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<p n="289"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Middlesex ss.</note>
<rs type="persName" id="GLBAEP10303_n289-1">Charlotte Blee</rs>
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<interp inst="GLBAEP10303_n289-1" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
the <rs type="occupation" id="GLBAEP10303_occ170">Wife of</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="GLBAEP10303_n289-2">Francis Blee</rs>
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<lb></lb>
now on a Voyage to the South Seas in the Ship<lb></lb>
called the Speedy maketh Oath that she was<lb></lb>
lawfully Married to her said Husband at<lb></lb>
the <rs type="placeName" id="GLBAEP10303_geo533"> <rs type="placeName" id="GLBAEP10303_geo534">Parish Church of Lymington</rs>
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in Hampshire</rs>
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<lb></lb>
some time in the Month of May One Thousand<lb></lb>
Seven Hundred & Eighty Two that her said<lb></lb>
Husband has informed her that he was<lb></lb>
duly bound Apprentice by Indenture for<lb></lb>
Seven Years to <rs type="persName" id="GLBAEP10303_n289-3">Thomas Bissington</rs>
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of the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="GLBAEP10303_geo535"> <rs type="placeName" id="GLBAEP10303_geo536">Parish of Croydon</rs>
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in the County of Surry</rs>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="GLBAEP10303_occ171">Butcher</rs>
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& Served the whole of his said<lb></lb>
Apprenticeship with his said Master there<lb></lb>
that her said Husband has not since his<lb></lb>
Apprenticeship, Rented any House or Lodging<lb></lb>
of the Yearly Rent or Value of Ten Pounds<lb></lb>
or paid any Poors Rate or Kings Tax or done<lb></lb>
any Act to her knowledge or Belief to<lb></lb>
gain a Subsequent Settlement that she<lb></lb>
has Three Children, Namely <rs type="persName" id="GLBAEP10303_n289-4">Elizabeth </rs>
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<interp inst="GLBAEP10303_n289-4" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
aged<lb></lb>
about Eleven Years <rs type="persName" id="GLBAEP10303_n289-5">Edward </rs>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10303_n289-5" type="given" value="Edward"></interp>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10303_n289-5" type="surname" value="Blee"></interp>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10303_n289-5" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
aged about <lb></lb>
Nine Years and <rs type="persName" id="GLBAEP10303_n289-6">Ann </rs>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10303_n289-6" type="given" value="Ann"></interp>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10303_n289-6" type="surname" value="Blee"></interp>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10303_n289-6" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
aged about Three <lb></lb>
Months, the lawful issue by her said Husband<lb></lb>
And that her said Husband's Father is now<lb></lb>
in the Workhouse of the said Parish of<lb></lb>
Croydon And further Smith that being Poor<lb></lb>
& not able to provide for herself & Three<lb></lb>
Children, she has been obliged to apply to<lb></lb>
the Overseers of the poor of the <rs type="placeName" id="GLBAEP10303_geo537"> <rs type="placeName" id="GLBAEP10303_geo538">Parish of St.<lb></lb>
Botolph without Aldgate</rs>
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Middx</rs>
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for Relief &<lb></lb>
has been relieved by them accordingly</p>
<p n="290">Sworn this Day of<lb></lb>
July 1796 before}</p>
<p n="291">her <lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="GLBAEP10303_n291-1">Charlotte<figure rend="mark"></figure>
Blee</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Mark</p>
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