Desborough Study : Settlement Records
Ann, Charlotte and
Thomas Yeaman
Removal Order 12th June 1784
from Wokingham, Berkshire, to Desborough
Town of Wokingham in the County of Berks
To the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the
Town of Wokingham aforesaid in the said County and to the Churchwardens
and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Desborough in
the County of Northampton and to each and every of them.
UPON the complaint of the Churchwardens and Overseers of the
Poor
of the Town of Wokingham aforesaid, in the said county of Berks unto us, whose
Names are hereunto set, and Seals affixed,
being two of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace in and for the
said Town of Wokingham and one of us of the Quorum, that Ann Yeaman
Spinster with her Sister and brother viz Charlotte about thirteen
years of age and Thomas about nine years of age have
come to inhabit in the said Town of Wokingham not having gained a legal
Settlement there,
nor produced any
Certificate, owning themselves to be settled elsewhere, and that
the said Ann Yeaman Charlotte Yeaman and Thomas Yeaman are become chargeable to
the said Town of Wokingham.
We, the said Justices, upon due Proof made hereof, as well upon
the Examination of the said Ann Yeaman upon Oath, as otherwise, and
likewise upon due Consideration had of the Premises do adjudge the
same to be true; and we do likewise adjudge, that the lawful
Settlement of them the said Ann Yeaman Charlotte Yeaman and Thomas
Yeaman is in the said Parish of Desborough in the said County of
Northampton.
We do therefore require you the said Church Wardens and Overseers
of the Poor of the said Town of Wokingham or some, or one of you, to
convey the said Ann Yeaman Charlotte Yeaman and Thomas Yeaman from
and out of your said Town of Wokingham to the said Parish of
Desborough and them to deliver to the Church Wardens and Overseers
of the Poor there, or to some, or one of them, together with this
our Order, or a true Copy thereof: And we do also hereby direct you
the said Church Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish
of Desborough to receive and provide for them as Inhabitants of your
Parish
GIVEN under our Hands and Seals the twelfth Day of June in the
Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty four.
John Bonnitt
Ephm Houlton
See also an earlier removal
order in 1775 from Wokingham to Desborough for these
children with their mother and an older sister Lydia.
It's possible that the parents of these siblings were the
Thomas
Yeomans who was baptised at Desborough on 26th December 1734
and his wife Elizabeth. However, that couple had two sons
baptised at Desborough who were a year older and a year younger
than Lydia respectively and I've not yet found a baptism for
Lydia nor burials for the two boys to account for them not being
included in the earlier order.