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Folio.279-280 Benjamin Houghton of St Paul, Bedford, carpenter.

13th October 1830

From: 1830 To: 1830

I am about 24 years of age, born in Pytchley in the County of Northampton. When I was about 14 years of age my father placed me out apprentice by Indenture for seven years to John Abbott of Cranford in the County of Northampton, carpenter. I served about 4 years there when my Master being Insolvent I left him and have ever sinceworked as a journeyman in several places but have not done anything to gain a settlement in any other place. I was married at St Paul on the 12th instant to Emma Robinson.

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Houghton, Benjamin,
Houghton, Emma,
Robinson, Emma,
Abbott, John

BEDFORD, Pytchley, Cranford, POVERTY, Poor Laws, Overseers, magistrate, Settlement, carpenter, MARRIAGE, apprenticeship, insolvency, BANKRUPTCY, Journeyman