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PUBZ3/4/19
Title
Folio.39-40 Thomas Lester residing in St Paul, Bedford, lace dealer.
Date free text
13 July 1818
Production date
From: 1818 To: 1818
Scope and Content
About 27 years of age. Born at Abingdon near Royston, Cambridgeshire where his father resided and was a parishioner. At about 15 years of age he let himself to William Clark of Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire, farmer as a hired servant by the year. Continued with Mr Clark two years without interruption. Let himself to James Dickenson, farmer at Abingdon for a year and continued the whole year. In the beginning of the year 1811 his uncle Thomas Lester engaged him as bailiff to assist him in a farm he had taken at Ravensden. He lodged and boarded with his uncle at Ravensden and continued with him till the beginning of 1815 when his Uncle gave him £50 and they parted. Was married last Thursday at St Paul Bedford to Elizabeth Fox.
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