E326/6/22/78
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brought Over fm [from] Stromness | 2 | 11 | 2 | 9 | £1.7.6 | ||||
| 16 Dec 1790 | Andrew Mouat | Isobel Wilson | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| 17 Dec 1790 | Joshua Johnston writter | Marion Groundwatter | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| William Allan senr. [Senior] | Jannet Hutcheson | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| Hary Cruickshanks Mariner | Margaret Corston | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| Francis Square Baker | 2 | Sibila Scott & Jannet Mouat | 2 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| James Ross Shopkeeper | Margaret Balantine | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| Total | 4 | 18 | 1 | 15 | £2.2.6 | ||||
| Sandwick | |||||||||
| 20 Dec 1790 | Mrs. Graeme in Skeal | Mary Marwick & Jane Rowland, Dairy Maid |
2 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Birsay | |||||||||
| 21 Dec 1790 | Mr. George Low Minister | Jannet Linklater | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Parish of Firth | 2 | 2 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| Rendall | 2 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||||
| Island of Westray | 23 | 1 | 2 | 4 | £1.10.0 | ||||
| Sanday | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | £0.7.6 | ||||
| Shapinshay | 2 | 7 | 3 | £0.7.6 | |||||
| Parish of St. Olla | 5 | 8 | 3 | £0.7.6 | |||||
| Island of Burray | 1 | 1 | £0.5.0 | ||||||
| South Ronaldshay | 1 | 1 | £0.5.0 | ||||||
| Walls | 2 | 4 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| Parish of Orphir | 3 | 1 | £0.5.0 | ||||||
| Stromness | 4 | 18 | 1 | 15 | £2.2.6 | ||||
| Sandwick | 2 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||||
| Birsay | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||||
| Total | 16 | 18 | 6 | 29 | 4 | £6.2.6 | |||
| NB | 39 |
Transcribe other information
[Page] 78Proof
6 Batchelors Servants at £0.5.0 each-- £1.10.0
20 Servants at £0.2.6 each-- £3.12.6
4 Servants at £0.2.6 each-- £3.12.6
7 servants for Children at £0.5.0 each--£1.0.0
32 for Husbandry etc.
78 £6.2.6
Kirkwall 31 Decmr [ December] 1790 The amount of the foregoing Tax is six pounds two shillings & six pence and I do make
oath that this day I delivered to Alexander Fraser Collector of Cess and Collector of the foregoing Tax for the County
aforesaid an exact Duplicate hereof
Alexander Fraser Surveyor
At kirkwall 31st Decemr. [December] 1790
Sworn before me John Wier , J:P [Justice of the Peace]
Duplicate
Female Servants Tax within the Country
of Orkney from 5th April 1790 to 5th April 1791
√ S [Surveyor]
78
11/24
Transcribers who have contributed to this page.
Chr1smac -Moderator, DavidMac
Location information for this page.
Midlothian County, Morayshire County, Nairnshire County, Orkney County, Peeblesshire County, Perthshire County, Renfrewshire County, Ross County, Ross And Cromarty County, Roxburghshire County, Selkirkshire County, Shetland County, Stirlingshire County, Sutherland County, West Lothian County, Wigtownshire County