St Martin's Settlement Exams:
St Martin in the Fields Pauper Examinations, 1725-1793

11th December 1751



Unique Project ID56551
Examination TextFortune Jones aged 30 years destitute of lodging upon her oath saith she is the wife of John Jones (gone from her) to whom she was married at St Phillip and Jacob's Church in the city of Bristol in the County of Gloucester 12 years ago, that he is a Plaisterer by trade and lived in and rented an house in Vine Street in the Parish of St Martin in the Fields aforesaid for the space of one year and a quarter at the yearly rent of 12 pounds besides taxes, quitted the same since last Michaelmas and hath not kept house since, that she hath three children by her said husband living to wit Sarah aged 10 years and upwards, Diana aged seven years in the country and John aged three weeks. Sworn the 11th day of December 1751 before James Fraser.
Manuscript ReferenceF5042
ForenameFortune
Surname Jones< no role >
Male OR Femalefemale
Age30
Date of Examination11/12/1751
Examination Outcomeunknown
Page Number170
Signed OR Marked signed



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