Hi Alan,Currie wrote:Hello Ekristensen,
It looks like your OPR birth is from 1749. The closest newspaper reference I can find for Inverlochty is in the The Aberdeen Journal, Monday, April 27, 1801.
FARMS TO LET—In the County of Moray.
Entry at Whitfunday 1802.
The eftate of INVERLOCHTY, the property of the Honble George Duff of Milton, lying in the parifh of Elgin. Thefe lands confift of about 244 acres of arable, and 126 pafture, &c. one half of the arable ground is a fine light foil, well adapted for green crops, and the other a rich loam, calculated for wheat, beans, &c.
The heritor has caufed George Brown Efq; Land Surveyor, divide the lands into lots, and put into each lot a fuitable proportion of the different qualities of the ground, fo as to render the fame as advantageous to the tenant as poffible; and on the largeft lot are a pretty good dwelling houfe and offices.
A plan of the eftate, with the contents of each lot, be with Patrick Duff, Town Clerk of Elgin, and any perfon wifhing information may apply to him; and the proprietor’s gardener will fhow the boundaries.
N.B. Offers will be received either by the Proprietor himself, Mr Brown, or Mr P. Duff, till the firft of June next, and fuch as are not accepted will be returned if defired.
It’s a bit hard to tell from looking at the satellite view which fields belong to Inverlochty, however according to my risky calculations, 370 acres = 150 hectares = approximately a square with sides of 1200 metres. Perhaps the boundaries have been changed, or maybe that would fit the picture if you ignore roads, railways, and other new fangled things. Note Miltonduff about a mile to the south.
Hope that’s interesting,
Alan
Thank you so much for that text, it IS very interesting! So I suppose my family was renting it from George Duff; I've heard him mentioned in connection to Inverlochty before.
Just curious, where did you find that specific text? Is there a place where you can search through the archives of The Aberdeen Journal?