OK - I found it. Huxton is a fermtoun at Coldingham in Berwickshire. The parish records go back only to 1690... which explains why I can't find a birth for Adam Kier or his (I think) sister Katherine. There are death records from 1694, so one day I may have a chance to see these and see if there were still any Kiers around. And taking a long shot I'll try to explore Berwickshire MIs, though it's pretty far back for that. However - that's outside Edinburgh so outside this list. Jenny >Dear all - I have an apprenticeship entry for Adam Kier or Keir, >apprenticed in 1662 with William Scott, baxter. Adam is described as >son to late Adam Keir, in Hukstoun. > >Can anybody shed light on 'Hukstoun'? > >(Just to add - Adam Keir became dean of the baxters and a church >elder... I've various bits of information about some of his children, >born in Edinburgh and some of them buried in Greyfriars, in case >anybody else is looking for Keirs. The Keirs seem to have been bakers >through the 18th century also.)