Hi, I have a man who was a Tacksman at the 'Mains of Aberlour'. I found a definition of 'Mains' as 'the home farm of an estate'. What would the home farm of Aberlour have been in the mid-1700's? Thanks, Gay

Can you define Tacksman for me? My guess he's either a holder of a lease or tack, or a man who gives out leases or tacks. Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gay King" <gayking@aci.on.ca> To: <MORAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 8:42 AM Subject: [MORAY] Mains of Aberlour > Hi, > > I have a man who was a Tacksman at the 'Mains of Aberlour'. I found a > definition of 'Mains' as 'the home farm of an estate'. > > What would the home farm of Aberlour have been in the mid-1700's? > > Thanks, > > Gay > > > > ==== MORAY Mailing List ==== > If you need to unsub for your holidays, change your email address, or > report anything to the admin of the list - all this information can be > found at http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/SCT/MORAY.html > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >

> Can you define Tacksman for me? My guess he's either a holder of a lease > or > tack, or a man who gives out leases or tacks. > Chris He was both. A tacksman held a lease or tack of land, but also sublet to other tenants. Anne