Middlesex ss}
Isabella Clay< no role >
the widow
of
Thomas Clay< no role >
her
deced maketh oath that her Said late husband has informed
& which she believes to be true That his late Father
Joseph
Clay< no role >
deced in his life time was duly bound to & Served the whole
of his Apprenticeship with one Gate a Stocking Weaver
in
Hogsdon Square
in the Parish of Saint Leonard Shoreditch
in the Said County & by means thereof gained a legal Settlemt
there & that he did not afterwards do any Act to gain anor
Settlement and that this Deponts sd husband never did any
Act to gain a Settlement in his own right That she this
Depont was married to her Said late husband at the Fleet
about Thirty years ago & has not Since his death done any
Act to gain a Settlement in her own right or for herself
Sworn this 25. day of
February 1778
before
Jasper Clarkey< no role >
P. Rowlands
The Mark of
Isebella [mark] Clay< no role >
Middlesex ss}
John Pearsall< no role >
maketh oath that
divers years ago he was duly bound Apprentice to
Solomon Spittle< no role >
of the Parish of Trinity in the Minories
in the Sd County Gunmaker
& Served Six Years and
half of such his Apprenticeship there & Served the Residue
thereof at Sea
on Board a Man of War Where his
Apprenticeship ended & has not Since done any Act
to gain another Settlement & that he hath a wife
named
Ann < no role >
to whom he was lawfully married.
Sworn this 2d day of
March 1778
before
Parkr Rowlands< no role >
Jasper Clarkey< no role >
John Pearsall< no role >