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<p n="7"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Middlesex ss}</note>
<rs type="persName" id="GLBAEP10317_n7-1">Jane Bedford</rs>
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<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_n7-1" type="surname" value="BEDFORD"></interp>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_n7-1" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
the <rs type="occupation" id="GLBAEP10317_occ6">Wife</rs>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_occ6" type="occupation" value="Wife"></interp>
of <rs type="persName" id="GLBAEP10317_n7-2">John Bedford</rs>
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<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_n7-2" type="surname" value="BEDFORD"></interp>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_n7-2" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="GLBAEP10317_occ7">mariner</rs>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_occ7" type="occupation" value="mariner"></interp>
maketh oath that her said husband is now <rs type="occupation" id="GLBAEP10317_occ8">on Board </rs>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_occ8" type="occupation" value="on Board "></interp>
<lb></lb>
his Majesties ship the Hone Such on a voyage to <rs type="placeName" id="GLBAEP10317_geo8">America</rs>
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<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_geo8" type="type" value="region"></interp>
as She<lb></lb>
this Deponent as been informed & believes that She this Depont.<lb></lb>
Can give no Account respecting his Settlement Save that he has<lb></lb>
informed her that he was born in <rs type="placeName" id="GLBAEP10317_geo9">Ireland</rs>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_geo9" type="placeName" value="Ireland"></interp>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_geo9" type="type" value="region"></interp>
That She this Depont<lb></lb>
was born in the <rs type="placeName" id="GLBAEP10317_geo10"> <rs type="placeName" id="GLBAEP10317_geo11"> <rs type="placeName" id="GLBAEP10317_geo12">Parish of Aimsworth</rs>
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<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_geo12" type="type" value="parish"></interp>
near Portsmouth</rs>
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<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_geo11" type="type" value="urban_centre"></interp>
in the<lb></lb>
County of Southampton</rs>
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& never lived as a hired Servant for a<lb></lb>
year nor was ever bound Apprentice in any part of the Kingdom<lb></lb>
of Great Britain nor ever did any act to her knowledge or<lb></lb>
belief to gain a Settlement for herself Save What She may have<lb></lb>
Acquired by marriage With her Said husband That this Deponts<lb></lb>
late Father <rs type="persName" id="GLBAEP10317_n7-3">Morgan Williams</rs>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_n7-3" type="given" value="Morgan"></interp>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_n7-3" type="surname" value="Williams"></interp>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_n7-3" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
deced divers years ago rented a<lb></lb>
house of the Yearly rent of Forty pounds in the <rs type="placeName" id="GLBAEP10317_geo13">Parish of<lb></lb>
Aimsworth</rs>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_geo13" type="placeName" value="Parish ofAimsworth"></interp>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_geo13" type="type" value="parish"></interp>
aforesaid & was charged to & paid Parochial Taxes<lb></lb>
for the Same & by means thereof gained a legal Settlement there<lb></lb>
& did not afterwards do any Act to her knowledge or belief to<lb></lb>
gain a Settlement elsewhere That She this Deponent hath a<lb></lb>
Child named <rs type="persName" id="GLBAEP10317_n7-4">Benjamin Bedford</rs>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_n7-4" type="given" value="Benjamin"></interp>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_n7-4" type="surname" value="Bedford"></interp>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_n7-4" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
Aged about four Months the lawful <lb></lb>
Issue of this Deponentsy her sd husband to whom She was lawfully <lb></lb>
married.</p>
<p n="8"> <hi rend="brace"> <lb></lb>
Sworn this <rs type="date" id="GLBAEP10317_date5">4th day of<lb></lb>
September 1776</rs>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_date5" type="date" value="17760904"></interp>
before<hi rend="braceResult"> <rs type="persName" id="GLBAEP10317_n8-1">Parkr Rowlands</rs>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_n8-1" type="given" value="Parkr"></interp>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_n8-1" type="surname" value="Rowlands"></interp>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_n8-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
</hi>
</hi>
</p>
<p n="9">The Mark of<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="GLBAEP10317_n9-1">Jane<figure rend="mark"></figure>
Bedford</rs>
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<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_n9-1" type="surname" value="BEDFORD"></interp>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_n9-1" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
</p>
<p n="10"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Middlesex ss}</note>
<rs type="persName" id="GLBAEP10317_n10-1">Elizabeth Marshal</rs>
