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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
7 Jun 1790 Grass Market
William Crawford Stabler 1 1 £0.2.6
Mr Thomas Alves Jane Grant 1 1 £0.2.6
John Storrie Mercht [Merchant] Jean Gillon 1 1 £0.2.6
Mrs Paxton Elizabeth Aitken 1 1 £0.2.6
Thomas Cleghorn 2 Catherine Clarkson
Ann McKay
1 1 £0.2.6
Mrs Ferrier Burns Swan 1 1 £0.2.6
David Sommerville Margaret Flint 1 1 £0.2.6
John Young Mercht [Merchant] Isobel Muir 1 1 £0.5.0
William Crooks Baker 1 1 £0.2.6
James Brown Stabler 1 1 £0.2.6
John Calder Mercht [Merchant] Jane Gun 1 1 £0.2.6
Ralph Richardson 1 1 £0.2.6
Thomas Forrest Mercht [Merchant] 1 1 £0.2.6
Robert Renton Writer Elizabeth Edmond 1 1 £0.5.0
West Bow
7 Jun 1790 Mrs Cunningham Effie Simson 1 1 £0.2.6
Mr William Hunter Elizabeth Alexander 1 1 £0.2.6
Thomas Henderson Isobel Blackie 1 1 £0.2.6
George Grindlay Helen Richardson
Elizabeth Williamson
2 2 £0.10.0
George Bruce Writer Margaret Smith 1 1 £0.2.6
Alexander Bruce Mercht [Merchant] 2 2 £0.10.0
Allan Clarke Writer Joan Davidson 1 1 £0.5.0
William Anderson Ann Kay 1 1 £0.2.6
James Lawson Mercht [Merchant] Jane Sutherland 1 1 £0.5.0
8 Jun 1790 Thomas Armstrong Christy Smith 1 1 £0.5.0
Donald McKay Catherine McKay 1 1 £0.2.6
Mrs Hamilton Mary Turbet 1 1 £0.2.6
James Whytt Bookbinder Margaret Sinclair 1 1 £0.2.6
James Welsh Baker 1 1 £0.2.6
Miss Fairholm Jane Sinclair 1 1 £0.2.6
Mrs Trotter Confectr [Confectioner] 4 Isobel Smith
Catherine Drummond
Margaret -
1 1 £0.2.6
Mrs Spence Grocer Mary McLagan 1 1 £0.2.6
Miss Gibson Grocer Helen Paterson 1 1 £0.2.6
Charles Wallace Mercht [Merchant] Barbara Napier 1 1 £0.2.6
Mr Oswald Fotheringham 1 1 £0.5.0
Alex Fraser Writer Margaret Tawse 1 1 £0.2.6
Alexander Fraser Writer Elizabeth Crighton 1 1 £0.2.6
Miss Brae Jane Richie 1 1 £0.2.6
Mr William Mason Isobel Esson 1 1 £0.2.6
John Swinton Simpson Catherine Couston 1 1 £0.2.6
John Archibald Christy Weir 1 1 £0.2.6
over 47 6 32 4 £6.10.0

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A Survey of the FEMALE SERVANTS TAX in the City of
Edinburgh From 5th April 1790 To 5th April 1791 By Robert Maughan Surveyor
[Page] 75

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