St Martin's Settlement Exams:
St Martin in the Fields Pauper Examinations, 1725-1793
1st March 1759
| Unique Project ID | 59456 |
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| Examination Text | The Examination of Martha Stevens singlewoman in the workhouse of and in the Parish of St Martin in the Fields taken upon oath this first Day of March 1759. It Examinant on her oath saith that she is 21 years of age and upwards, that she was never married (but to James Storer which marriage was had at the Savoy the 19th Day of February 1755 which was subsequent to the act for preventing of clandestine marriages and in consequence thereof is null and void), that she this Examinant was delivered on the 15th Day of June in the year of our Lord 1754 in the house of Mr Spencer near Russell Court in that part of Drury Lane which is in the Parish of St Martin in the Fields of a female bastard child (since christened Ann) yet living and become chargeable to the said Parish of St Martin in the Fields, and that the above named James Storer (who is gone to sea) did beget on her body the said female bastard child, and that he the said James Storer is the true and only father thereof and no man else. Sworn the day and year abovesaid before Thomas Kynaston, Thomas Balack. |
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| Manuscript Reference | F5050 |
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| Forename | Martha |
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| Surname |
Stevens< no role >
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| Male OR Female | female |
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| Age | 21 |
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| Date of Examination | 01/03/1759 |
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| Examination Outcome | [D].L.W. |
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| Page Number | 165 |
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| Signed OR Marked | marked
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