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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
22 Jul 1786 Prestonpans Parish continued 9 2 7 £4.0.0
Archibald Forrest Prestonpans Nelly Borthwick H Ser [House servant] 1 1 £0.2.6
Revd. [Reverend] John Trotter Prestonpans B. [Bachelor] Anny Brown H Ser [House Servant] 1 1/0/0 1 £0.5.0
Mrs. Waddell Prestonpans Margaret Arnot 1 1 £0.2.6
Robert Fowler Prestonpans M [Married] 1 Female 1 1 £0.2.6
James Reid Prestonpans M [Married] Mary Murray 1 1 £0.2.6
Mrs Syme Northfield Two Maids 2 2 £0.10.0
James Dow Prestonpans Marion Brown Cook 1 1 £0.5.0
Nanny Smith Dymaid [Dairymaid] 1 1 £0.5.0
Mrs. Caddle Cuttle Margaret Purdie Cook 1 1 £0.5.0
Janet Cochrane Landry Md. [Maid] 1 1 £0.5.0
George Warroch Prestonpans B [Bachelor] Janet Innerwick 1 1 1 £0.5.0
Captain Bane Preston Katherine St. Clair 1 1 £0.5.0
Patrick Dounie Prestonpans Nelly Gray Mrs. D. [Dairy] Maid 1 1 £0.5.0
Raechael Scott Cook 1 1 £0.5.0
24 2/0/0 7 10 7 £7.2.6
Ormiston Parish
24 Jul 1786 Miss Barclay Ormiston Isobel Kemp 1 1 £0.2.6
Andrew Wight Ormiston M [Married] Mary Blackie H. [House] Maid 1 1 £0.2.6
Joseph Douglas Watson Ormiston B [Bachelor] Margaret Henderson 1 1/0/0 1 £0.5.0
Captn [Captain] Simpson Ormiston B [Bachelor] Mary Orsett 1 1/0/0 1 £0.5.0
James Wight Ormiston M [Married] Helen Clarke Kitn. [Kitchen] Maid 1 1 £0.2.6
5 2/0/0 5 £0.17.6
25 Jul 1786 Pencaitland Parish
John Hamilton of Pencaitland Esqr. Katherine Wells House Keeper 1 1 £0.10.0
Betty Johnston Cook 1 1 £0.10.0
Janet Burton House Md [Maid] 1 1 £0.10.0
Betty Angus Lundry [Laundry] Maid 1 1 £0.10.0
Ann Laing Kitchen Md [Maid] 1 1 £0.10.0
Mary Begbie Dairy Md [Maid] 1 1 £0.10.0
The Revd. [Reverend] Mr George Anderson one Maid 1 1 £0.2.6
Sir Andrew Lawder Dick Fountainhall Ann Wishart H Keep [House Keeper] 1 1 £0.10.0
Euphemia Henderson 1 1 £0.10.0
Jean Small 1 1 £0.10.0
10 1 9 £4.12.6

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FEMALE SERVANTS TAX.
In the County of East Lothian From 5th April 1786 to 5 April 1787 by Henry Watson Surveyor

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