| Content Description | Declares that he used to live in the parish of Blyth, Nottinghamshire and knew Erasmus Hudson whilst he lived there for about sixteen years; for ten of those years he lived under the same roof as Hudson and his family; has acted as agent to the Mellish family, and he himself employed Hudson as a farrier and blacksmith; states that he was well acquainted with their family, and continued the acquaintance once he had left Blyth; states that Erasmus and Grace Hudson had seven children named as follows: Mary, Ann (now the wife of Edward Saxby), Elizabeth (now the wife of John Hudson), Grace, Charles, Erasmus, and Sarah (now the wife of John Needham); provides details of the death of Mary, but states that all the other children are still alive. |