Middlesex ss}
Mary Demson< no role >
the wife
of
John Demson< no role >
maketh oath That her said husband who is now absent from
her in the East Indies
never did any Act to gain a Settlement
in Great Britain & was by Birth a Foreigner That She this
Deponent previous to her Marriage was hired & lived as a
hired Servant
by the year at Certain Wages By & with one Mr
Davis an Eastman
in Court Street
in the parish of Saint Mary
Whitechapel
in the said County & Continued in Such Service
for about the Space of one year & half & by means thereof gained
a Legal Settlement there & did not afterwards live as a hired
Servant for the Space of year elsewhere or do any Act to
gain a Subsequent Settlement Save What She has acquired
by her marriage as aforesaid
Sworn this 15th day of
December 1777
before
P. Rowlands Jasper Clarkey< no role >
The Mark of
Mary [mark] Demson< no role >
Middlesex
Eleanor Pretty< no role >
the widow
of
William Pretty< no role >
deced
maketh oath That her said late husband was by birth an
Irishman & to her knowledge or belief never did any Act to
gain a Settlement in England or Wales That divers years ago
& previous to her Marriage with her said late husband She was
lawfully married to one
John Deedy< no role >
Since deced who in his
life time rented a house of Ten Pounds a year in
upper Eastsmithfield
in the Parish of Saint Botolph without Aldgate
in the said
County & was Charged to & paid Poors Rates for the Same & by
means thereof gained a legal Settlement there & did not afterwards
do any Act to gain another Settlement Nor hath She this Depont
Since his death done any Act to gain a Settlement for herself Save
What She acquired by marriage with her said late husband Pretty
Sworn this 19 day of
December 1777
before
Parkr Rowlands< no role >
Ellenor Pretty< no role >