Edinburgh Marriage 1750

[Anne in OZ]

Hello and thank you for your help. The attached is a marriage in Edinburgh 1750. It says "Mercht in ?". Also what does nwp mean? I see it on the other marriages on the same page. And the last abbreviation, "...in ?."
Anne

[Kay99]

Could his father have been a merchant in Edinburgh

Kay

[emeltom]

I also read it as an abbreviation of Edinburgh.

[oldfashionedgirl]

Could it mean ‘not within parish’ ?
Where she was from ?

[still_looking]

Merchant, see this page and the previous one
https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun01paul/page/310/mode/2up

The parishes are explained on this page, the marriage is on page 22
https://archive.org/details/registerofmarria35edin/page/n5/mode/2up

S_L

[Anne in OZ]

I've come to the conclusion that I am barking up the wrong tree.
I am trying, in my round about way, to find the father / family of my Mary Arbuthnot who married Donald aka Daniel McPhail in 1784 in Edinburgh. The marriage says her father is "Robert Arbuthnot indweller in the Parish of Wymess." I don't think he is the Robert I asked about.
Thanks to all who tried to help me.
Anne

[Kay99]

Does indweller mean visitor rather than permanent resident    https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=783302.0

Added - Possibly not relooking at the thread

[Anne in OZ]

That's a very good question Kay. The answer is "I don't know."

[Anne in OZ]

Sarah (moderator). Is it possible to transfer this conversation to the Edinburgh page or do I have to redo? Thanks Anne McQueenie