1690 Scottish Baptism Record

[mickster99]

Once again, I'm coming to the experts for some deciphering help.  Here's where I am with the attached Scottish (Edinburgh) 1690 baptism record.

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John Boyd ?????? and Issobell Pollock a. s. n. John
W. mr John Paterson minister of the gospel
Alexander Mosman ??????? Archbald Boyd, George
Paterson by mr Alexander Malcolm
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- Could the occupation for John Boyd be "Garndner," i.e. an old spelling of Gardner? 
- I have no clue about the occupation of Alexander Mosman.
- Alexander Mosman and Alexander Malcolm...I'm thinking the names that look sort of like "Alenk" are abbreviations for Alexander, but I'm not at all sure.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!  Thanks!

[Vance Mead]

The first is Gairdner or gardener.
The second is cordinar or cordwainer, i.e. shoemaker.

[GR2]

a s n = a son named

W. an abbreviation of witnesses

Alexr is an abbreviation of Alexander.

[mickster99]

The first is Gairdner or gardener.
The second is cordinar or cordwainer, i.e. shoemaker.

Thanks Vance!

[mickster99]

a s n = a son named

W. an abbreviation of witnesses

Alexr is an abbreviation of Alexander.

Thanks!  I knew the meaning of a. s. n. and W.  But I couldn't quite decide if it looked like Alex r (with a superscript r) or not.  But it makes sense that it is.  I believe Alexander was a fairly common given name in that time.