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Date Masters/mistresses names and designations Servants names Number of servants Bachelor servants One servant Two servants Three or more servants Duty
1786 Laurencekirk Parish
1 Nov 1786 Alexander Garden Esqr. in Laurencekirk Elizabeth Carnegie Chambermaid
Isabell Fell Cook
2 2 £0.10.0
Mr David Forbes Minister unmarried Marjorie Purvise Cook 1 1 1 £0.5.0
Totall 3 1 1 2 £0.15.0
Parishes Collected
No 1 Ecclesgreig 4 1 2 2 £0.17.6
2 Benholm 7 3 5 2 £1.15.0
3 Arbuthnott 5 1 2 3 £1.17.6
4 Kinneiff 2 2 £0.5.0
5 Dunnottar 11 1 7 4 £2.0.0
6 Fetteresso 9 3 6 £3.7.6
7 Banchory 3 3 £0.7.6
8 Nig 1 1 1 £0.5.0
9 Marry Coulter 10 3 4 6 £5.10.0
10 Durris 2 1 2 £0.7.6
1 Upper Banchory 7 2 2 3 £2.5.0
2 Strachan 1 1 £0.2.6
3 Fettercairn 5 1 2 3 £1.17.6
4 Glenbervie 4 1 4 £0.12.6
5 Fordown 7 3 4 £1.7.6
6 Garvock 1 1 1 £0.5.0
7 Marrykirk 3 3 £0.7.6
8 Laurencekirk 3 1 1 2 £0.15.0
Totall 85 15 44 20 21 £24.5.0
85 10-2-3 34 18 18 £24.5.0

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Survey of Kingcardine Shire continued

Proof
44 Single Servants of married & unmarried persons for one year as above at £0.2.6 each is £5.10.0
20 Single Servants (pairs) of married & unmarried persons for one year as above at £0.5.0 each is £5.0.0
21 Single Servants (treebles) of married & unmarried persons for one year as above at £0.10.0 each is £10.10.0
10 Single Servants of unmarried persons and above the age of 21 Additional dutie at £0.2.6 each is £1.5.0
2 Single Servants of one unmarried persons and above the age of 21 Additional dutie at £0.5.0 each is £0.10.0
3 Single Servants of one unmarried persons and above the age of 21 Additional dutie at £0.10.0 each is £1.10.0 .... £24.5.0

I William Greig Surveyor aforesaid do hereby certify that upon carefull examination of the foregoing
duties I find they amount in whole to Twenty Four Pounds & Five Shillings Sterling and that upon the __
of March 1787 I delivered Alexander Garden Esqr Collector of the said duties for the Shire aforesaid an exact duplicate
of the above Account (as will appear from __) duly examined and compared with the
foregoing, which contained my Oath that nottices were left with the Several persons before named or
at their dwelling houses of the dates annexed to their respective names requiring them within fourteen
days to give in a list of their Servants retained or employed by them from the fifth day of April 1785
to the fifth day of April 1786, and that the said Account or Survey is made out from the lists returned
to me, and from the best information I could procure of the Servants of those who neglected or refused to give
in a list thereof in terms of the nottices left With them as aforesaid.
[Signed] William Greig Surveyor.

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