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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
14 -- 1787 Alexander Taylor Vintr [Vintner] Eupham Stewart
Barbara Gentle
2 2 £0.10.0
Baillie Buncle Janet Brown 1 1 £0.2.6
Baillie Dalgliesh Sophia Henderson 1 1 £0.2.6
Mr George McCallum Janet Buchanan 1 1 £0.2.6
Mr William Allan Margaret Shanks 1 1 £0.2.6
Mr James Liddell Marion Russell 1 1 £0.2.6
15 -- 1787 Mrs Parlane Elizabeth Thomson 1 1 £0.2.6
Mr Robert Chapman Martha Ewing 1 1 £0.2.6
Mr Ninian Paton Janet Wilson 1 1 £0.2.6
Mrs Sampson Not named 1 1 £0.2.6
Totall 11 9 2 £1.12.6

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[Page] 95 QUEENSFERRY

Survey of the FEMALE SERVANTS TAX In the Town of
Queensferry From the 5 April 1787 To the 5 April 1788 By James Watsone Surveyor.

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I James Watsone Surveyor aforesaid Do hereby Certify that upon Carefull Examination of the
foregoing Duties I find they amount in whole to the sum of one pound twelve shillings & six
pence Str. [Sterling] And that upon the fifth of October last I delivered to Mr. Robert Chapman Collector
of the said Borough an exact Duplicate hereof which contained my oath that the severall
persons beforenamed were duly Served with Requisitions whereby they were to be Charged with
the Returns made, and Sums hereby Certified to be due from them
James Watsone Surveyor
Linlithgow 6th. November 1787

Prooff 9 Servants at £0.2.6 Each is £1.2.6
2 Servants at £0.5.0 Each is £0.10.0
Total £1.12.6

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