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Folio.64 Settlement Examination. John Tucker Austin, of Bedford (St. Paul)

8 January 1795

From: 1794 To: 1795

Born at Holy Trinity, Dorchester, where father John Austin was a parishioner. Bound apprentice about 1774 by Indenture to William Johns, Melcombe Regis, Dorset, joiner and cabinet maker, for a term of 7 years, for a fee of £20, but uncertain whether the King’s Duty was paid. Served Johns about 5 years there, when he left him without his consent. Worked as a journeyman for his own benefit for about 2 months, when he was pressed as a sailor [in the Royal Navy] and continued in the King’s service until the expiry of his apprenticeship. No other settlement. Was now a pensioner. Married Ann, spinster, at St. Marylebone, Middx., about 1789. One child: Mary, aged about 1 year but not Christened.

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Austin, John Tucker,
Austin, John,
Austin, Mary,
Austin, Ann,
Johns, William

BEDFORD, Dorchester, Melcombe Regis, Marylebone, POVERTY, Poor Laws, general Poor Laws, Settlement, MARRIAGE, apprenticeship, joiner, cabinet maker, Journeyman, pensioner, Royal Navy, sailor