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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
13 Dec 1790 Mrs Groat Ann Hercus 1 1 £0.2.6
Mrs Bichan Margaret Coupland 1 1 £0.2.6
George Gibson Dyer Isobel Hourston 1 1 £0.2.6
Mrs Moodie Isobel Broke 1 1 £0.2.6
James Stewart Margaret Hourston 1 1 £0.2.6
Grizel Traill Margaret Ross 1 1 £0.2.6
James Mouat Weaver Mary Winwick 1 1 £0.2.6
David Saunders Jane Simpson 1 1 £0.2.6
Charles Erskine Shopkeeper Isobel Yorston 1 1 £0.5.0
Nelly Scollay Jane Laughton 1 1 £0.2.6
David Spence Shopkeeper 3 Margaret Birston,
Isobel Sinclair
2 1 £0.2.6
Andrew Baikie Landwtr [Landwaiter] 4 Hellen Wald,
Barbara Cleaby
Margaret Sherrar
3 1 £0.2.6
Robert Baikie of Tankerness 4 Jannet Robertson
Isobel Stevenson
Margaret Foubister
Elizabeth Meal
Isobel Tait Dairy Maid
5 2 £0.10.0
William Black Wright Margaret Mitchel 1 1 £0.2.6
George Rendall Vintner 2 Elspat &
Jane Teal
2 1 £0.2.6
Robert Nicolson Writer 2 Elizabeth Corston
Mary Ralph
2 1 £0.2.6
Barbara Riddoch Barbara Cromarty &
Elspet Groundwater Dairy Maid
2 1 £0.2.6
James Riddoch Collr [Collector] Jane Crear &
Barbara Linnay Diary Maid
2 1 £0.2.6
Captn [Captain] John Traill Ann Smith &
Isobel Coupland Diary Maid
2 1 £0.2.6
Thomas Traill Merchant 4 Ann Fobuster,
Margaret Wirk
Jannet Dreaver
3 1 £0.2.6
Margaret Liddle Jane Hay 1 1 £0.2.6
Robert Laing Provost 8 Barbara Harcus,
Jannet Linay
Kath Drummond
Mary Simpson &
Isobel Miller &
Betty Hemmiger
6 2 £0.10.0
14 Dec 1790 Thomas Lindsay Chamberlain Marion Harcus
Jane Swan
2 2 £0.10.0
Alexander Fraser Landwtr [Landwriter] Margaret Tailor 1 1 £0.2.6
Patrick Traill Cecilia Robertson 1 1 £0.2.6
Jean Traill Isobel Robertson 1 1 £0.2.6
Rosie Reid Jannet Spence 1 1 £0.2.6
Margaret Reid Margaret Spence 1 1 £0.2.6
James Urquart Tailor Margaret Caithness 1 1 £0.2.6
John Urquart 3 Jannet Petrie
Margaret Spence
2 1 £0.2.6
Alexander Stewart Caldale Peggy Robertson 1 1 £0.2.6
Elizabeth McKenzie Jean Dreaver 1 1 £0.2.6
Ann Blaw Elizabeth Heddle 1 1 £0.2.6
Mary Manson Margaret Sinclair 1 1 £0.2.6
Rebacca Laing Elspat Linnay 1 1 £0.2.6
James Mainland [Wright] Mary Aitkin 1 1 £0.2.6
57 1 32 6 £5.15.0

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Survey FEMALE SRVANTS TAX. from 5th April 1790 to 5th April 1791.
within the Town of Kirkwall by Alexander Fraser Surveyor
KIRKWALL 36 27

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