PUBV34/1/92

Removal order and settlement examination for George Franklin, Matilda his wife and Matilda tehir daughter aged 14 months. Removed from St Mary, Bedford to Northill.

16 May 1842

From: 1842 To: 1842

Examination of George Franklin: On the 18th October 1840 I was married at the parish church of St Mary in the Borough of Bedford to my present wife Matilda Franklin, then Matilda Howard, spinster, by whom I have one child, my daughter Matilda aged 14 months. I have done no act tomy knowledge to gain any settlement in my own right and I am now actually chargeable to the parish of St Mary in this Borough. Examination of Samuel Wing, Clerk to the Bedford Union: I produce and order under the hands and seals of William Long and Philip Hunt therein mentioned to be two Justices of the Peace for the town of Bedford bearing date 24th January 1823 whereby Joseph Franklin and Mary his wife and their four children Frances aged 17 years, George aged 14 years, Elizabeth aged 9 years, and Mary Ann aged 6 years, were removed from the parish of St Paul, Bedford to Northill as the place of their legal settlement. I received the above order from the Directors of the Poor of Bedford on the formation of the Bedford Union and it has been in my custody ever since. Examination of Joseph Franklin: On Bedford Fair Day the day after Old Michaelmas 1799 I let myself to Mr Ridley ( I think his name was) a farmer at Northill for a year as a general farming servant. I forget what my wages were to be. I went into his service on the following day and served under that hiring in the parish of Northill until Old Michaelmas day in the next year when he paid me my full wages and I came away. About 19 years ago last winter about a month after Christmas as near as I can guess I became chargeable to the parish of St Paul and was removed with my wife and four of my children of whom the pauper George Franklin was one to the parish of Northill. We were taken by orders of removal to Mr Potter who was then the Master of the Bedford Workhouse and he delivered us to the Overseers of Northill who received and provided for us. There was no appeal against the order. We returned to the parish of St Paul with the consent of the Overseers of Northill who gave me 5 or 6 shillings. The weather broke and I got work and did not require relief. About 2 or 3 years afterwards whilst residing in St Paul I again applied to the overseers of Northill and they allowed me a shilling a day and made me go backwards and forwards for it everyday from Bedford until the last when I only went three times a week. This continued during the dead of winter. The last time I had relief fom Northill was 12 years ago last April when I buried my wife. I have done no act to my knowledge to gain any other settlement in my own right. The pauper George Franklin is my son by my late wife Mary (formerly Mary Burridge) to whom I was married at the parish church of Cardington about 40 years ago. He was born about 35 years ago in the parish of St Mary, Bedford. Order suspended as George Franklin unable to travel due to sickness and infirmity.

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Franklin, George,
Franklin, Joseph,
Franklin, Mary,
Franklin, Matilda,
Franklin, Frances,
Franklin, Elizabeth,
Franklin, Mary Ann,
Howard, Matilda,
Burridge, Mary,
Wing, Samuel,
Long, William,
Hunt, Philip,
Ridley,
Potter

BEDFORD, NORTHILL, CARDINGTON, POVERTY, Poor Law Unions, Settlement, removal, Overseers, workhouses, MARRIAGE, farmer, farm worker, servant, wages/conditions, Master of the workhouse, weather, employment