I was looking at the Old Parish Register Births and Baptisms and Marriages (1553 -1854) on http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk and just for fun tried searching for variant spellings of Beattie. The following are the number of records per spelling for all of Scotland during the time period of 1553 - 1854: Soundex search for Beattie Births [which usually includes all variants of Boyd] 8,479 records; Soundex search for Beattie marriages 5,387 3932 Beattie birth records (1,107 in Dumfries); 2,272 Beattie marriages (432 in Dumfries) 596 Beatie birth records; 309 Beatie marriages 307 Beatty birth records; 130 Beatty marriages 276 Beaty birth records; 114 Beaty marriages 16 Baty birth records; 8 Baty marriages 95 Batie birth records; 39 Batie marriages 60 Battie birth records; 25 Battie marriages 39 Batty birth records; 26 Batty marriages 510 Bettie birth records; 222 Bettie marriages 79 Betie birth records; 25 Betie marriages 119 Betty birth records; 63 Betty marriages 19 Bety birth records; 18 Bety marriages Here are the Baty records: Marriages: Date /Surname/ Forename/ Spouse Name/ Sex /Parish City/County 01/07/1753 BATY AGNES /JAMES CRAIG/ F /Heriot (Midlothian) /MIDLOTHIAN 04/12/1838 BATY ANDREW /JANET DEANS/ M /Dalton /DUMFRIES 06/08/1611 BATY ANDRO /JONETT FYNLAYSOUN/M /Canongate EDINBURGH CITY/MIDLOTHIAN 29/06/1846 BATY EDWARD /MARY ELLIS OR BELL/ M /Canongate EDINBURGH CITY/MIDLOTHIAN 20/05/1759 BATY GEORGE /NAME NOT GIVEN/ M /Hutton (Berwick) /BERWICK 05/01/1802 BATY HUGH /JANET GRIEVE/ M /Dunbar /EAST LOTHIAN 01/03/1814 BATY JOHN /HELEN KER/ M /Annan /DUMFRIES 22/05/1828 BATY JOHN /JANE NEWBIGGING/ M /New or East Kilpatrick /DUNBARTON Births: Date/ Surname/ Forename/ Parent Names/ Sex/ Parish City/County 22/12/1734 /BATY AGNES /CHRISTOPHER BATY/ U /Graitney or Gretna /DUMFRIES 01/12/1830 /BATY ANN/ JOHN BATY/JANE NEWBEGIN/ F /Kirkintilloch /DUNBARTON 22/11/1835 /BATY ELIZABETH/ JOHN BATY/JANE NEWBEGIN/ F /Renfrew /RENFREW 24/02/1742 /BATY GEORGE/ WILLIAM BATY/ M /Graitney or Gretna /DUMFRIES 04/10/1734 /BATY ISABELL/ WILLIAM BATY/ F /Graitney or Gretna /DUMFRIES 22/12/1833 /BATY ISABELLA/ JOHN BATY/JANE NEWBIGIN/ U /Gorbals GLASGOW CITY/LANARK 07/05/1829 /BATY JANET /JOHN BATY/JANE NEWBEGIN/ F /New or East Kilpatrick /DUNBARTON 06/01/1740 /BATY JEAN/ WILLIAM BATY/ F Graitney or Gretna /DUMFRIES 13/02/1745 /BATY JOHN/ JOHN BATY/ M Graitney or Gretna /DUMFRIES 13/08/1837 /BATY MARGARET/ JOHN BATY/JANE NEWBEGIN/ Renfrew /RENFREW 05/01/1746 /BATY MARY/ WILLIAM BATY/ F /Graitney or Gretna /DUMFRIES 19/10/1755 /BATY MARY/ JOHN BATY/ F Westerkirk /DUMFRIES 01/12/1830 /BATY MARY/ JOHN BATY/JANE NEWBEGIN OR NEWBEGGING / F Kirkintilloch /DUNBARTON 19/06/1832 /BATY MARY NEWBEGIN/ JOHN BATY/JANE NEWBEGIN/ F Kirkintilloch /DUNBARTON 11/07/1839 /BATY RICHARD WILLIAM/ JOHN BATY/JANE NEWBEGIN/ M /Alloa (Clackmannan) /CLACKMANNAN 465/ 0070 0184 16 21/09/1712 BATY ROBERT THOMAS BATY/ M Kirkton (Roxburgh) /ROXBURGH 794/ 0010 0005 8 of the birth records are for a single family, John Baty and Jane Newbegin (or Newbegging), married May 22, 1828 in Dunbarton. This is the 1841 Census for that family: 1841 Scotland Census 1841 Scotland Census Name: John Baty Age: 40 Estimated birth year: abt 1801 Gender: Male Where born: England Civil parish: Alloa County: Clackmannanshire Address: Village Of Cambus Occupation: Office Of Excise Parish Number: 465 Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Anne Baty 11 Elizabeth Baty 5 Isabella Baty 7 Jane Baty 35 Jane Baty 12 John Baty 40 Mary Baty 8 Richard Baty 1 Mary Drysdale 15 Source Citation: Parish: Alloa; ED: 6; Year: 1841. Laurel Baty, L252