Middlesex ss}
Grace Godlington< no role >
the wife
of
Christopher
Godlington< no role >
maketh oath That She well knows a Child
named
Ann Mathews< no role >
aged about Seven Years & half the
Daughter of
William Mathews< no role >
(who is now living) by
Elizd.
Mathews< no role >
his late Wife
deced who was the Daughter of this
Depont. by her Sd husband That the sd
Wm Mathews< no role >
the
Father of the sd Child
Ann Mathews< no role >
divers Years ago
(as this Depont has been informed & verily believes) was
duly bound to & Served the Whole of his Apprenticeship with
one
John Burnett< no role >
a Tobacco Spinner
in
Brown Bear
Alley
in the Parish of St Botolph without Aldgate
in the
said County & was afterwards lawfully married to this
Deponts. sd Daughter & has not Since his Sd Apprenticeship
to this Deponents knowledge or belief lived as a hired Servt.
for a year or rented a house of the yearly rent or Value of
Ten Pounds or upwards or Served any Parish office or
paid any Poors Rates or Kings Taxes or done any Act to
gain a Settlement Subsequent to his sd apprenticeship
Sworn this. 7. day of
June 1780
before
Jasper Clarke< no role >
The Mark of
Grace [mark] Godlington< no role >