Middlesex ss}
Gabriel Taylor< no role >
maketh oath that he
knows a Child named
Benjamin Smallwood< no role >
Aged
about eight years the Child of one Smallwood by his
wife who both died in America That the Said Child was
brought from thence to England & for Sometime past
hath resided & Still resides with one Mrs. Peariffth
in
Maypole Court
in the parish of St Botolph witht
Aldgate
in the Sd County & was born in
Charles Town
in America
his Parents being Natives of America
& never did any Act to this Deponents knowledge
or belief to gain a Settlement in England
Sworn this. 19. day
of Novr 1784
before
R Davies
The Mark of
Gabriel [mark] Taylor< no role >