Hi George Thanks for the reply, sorry I can't see any immediate connection. BAIN, HENDERSON, GUNN and to a lesser extent CAMPBELL are certainly common names in Caithness but are found elsewhere too, e.g. Bain is quite common here in Fife where I now live. My Henderson families were in Smerlie near Lybster and Achreamie in Reay, Sutherland also in the Lybster area and the Gunns were in Dunbeath and Achow near Lybster. My Bain family line came from Calder in Halkirk c.1750 - 1840 I've not found any connections with Wick at all, in fact strangely only got two Caithness connections outwith Halkirk and Latheron Parishes. Regards, Jim Bain www.osclay.co.uk