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<p n="960"> To the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50957_geo513">Parish of St. George</rs>
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, in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50957_geo514">County of Middlesex</rs>
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,and<lb></lb>
to the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of<lb></lb>
the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50957_geo515">Saint Paul Shadwell</rs>
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<lb></lb>
in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50957_geo516">County of Middlesex</rs>
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<p n="961"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50957_geo517">Middlesex</rs>
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<lb></lb>
to wit.<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50957_n961-1">Wm Clappeson</rs>
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<note type="authorial" place="margin">Jno Robinsy</note>
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WHEREAS Complaint hath been made unto us, two of his Majesty's<lb></lb>
Justices of the Peace in and for the said <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50957_geo518">County of Middlesex</rs>
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, (one whereof<lb></lb>
being of the Quorum,) by the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of<lb></lb>
the said <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50957_geo519">Parish of St. George</rs>
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, that <lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50957_n961-2">Martha Mathewson</rs>
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aged Ten Years or thereabout and<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50957_n961-5">Eleanor </rs>
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aged 9 Years or thereabouts neither of whom hath<lb></lb>
gained any Settlement in their own eight<lb></lb>
lately intruded and came into the said <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50957_geo520">Parish of St. George</rs>
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, and became<lb></lb>
chargeable to the same. We the said Justices, upon Examination of the<lb></lb>
Premises, upon Oath, and other Circumstances, do adjudge the same to be<lb></lb>
true; and do also adjudge the Place of the last legal Settlement of the said <lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50957_n961-3">Martha Mathewson</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50957_n961-4">Eleanor Mathewson</rs>
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<lb></lb>
to be in the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50957_geo521">Saint Paul Shadwell</rs>
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<lb></lb>
in the said <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50957_geo522">County of Middlesex</rs>
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<lb></lb>
These are therefore in his Majesty's Name to require you, the said Church-<lb></lb>
wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50957_geo523">Parish of St. George</rs>
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, on sight<lb></lb>
hereof to remove and convey the said <lb></lb>
Martha and Eleanor<lb></lb>
from and out of your said <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50957_geo524">Parish of St. George</rs>
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, to the said Parish<lb></lb>
of Saint Paul Shadwell and them to deliver unto the Church-<lb></lb>
wardens and Overseers of the Poor there, or to some or one of them, toge-<lb></lb>
ther with our Order, or a true Copy thereof: who are to receive and<lb></lb>
provide for them according to Law. Given under our Hands and Seals,<lb></lb>
the 27th. Day of September in the Year of our Lord One<lb></lb>
thousand Seven hundred and ninety Eight.</p>
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