Desborough Study : Settlement Records
William & Joanna Marshall
Settlement Certificate from Stoke Albany
14th December
1714
Northton ss
To the Church Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of ye Parish
of Desborow in ye County of Northampton
Whereas we are given to understand that William Marshal of Our Parish of
Stoke Albony in ye County of Northampton is desirous to inhabit
and dwell within your said Parish of Desborow, we therefore the Church
Wardens and Overseers of ye Poor of the said Parrish of Stoke
Albony, whose Names are hereunto Subscribed, do certifie unto you and all
others whom it may concerne, that we do acknowledg & own the Said William
Marchal & Joanna his Wife & family to be Inhabitants legally Setled in Our
Parish of Stoke Albony, and we do hereby promise & oblidge our selves &
Successors, to receive and provid for ye Sd William Marshal his
Wife & family as inhabitants of Our Parish, whenever he she or they or any
of them (not acquiring otherways a lawful Settlement at Desborow aforesaid)
shall happen to become chargable or be forc'd to ask reliefe of your Sd
Parish of Desborow in Witness Whereof we have hereunto set our hands and
seals the 14 Day of December. Ann. Dom 1714
| Sign'd & allow'd by us two of his Majesties Justices of the
Peace for ye Said County of Northampton |
Thomas Knowles
Robert Taylor
Church Wardens
|
Ja: Robinson
Jo: Robinson
|
William Barwell
Thomas Jelly
Will Barvant [?]
Overseers |
Note: it's possible that the Marshall family had returned to
Stoke Albany by 1719 as IGI shows the baptisms there of two
children to a William and Joanna Marshall: Elizabeth, on 4th
October 1719, and John on 22nd November 1724
Desborough is about 3 miles south of Stoke Albany