And in 1841 ancestry say there is an Elspet Gray age 12 born Aberdeenshire with a Nicol family. Sounds promising, don't you think? It looks as though the details may be quite mangled though, but it just so happens that FreeCEN have transcribed it too and they say:
Aberdeen St Clements
Nicol Chars. M 60 Wright Aberdeenshire
Nicol Helen F 55 Aberdeenshire
Nicol Elespet F 35 Aberdeenshire
Nicol Joseph M 20 Millwright Aberdeenshire
Nicol Jas M 15 Aberdeenshire
Gray Elspet F 12 Aberdeenshire.
Just a bit worried about that "Elespet Nicol" but could she be Elspet's mother? Scottish married women are often listed by their maiden names, aren't they? Ancestry has her as Elester so it might be worth looking at the image to see if you can make out what the name really is.
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