I hope everyone had a good Christmas and are not still suffering from over indulging !!! A while ago I purchased copies of wills and spurred on by recent events I have been looking closer at them. One of the Younie wills for a Johannas Younie (James) Merchant in Fochabers in 1855 who was in partnership with his daughter lists all the people whose accounts were unpaid by the date of his death. I don't know if Anne has a Jean Burgess of Bogmore but she is mentioned in the list as owing £1 15s 10d. Other names include Phimister, Riach, Minty, Gordon, Morrison, Reid, Geddes. There are in total 7 ledger pages of names and in total add up to 100's of £'s. In the whole will thousands of pounds are involved. In the Highlands was it commonplace to have an 'account' with a provisioner ? In my locale (Yorkshire) it was normal only for people of a certain class to have an 'account' with their suppliers.. Carol Admin Moray Mailing List www.wakefieldfhs.org.uk/morayweb