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Westmr. to wit (No. 13)
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Church-Wardens
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and to the Church-
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of
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and to Each and Every of them
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WHEREAS Complaint hath been made unto
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Us, two of his Majesty's
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for the
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County of
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City and Liberty aforesaid
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(one whereof being of the Quorum) by the
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Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said
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Parish of St. Anne That
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Mary Pressley
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William Pressley
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with her three Children
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William
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aged about Six Years,
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Francis
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Four Years and
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Benjamin
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aged one Year and half
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have lately intruded, and
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came into the said Parish of
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and are become chargeable to the same; We
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the said Justices, upon Examination of the Premises
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upon Oath, and other Circumstances, do adjudge the
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same to be true, and do also adjudge the Place of the
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last legal Settlement of the said
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William Pressley
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and
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his said Wife and Children to be in the Parish of
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THESE are therefore, in his Majesty's Name, to
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require you, on Sight hereof, to remove and
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convey the said
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Mary Pressley
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and her said three
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Children
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from and out of your said Parish of
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St: Anne
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to the said Parish of
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and them deliver unto the Church-Wardens and
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Overseers of the Poor, there, or to some, or one of them,
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together with this our Order, or a true Copy hereof,
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who are hereby required to receive and provide for
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them according to Law. Given under our
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Hands and Seals this 28th Day of April 1755
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Sold by J. COLES, Stationer, in
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