Forgot to copy the List when replying to Kaj. Here it is now: Re your other e-mail about Mr Sandy, there is a bit of confusion about exactly who Mr Sandy actually was. There was more than one Alexander Robertson Merchant operating at the same time in the same area, and it's been impossible to completely and reliably separate their details. However, my best guess is that Mr Sandy married Helen Inglis but co-habited with Isobel Brown (they "notoriously cohabit in adultery, notwithstanding the judgement of the House of Peers declaring him to be the husband of Helen Inglis" - Fordyce Kirk Session), by whom he had three children in 1785, 1786, 1789. He died 1790 in Edinburgh: "Alexander Robertson, (Mr. Sandy) a well known merchant and smuggler in Portsoy was believed to have ended his days in the Debtor's Sanctuary in Holyrood." The child of 1785 was named George Robinson Robertson, and one of his witnesses was Mr George Robinson Provost of Banff. As you imply, the names Robinson and Robertson also got confused (in fact the IGI has George Robinson Robertson listed as George Robinson and when you read the OPR itself you can see how the mistake was made), but said George Robinson seems also to have been Merchant of Banff. I had enough 'fun' chasing around the merchant Robertsons, I didn't go looking for merchant Robinsons! The other Alexander Robertson in the picture comes over to me as a much more stable character: Alexander Robertson bpt 27 Aug 1716 Keith, married Isobel Ord (one of my relatives) 1756 Botriphinie, and died abt 1776. He was a feuar. It has been stated that he was Mr Sandy, but whilst I believe that it was his brother James Robertson who became merchant in Portsoy, I believe it was another Alexander Robertson (viz Mr Sandy) who became James Robertson's business partner. It's confusing enough as it is with just the Robertson name; introducing a Robinson variation blows my mind completely!! Regards Howard