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The earliest Scottish records of the surname Chillas/Chilles/Chillis/Chillace are in Aberdeenshire.
The census for the 1696 Poll Tax was carried out in 1695 and the records for the entire County of Aberdeenshire have survived intact.
Pollable persons in the parish of Lumphanan
Blelack
"Alexander Chillas, cottar ther (no trade), 6s of generall poll for himself, and 6s of generall poll for his wife"
Pollable persons in the parish of Kincardine O'Neill
Craigtoun
"Elspet Chilles, grasswoman ther, her general poll is £0 6s 0d"
A grasswoman would have lived off the income from charges made for grazing. It is likely that Elspet was a widow and she may have been the mother of Alexander in the neighbouring parish of Lumphanan.
Old Parish Records
Elspet Chillis m Patrick Reid 20 Aug 1723, Kincardine O'Neil
Alexander Chillas m Jane Hunter 10 Aug 1725, Kincardine O'Neil
Margaret Chilles c 30 Jan 1728 Leochel- Cushnie to Robert Chillas in Mains of Corse
Robert Chillas c Nov 1736, Alford to Alexander Chillas in Seats, witness Robert Chillas in Little Endovie
Mary Chillas c 30 Mar 1740, Alford to Alexander Chillas in Seats
Alexander c 23 Jul 1747 Alford to Robert Chillas in Mains of Little Endovie, witnesses Miss Thompson in Balfluige and William Smith in Wallheads
Robert Chillas c 6 Jan 1749, Alford to Robert Chillas in Little Endovie, witnesses William Smith in Wallheads and John Leochel, servant to the said Robert Chillas
Mary Chillas c 23 Jan 1751, Alford to Robert Chillas of Mains of Little Endovie, witnesses William Smith in Wallheads and Alex Forbes in Claymore
List of men in Aberdeen fit for military service in 1759
At Nether Kirkgate Port Brae Head
Robert Chillis, merchant, aged 21
Burgesses of Inverurie
Robert Chillas, Mains of Little Endovie, Alford, 12 July 1736
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