Hi Bryan, A Husbandman was a tenant farmer but it is an expression more commonly seen in England. In the context of the Highlands, he would have been a bit more affluent than a crofter but not nearly as grand as a Tacksman, who although technically a tenant was really a Laird, usually a close kinsman of the Clan chief and in England would have had the same sort of landholding as a Yeoman who was also called a Squire, depending on the size of his landholding or his modesty (such a landholding being owned as opposed to being rented). Marital status would not be the cause of a particular term being used, but probably was the reason why the poor fellow would have been working himself into the ground to feed all those mouths!! Regards, Mark, Genealogist: Clan Sutherland Co-Genealogist: Clan Mackenzie Professional Genealogist specialising in the Highlands and 18th century see my web-site: http://www.highland-family-heritage.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: Bryan Keddy <bryanfkeddy@ns.sympatico.ca> To: <SCT-INVERNESS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2000 9:18 AM Subject: [SCT-INV-L] Husbandman??? > >From the article on the Jacobite Exciles it show occupations before the > rebellion.....can someone please tell me what a Husbandman is????? > > Thanks, > > Bryan Keddy > Halifax, N.S. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- > >