish of
Aimsworth
aforesaid & was charged to & paid Parochial Taxes
for the Same & by means thereof gained a legal Settlement there
& did not afterwards do any Act to her knowledge or belief to
gain a Settlement elsewhere That She this Deponent hath a
Child named
Benjamin Bedford< no role >
Aged about four Months the lawful
Issue of this Deponentsy her sd husband to whom She was lawfully
married.
Sworn this 4th day of
September 1776
before
Parkr Rowlands< no role >
The Mark of
Jane [mark] Bedford< no role >
Middlesex ss}
Elizabeth Marshal< no role >
Singlewoman
Maketh oath
that her late Father
Edward Marshal< no role >
deced divers years ago
rented a house in
Baileys Place
in the Parish of Saint Botolph
without Aldgate
in the Said County & was Charged to and paid
Poors Rates for the Same & by means thereof gained a legal
Settlement there at which time She this Deponent was part of
his Family & in which place She was born That her said Father
to her Knowledge or belief did not afterwards in any Act to
gain a Subsequent Settlement That She this Deponent never
was bound and Apprentice nor ever lived as a hired Servant for
a year nor was ever married nor ever did any Act to her
Knowledge or belief to gain a Settlement for herself.
Sworn this 6th. day of
September 1776
before
Parkr Rowlands< no role >
.
Elizabeth
Marshall< no role >
Middlesex ss}
Carolina Bell< no role >
the widow
of
Thomas Bell< no role >
deced
maketh oath that Since the death of her Said late husband She was
hired & lived as a hired Servant
by the year at Certain yearly Wages
by & with
Hans Tennis< no role >
of the Precinct of St Catherine
in the sd
County Victualler
& Continued in Such Service for the Space of
three years & by means there of gained a legal Settlement there That
She has not Since lived as a hired Servant for a year nor been
married nor done any Act to gain a Subsequent Settlement That
She hath a Child named
Peter James Hedgely< no role >
aged about fourteen months which is illegitmate Note See this Examn. on the other Side.