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[..] Bast: Johnson< no role >

Robert Kyrby< no role >

Whereas Complaint hath been made unto us whose Hands & Seales
are hereunto Sett two of his Maties Justices of the Peace (Quor
unn) for the Said County of Middlx by the Churchwarden &
Overseers of the Poor of the Hamlett of Wappin Stepney in the
Parish of st Dunstans Stebenheath als Stepney in the Said County That
Elizabeth Forrest< no role > widdow with her two Children (vizt) John
Forrest< no role > Aged One yeare and to halfe and William Forrest< no role > Aged
four Months is lately come into the Said Hamlett endeavouring
to Settle herselfe and her Said two Children there contrary [..]
and upon Examinacon itt appeares to us this [..]
and mean Circumstances therefore we the Said Justices doe
adjudge her and her Said two Children likely to become
Chargeable to the Said Hamlett And whereas itt further
Appeareth unto us the Said Justices upon Examinacon
taken upon Oath and also by an Indenture Dated 30th July
1707 That George Forrest< no role > the late husband of the said
Elizabeth Forrest and [..] Father of the Said two Children) was
an Apprentice by Indenture for upwards of four yeares
to George Harper< no role > of the Parish of st Mary Matfellon als
White Chappel in the Said County Citizen and [..] of
London therefore we the Said Justices of the Peace doe adjudge
the Said Elizabeth Forrest and her Said two Childrens legal
Settlements to be in the Said Parish of st Mary Matfellon
als White Chappel itt being the place we adjudge her Said
late husband Settlement to be when living,

These are therefore in his Maties Name to will
and require you to convey and Pass the said Elizabeth
Forrest< no role > and her Said abovenamed two Children from your
Said Hamlett of Wappin Stepney to the Parish of St Mary
Matfellon als White Chappel [..] abovesaid and deliver
them to the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor there
who are hereby required to provide for them According
to Law Given under a hands and Seales this 16th day
of May [..] An. Dom 1717

To the Churchwarden and Overseers of the Poor of the
Hamlett of Wappin Stepney abovesaid And also to the
Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish
of St Mary Matfellon als White Chapple abovesaid