A soldier with the 9th Royal Veteran Battalion, he married a Kirkwall girl in 1813. In 1820, he opened an ale-house which was called the Toddy Hole by arrangement with John Miller of Millquoy.
A soldier from the 9th Royal Veteran Battalion, who married a Kirkwall woman in 1813. In 1820, he opened an alehouse called the Toddy Hole with John Miller of Millquoy's agreement.