Is there any possibility that he was illegitimate and so given the mother's surname, adopting RObson on the mother's marriage? edward Surrey, England Using Norton Anti-Virus 2005 Researching: Paxton/Laing/Howard/Moat/Patterson in Sunderland and Newcastle Miller/McCurdie in Kilmory, Arran Wyllie in Kilmarnock and Tarbolton, Ayrshire and then in Tradeston, Glasgow McPhail in Campbeltown, Argyll and then in Anderston, Glasgow McPhail in Oban, Argyll and then in Anderston, Glasgow Currie in Milton, Glasgow Mundell/Raffel/Glendinning/Dinwoodie/Leithhead in Moffat and Kirkmichael, Dumfriesshire, and then in Glasgow Kerr/McLeod in Assynt, Sutherland