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Title: Muirkirk place name
Post by: loz_scotland on Monday 05 November 12 00:23 GMT (UK)
Hi, can anyone decipher this place of birth of my ancestor in Muirkirk Parish in 1781, her siblings were born at various locations e.g Dalfram, Muirkirk, Muirsmill, Muirkirk and Little Blackside, Sorn
    
    Thanks Laura
Title: Re: Muirkirk place name
Post by: grendlsmother on Wednesday 07 November 12 17:27 GMT (UK)
Looks like Jointeshouse, although not sure.   Last bit is definitely "house" though.
Title: Re: Muirkirk place name
Post by: MonicaL on Wednesday 07 November 12 18:51 GMT (UK)
I agree with the 'house' ending, grendlsmother. Struggled to find anything though with this the other day  :-\

Monica
Title: Re: Muirkirk place name
Post by: RJ_Paton on Saturday 10 November 12 12:39 GMT (UK)
It could be JOINTER House which usually just means a house joining onto another

This marriage detail transcription from Kirkwall in 1734 makes a similar reference
Quote
Consisting of the Hall and fore Chamber and the Laigh house called the
pantrie and Yard thereto belonging for a Jointer house with the libertie
privilidge and freedome of the grasseing and fothering of two kine in
Summer and winter

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ingram/mss/1734txt.htm

Various documents on the NAS refer to "jointer lands" and all appear to be 18th century or earlier.
Title: Re: Muirkirk place name
Post by: grendlsmother on Saturday 10 November 12 15:50 GMT (UK)
Yes, that's probably it and could be an old spelling of Jointure House, which in English would be a Dower House.   It would be part of a wealthy woman's marriage settlement that she should be provided with her own house when widowed as any son she had and his family would take over the main house.   Although by this stage it has probably lost its orginal function and just become a house to be rented out.