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Chelsea Settlement and Bastardy Examinations, 1733-1766
… years ago she, this examinant, was married in the liberty of the Fleet, London, to Thomas Fox her late husband, … The mark of Elizabeth Fox. Sworn before us, 7 May 1750, Henry Fielding, George Errington. Passed to St Leonard … maketh oath and saith that in the year 1742 (before his son Ephraim's marriage in December in the same year) he, this …
Chelsea Settlement and Bastardy Examinations, 1733-1766
… months ago she lived a servant hired by the year with Mr Henry Lewer the elder at Little Chelsea in the parish of Great Chelsea in the county of Middlesex, butcher. With … brother-in-law, Richard West, maltman, deceased, was the son of Thomas West late of South Weston under the Hills in …
Chelsea Settlement and Bastardy Examinations, 1733-1766
… husband, John Boswell, gardener, deceased, in the liberty of the Fleet, London. By whom she has a son, aged about 21 years, now an apprentice. And saith that … Anne Boswell. Sworn, 12 Oct. 1752, before us, Peter Elers, Henry Fielding. Passed to St Andrew at Pershore. 256. [p. 41] …
Chelsea Settlement and Bastardy Examinations, 1733-1766
… aged about 32 years, born at Chislehurst in the county of Kent, upon oath saith that he was bound out an apprentice … for her subsistence and support. [She] says that she has a son named Herbert Cole, aged near 3 years, a child by her … years ago she lived a hired servant with her late uncle (Henry Blake) in Church Lane in the parish of Chelsea for a …
Chelsea Settlement and Bastardy Examinations, 1733-1766
… upon oath saith that she was a hired servant for the space of two years and upwards to Mr John Ambler, a hop merchant in … Rands. Sworn before us, 7 Aug. 1755, Thomas Lediard, Henry Fielding. Passed. 296. [p. 81] Middlesex. The … on her oath says that she is the wife of Peter Jones (the son of the above Peter Jones) who is lately pressed into His …
Chelsea Settlement and Bastardy Examinations, 1733-1766
… nos 315-334 315. [p. 100] Middlesex. The examination of Mary Mascall taken 15 July 1756, who on her oath says she … Tomms, who is gone and left her with three children; vizt, Richard, about 5 years, Mary, about 2 years old, [and] … Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire. And this examinant and her son is now likely to become chargeable to the parish of …
Chelsea Settlement and Bastardy Examinations, 1733-1766
… nos 335-354 335. [p. 121] Middlesex. The examination of Elizabeth Ann Booth, who on her oath says that she is … Austin. Sworn before us, 2 May 1757, Samuel Bever, Henry Fielding. Passed by an order. [See 245]. 338. [p. 124] … and sworn the day and year abovesaid, before Benjamin Cox, Henry Fielding. [See 376]. 351. [p. 137] Middlesex. …
Chelsea Settlement and Bastardy Examinations, 1733-1766
… nos 355-374 355. [p. 140] Middlesex. The examination of Elizabeth Rowlett, who on her oath says that she is about … of Elizabeth Hender touching the settlement of Thomas her son, a bastard about 7 years of age. Who on her oath says … Quelch. Sworn, 19 Aug. 1758, before us, Benjamin Cox, Henry Fielding. 371. [p. 157] Middlesex, to wit. Ann Sowton, …
Chelsea Settlement and Bastardy Examinations, 1733-1766
… by trade. That he never kept house, rented a tenement of 10 a year, nor paid parish taxes. And this deponent … Cox. 376. [p. 160] Middlesex, to wit. The examination of George Francis, the beadle of Chelsea in the county of … to wit, William, aged 10 years, Thomas, 8 years, and Richard, aged 9 months. All now with this examinant. The mark …
Chelsea Settlement and Bastardy Examinations, 1733-1766
… 395-414 395. [p. 173] Middlesex, to wit. The examination of Mary Wilkinson, lodging in the parish of Chelsea in the … Elizabeth Smith. Sworn, 18 Feb. 1761, before Benjamin Cox, Henry Fielding. Passed to Datchet, 19 Feb. 1761. 399. [p. … says that her said husband, Thomas Davies, nor her said son, Thomas Davies, to her knowledge, never rented any [p. …