I should be grateful for any information listers may have about any of the following Edinburgh merchants and others, all of whom were witnesses at the baptisms of the children of James Farquhar (merchant) and his wife Catherine Kinloch, in the years indicated: John THOMSON, merchant (1725, 1727, 1728, 1731) John DUNBAR, skinner (1725, 1727) John KNOX, Chy. Apo. (1727) Alexander ROBERTSON, merchant (1728) Alexander INNES, merchant (1731) William VEITCH, WS (1732) John ROLLO, goldsmith (1732) Alexander FARQUHAR, skinner (1733) (?brother of James Faruhar, later Deacon of the skinners) Alexander HEPBURN, merchant (1733, 1746) Alexander PROPHET, merchant (1733) Captain James FARQUHAR (1735) Thomas GARDNER, merchant (1735) James MANSFELD, merchant and late Baillie (1746) I have seen web references to William Veitch, who seems to have been a successful lawyer, and John Rollo, whose ledger 1731-35 is in the NAS, but nothing for the others, except for a possibly erroneous reference to Alexander Farquhar (skinner). Any information, ideas, or guesses will be welcome! Robin Kinloch