St Martin's Settlement Exams:
St Martin in the Fields Pauper Examinations, 1725-1793
21st February 1760
| Unique Project ID | 59437 |
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| Examination Text | Eleanor Gaven aged 36 years in the workhouse of and in the Parish of St Martin in the Fields passed from the Parish of St. Paul Shadwell in the County of Middlesex upon her oath saith she is the wife of Benjamin Gaven (on board the Montague Man of War) to whom she was married at Portsmouth Church nine years ago, that he never kept house rented 10 pounds by the year paid any parish taxes nor hath been a yearly hired servant in any one place for 12 months together, that his Father Hugh Gaven was a Cordwainer and hath heard her said husband say that he lived in and rented a house in the Parish of St Martin in the Fields aforesaid for the space of five years at the yearly rent of 10 pounds besides taxes, quitted the same about 14 or 15 years ago, that he never kept house rented 10 pounds by the year nor paid any parish taxes afterwards, that she hath two children living by her said husband to wit Mary aged two years and Benjamin aged four months both now with this Examinant. Sworn the 21st Day of February 1760 before Benjamin Cox. |
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| Manuscript Reference | F5051 |
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| Forename | Eleanor |
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| Surname |
Gaven< no role >
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| Male OR Female | female |
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| Age | 36 |
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| Date of Examination | 21/02/1760 |
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| Examination Outcome | Rt. |
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| Page Number | 18 |
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| Signed OR Marked | marked
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