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Whereas Complaint hath been made unto us whose Hands & Seales
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are hereunto Sett two of his Maties Justices of the Peace (Quor
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by the Churchwarden &
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in the Said County That
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Elizabeth Forrest
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widdow
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with her two Children (vizt)
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John
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Forrest
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Aged One yeare and to halfe and
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William Forrest
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Aged
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four Months is lately come into the Said Hamlett endeavouring
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to Settle herselfe and her Said two Children there contrary
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and upon Examinacon itt appeares to us this
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and mean Circumstances therefore we the Said Justices doe
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adjudge her and her Said two Children likely to become
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Chargeable to the Said Hamlett And whereas itt further
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Appeareth unto us the Said Justices upon Examinacon
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taken upon Oath and also by an Indenture Dated
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30th July
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1707
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That
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George Forrest
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the late husband of the said
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Elizabeth Forrest and
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Father of the Said two Children) was
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an
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by Indenture for upwards of four yeares
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George Harper
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of the
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White Chappel
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in the Said County Citizen and
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of
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London therefore we the Said Justices of the Peace doe adjudge
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the Said Elizabeth Forrest and her Said two Childrens legal
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Settlements to be in the Said
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Parish of st Mary Matfellon
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als White Chappel
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itt being the place we adjudge her Said
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late husband Settlement to be when living,
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These are therefore in his Maties Name to will
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and require you to convey and Pass the said
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Elizabeth
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Forrest
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and her Said abovenamed two Children from your
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Said
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Hamlett of Wappin Stepney
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to the
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Matfellon als White Chappel
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abovesaid and deliver
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them to the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor there
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who are hereby required to provide for them According
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to Law Given under a hands and Seales this
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16th day
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of May
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An. Dom 1717
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To the Churchwarden and Overseers of the Poor of the
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Hamlett of Wappin Stepney abovesaid And also to the
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Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish
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of St Mary Matfellon als White Chapple abovesaid
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