Mackenny, Richard

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Dates 1750
Location Whitby
Vocation Vagrant
Place of Birth Moffat
Marriage Jane
Issue Unnamed son
Place of birth Source North Yorkshire County Record Office, Register of Vagrants, QDV

Apprehended with his wife, Jane. Left Scotland about 2 months previously. Claims that ‘if Ursula Shannan be dead this Examinant is Intitled to the Town of Ballaness’. Is going to Yarmouth to get advice from a son, as well as to get some money to help in recovering the estate. Roof-slater by trade, but has been blind for the last six years. Examined as a vagrant and served with a removal order, 2 July 1750.