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To the Honble. Sr.
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John Gonson
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and the rest of the Honble. the
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Bench of Justices.
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The humble Petition of
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Willm. Hancock
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Elizth. his Wife
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&
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Henry Hancock
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their Son.
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Humbly Sheweth.
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That your Petitioner
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Henry Hancock
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was
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on the first Day of May 1729 bound
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Apprentice
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to
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Edwd. Bevan
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Bricklayer
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for Seven Years from thence seat Ensuing & that your
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petr. his faithfully Serve this the Master untill Sir Master left his
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House & Business in Towne & Retired Somewhere to your Petitioner
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unknown and afterwards in Expectation of his Return with his Wife
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untill such time which Wife turne put of Doors & bid to take Care of
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himself for that her Husband
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Edwd. Bevan
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for she neither could nor
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Would she was Care of your Petr.is a Apprentice.
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And that your Petr.
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Wm. Hancock
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who is a
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poor Sickley than Wm. Sr. Beven a Bond that his Sd. Son Should John
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out. And to find he in Newbury Apparell during sd. Time all
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which they were Petr. & Willing on their Parts (as they had hitherto) to
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Continue to Convey with. But by sd. Bevans leaving & turning him
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off as aforesaid is unable so to do with sd. Bevan & in less Discharged
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cannot set his Bread will and other Master.
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Wherefore Your Petitioners most
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Humbly Pray in Consideration of their unhappy
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Circumstances That they may be Respectively
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Relived the Father from his Bond & the Son
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from the Indentures aforesaid, So that he may be
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Worsped there from & at Liberty to get another
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Master And Your, Petitioners Shall
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Ever Pray Etc.
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Henry Williams
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