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<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_n10-1" type="surname" value="MARSHAL"></interp>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_n10-1" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
<rs type="occupation" id="GLBAEP10317_occ9">Singlewoman</rs>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_occ9" type="occupation" value="Singlewoman"></interp>
Maketh oath<lb></lb>
that her late Father <rs type="persName" id="GLBAEP10317_n10-2">Edward Marshal</rs>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_n10-2" type="given" value="Edward"></interp>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_n10-2" type="surname" value="Marshal"></interp>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_n10-2" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
deced divers years ago<lb></lb>
rented a house in <rs type="placeName" id="GLBAEP10317_geo14"> <rs type="placeName" id="GLBAEP10317_geo15">Baileys Place</rs>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_geo15" type="placeName" value="Baileys Place"></interp>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_geo15" type="type" value="site"></interp>
in the Parish of Saint Botolph<lb></lb>
without Aldgate</rs>
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<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_geo14" type="type" value="parish"></interp>
in the Said County & was Charged to and paid<lb></lb>
Poors Rates for the Same & by means thereof gained a legal<lb></lb>
Settlement there at which time She this Deponent was part of<lb></lb>
his Family & in which place She was born That her said Father<lb></lb>
to her Knowledge or belief did not afterwards in any Act to<lb></lb>
gain a Subsequent Settlement That She this Deponent never<lb></lb>
was bound and Apprentice nor ever lived as a hired Servant for<lb></lb>
a year nor was ever married nor ever did any Act to her<lb></lb>
Knowledge or belief to gain a Settlement for herself.</p>
<p n="11"> <hi rend="brace"> <lb></lb>
Sworn this <rs type="date" id="GLBAEP10317_date6">6th. day of<lb></lb>
September 1776</rs>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_date6" type="date" value="17760906"></interp>
before<hi rend="braceResult"> <rs type="persName" id="GLBAEP10317_n11-1">Parkr Rowlands</rs>
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<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_n11-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
.</hi>
</hi>
</p>
<p n="12"> <rs type="persName" id="GLBAEP10317_n12-1">Elizabeth <lb></lb>
Marshall</rs>
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<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_n12-1" type="surname" value="MARSHALL"></interp>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_n12-1" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
</p>
<p n="13"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Middlesex ss}</note>
<rs type="persName" id="GLBAEP10317_n13-1">Carolina Bell</rs>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_n13-1" type="given" value="CAROLINA"></interp>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_n13-1" type="surname" value="BELL"></interp>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_n13-1" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
the <rs type="occupation" id="GLBAEP10317_occ10">widow</rs>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_occ10" type="occupation" value="widow"></interp>
of <rs type="persName" id="GLBAEP10317_n13-2">Thomas Bell</rs>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_n13-2" type="given" value="THOMAS"></interp>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_n13-2" type="surname" value="BELL"></interp>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_n13-2" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
deced<lb></lb>
maketh oath that Since the death of her Said late husband She was <lb></lb>
hired & lived as a <rs type="occupation" id="GLBAEP10317_occ11">hired Servant</rs>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_occ11" type="occupation" value="hired Servant"></interp>
by the year at Certain yearly Wages<lb></lb>
by & with <rs type="persName" id="GLBAEP10317_n13-3">Hans Tennis</rs>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_n13-3" type="given" value="HANS"></interp>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_n13-3" type="surname" value="TENNIS"></interp>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_n13-3" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
of the <rs type="placeName" id="GLBAEP10317_geo16">Precinct of St Catherine</rs>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_geo16" type="placeName" value="Precinct of St Catherine"></interp>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_geo16" type="type" value="site"></interp>
in the sd<lb></lb>
County<rs type="occupation" id="GLBAEP10317_occ12"> Victualler</rs>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_occ12" type="occupation" value=" Victualler"></interp>
& Continued in Such Service for the Space of<lb></lb>
three years & by means there of gained a legal Settlement there That<lb></lb>
She has not Since lived as a hired Servant for a year nor been<lb></lb>
married nor done any Act to gain a Subsequent Settlement That<lb></lb>
She hath a Child named <rs type="persName" id="GLBAEP10317_n13-4">Peter James Hedgely</rs>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_n13-4" type="given" value="Peter James "></interp>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_n13-4" type="surname" value="Hedgely"></interp>
<interp inst="GLBAEP10317_n13-4" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
aged about fourteen months which is illegitmate Note See this Examn. on the other Side.</p>
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