I got this reply as to what "CURATORS" from the Lanarkshire net list, which may be helpful for others researching in Scotland. Mike Boyd -----Original Message----- From: Mike Boyd Sent: Friday, December 20, 2019 5:32 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Lanark] Re: Clan Hamilton and the Boyds - Age at Matriculation Thank you Mark, that will help me in several Family Chapters. His parents, James Hamilton, first Earl of Abercorn and his mother, Marion Boyd, dau of 6th Lord Boyd, were married before 1603, and as he is the third son, I would estimate he was born about 1606 or 1607. Making him only about 14 or 15 years old when he matriculated at Glasgow University in 1621. Previously, I had mentally worked on about 20 to 22 years when they matriculated. Hopefully, this will help others to estimate someone’s birth from their matriculation date. Mike Boyd -----Original Message----- From: Highland Family Heritage Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2019 8:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Lanark] Re: Clan Hamilton and the Boyds A curator was a legal guardian of a boy from age 14 and a girl from age 12 until they reached adulthood. Before the age of 14 and 12 the term was a "tutor". These are legal definitions under Scots law which applied right up until the modern age when the age of majority was lowered at first from 21 to 18 and then to 16. Mark -----Original Message----- From: Mike Boyd [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 19 December 2019 04:39 To: [email protected] Subject: [Lanark] Clan Hamilton and the Boyds _______________________________________________