Middlesex ss}

John Brown< no role > maketh oath that
divers years ago he was duly bound Apprentice to
John Whitaker< no role > a Gardiner in the Parish of
Watonbury near maidstone in the County of Kent
& served him there for the Space of five years &
then he left his Master & went to sea & did not
afterwards return back to him and has not since
done any Act to gain a settlement elsewhere
And that he has a wife named Elizabeth < no role > to
whom he was lawfully married

The Mark of
John [mark] Brown< no role >