Family desertion (1774)
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Extract from Kentish Gazette - Wednesday 02 February 1774
Extract from Kentish Gazette - Wednesday 02 February 1774
Jan. 26, 1774
RUN AWAY
And left his Family chargeable to the Parish of Wateringbury in the County Kent,
JOHN DAVIS
Aged about thirty-one Years, of a dark gipsey like Complexion,
a strait black Hair, and about five Feet seven or eight Inches high
he had on, when he went off, a coarse white linen Frock, and striped Waistcoat.
Whoever gives Intelligence of the said John Davis to the Parish Officers of Wateringbury aforesaid, to as he may be taken, shall of them receive ONE GUINEA Reward.