St Botolph Aldgate Parish:
Pauper Settlement, Vagrancy and Bastardy Exams
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18th June 1768 - 1st February 1771

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Image 131 of 36527th July 1769


Middlesex ss}

Margaret Cooke< no role > the widow of William Cooke< no role >
deced maketh oath That She has been informed by her Said late
husband & which information this Depont Verily believes to be
true) That her Said late husband divers Years ago & before his
Marriage with this Depont & when a Singleman was hired and
lived as a hired Servant for the Space of a Year at Certain Wages
with one Mr Adstone in Green Street in the Parish of Saint
Martin in the Fields in the County of Middlesex Taylor And by
means thereof as She is advised gaines a legal Settlement there
And this Depont Saith That to her knowledge information or
belief her Said husband did not after his leaving the Said Mr
Adstone live as a hired Servant for a year in any other Service
nor ever Rent a house of the Yearly Rent or Value of Ten
Pounds a Year or upwards nor Serve any Parish office nor
Pay any Poors Rates or Kings Taxes or do any Act to gain
a Subsequent Settlement And this Deponent farther Saith that
She hath four Children namely William< no role > aged about Eleven
Years John< no role > Aged about Nine Years Elizabeth < no role > Aged about four
Years and Edward< no role > Aged about Eight Months the lawful Issue
of this Deponent by her Said late husband.


Sworn this 27th day of
July 1769 before
R Pell Chris: Gardell< no role >

The Mark of
[mark]
Margaret Cooke< no role >




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