Chamber of London, 2nd. Day of Novr, 1852
Born Within the Liberty of the City, to wit at Farringdon Street
Son of George Colf Citizen and Cooper of London, came before the Chamberlain, the day and year aforesaid, and desired to be admitted into the Freedom of this City by Patrimony, in the said Company of Coopers because he is legitimate, and was born after the admission of his Father into the said Freedom.
The Admission of the Father is entered in the Book marked with the Letter E and bears date the 5th. day of October in the 53rd Year of the Reign of George the Third and in the year of our Lord 1813
Born 1831 Augt. 10th.
Presented by Warden
We declare, upon the Oaths or declarations we severally took at the time of our Admission into the Freedom of this City, that Francis George Colf is the Son of George Colf Citizen and Cooper of London, and that he was born in lawful Wedlock, after the Admission of his Father into the Freedom of this City; and that he is his Son so reputed and taken to be, and so we all say.
George Colf
John Sewell
Henry William Sewell
William Walker
Henry Long
Thomas Haywood Sewell?
Source: London Metropolitan Archive; Reference Number: COL/CHD/FR/02/1842-1848
Source: Ancestry.com. London, England, Freedom of the City Admission Papers,
1681-1930