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Date Masters/mistresses names and designations Children under 14 Servants names Number of servants Bachelor servants One servant Two servants Three or more servants Duty
Parish of Firth
1 Nov 1790 Balfour Stewart 2 Esther McBeath
Mary Irvine
2 1 £0.2.6
Rendall
2 Nov 1790 Mrs. Mouat in Cottascarth Jannet Firth &
Mary Rendall a Deary Maid
2 1 £0.2.6
Island of Westray
6 Nov 1790 Mr. James Izat, Minr. [Minister] Catherine Burgher 1 1 £0.5.0
Thomas Traill in Tookquoy, Janet Yorston & 4 employ
in Husbandry
5 1 £0.2.6
8 Nov 1790 James Stewart of Brugh Barbra Eunson
Eliza Williamson
& 6 employed in Husbandry
8 2 £0.10.0
Thomas Traill Papay Mary McBeath,
Jane Hercus
& 5 employed in Husbandry
7 2 £0.10.0
Mrs. Traill Papay Margaret Hercus & a dearymaid 2 1 £0.2.6
Total 23 1 2 4 £1.10.0
Sanday
11 Nov 1790 Mr. William Clouston 1 Ursula Sclater & Izabela Bigland
of which one a deary Maid
2 1 £0.2.6
John Traill Betty Scott & 3 for Husbandry 4 1 £0.5.0
1 6 1 1 £0.7.6
Shapinshay
17 Nov 1790 Mr. Alexander Pitcairn, Minister Ann Caithness, 2 for Husbandry 3 1 £0.2.6
Mrs. Johnstone in How Margaret Heddle 1 1 £0.2.6
Doctor Thomas Balfour 2 Barbara Park, Jannet Burgher
Jannet Reid deary Maid
3 1 £0.2.6
Total 2 7 3 £0.7.6
Parish of St. Olla
26 Nov 1790 Mr. John Yule, Minister Peggy Firsal, Isobel Petrie
a deary Maid
2 1 £0.2.6
William Richan Corse 5 Jane Delday, Marion Muir
& Isobel Spence
3 1 £0.2.6
William Lindsay Caldale Betty Flett & 2 for Husbandry 3 1 £0.2.6
Total 5 8 3 £0.7.6
Island of Burray
6 Dec 1790 Captain James Sutherland Hellen McBeath 1 1 £0.5.0
South Ronaldsay
8 Dec 1790 Mr. James Watson, Minister Ann Gordon 1 1 £0.5.0
Walls
10 Dec 1790 James Moodie of Melsetter 2 Ann Young, Betty Cruikshank
& 2 for Husbandry
4 1 £0.2.6
Parish of Orphir
15 Dec 1790 Mr. Francis Liddle, Minister Jane Watt & 2 for Husbandry 3 1 £0.5.0
Stromness
16 Dec 1790 Thomas Spence Carpenter Isobel Sinclair 1 1 £0.2.6
Archibald Pottinger Mariner Sibila Irvine 1 1 £0.2.6
Peter Loutit, Shopkeeper Christian Irvine 1 1 £0.2.6
John Gordon, Surveyor Charlote Vertie 1 1 £0.5.0
William Miller writer Margaret Budge 1 1 £0.2.6
Robert Sandison 2 Eliza Yorston, Isobel Brechan 2 1 £0.2.6
Ann Ross Marion Garson 1 1 £0.2.6
Hary Knarstone Hellen Mouat 1 1 £0.2.6
Nicol Robertson, Shopkeeper Marjory Robertson 1 1 £0.2.6
Mrs. Robert Graeme Marion Charles 1 1 £0.2.6
2 11 1 9 £1.7.6

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[Page] 77 ORKNEY

Survey, FEMALE SERVANTS TAX within the County of Orkney
from 5th April 1790 to 5th April 1791. By Alexander Fraser Surveyor

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