Declaration, 24 April 1865

Of John Smith of Langley Mills, co. Durham, paper manufacturer, that he was well acquainted with Robert Skyring Garnett of Bank House, Barton, gentleman and wife Mary Fleming Garnett; that Robert Skyring Garnett was only once married and had 2 children (and child who died in childbirth); that "A" and "B" are correct; that he married Georgeana Kendal Garnett and they had 12 children; that "C" is correct; that "D" is correct.

- Made in City of Durham before William Marshall, commissioner to administer oaths in Chancery.

Endorsement: 12.

With register extracts:

- Burial of Robert Skyring Garnett of Bank House, aged 85, in Barbon Chapel on 11 November, 1854, copy certified as true by W Hunt Painter, assistant curate on 21 January 1865, "A";

- Burial of Thomas Garnett of Bank House, aged 47, in Barbon Chapel on 20 August 1859, copy certified as true by W Hunt Painter, assistant curate on 21 January 1865, "B";

- Baptism of John Anwick son of John and Georgiana Kendal Smith, Elvet Cottage, paper manufacturer in Saint Oswald, Durham on 24 May 1843, copy certified as true by John B Dykes on 22 March 1865, "C";

- Burial of Georgiana Kendal Smith of Langley Paper Mills, aged 44, in Brancepeth, co. Durham on 18 June 1860, copy certified as true by A Duninull Shafts, rector, "D";

- Marriage of John Smith, full age, widower, gentleman, Brancebeth, son of Anwick Smith, paper manufacturer and Georgeana Kendal Garnett, full age, spinster, Barbon, daughter of Robert Skyring Garnett, gentleman, at Barbon Chapel by licence on 29 July 1841, witnessed by Robt. Skyring Garnett, Thomas Garnett, Anne Smith and Kate Dent, copy certified as true by Edward Griffith, assistant curate on 7 April 1865, "B".

[A-D certified as being shown to John Smith and referred to in his declaration made before William Marshall on 24 April 1865].