Jill, I don't know whether you can help with my Nisbet, from your line. I am trying to find parents and a marriage for Beatrix Nisbet, born abt 1695 in ?Garvald. She married a John Bathgate, born about 1691 possibly Aberlady or Yester around 1717. I have not been able to locate information on either. I have tried to apply the naming pattern to this family, and whilst it would appear to work for Beatrix, it doesn't follow for John. Their children to date are Andrew 1717, William (1)1718, Alison 1721, Nicholas 1723, Catherine 1725, John 1727, Beatrix 1730, William (2)1732, James 1735 and Robert 1739. If you can throw any light on this family, I would be very grateful. Roger White, Researching: Bathgate, Jeffrey, Nisbet, Hardie, Armstrong, Steil, Brown, Easton, Roger, Hymers, Houston, Hogarth, Reid, Weir, Hay, Dobson, Henderson and Cockburn.