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who is
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lately gone away from her to Places unknown maketh oath that she
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can give no Account respecting the Settlement of her said husband or
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of his Parents that she this Deponent was born in the
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St. James Clerkenwell
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Benjamin Waters
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deced also rented a house of the yearly rent
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of Twenty Pounds as she this Deponent has been informed by him and
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believes & by means thereof gained a legal Settlement there and that
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he did not afterwards to her knowledge or belief do any act to gain
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a Settlement elsewhere that she this Deponent never lived as a hired
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Servant for a year nor was ever bound apprentice nor ever did any
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Act to gain a Settlement for herself save what she Acquired by Virtue
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of her Marriage with her said husband whose Settlement is unknown
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to her that she this Deponent hath a child named
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William George
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Crooks
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aged about Thirteen months the lawful Issue of this Deponent
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by her said husband that she this Deponent well knows a Child
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named
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Ann Crooks
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the Daughter of her said husband by a former
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Wife deced aged about six years and who as this Deponent has been
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Credibly informed & verily believes was born in the
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John Wapping
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& has
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in the said County
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and this
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Deponent can give no Account respecting the Settlement of such last
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mentioned Child's Mother.
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Sworn this
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7th. day of
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September 1773
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Jno. Sherwood
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Elizabeth Crooks
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