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This Indenture Wittnesseth, That I Margaret Burjust of Boston, in / the County of Suffolk and Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New / England. Have placed, and by these presents do place and bind out / my only Daughter whose name is Ann Ginnins to be an Apprentice / unto Samuel Wales and his wife of Braintree in the County / afores: ^d, Blacksmith. To them and their Heirs and with them the / s: ^d Samuel Wales, his wife and their Heirs, after the manner of / an apprentice to dwell and Serve from the day of the date hereof / for and during the full and Just Term of Sixteen years, three / months and twenty-three day's next ensueing and fully to be / Compleat, during all which term the s: ^d apprentice her s: ^d / Master and Mistress faithfully Shall Serve, Their Secrets keep / close, and Lawful and reasonable Command everywhere gladly do and / perform.
Damage to her s: ^d Master and Mistress she shall not willingly / do. Her s: ^d Master's goods she shall not waste, Embezel, / purloin or lend unto Others nor suffer the same to be wasted or / purloined. But to her power Shall discover the Same to her s: ^d / Master. Taverns or Ailhouss she Shall not frequent, at any / unlawful game She Shall not play, Matrimony she Shall not Contract / with any persons during s: ^d Term. From her master's Service She / Shall not at any time unlawfully absent herself. But in all things / as a good honest and faithful Servant and apprentice Shall bear / and behave herself, During the full term afores: ^d Commencing / from the third day of November Anno Dom: One Thousand, Seven / Hundred fifty and three. And the s: ^d Master for himself, wife, / and Heir's, Doth Covenant Promise Grant and Agree unto and with / the s: ^d apprentice and the s: ^d Margaret Burjust, in manner / and form following. That is to say, That they will teach the / s: ^d apprentice or Cause her to be taught in the Art of good / housewifery, and also to read and write well. And will find and / provide for and give unto s: ^d apprentice good and sufficient / Meat Drink washing and lodging both in Sickness and in health, and / at the Expiration of said term to Dismiss s: ^d apprentice with / two Good Suits of Apparrel both of woolen and linnin for all parts / of her body (viz) One for Lord-days and one for working days / Suitable to her Quality. In Testimony whereof I Samuel Wales and / Margaret Burjust Have Interchangably Sett their hands and Seals / this Third day November Anno Dom: 1753, and in the twenty-Seventh / year of the Reign of our Soveraig'n Lord George the Second of / great Britain the King.