| Description | Settlement examination of Elisabeth Richardson, born at Brandon in county Durham. About 13 years ago she was married at the parish church of North Shields in county Durham to William Richardson mariner and sailor on HMS Racehorse then lying at Shields. She had heard him say that he served an apprenticeship to a ship owner at Wapping in Middlesex. Her husband is at present serving on board a ship in the West Indies and she heard from him about a year ago |