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Charlotte Blee
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Francis Blee
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now on a Voyage to the South Seas in the Ship
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called the Speedy maketh Oath that she was
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lawfully Married to her said Husband at
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the
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in Hampshire
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some time in the Month of May One Thousand
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Seven Hundred & Eighty Two that her said
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Husband has informed her that he was
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duly bound Apprentice by Indenture for
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Seven Years to
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Thomas Bissington
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Butcher
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& Served the whole of his said
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Apprenticeship with his said Master there
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that her said Husband has not since his
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Apprenticeship, Rented any House or Lodging
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of the Yearly Rent or Value of Ten Pounds
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or paid any Poors Rate or Kings Tax or done
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any Act to her knowledge or Belief to
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gain a Subsequent Settlement that she
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has Three Children, Namely
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Elizabeth
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aged
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about Eleven Years
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Edward
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Nine Years and
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Ann
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aged about Three
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Months, the lawful issue by her said Husband
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And that her said Husband's Father is now
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in the Workhouse of the said Parish of
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Croydon And further Smith that being Poor
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& not able to provide for herself & Three
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Children, she has been obliged to apply to
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the Overseers of the poor of the
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for Relief &
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has been relieved by them accordingly
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Sworn this Day of
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July 1796 before}
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her
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Charlotte
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