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Folio.5 Settlement Examination. William Wills, of Bedford (St. Paul)

13 November 1792

From: 1792 To: 1792

Born at Blisworth, Northants., where father John Wills was formerly a parishioner and now belonging to Ampthill. Hired a dwelling house in Michaelmas 1792, in St. Paul’s from Abraham Low, watchmaker, of Bedford, at a yearly rent of £12. Lets part of shop to William Woodroffe, staymaker, at yearly rent of 3 guineas. Lives in and occupies remainder of dwelling house. Married Elizabeth King [?] at Ampthill in 1787. Three children: Mary, aged 4 years; William, aged 2 years; Joseph aged 8 months

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Wills, William,
Wills, Elizabeth,
Wills, John,
Wills, Mary,
Wills, Joseph,
Low, Abraham,
Woodroffe, William,
King, Elizabeth

BEDFORD, Blisworth, AMPTHILL, POVERTY, Poor Laws, general Poor Laws, Settlement, MARRIAGE, watchmaker, staymaker, rentals, tenancy, shops