Saint Clement Danes
Middlesex
and
Westminster}
passd. to
Hackney
to witto wit
Edward Preston< no role >
aged about Eighteen years on
his Oath says he never was married Rented House
[..] paid
Taxes
[..] lived as a hired yearly Servant for one year or ever was
bound an Apprentice Says that his Father informed
him that he Served Seven years Apprenticeship
to one Pearce and Smith in
Church Street
Hackney
in the parish of Saint John Hackney
in the County
of Middlesex
[..] this Examinant was born
and that he has gained no or. Settlement than as afsd.
Sworn this 4th-
day of April 1785
M Addington J Reading
Edward Preston< no role >