St Martin's Settlement Exams:
St Martin in the Fields Pauper Examinations, 1725-1793
9th December 1756
| Unique Project ID | 55930 |
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| Examination Text | Mary Sheldon aged 40 years destitute of lodging upon her oath saith that she never was married bound an apprentice kept house rented a tenement of 10 pounds by the year paid any parish taxes nor hath been a yearly hired servant in any one place for 12 months together, that her father James Sheldon was a soldier, that she cannot tell where he was born, that he never was bound an apprentice kept house rented a tenement of 10 pounds by the year paid any parish taxes nor was a yearly hired servant in any one place for 12 months together to this Examinant's knowledge, that she this Examinant was born opposite Cecil Court in St Martin's Lane in the Parish of St Martin in the Fields aforesaid. Sworn the ninth day of December 1756 before Benjamin Cox. |
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| Manuscript Reference | F5047 |
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| Forename | Mary |
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| Surname |
Sheldon< no role >
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| Male OR Female | female |
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| Age | 40 |
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| Date of Examination | 09/12/1756 |
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| Examination Outcome | B.B.W. |
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| Page Number | 545 |
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| Signed OR Marked | signed
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