> One of the Younie > wills for a Johannas > Younie (James) Merchant in Fochabers 1855 That's odd because (a) Johannes is Latin for John, not James (James being Jacobus, hence the term Jacobite) and (b) I am surprised that they would have been using Latin versions of names as late as this. Most interesting! Anne

Yes Anne, I noticed that aswell. On the Scottish Document site it clearly states James and when the papers are downloaded ( I love the immediateness, just don't like the paying !!) the name is Johannes. I also thought it quite odd that in 1855 a name is used in latin, while all the other names on the papers are very clearly English, including the various times James himself is mentioned. I might invite him for a dinner over the new year and find out if the executors ever did get the monies owed and why the variation in his name - Oh ! if we could !!! Carol Admin Moray Mailing List www.wakefieldfhs.org.uk/morayweb ----- Original Message ----- From: <anne.listmail@btinternet.com> To: <MORAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 9:45 AM Subject: Re: [MORAY] Burgess in Will >> One of the Younie >> wills for a Johannas >> Younie (James) Merchant in Fochabers 1855 > That's odd because (a) Johannes is Latin for John, not > James (James being Jacobus, hence the term Jacobite) > and (b) I am surprised that they would have been using > Latin versions of names as late as this. > > Most interesting! > > Anne > > > ==== MORAY Mailing List ==== > If you need to unsub for your holidays, change your email address, or > report anything to the admin of the list - all this information can be > found at http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/SCT/MORAY.html > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > >