1535
A William Wedderburn was admitted a burgess of Dundee on 8/6/1535 as ‘son and heir of David’. - He is presumed to be the e.s. of David Wedderburn [b. c1493, 3rd s. of Robert W., b. c1460, & Janet Froster] whose wife, if any, is not known. “There is no other mention of him and he may have gone north to Aberdeen, where there was a person of the name in 1544”.
1544
A William Wedderburn ‘signed a deed in 1544’.
1547
A Maister Robert W. ‘signed a deed at Maryculter on 12/8/1547’); and ‘a charter by Sir James Sandilands to Gilbert, son and heir of Thomas Menzies and his wife Margaret Keith, in conjunct fee, of Blairs, Maryculter, co. Kincardine, was witnessed by Mr. Robert Wedderburn’. [In 1896 the latter document was said to be in the Charter Chest of the Menzies family of Petfoddels, co. Aberdeen.]
1549
David Wedderburn was admitted a burgess of Aberdeen on 13/12/1549. “The relationship of these persons [William, ‘Maister’ Robert & David] is not known. If they could have been shown to have been grandfather’s brother (Robert), father (David), and son (William), there would be some ground for connecting them with the Forfarshire family but no such proof exists, and they may be brothers or more remote kinsmen. Any one of them may be the father of one or both of the other contemporaries of the name mentioned at a later date, viz: William W. who m. in 1578 and Malcolm W. who m. in 1588”.
1576
William Wedderburn [see next entry] was admitted a burgess of Aberdeen on 26/10/1576.
1578
Wilyam Wedderburn [b. c1555, “whose parentage is not ascertained”] m. Marjorie Annand on 6/7/1578 at Aberdeen. - William & Marjorie had 4 sons & 3 daughters: David (b. 1580 - see next entry), who was known as ‘the grammarian’; Alexander (b. 1581); William (b. 1582-4); Isabell (‘Isbell’ - b. c1583); George (b. 1585); Bessie (‘Bisse’ - b. 1588) & Marjory (‘Miore.’ - b. 1590). - William died in June 1620 and was buried in the Auld Kirk at Aberdeen on 16/6/1620. - Marjorie Annand died in May 1635 and was buried with her husband on 25/5/1635.
1580
David Wedderburn [‘the grammarian’], e. son of William W. [b. c1555] & Marjorie Annand [m. 1578], bap. 2/1/1580 at Aberdeen. (another source shows date as 2/6/1580) - “David became a tutor at the Marischal College in Aberdeen when the Principal, Gilbert Gray, died in 1614. Five years later he was appointed to the charge of the Humanity course in the same College”. - On 14 Aug. 1620, Mr. David Wedderburn ‘eldest s. of the late William Wedderburn’ was admitted a burgess of Aberdeen. “On 16/5/1632 he was admitted to the freedom of Dundee…. David married twice: i) Janet Johnstone in 1611 (q.v.) & ii) Bathia Mowat in 1614 (q.v.). - [By his first wife David had a son (James, b. 1612) and by his second wife, 2 sons & 5 daughters. - See below.] - David died in 1646 and was buried in the church of St. Nicholas, Aberdeen.
1581
Alexander Wedirburne [sic], 2nd son of William W. [b. c1555] & Mariorie Annand [m. 1578], bap. 1/9/1581 at St. Nicholas, Aberdeen. (Another source shows bap. date as 3/9/1581) - “Mr. Alexander Wedderburne, youngest [sic] s. of the late William Wedderburne, burgess, was admitted a burgess of Aberdeen on 1/8/1633.”
1582-1584
William Wedderburn, 3rd son of William W. [b. c1555] & Marjorie Annand [m. 1578], was b. 1582-84. (His baptism not found.) - “William was a Doctor at the Grammar School, Aberdeen, 1616-17, and later Regent at the Marischal College”. - Mr. William Wedderburne, third son of the late William Wedderburne, was admitted a burgess of Aberdeen on 25 October 1623. - “Before 1633 he became minister at Old Bethelnie but was deprived in 1642 for fornication. Censured again on 2/11/1648, he subsequently settled at Strathdon or Innerochtie”. William married twice: i) Margaret Tullideph in 1624 (q.v.) & ii) Agnes Howison in 1649 (q.v.). - “He died in 1668 leaving issue.” [William & Margaret had a son William, b. c1627. (See entries in 1648 & 1670.)]
1583 Isbell [sic] Wedderburn, e. dau. of William W. [b. c1555] & Mior. [sic] Annand [m. 1578], bap. 25/8/1583 at Aberdeen.
1585
George Wedderburne, 4th son of William W. [b. c1555] & Mariore Annande [m. 1578], bap. 28/10/1585. “There is no entry of his admission as Burgess but George was called ‘citizen of Aberdeen’ when a witness on 27/1/1616”.
1586
Malcolm Wedderburn [in next entry] was admitted a burgess of Aberdeen on 15/9/1586/87 “in consideration of his pains in buying three scoir peaces of stane in Dundye to the bowbridge”.
1588
Malcu. [Malcolm] Wedderburne [his parentage not ascertained] m. Jonatt Knowis on 14/5/1588 at St. Nicholas, Aberdeen. - [They had a s. Robert (b. 1589)]
1588
Bisse [‘Bessie’] Wedderburn, 2nd dau. of William W. [b. c1555] & Marjorie Annand [m. 1578], bap. 1/10/1588 at Aberdeen. (Another source shows bap. on 6/10/1588 at Aberdeen St. Nicholas)
1589
Robtt Wederburne [sic], s. of Malcum W. & Jonatt Knowis [m. 1588], bap. 16/2/1589 at St. Nicholas, Aberdeen.
1590
Miore. Wedderburn, 3rd & ygst. dau. of William W. [b. c1555] & Marjorie Annand [m. 1578], bap. 5/10/1590 at Aberdeen. (Another source shows bap. at Aberdeen St. Nicholas) Marjory m. Matthew Robertson in 1614 (q.v.).
1600
Charles I (King of Great Britain & Ireland 1629-1649), 2nd surv. s. of King James VI of Scotland & Anne of Denmark, was born in Dunfermline Palace on 19/11/1600. When his father became King of England (as James I) in 1603, ‘Charles was temporarily left behind in Scotland because of the risks of the journey’. His elder brother Henry died in 1612 so, on his father’s death, it was Charles who succeeded him. - King Charles I was beheaded on 30/1/1649.
1611 David Wedderburn [‘the grammarian’, b. 1580] m. i) Jonat Johnnstonn on 30/4/1611 at St. Nicholas Aberdeen. “They had a son bap. in 1612 whose Christian name not given”. (Witnesses: Robert Johnstoun of Cremond, baillie Wm. Gray & John Tallidaff.)
1612
Wedderburn, only s. of David W. [‘the grammarian’, b. 1580] by his 1st wife, Jonett Johnston [m. 1611], bap. 25/3/1612 at St. Nicholas Aberdeen. - (‘A.W.’ states that the name of the son of David & Jonett Johnson bap. on that date is not given in the baptismal register, although another source shows the name as ‘Robert’.] - In the Aberdeen Burgess Roll, James Wedderburne ‘son of Mr. David Wedderburne, burgess and rector of the Grammar School’ was admitted a burgess on 1 August 1633.
1613
Janet Johnson ‘wife of David Wedderburn’ [b. 1580] died at Aberdeen on 29/10/1613.
1614
Mariorie Wedderburn [ygst. dau. of WiIliam W. (b. c1555) & Marjorie Annand (m. 1568)] m. Mathew Robertsone on 17/2/1614 at Aberdeen. (Another source shows m. on 6/3/1614 at Aberdeen St. Nicholas) - “Marjorie died in Feb. 1650, leaving issue”.
1614
David Wedderburn [‘the grammarian’, b. 1580] m. ii) Bathia Mowatt on 25/10/1614 at St. Nicholas, Aberdeen. – (Parish Reg. extract shows date of marriage as 28/10/1614.) - David & Bathia had 2 sons & 5 daughters [see below].
1616
B. [‘Bethia’] Wedderburn, e. dau. of David W. [b. 1580] & his 2nd wife, Bathia Mowatt [m. 1614], bap. 31/1/1616 at St. Nicholas, Aberdeen. “This daughter no doubt died before 1630 when another of same name was baptised.”
1617
William Wedderburne, elder son of David W. [b. 1580] by his 2nd wife, Bethia Mowet [m. 1614], bap. 25/1/1617 at St. Nicholas, Aberdeen. “William died & was buried on 7/6/1617”.
1618
David Wedderburn, younger son of David W. [b. 1580] by his 2nd wife, Bethia Mowet [m. 1614], bap. 28/12/1618 at St. Nicholas, Aberdeen.
1619
Janet Wedderburn ‘wife of Alexander Innes, co. Moray’, is named in a discharge 26/2/1619, by her and her husband to John Wedderburn, merchant in Dundee (b. 1585, s. of Robert W., b. c1550, & Eufame Couston), David Wedderburn & Edward Frissell being their cautioners. - “Janet may be the ygst. dau. of Peter W. (b. c1535) & Margaret Kinloch, who m. William Davidson. She may have m. secondly Alexander Innes”. [The Innes family eventually inherited of the Dukedom of Roxburghe.]
1619
Margrat Wedderburne, 2nd dau. of David W. [b. 1580] & Bethia Mowet [m. 1614], bap. 20/12/1619 at St. Nicholas, Aberdeen. Margaret died in 1620 and was “bureit in the Auld Kirk Aberdeen, 8/11/1620”.
1620
William Wedderburne [b. c1555], husband of Marjorie Annand, was “bureit in the Auld Kirk Aberdeen on 16/61620”.
1620
Mr. David Wedderburn [b. 1580], ‘eldest son of the late William Wedderburn’, was admitted burgess of Aberdeen on 14 Aug. 1620.
1622
Janet Wedderburne, 3rd dau. of David W. [b. 1580] & Bethea Mowet [m. 1614], bap. 19/3/1622 at Aberdeen St. Nicholas.
1623
Mr. William Wedderburne, ‘third son of the late Wm. Wedderburne, burgess’, was admitted burgess of Aberdeen on 25 Oct. 1623.
1624
Mr. Wm. Wedderburne [b. 1582-84, 3rd s. of William W. (b. c1555) & Marjorie Annand (m. 1568)] m. i) Margratt Tullidaff on 10/6/1624 at St. Nicholas, Aberdeen. [William & Margaret had a son William, b. c1627. (See entries in 1648 & 1670) - [William m. ii) Agnes Howison in 1649 (q.v.). - ‘A.W.’ comments: “From the use of the prefix ‘Mr.’ it would appear that the husband is the same person in each case”. - He adds: “That he had issue is rendered certain by the existence later on of a family of his name at Bethelnay and Old Meldrum.”.
1627
William Wedderburn [s.William W. (b.1582-84) & Margaret Tullidaff (m 1624)] may have been b. c1627. [William Wedderburn “who may be a son of William Wedderburn & Margaret Tullideph” is mentioned among the “adolescentes qui nomina dederunt” to the Royal College of Aberdeen in 1648”.
1629
Jeane Wedderburne, 4th dau. of David W. [b. 1580] & Bethia Mowat [m. 1614], bap. 16/2/1629 at St. Nicholas, Aberdeen.
1630
Bethia Wedderburn, 5th dau. of David W. [b. 1580] & Bathia Mowat [m. 1614], bap. 12/6/1630 at St. Nicholas, Aberdeen.
1633
Mr. Alexander Wedderburne, ‘youngest son of the late William Wedderburne, burgess’, was admitted burgess of Aberdeen on 1 Aug. 1633.
1633
Mr. James Wedderburne [b. 1612], ‘son of Mr. David Wedderburne, burgess and rector of the Grammar School’, was admitted burgess of Aberdeen on 1 Aug. 1633.
1635
Marjorie Annand, widow of William Wedderburn [b. c1555], died in May 1635. “She was buried with her husband in the Auld Kirk, Aberdeen, on 25/5/1635”.
1646
David Wedderburn ‘the grammarian’ (b. 1580) died on 23/10/1646 and was buried ‘gratis’ in the church of St. Nicholas, Aberdeen.
1648
William Wedderburn “who may be a son of William Wedderburn & Margaret Tullideph” [m. 1624] is mentioned among the “adolescentes qui nomina dederunt” to the Royal College of Aberdeen in 1648”.
1649
Mr. William Wedderburne [?b. 1582-84] m. ii) Agnes Howisone on 22/11/1649 at St. Nicholas, Aberdeen. - [In a footnote on W.B., A.W. writes: “From the use of the prefix ‘Mr.’, it would appear that the husband is the same in each case (but he could perhaps be a s. of William & Margaret, m. 1624, q.v. -]
1649 King Charles I was beheaded in London on 20/1/1649. The Scots proclaimed Charles II King in Edinburgh on 5/2/1649 but the monarchy was abolished on 16/3/1649 and Oliver Cromwell became ‘Protector’.
1658
Oliver Cromwell died on 3/9/1658 and was succeeded as Protector by his son Richard Cromwell. Richard dissolved his Protectorate Parliament on 22/4/1659 and the Rump Parliament was restored on 7/5/1659. On 24 May the Rump induced Richard to abdicate as Protector.
1660
The Convention Parliament invited Charles II to return. The monarchy was formally restored on 8/5/1660, when Charles was proclaimed King.
1660
Mary, daughter of Charles I and wife of William II of Orange, died on 24/12/1660. The Convention Parliament was disbanded on 29/12/1660.
1670
William Wedderburne ‘only son of the late Mr. William Wedderburne, burgess’, was admitted a burgess of Aberdeen on 11 May 1670. - [Is he a son of William Wedderburn & Agnes Howison (m. 1849, q.v.) - & perhaps a grandson of William W. & Margaret Tulideph (m. 1824)?]
1670
William Wedderburn “ane chyld bureit” at Aberdeen, 14/5/1670. (W.B. p. 481) - “This William is unidentified but may be descended from one of the two sons of David the grammarian”. - [He could be a son of William Wedderburn who was admitted a burgess in 1670.]
1673
Alexander Waderburn “soun to Wm. Waderburn, interred 24/5/1673”. (W.B. p. 481) - “Alexander may also be descended from one of the two sons of David, b. 1580” - [He could be a son of the William Wedderburn who was admitted a burgess in 1670.]
“After 1630 (births) and 1650 (marriages) the registers of Aberdeen contain no material entries for over a century and a half and the later descent, if any, from William Wedderburn and Marjorie Annand is left without proof. The Aberdeen burials register is blank from 1622-60”.
Regarding the possible antecedents of this William Wedderburn [b. c1555] ‘A.W.’ states: “The Dundee Wedderburns are descended from Robert Wedderburn (2nd s. of Robert W., d. c1518, & Janet Froster) who m. Janet Kyd and died c1575.” “Robert Wedderburn & Janet Froster’s 3rd son, David, b. c1493 (called ‘younger’ to distinguish him from his namesakes in the Murraygait and the Welgait of Dundee), was admitted a burgess of Dundee on 16 Oct. 1523. (He is referred to as ‘bailie’ and on 27 March 1557 was named as ‘procurator’….. He died between then and 14 Jan. 1566….) It does not appear whom he married but he seems to have had a son, William Wedderburn, who was admitted a burgess of Dundee ‘as son and heir of David’, on 8 June 1535. I find no other mention of him in the Dundee records - perhaps he went north to Aberdeen.”
There may be a connection between Robert Wedderburn & Janet Froster’s 4th son, Alexander (b. c1505), a merchant in Dundee, and later Wedderburns in Aberdeenshire: ‘A.W.’ writes: “After 1554 Alexander was known as ‘elder’, to distinguish him from the clerk and, later, from his namesake in Cupar, Fife”. - Alexander m. Isobel Anderson ‘about 1537’. They had 3 daughters, Elizabeth, Euphame and Janet (who all married), and 2 sons: Richard [‘A.W.’ says that he is’ the only person of the name mentioned throughout the Dundee Records’ - though others appeared later in Leicestershire, Northumberland and London] & Patrick. The elder son, Richard (b. c1540), settled as a burgess of Elsinore in Denmark “where he seems to have been a person of some importance”. - [A researcher in Sweden has unearthed a great deal of information about him and his descendants which cannot be disclosed.] - The younger son, Patrick (b. c1546), “was admitted a burgess of Dundee in 1571 and spent his life in business there”. He married twice. By his second wife, Elizabeth Low, he had a daughter, Magdalen, & 4 sons: Alexander (b. 1580) “who, like his father, was a merchant in Dundee, where he was admitted a burgess in 1600”; Robert (b. c1585); Adam “first named in a settlement on him and his brother Robert, 18 April 1595 (Adam probably died soon after 1612)” [though an Adam W. m. at Prestonpans in 1614 & John “who is named only once, as a legatee in the will of his sister, Magdalen”.
“There is a reference, on 19 Jan. 1575, to a Patrick Wedderburn ‘younger’ [?Patrick b. c1546 ] and, on 11 June 1601, a Patrick Wedderburne and Patrick his son are named as defenders in a suit but, though Patrick’s other sons are frequently and distinctly mentioned in the Dundee records, there are no other references to any son of this name”. “I think”, says ‘A.W.’, “that the latter of these entries refers to Peter Wedderburn [b. c1535, 2nd s. of Robert W. & Janet Kyd] and his son Peter, the names Peter and Patrick being, as I have already observed, often used interchangeably”. He continues: “The former entry is not so easily explicable, as both Peter, the son of Peter Wedderburn, and the Peter, the son of Alexander, the old clerk, were then very young. Another reference, 28 May 1626, referred to above, when Patrick is called ‘elder’, presents no difficulty as his grandson Patrick was then alive”. - [Is there a connection between them and a Patrick & an Adam Wedderburn found later at Fyvie? - See below.]
Under the heading “The Wedderburns at Fyvie 1685-1715”, ‘A.W.’ states: “The early part of the Fyvie marriage register is decayed by damp and so is the part before and after 1711. There are no Wedderburn baptisms in the baptismal register after 4 March 1716, but the register is blank for 1727-29. The burial register covers 1783-88 only, and contains no Wedderburn entries, but the Rev. J. A. Milne, minister of Fyvie, informs me that several of the name are buried in the churchyard but with no names or inscriptions”. - [Extracts from the Fyvie parish registers are quoted in W.B.]
1685 King Charles II died in February 1685. He was succeeded by his brother - James II of England & VI of Scotland.
1685
Patrick Wedderburn [lawful] son of A…. Wedderburn, bap. 15/7/1685 at Fyvie. - (Witnesses: Patrick W. in Overmoor & J... Wedderburn in Darnabo.) - ‘A.W.’ writes: “The father may be Adam W. ‘in Lethante’, who was the father of other issue: William (bap. 1690); Janet (bap. 1706); Jean (bap. 1708); Margaret (bap. 1709); Elizabeth (bap. 1711) & another Elizabeth (bap. 1714). - He is also possibly the same Adam W., elder, ‘in Fetterletter’, and, if so, probably father to Adam W., younger, in Fetterletter, who m. Elspet Smart in 1704”. (W.B. p. 481) - [Adam Wedderburn ‘in Lethante’, father of ‘Jannet’ (bap. 1706), Jean (bap. 1708), Margaret (bap. 1709), Elizabeth (bap. 1711) & Elizabeth (bap. 1714) are surely more likely to be daughters of Adam ‘younger’ & Elspeth Smart?]
1685
John Wedderburn [“probably John W. of Darnabo” ] m. Issobell Petrie on 17/12/1685 at Fyvie. - ‘A.W. writes: “It is possible that he may be identical with one of three other persons named in the register, viz: John Wedderburn ‘in Muirfoord-land’, John Wedderburn ‘in Stonmanhill’ and/or John Wedderburn ‘in Badichel’. ”
1686
James Wedderburn, son of John W. [“no doubt John W. in Darnabo.”], bap. 11/11/1686 at Fyvie. - (Witnesses: James Petrie in Nethermuir fund land & Adam W. There.)
1686
James II’s first Declaration of Liberty of Conscience in 1686 professed toleration for all religions but in reality favoured Catholics. “The NE of Scotland was a stronghold of the Episcopalians”. - [The Wedderburns in Dundee were staunch Episcopalians.]
1687
Jean Wedderburn, dau. of John W. [in Darnabo], bap. 27/10/1687 at Fyvie. (Witnesses: Gilbert Clark in Darnabo & Peter Hunter there &c.)
1688
Margaret Wedderburn, dau. of John W. [in Darnabo], bap. 16/10/1688 at Fyvie. - ( Witnesses: Gilbert Clark in Darnabo & James Petrie in Muirfund land &c.)
1688
James II’s second Declaration of Liberty of Conscience in April 1688 was to be read out in Churches. Seven bishops petitioned the King to be excused from reading the Declaration.
1688
James Stuart, son of James II, b. 10/6/1688, ‘opening up the prospect of a succession of Catholic Kings’. - The seven Bishops were tried and acquitted.
1688
William III of Orange (the King’s son-in-law) was invited by Whig and Tory leaders in July 1688 ‘to save Britain from Catholicism’.
1689
William III & Mary II became joint sovereigns of Great Britain in April 1689 and in May war broke out with France. - Viscount Dundee (Graham of Claverhouse) raised his standard in support of James Stuart. - In December 1689 a ‘Bill of Rights’ asserting that no Catholic may become sovereign was enacted by Parliament.
1690
Margrat Wederburn (sic), dau. of John Wederburn [in Badichel], bap. 12/1/1690 at Fyvie. ( Witnesses: John Milne in the parish of Monwhetter & John Milne, Badichel.)
1690
William Wedderburn, son of Adam W. [in Lethenty], bap. 23/8/1690 at Fyvie. Witnesses: Wm. Gray there, & Wm. Hunter in Woodhead of Fetter-letter. -) - [Is William a brother of Patrick W., bap. 1685? (Note *, after first entry for 1741, q.v., shows that William Wedderburn, gardener in Old Meldrum, was b. c1690. - It seems likely that he is this William.)] - ‘A.W.’ writes: “William W., ‘gardener at Meldrum’ is probably identical with Wm. W. in Forrester-hill and, possibly, Wm. W. in Tulloch”. - See m. of William W. to Isabel Edward, 1719. [He could be the William W. ‘in Buss’ (Birse) who had a son John bap. at at Banchory Ternan, Kincardineshire, in 1706 (q.v.).]
1690
Jean Wedderburn, dau. of John W. [in Stonmanhill - see John 1685], bap. 8/12/1690 at Fyvie. [It is probably this Jean who m. John Ironsyd at Fyvie on 15/7/1714 (q.v.). [The Ironsides were an influential Aberdeenshire family.]
1691
Margt. Wederburn [unidentified] m. Wm. Craig [of Monwhether] on 12/1/1691 at Fyvie. ( In one source, William’s surname is given as Craib. - Witnesses: John Thomson in Miltoun &c. Another source shows date of marriage as 15/6/1691.)
1691
Elizabeth Wedderburn, dau. of William W. [in Badichel - see John 1685 & William 1694], bap. 8/2/1691 at Fyvie. ‘A.W. writes: “William may be identical with William W. in Andrew’s-foord who had a son William bap. 28/10/1694”.
1692
John Wedderburn, son of John W. [in Muirfund-land - see John 1685], bap. 17/10/1692 at Fyvie. (Witnesses: Wm. Wilson & John Milne in Roshead.)
1693
Janet Wedderburn, dau. of John W. [in Stonmanhill - see John 1685], bap. 15/1/1693 at Fyvie. (Witnesses: John Findlay elder & John Findlay, younger, in Stonmanhill. )
1693
Alexander Wedderburn [b. 1672], e. son of Sir John W., 1st Bt. of Blackness [b. 1641, e. surv. of Sir Alexander W., Kt., Clerk of Dundee, b.1610, & Matilda Fletcher) m. Elizabeth Seton, e. dau. of Sir Alexander Seton, 1st Bt. of Pitmedden (co. Aberdeen) on 1/6/1693. - Alexander became the 2nd Bt. of Blackness on the death of his father in 1706 “and promptly set about enlarging the estates but he died in January 1710, leaving considerable debts.” - Alexander & Elizabeth’s 2nd [but e. surv.] son, John (b. 1700), became the 3rd Bt. of Blackness at the age of 10, but he died in 1723. “With his death the male line of his grandfather, Sir John, 1st Bt. of Blackness, came to an end and, under the wide limitations of the patent, to heirs male, the title passed to Alexander (b. 1675), the e.s. of the first baronet’s second brother, James (Clerk of Dundee 1671-96) who, in 1718, had bought the Blackness estate from the young 3rd Bt.” (W.B. pp. 243-44) - [Alexander, 4th Bt. of Blackness, died in 1744. - His eldest son John, the 5th Bt. (b. 1704), was executed in London in 1746 for his part in the Jacobite rebellion, and the ‘Blackness’ baronetcy became extinct.]
1694
William Wedderburn son of William W. [in Andrew’s-foord], bap. 28/10/1694 at Fyvie. (Witnesses: Wm. Smith in Mains of Criechie & Wm. Mackie in Old Meldrum.) - ‘A.W.’ writes: “William Wedderburn in Andrew’s-foord may be identical with William Wedderburn in Badichel [see Elizabeth, 1691] and it is probably this William (bap. 1694) who is the William W. ‘in Cottoune of Gight’ who had a son Adam bap. 4/3/1716” (q.v.).
1694
William Wedderburn, son of John W. [in Muirfoundland - see John 1685], bap. 4/11/1694 at Fyvie. (Witnesses: George Bruce in Badichel & George Miln in Monwhetter.)
1694
John Wedderburn, son of John W. [in Stonmanhill - see John 1685], bap. 8/11/1694 at Fyvie. (Witnesses: John Findlay there & Adam Wedderburn.)
1695
Hellen Wedderburn [unidentified] m. John Steinson [Stevenson] on 10/1/1695 at Fyvie. (Witnesses: Adam Pantoun &c.)
1696
Margaret Wedderburn, dau. of John W. [?in Badichel], bap. 1696 at Fyvie. - [Perhaps the same person as ‘Margrat Wederburn’, bap. 1690, with the last ‘6’ misread as ‘0’? ]
1696
Elspet Wedderburn [unidentified] m. William Reed in Jan. 1696 at Monquhitter. - “A single reference to the name of Wedderburn in this register 1670-1800”.
1696
Isobell Wedderburn, dau. of John W. [in Stonmanhill - see John 1685] bap. 30/3/1696 at Fyvie. (Witnesses: John Findlay &c.)
1696
Helen Wedderburn, dau. of John W. [in Muirfundland - see John 1685], bap. on 6/12/1696 at Fyvie. (Witnesses: John Steinsone & Adam Wedderburn, both there.)
1704
Adam Wederburn [sic - in Fetterletter] m. Elspet Smart [in Lethenty] on 29/6/1704 at Fyvie. (Witnesses: Adam W., elder, in Fetterletter & Thomas Smart in Lethenty.) - [‘A.W.’ suggests that ‘Jannet’ (bap. 1706), Jean (bap. 1708), Margaret (bap. 1709) & Elizabeth (bap. 1714) are daughters of Adam W. elder (see Patrick, bap. 1685), but they must surely be daughters of this Adam ‘younger’ & Elspeth Smart?]
1706
John Wedderburn, son of William W. [‘in Buss’, according to W.B. - Perhaps he is Adam W. senior’s son, bap. 1690? - See m. to Isobel Edward in 1719)], bap. 23/5/1706 at Banchory Ternan. [‘Buss’ is probably Birse.] - [Another researcher found in a Banchory census-list that the d.o.b. apparently given for a John Wedderburn married to a Margaret Mason was 23/5/1706 - but the John Wedderburn who m. Margaret Mason at Old Machar in 1748 (q.v.) was aged 80 when he died in 1801. (Perhaps this John was his son?)]
1706
Jannet Wedderburn, [?e.] dau. of Adam W. [in Lethante (?& Elspet Smart, m. 1704)], bap. 5/12/1706 at Fyvie. (Witnesses: Alexander Gammoch etc. )
1708
Jean Wedderburn, [?2nd] dau. of Adam W. [in Lethante (?& Elspet Smart, m. 1704)], bap. 4/4/1708 at Fyvie. (Witnesses: Alexander Gammoch etc.)
1709
Margaret Wedderburn, [?3rd] dau. of Adam W. [in Lethante (?& Elspet Smart, m. 1704)], bap. 15/5/1709 at Fyvie. (Witnesses: Alexander Gammoch etc.)
1711
Elizabeth Wedeburn (sic), dau. of -- Wedeburn [in Lethante], bap. 26/10/1711 at Fyvie. (Witnesses: Alexander Gammoch etc.) - ‘A.W.’ writes: “Elizabeth may be the daughter of Adam W.’s son Patrick, bap. 1685”.
1713
Peter Wedderburn m. Elizabeth Murdoch on 23/4/1713 at New Deer. “Peter, who had two daughters, Jannet (bap. 1714) & Margaret (bap. 1716), is no doubt Patrick, bap. 1685”.
1714
Elizabeth Wedderburn, [?4th] dau. of Adam W. [in Lethante (?& Elspet Smart, m. 1704)], bap. 8/1/1714 at Fyvie. (Witnesses: Peter Wedderburn etc.) - [Could it be this Elizabeth who m. Alexander Nicoll at Old Machar in 1751 (q.v.)? - In 1795 an Adam Wederburn (sic), living in the Even quarter in Abderdeen, paid £1 rent for a property the proprietors of which were ‘The Gardeners Society’. (He may be the Adam Wedderburn who m. Ann Smith in 1793, q.v.).]
1714
Jannet Wedderburn, [?2nd - see Elizabeth, b. 1711] dau. of Peter W. [& Elizabeth Murdoch, m. 1713], bap. 28/2/1714 at Fyvie. (Witnesses: William Wedderburn etc.) - “Peter is no doubt to be identified with Patrick W., s. of Adam W. ‘in Lethante’, bap. 15/7/1685”. [The witness must be William W. bap. 1690 at Fyvie - i.e. brother of Adam ‘younger’ (his bap. not found) and Patrick/Peter, bap. 1685.]
1714
Jean Wedderburn [?bap. 1690] m. John Ironsyd on 15/7/1714 at Fyvie. [Jean may be the d. of John W. ‘of Stonmanhill’?] - See note ***** re ‘Heaviside’. [The Ironsides were an influential Aberdeenshire family.]
1716
Margaret Wedderburn, [?3rd] dau. of Peter W. [& Elizabeth Murdoch, m. 1713], bap. 22/1/1716 at Fyvie. (Witnesses: William Wedderburn etc. ) ‘A.W.’ writes: “Peter is no doubt to be identified with Patrick W., s. of Adam W. in Lethante, bap. 15/7/1685”. [The witness must be William W. bap. 1690 at Fyvie - i.e. brother of Adam ‘younger’ (his bap. not found) and Patrick/Peter, bap. 1685.]
1716
Adam Wederburn (sic), son of William W. [in Cottoune of Gight], bap. 4/3/1716 at Fyvie. (Witnesses: Adam Wedderburn & Peter Wedderburn.) - ‘A.W.’ writes: “William in Cotoune of Gight is probably the William, s. of William W. ‘in Andrews-foord’, who was bap. 28/10/1694” (q.v.).
‘A.W.’ says: “The families of the name [of Wedderburn] at Fyvie, Old Meldrum and Tarves were, no doubt, closely related having, probably, a common ancestor in the person of William Wedderburn of Bethelnay”. [William b. 1582/84.] - He writes: “The descendants of William Wedderburn ‘of Bethelnie’ were no doubt baptised at Old Meldrum”. He adds: “While William W. ‘in Old Bethelnie’ is no doubt descended from the minister at Bethelnay - though because of the late date at which the Old Meldrum register begins, there is no absolute proof - he is distinct from the William W. ‘gardener in Old Meldrum’, though both may be his descendants”. [The registers were searched “down to 1800, 1812, 1818, that of baptisms beginning in 1713, and that of marriages in 1752, while that of deaths is very irregular - only one material entry appearing. - The registers of the parish of Tarves were searched down to 1800”.] - ‘A.W.’ states: “I would like to have had the registers of Aberdeen, with those of Old and New Machar, 1641 on (10 vols.), and 1616 on (2 vols.), completely searched”. [The registers that were searched are listed, Daviot and Dyce are not included, and “Newhills was searched for baptisms only from 1751-1800”.] – Another source shows baptisms and marriages from the Old Machar (Aberdeen), and other registers that ‘A.W.’ did not have searched and, in Sept. 2000, more details were discovered about William-the-gardener in Old Meldrum’s tombstone in Old Aberdeen Burial Ground. - [See entry below James Wedderburn, b. 1740.] - The following entries incorporate the information that was not available to ‘A.W’.
1718
Helen Wedderburn, dau. of William W. [in Old Bethelnie], bap. 13/7/1718 at Old Meldrum. - [It may be this Helen who m. John Duncan in 1745?]
1719
William Wederburn (sic) [b. c1690 (q.v.), gardener at Meldrum - later at Forrester-hill] & Isabel Edward [b. 1692, d. 1769], both in this parish, m. on 8/12/1719 at Old Machar by Mr. Wm. South, Minister. - ‘A.W.’ states: “William Wedderburn, gardener at Meldrum, who had 3 children bap. at Old Meldrum is distinct from William W. in Old Bethelnie, who also had 3 children bap. there….and may be identical with William W. gardener at Forrester-hill, who had 2 daughters bap. there, and possibly also with William Wedderburn in Tulloch, who had a son George bap. there”. - William & ‘Elizabeth’ Edward apparently had more children, though. The following list includes those who are ‘perhaps’ their children, as well as those shown by ‘A.W.’: William (bap. 1720 at Old Machar, died before 1725); John (b. 1721, m. Margaret Mason in 1748 at Old Machar); Jane (bap. 1723, “who is perhaps Jean W. who m. George Jamieson in 1748”); William (bap. 1725 - who may be William W. ‘in Wardend of Old Meldrum’ but see William, s. of William W. in Old Bethelnie, bap. 1723); Elizabeth (bap. 1727 ‘who probably died before 1738’); Gilbert (bap. 1729 at Maryculter); Agnes (bap there 1732); Isobell (bap. 1735 at Newhills); Mary (bap. there 1737); Elizabeth (bap. 1738, ‘who is probably Elspeth W. who m. John Gray in 1756’); James (bap. 1740 at Old Machar - who became James W. ‘of ‘Echt’ who m. Isobel Forbes in 1766, q.v. & died at Craibstone in ); Isobel (bap. 1741, ‘who is probably the Isobel who m. George Bothwell in 1771); & George (bap. 1744). - (The inscription on William Wedderburn & ‘Elizabeth’ Edward’s tombstone in Old Aberdeen Burial Ground is shown below entry for James W., bap. 1740, q.v.)
1720
William Wederburne (sic), [e.] son of William Wederburne [b. c1690, gardener at Meldrum - later in Forrester-hill, nr. Aberdeen] & Isabel Edward [m. 1719], bap. 11/9/1720 at Old Machar. (This William presumably died before 1725 when another son, bap. at Old meldrum, was given the same name.)
1720
William Wedderburn, [e.] son of William W. [in Old Bethelnie], bap. 6/11/1720 at Old Meldrum. - “No doubt he died before the birth of his younger brother.” [Another son named William was purportedly b. in 1732 but this is an error. - The second William was bap. in 1723 (q.v.).]
1721
John Wedderburn [perhaps 2nd s. of William W., gardener at Meldrum, later at Forrester-hill?] was b. 1720/21. - John m. Margaret Mason at Old Machar in 1748 (q.v.). - [They had 2 sons & 5 daughters.] - Margaret ‘Masson’ was buried on 1/3/1761 & John Wedderburn, gardener in Ward of Acquholly, was buried on 28/2/1801, aged 80.
1721
Margarit (sic) Wedderburn, e. dau. of James W. [of Cairnbroggie], bap. 9/4/1721 at Tarves. - [See entry re m. of Helen W. to John Duncan in 1745.]
1723
William Wedderburn, [2nd] son of William W. [in Old Bethelnie], bap. 29/6/1723 at Old Meldrum. (The year is shown as 1732 in W.B .but in the extracts from the Old Meldrum baptismal register it is shown correctly as 1723.) - [See entry re William W. ‘in Wardend of Old Meldrum’ in 1749.]
1723
Jane Wedderburn, [e.] dau. of William W. [b. c1690, gardener at Meldrum - later in Forrester-hill], bap. 17/8/1723 at Old Meldrum. - “Jane is probably ‘Jean’ Wedderburn of the parish of Turriff who m. George Jamieson of Auchterless on 9/7/1748”.
1724
Elspet Wedderburn, 2nd dau. of James W. [of Cairnbroggie], bap. 10/5/1724 at Tarves. - [See entry re m. of Helen W. to John Duncan in 1745.]
1725
William Wedderburn, [?3rd] son of William W. [b. c1690, gardener at Meldrum - later in Forrester-hill], bap. 7/7/1725 at Old Meldrum. - [See entry re William W. ‘in Wardend of Old Meldrum’ in 1749.]
1727
Elizabeth Wedderburn, [2nd] dau. of William W. [b. c1690, gardener at Meldrum - later in Forrester-hill], bap. 17/8/1727 at Old Meldrum. “This Elizabeth probably died before 8/5/1738” - when another Elizabeth, ‘d. of William W. in Forrester-hill’, was baptised.
1728
Margaret Wadderburn (sic), dau. of William W. [unidentified], bap. 24/5/1728 at Daviot.
1729
Gilbert Wedderburn, [?4th] son of William W. & Isabel Edward [m. 1719], bap. 11/8/1729 at Maryculter.
1730
Alexander Wedderburn, son of William W. [unidentified], bap. 30/5/1730 at Daviot.
1732
Agnes Wedderburn, [?3rd] dau. of William W. [b. c1690] & Isabel Edward [m. 1719], bap. 17/2/1732 at Maryculter.
1735
Isobell Wedderburn, [?4th] dau. of William W. [?b. c1790, & Isabel Edward (m. 1719)], bap. 30/1/1735 at Newhills. “The Newhills register was [only] searched for baptisms between 1751-1800”.
1735
Barbara Wedderburn, dau. of William W. [unidentified], bap. 30/11/1735 at Daviot. Aberdeen
1736
John Wedderburn [?b. 1681] m. Jane Strachan on 16/5/1736 at Dyce. [Not shown in the W.B.] - [This may be a first m. of the John Wedderburn who m. ‘Marjory Wastland’ in 1738 (q.v.).]
1736
Christian [‘Christina’, acc. to W.B.] Wedderburn, 3rd dau. of James W. [of Cairnbroggie], bap. 4/11/1736 at Tarves. - “Christina m. Baston Morison in 1763” (q.v.). - [See entry re m. of Helen W. to John Duncan in 1745.]
1737
Mary Wedderburn, [?5th] dau. of William W. [?b. c1790, & Isabel Edward (m. 1719)], bap. 30/1/1737 at Newhills. “The Newhills register was (only) searched for baptisms between 1751-1800”. - Mary probably m. William Thomson on 23/3/1773 at Old Machar.
1737
Jane Wedderburn, dau. of John W. & Jane Strachan [m. 1737], bap. 18/6/1737 at Dyce. [Jane Strachan may be first wife of John W. who m. ‘Marjory Wastland’ in 1738 (q.v.).]
1738
John Wedderburn m. Marjory Wastland on 1/6/1738 at Dyce. [Not shown in the “Wedderburns in Aberdeen” section of the W.B. but, on W.B. p. 223, ‘A.W.’ relates a tale told to ‘J.W.’ (‘A.W’s’ grandfather) by a Charles Wedderburn ‘of Perth’, who said that his father, John Wedderburn, had m. a ‘Margaret Westland’ at Echt in 1737. (This m. at Dyce must be their marriage.) - Charles told ‘J.W.’ that his father was the younger son of Peter Wedderburn, b. 1652 (7th but 3rd surviving son of Sir Alexander Wedderburn, Kt.) & Catherine Man. Their son John was bap. in Dundee on 7/2/1681 - his ‘name-father’ being John W. ‘of Gosford’ (b. 1657). Charles said that his father had taken the life of a fellow-student at St. Andrew’s and had escaped to the Highlands, where he obtained a small-holding on Forbes’ lands at ‘Eicht’ in Donside, married Margaret Westland, and died there in 1744 leaving two sons, himself (Charles), ‘b. 1739’ & John, ‘b. 1741’.” ‘A.W.’ adds: “John Wedderburn and Margaret Westland may, of course, have had other sons besides Charles b. 1739 and John b. 1748 (who became a farmer at Camno in Perthshire and died at ‘Arthurstone’, near Meigle, in 1822), but these would seem to have been the only two who survived”. [ ‘A.W.’ says: “The Register of births for the parish of Echt was searched, 1678-1819, but no Wedderburns are named in it. The Old Meldrum Marriage Register, however, contains an entry of the marriage, 6,12 Dec. 1766, of a James Wedderburn in Echt to Isobel Forbes - see post s. the Wedderburns in Aberdeen”. [See this m. in 1766.]
1738
Elizabeth Wedderburn, [?6th] dau. of William W. [in Forrester-hill (?& Isabel Edward, m. 1719)], bap. 8/5/1738, Old Meldrum. “William Wedderburn in Forrester Hill is probably identical with William Wedderburn gardener in Meldrum…Elizabeth is probably the ‘Elspet’ W. who m. John Gray at Old Meldrum on 8/7/1756”.
1739
Janet Wedderburn, 4th & ygst. dau. of James W. [of Cairnbroggie], bap. 22/6/1739 at Tarves. ) - [See entry re m. of Helen W. to John Duncan in 1745.]
1739
Thomas Wedderburn, [?e.] son of John W. [?b. 1681 at Dundee], bap. 24/6/1739 at Dyce. Charles W. ‘of Perth’ is said to have claimed that he was b. in 1739 & that his brother John was b. in 1741, but no brother Thomas is mentioned. (See m. of John W. & Marjory Westland in 1738.) - [Thomas may have died young - but is it possible that he is the ‘unidentified’ Thomas W. who m. Jane Gavelston (m. not found - ‘d. of Mary Gavelstone, heiress of an estate near Berwick-on-Tweed’), and had a son, Thomas W. ‘of Berwick & Edinburgh’, who m. Jane Cockburn (m. not found )- - No baptism of a son John - who became a farmer at Camno, in Perthshire has been found]. - [A Thomas Wedderburn (unidentified), of St. George’s, Hanover Square, was buried at St. Mary-le-bone, Westminster, London, on 8/8/1813, aged 73. - Could he perhaps be this Thomas?]
1740
Thomas Wedderburn, [afterwards ‘of Cantra’ (Gallacantray), Collector of Excise in Inverness, b. 1710 at Dundee, 7th but 3rd surv. s. of Sir Alexander W., 4th Bt. of Blackness, & Katharine Scott (m. 1697 at Dundee) - & ygst. brother of Sir John W., 5th Bt. of Blackness, b. 1704, who was executed in London in November 1746 for his part in the ’45 Jacobite Uprising] m. Katharine Dunbar [b. 1720, 2nd d. of Alexander Dunbar of Grange, Morayshire, & Mary Fraser] on 20/9/1740, ‘no doubt in the North’. The marriage was unusual for the time as Thomas’s family were Episcopalians & Katharine’s family were Presbyterians. - They had 3 sons & 5 daughters: Alexander (b. 1741); Mary (b. 1742); John (b. 1743); Katharine (b. 1744); Elizabeth (b. 1747); Robina (b. 1749); Thomasina (b. 1750) & James (b. 1751). - The sons were brought up as Episcopalians & the daughters as Presbyterians. - The sons all went out to Jamaica. - Thomas is said to have been on the side of ‘Bonnie Prince Charlie’ in the 1745 Jacobite rebellion but, from his reports, it would seems that he may have been on the government side. (Perhaps he ‘rode both horses’?)]
1740
James Wedderburn, [?5th] son of William W. [b. c1690] & Is. Edward [m. 1719], bap. 7/10/1740 at Old Machar. James Wedderburn ‘of Echt’ m. Isobel Forbes at Old Meldrum in 1766 (q.v.). - James Wedderburn ‘of Craibstone’ died on 29/1/1813, aged 72. - See following notes:
‘A.W.’ states that in 1893 there was a tombstone in Old Aberdeen churchyard with this inscription: “To the memory of William Wedderburn, late gardener at Forrester-hill, who died 20/12/1764 aged 74 years. Also his spouse Elizabeth Edward who died 7 January 1769 aged 77 years. Likewise Elizabeth Wedderburn daughter of James Wedderburn farmer at Craibstone...... . At this point the stone has sunk too far into the ground for the words to be legible”. (He adds in a footnote that “this James W. has not been identified’). - However, the full inscription on the tombstone has since been unearthed and is to be found in “Monumental Inscriptions in the Old Aberdeen Burial Ground”. It reads:
“To the memory of William Wedderburn, late gardener at Forresterhill d. 26 Dec. 1764 ag. 74yrs., his sp. Elizabeth Edward, d. 7 Jan. 1769 ag. 77 yrs. likewise Elizabeth Wedderburn, dg. to James Wedderburn, gardener at Crabstone (sic), d. 21 July 1795 ag. 22 yrs. Also interred here the sd. James Wedderburn, d. 29 Jan. 1813 ag. 72 yrs. also Isobel Forbes, his sp. d. 21 May 1818 ag. 75 yrs. their dg. Helen, d. 20 Sept. 1797 ag. 15 yrs. Also Mary Wedderburn, sp. to Conveener William Deans, 5 June 1851 ag. 74 yrs. the said William Deans d. 14 July 1855 ag. 81 yrs.”
This shows that James Wedderburn ‘farmer at Craibstone’ must be the same person as James Wedderburn ‘of Echt’ who m. Isobel Forbes in 1766 (q.v.), and also the same person as James Wedderburn ‘in Whitekilns, parish of Newhills’. [James & Isobel’s daughter Elizabeth was bap. at Banchory Ternan in 1771, their daughter Helen was bap. at Newhills in 1782 & their daughter Mary (who m. William Deans at Old Machar in 1803) was bap. there in 1778.] - (Although it does not state in the inscription that James of Craibstone is William and Elizabeth Edward’s son it seems likely that he was, and James’s daughter Elizabeth, who is also buried there, would therefore be their granddaughter.)
If William Wedderburn ‘gardener at Meldrum’ is the same person as William Wedderburn ‘at Forrester-hill’ (as seems to be the case), it must be he who m. Isabel Edward in 1719. [As he was 74 when he died in 1764, it seems possible that he is the William bap. at Fyvie on 23/8/1690 (q.v.), son of Adam W. ‘in Lethenty’. ]
1741
Charles Wedderburn, [?2nd] son of John W. [?b. 1681 at Dundee], bap. 9/5/1741 at Dyce. See m. of John W. to ‘Marjory Wastland’ in 1738 & baptisms of Thomas W. in 1739 & William ‘Wodderburn’ in 1744. (Charles W. said that he was born in 1739 & that he had a brother John b. in 1741.) - Charles became a Gardener at Alloa, Clackmannanshire, & later a Manfacturer in Perth. - He m. Elizabeth Imrie at Perth in 1776. - Elizabeth died in 1821 & Charles died at Perth in Dec. 1824. [See ‘Camnowed.doc’ for further details.]
1741
Isobel Wedderburn, [?7th & ygst.] dau. of William W. [in Forrester-hill (?& Isabel Edward, m. 1719)], bap. 17/5/1741 at Old Meldrum. - “Probably the Isobel who m. George Bothwell in 1771”.
1741
Alexander Wedderburn, e. son of Thomas W. [‘of Cantra’, Collector of Excise at Inverness, b. 1710 at Dundee] & Katharine Dunbar [m. 1740], was b. 20/8/1741 at Grange Hill, in the parish of Dyke (although ‘A.W.’ could find no entry in the Dyke parish register). - “Alexander went out to Jamaica in the spring of 1760, staying on his way south with his uncle Robert Wedderburn at Pearsie, in Forfarshire. He died unm. on 10/2/1770, at Bluecastle, parish of Westmoreland, Jamaica, and was no doubt buried in the garden there”. [There is a reference to a memorial “erected at Blue Castle, Westmoreland, by John Wedderburn & James to Alexander Wedderburn, our cousin german, d. 1771 (sic), aged 30”.]
1742
Mary Wedderburn, e. dau. of Thomas W. [‘of Cantra’, Collector of Excise at Inverness, b. 1710 at Dundee] & Katharine Dunbar [m. 1740], bap. 18/9/1742 at Forres, co. Elgin. - Mary was born on 13th Sept. (The witnesses at her baptism were Mary Dunbar, Lady Phopachy, & Archibald Dunbar of Dykeside.) - “Mary was for some time in London with her cousin Miss Read (Catharine Read, the portrait painter), & there met a family with whom she went out to Quebec. On their return home, she remained behind and no further particulars of her could be got. Her family thus concluded that she died there unmarried”.
1743
John Wedderburn, 2nd son of Thomas W. [‘of Cantra’, Collector of Excise at Inverness, b. 1710 at Dundee] & Katharine Dunbar [m. 1740], bap. 22/8/1743 at Forres, co. Elgin. - John was born on 19th Aug. (The witnesses at his baptism were John Frigge, merchant in Findhorn, & Cecilia Colley, Mrs Dunbar of Dykeside”. - John went to Jamaica in the Spring of 1762 and became the owner of a number of sugar plantations, including (through his marriage to Mary Wisdom Bedward in 1782) the “Spring Garden” Estate. In 1789, John returned to Scotland & in July he was presented with the freedom of Inverness. He and his wife then settled in London where John later became senior partner in “Wedderburn Webster & Co.”, the East & West India House in Leadenhall Street founded by the Webster brothers from Dundee, who were half-brothers of his uncle’s, Robert W. of Pearsie’s, wife Isobel Edward (b. 1718 - not the Isobel Edward above). - An Alexander Seton was a partner in the firm. He was one of the Trustees of John Wedderburn’s Will after his death. [See m. of Alexander W. to Elizabeth ‘Seaton’ in 1693.] - John & Mary had 2 sons & 4 daughters. - John died at Chigwell, Essex, in 1820 & Mary died in 1835 at Epsom, Surrey. - [They are the g.g.grandparents of ‘A.W.’, author of the “Wedderburn Book” published in 1898.]
1744
William Wodderburn (sic), [?3rd] son of John W. [?b.1681 at Dundee], bap. 29/1/1744 at Dyce. - [William would appear to be another son of John Wedderburn & Marjory ‘Wastland’, who were m. at Dyce in 1738 (q.v.).]
1744
George Wedderburn, son of William W. [in Tulloch (?6th & ygst. s. of William W., b. c1790, & Isabel Edward, m. 1719)], bap. 22/7/1744, Old Meldrum. “William W. in Tulloch is perhaps the same person as Wm. W. in Old Meldrum & Forrester-hill”. George may be ‘Crofter’ George W. who m. Helen Forbes c1775. - [See note below m. of Helen Wedderburn to John Duncan in 1745.]
1744
Katharine Wedderburn, 2nd dau. of Thomas W. [‘of Cantra’, Collector of Excise at Inverness, b. 1710 at Dundee] & Katharine Dunbar [m. 1740], was b. & bap. on 1/10/1744 at Rosemarkie. - “Entry shown on the first leaf of the Rosemarkie or Fortrose parish register, where it states: N.B. The above was b. & bap. in Fortrose. (Witnesses: the Rev. Mr. John Wood, Mr. John Baillie, Mr. Fraser of Phopachie & Mr. John Baillie”.) - “Katharine lived for some years in London, and at one time was in Rome, where her cousin Miss Read, painted a portrait of her….From London she returned to Scotland and was for many years resident in North James St., Edinburgh, where she died on 22/2/1825”.
1745
Agnes Wedderburn m. John Bartlet [of Meldrum] on 31/1/1745 at Tarves. - [See note below m. of Helen W. & John Duncan in next entry.]
1745
Helen Wedderburn m. John Duncan on 30/7/1745 at Tarves. - [Helen is perhaps the Helen W. bap. at Old Meldrum in 1718, dau. of William W. in Old Bethelnie - and she may be the Helen Duncan who was great-grandmother & ‘name-mother’ to Duncan Wilson, bap. 9-14 Oct 1792 at Camno, Perthshire, e.s. of Jean Wedderburn (b. 1772) & her husband John Wilson, Shipmaster in Dundee (m. 1790).]
Under the heading “George Wedderburn at Tarves and his descendants”, ‘A.W.’ writes: “The connection between James W. of Cairnbroggie [see his children:‘Margarit’ bap. 1721, Elspet bap. 1724, Christian bap. 1736 & Janet bap. 1739], the John W. who m. Janet Bothwell in 1755, the James W. who m. Agnes Bothwell in 1763, the Agnes W. who m. John Bartlett of Meldrum in 1745 & Helen W. who m. John Duncan, though no doubt close, does not appear. From one or more of the first three may be descended 1) John W. who m. Jessie Duquid (another source shows that John W. m. Janet Duguid) and had a daughter, Agnes [bap. at Udny, 14/10/1804 (q.v.)], who m. Alexander Mutch and died a widow aged 82 at Ellon, Savoch, on 27/1/1885; and 2) George W., who m. Helen Forbes about 1775-80**, and had a son George, a daughter Agnes, who m. Alexander Smith and died a widow on 11/8/1861, aged 76, and possibly another son, Alexander, who m. Penelope Pringle and had a daughter, Ann Watson Wedderburn (b. 1834), who m. Alexander Allardyce of Fetter-letter at Fyvie on 5/6/1858, and died in 1890.” - [In the 1881 Census, Ann Allardyce, aged 50 (sic - b. Fyvie), was living at Fetterletter, Fyvie, with her husband Alexander, a farmer aged 54 (b. Fyvie), their 3 sons & 3 daus., a grandson, and Ann’s father Alexander Wedderburn, a retired farmer, unmarried, aged 70 (‘b. Tarves’) - (so he did not marry Penelope Pringle!) - Alexander died in 1889 ‘aged 77’ (sic). - Alexander was b. 1810. He is the e.s. of George & Helen’s son George (bap. 1780 at Old Meldrum) & his first wife Margaret (?or Mary) Webster, (m. 1809). - [Recent investigations show that George W. & Helen Forbes’s daughter Agnes was b. c1785. - George also had a son John (bap. at Boleskin, Inverness-shire in 1777, who m. Helen Leys in 1806, q.v. - It may be this John who had a daughter Agnes by Jessie Duguid.]
** This marriage has not been found but ‘A.W.’ says that the marriage is proved by the entry in the general register of deaths at H.M. Reg. House, Edinburgh, of the death on 18/8/1858, at Woodhead, Fyvie, of his son George: “George W., crofter, married, aged 78, son to George W., crofter, and Helen Forbes, both deceased, died at Woodhead, Fyvie, on Aug. 18 1858. Alexander W. present”. - [See George W., b. 1780 & Alexander W., b. 1810.]
1747
Elizabeth Wedderburn, 3rd dau. of Thomas W. [‘of Cantra’, Collector of Excise at Inverness, b. 1710 at Dundee] & Katharine Dunbar [m. 1740], was b. & bap. on 8/3/1747 at Rosemarkie. - “Entry shown on the first leaf of the Rosemarkie or Fortrose parish register, where it states: N.B. The above was b. & bap. at Fortrose. (Witnesses: the Rev. Mr. John Wood, Mr. John Baillie, Mr. Fraser of Phopachie & Mr. John Baillie”.) - “Elizabeth m. --- Blyth, an architect in Aberdeen or Montrose (which marriage estranged her from her family, who did not consider her husband’s position sufficiently good), and by him had 2 sons & 3 daughters, viz: John, an attorney in Jamaica, who died in 1835; Alexander, who went to sea; Elizabeth, who m. --- Brodie, but died s.p. and was buried in Buccleugh Chapel cemetery; Rosamund, who m. --- Jamieson in Jamaica, and who died s.p.; and Jean, of whom there is no account”. - There are drafts of letters (1806) from Henry Scrymgeour-Wedderburn (b. 1755) to his cousin John Blyth in Jamaica, and others (1806-7) to Messrs. Wedderburn, Grant & Blyth, attornies, Westmoreland, Jamaica, “who, after August 1807, are addressed as Messrs. Grant & Blyth only”. Elizabeth died at Montrose on 8/2/1819 and is buried at Old Aberdeen.
1748
Jean Widderbaum [sic] m. George Jamison on 9/6/1748 at Auchterless. - “Jean is possibly ‘Jane’, d. of William Wedderburn in Old Meldrum”.
1748
John Wedderburn [b. 1720/21 - ?a grandson of William W. (b. c1690) & Isabel Edward (m. 1719)] m. Margaret Mason on 20/12/1748 at Old Machar. - John is not shown in the W.B. nor are his & Margaret’s 7 children: Katherine (bap. 1749 at Old Machar); Isobel (bap. 1751 at Dunnottar); William (bap. there 1754, q.v.); Margaret (bap. there 1756); John (bap. at Fetteresso 1758); Agnes (bap. there 1759); & Jean (her bap. not found). - Isobel died in 1766, aged 15, John & Jean died in infancy. - Margaret Masson (sic) was buried at Fetteresso on 1/3/1761 & her husband John Wedderburn, gardener in Ward of Acquholly, was buried there 28/2/1801, aged 80.
1749
Robina Wedderburn, 4th dau. of Thomas W. [‘of Cantra’, Collector of Excise at Inverness, b. 1710 at Dundee] & Katharine Dunbar [m. 1740], was b. & bap. on 28/1/1749 at Rosemarkie. “Entry shown on the first leaf of the Rosemarkie or Fortrose parish register, where it states: N.B. The above was b. & bap. in Fortrose. (Witnesses: the Rev. Mr. John Wood, Mr. John Baillie, Mr. Fraser of Phopachie & Mr. John Baillie”. ). - Robina died unm. at Edinburgh on 16/12/1796 & was buried at Buccleugh cemetery.
William Wedderburn ‘in Wardend of Old Meldrum’ - the baptisms of whose 6 children appear in the register between 1749-1762 - “is no doubt the son of either, 1. William W. in Old Bethelnie or, 2. William W. in Old Meldrum and Forrester-hill, but which is now impossible to say. From him, however, the descent is much more clearly traceable.” - [He must be William bap. 1723 (s. of William ‘in Old Bethelnie’) or William bap. 1725 (s. of William, ‘gardener in Old Meldrum & later in Forrester-hill’).]
1749
John Wedderburn, e. son of William W. [in Wardend of Old Meldrum (m. not found)], bap. 26/2/1749 at Old Meldrum. “Nothing is ascertained about this eldest son John”.
1749
Alexander Wedderburn in Wardend of Old Meldrum [unidentified] died of…… on 1/3/1749. - “Alexander was perhaps a brother of William W., gardener at Old Meldrum”.
1749
Katherine Wedderburn, e. dau. of John W. [gardener in Ward of Acquholly, b. 1721/21, d. 1801] & Margaret Mason [m. 1748, d. 1761], bap. 6/12/1749 at Old Machar. [Not shown in the W.B.] - Catherine (sic) was left an annuity of £10 p.a. in the Will of her brother William (b. 1754) when he died in 1819.
1750
Isobel Wedderburn, e. dau. of William W. [in Wardend of Meldrum (m. not found)], bap. 28/1/1750. - “Isobel is probably the person who m. James Prot of Fyvie, on 22/8/1771 at Old Meldrum”.
1750
Thomasina Wedderburn, 5th dau. of Thomas W. [‘of Cantra’, Collector of Excise at Inverness, b. 1710 at Dundee] & Katharine Dunbar [m. 1740], was b. & bap. on 7/3/1750 at Rosemarkie. - “Entry shown on the first leaf of the Rosemarkie or Fortrose parish register, where it states: N.B. The above was b. & bap. in Fortrose. (Witnesses: the Rev. Mr. John Wood, Mr. John Baillie, Mr. Fraser of Phopachie & Mr. John Baillie”.) - Thomasina died unm. at Edinburgh on 19/5/1797 and was buried in the Buccleugh Chapel cemetery.
1751
James Wedderburn, 3rd son of Thomas W. [‘of Cantra’, Collector of Excise at Inverness, b. 1710 at Dundee] & Katharine Dunbar [m. 1740], was b. 23/9/1751 at Merknish in the parish of Inverness. “The entry in the Inverness Register reads: 23rd Sept. 1751, Mr. Thomas Wedderburn, collector of excise at Inverness and his wife, Katharine Dunbar, had a child baptised by Mr. Alexr. McBean called James. Witnesses: Robert ffraser of Phopachie, Mr. Alexr. McBean.” - “James went to Jamaica at the end of 1768 or early in 1769 and became a member of the House of Assembly in the Island, where his talents gained him great reputation and where for many years his influence and, it must be added, his speculations were almost unbounded”. [He owned the extensive ‘Mint’ estate there.] - James died at Blue Castle, Jamaica, on 17/7/1797. - ‘He was never married’. - His Will (q.v.) indicates that he nevertheless had children! After making many bequests, including a very substantial legacy ‘in Trust’, to a quadroon child, Lydia Wedderburn, ‘supposed to be mine by a Mulatto Woman named Hannah’, which was to be paid on the day of Lydia’s marriage ‘with a Creditable white person’ (or on her coming of age), ‘on condition that she remains in Great Britain and does not return to Jamaica in the event of Marriage not taking place”, he left the residue of his ‘vast fortune’ to his nephew James Wedderburn (b. 1788 in Jamaica), the elder son of his brother John (b. 1743, who was, by then, the senior partner in “Wedderburn & Co.” in London. - There is reference to a memorial “erected at Paradise, Westmoreland, by his brother John Wedderburn Esq., Merchant of London, to James Wedderburn Esq., late of this Island, d. 17 July 1797 aged 45”. - [A Lydia Wedderburn who m. i) m. Hugh Wilson in London in 1818 & ii) James Douglas in 1829, appears not to be James’s daughter, although she and her two sisters may well have originated in Jamaica!]
1751
Elizabeth Wedderburn [unidentified] m. Alexander Nicol on 24/10/1751 at Old Machar.
1751
Isobel Wedderburn, 2nd dau. of John W. [gardener in Ward of Acquholly, b. 1720/21] & Margaret Mason [m. 1748], bap. 28/10/1751 at Dunnottar. - Isobel died in 1766, aged 15, & was buried at Fetteresso on 14/11/1766.
1752
Jannet Wedderburn, 2nd dau. of William W. [in Wardend of Meldrum (m. not found)], bap. 10/3/1752 at Old Meldrum. - “No doubt the Janet W. who m. John Milne of Fyvie on 9/8/1791”.
1754
William Wedderburn, elder son of John W. [gardener in Ward of Acquholly, b. 1720/21] & Margaret Mason [m. 1748], bap. 4/4/1754 at Dunnottar. - William Wedderburn m. i) Margaret Black at Old Machar in 1787 (q.v.). - [They had a daughter & 3 sons.] - “William Wederburn (sic), the messon that built the Town house” was made an honorary burgess of Aberdeen on Aug. 10 1786. (‘Records of Old Aberdeen’, by Alexander MacDonald Munro, 1909, p. 289) - ‘The Town house was rebuilt in 1788’. (‘Records of Old Aberdeen’, p. 202) - William was on the Rent Roll in the Even Quarter of the city in 1795 and, between 1812 & 1818, “William Wedderburn of Aberdeen, stone merchant, supplied Aberdeen granite items for the construction of the new gaol at Maidstone, Kent”. - William m. ii) Elizabeth Smith in 1801 (q.v.). - [They had no issue.] - William Wedderburn, ‘Mason & Stone Merchant, of Mounthooly, Old Aberdeen’, died on 19/3/1819, aged 64, leaving a Will (q.v.). - [In the W.B., it states, incorrectly, that William Wedderburn, ‘mason in Aberdeen’ died at Aberdeen on 23/11/1819.]
1754
Jean Wedderburn, 3rd & ygst. d. William W. [in Wardend of Meldrum (m. not found)], bap. 3/11/1754 at Old Meldrum.
1755
Jo. Wedderburn [unidentified] m. Janet Bothwell on 10/12/1755 at Tarves. (In another source, the year of m. is shown as 1745) - [See note below m. of Helen W. & John Duncan in 1745, & m. of James W. ‘of Tarves’ in 1798.]
1756
Margaret Wedderburn, 3rd dau. of John W. [gardener in Ward of Acquholly, b. 1720/21] & Margaret Mason [m. 1848], bap. 16/5/1756 at Dunnottar. -
1756
Elspet Wedderburn m. John Gray on 8/7/1756 at Old Meldrum. - “Probably Elizabeth, bap. 1738, dau. of William W. of Forrester-hill”.
1757
Keith Wedderburn, 2nd son of William W. [in Wardend of Meldrum (m. not found)], bap. 19/5/1757 at Old Meldrum. Keith m. Barbara Christie in 1782 (q.v.).
1758
John Wedderburn, younger son of John W. [gardener in Ward of Acquholly, b. 1720/21] & Margaret Mason [m. 1748], bap. 2/4/1758 at Fetteresso. ‘John died in infancy’ & was buried in the graveyard at Kirktown of Fetteresso.
1759
Agnes Wedderburn, 4th & ygst. dau. of John W. [gardener in Ward of Acquholly, b. 1720/21] & Margaret Mason [m. 1748], bap. 22/4/1759 at Fetteresso. [Not shown in the W.B.]
1761
Lydia Weatherbourn (sic) [unidentified] was b. c1761. - Lydia m. Patrick Baird [2nd s. of Charles Baird, manufacturer in Aberdeen] and died in 1821, aged 60.]
1761
Margaret Wedderburn [née Mason, wife of John W., gardener in Ward of Acquholly, Fetteresso (b. 1720/21, d. 1801)] was buried at Fetteresso on 1/3/1761.
1761
Agnes Wedderburn m. James Gray on 11/8/1761 at Old Machar. [Agnes is probably the Agnes bap. 1732 at Maryculter, Kincardineshire. She is perhaps the 3rd d. of William W. (b. c1790) & Isabel Edward (m. 1719).]
1762
William Wedderburn, 3rd & ygst. son of William W. [in Wardend of Meldrum (m. not found)], bap. 5/5/1762. “No doubt the person who married Janet Duncan on 25/11/1792”. [ ‘A.W.’ suggests that William (b. 1762) “is probably brother to James W. ‘of Banff’ at Peterhead” - but it appears that William W. & Janet Duncan had a son James bap. 1793 (q.v.), who became James ‘of Banff’ at Peterhead, so William is his father, not his brother. ]
1763
James Wetherburn (sic) m. Agnes Bothwell on 29/5/1763 at Tarves. - [note below m. of Helen W. & John Duncan in 1745& m. of James ‘of Tarves’ in 1798.]
1763
Barbara Christie, dau. of William Christie, bap. 11/8/1763 at Old Meldrum. - [Probably the Barbara Christie who m. Keith W. (bap. 1757) in 1782 (q.v.). ]
1763 Christian Wetherburn (sic) [bap. 1736, d. of James W. ‘of Cairnbroggie’] m. Baston Morison on 13/11/1763 at Tarves. Also known as ‘Christina Wedderburn’
1764
William Wedderburn, ‘late gardener in Forrester-hill’ [b. c1690], died at Old Meldrum on 20/12/1764, aged 74 years. - [See inscription on tombstone below the following entry.]
1766
James Wedderburn [‘of Echt’ - bap. 1740, q.v.] m. Isobel Forbes on 22/12/1766 at Old Meldrum. - (Another source shows the year of this marriage as 1760) ‘A.W.’ says: “James W. ‘of the parish of Echt’ (who m. Isobel Forbes of Old Meldrum) has not been identified, and the register of births of the parish of Echt, which has been searched 1678-1819, contains no mention of any Wedderburn. See ante p. 223. He moved to Inchmarlo, in the parish of Banchory Ternan, and had three children baptised there, all described as daughters of James W. & Isobel Forbes. The Christian names of two of these three sisters, and the marriage of one of them, enable us to connect with them three other persons…. [as] in his Will, the John Wedderburn (b. 1780, q.v.), who died in London in 1846, names four of his sisters”. - The details given in the W.B. about James W. ‘of Echt’ and his descendants are inaccurate, however. New information found in Sept. 2000 shows that James Wedderburn ‘of Echt’ is the same person as James Wedderburn, ‘gardener at Craibstone’, whose name appears on the tombstone in Old Aberdeen Burial Ground, of William Wedderburn ‘late gardener at Forrester-hill’ & his wife Elizabeth Edward (m. 1719). - The full inscription given reads: “To the memory of William Wedderburn, late gardener at Forresterhill d. 26 Dec. 1764, his sp. Elizabeth Edward, d. 7 Jan. 1769 ag. 77 yrs. likewise Elizabeth Wedderburn, dg. To James Wedderburn, gardener at Crabstone (sic), d. 21 July 1795 ag. 22 yrs. Also interred here the sd. James Wedderburn, d. 29 Jan. 1813 ag. 72 yrs. also Isobel Forbes, his sp. d. 21 May 1818 ag. 75 yrs. their dg. Helen, d. 20 Sept. 1797 ag. 15 yrs. Also Mary Wedderburn, sp. to Conveener William Deans, 5 June 1851 ag. 74 yrs. the said William Deans d. 14 July 1855 ag. 81 yrs.
This clearly shows that James Wedderburn ‘gardener at Craibstone’ is the same person as James Wedderburn ‘of Echt’ who m. Isobel Forbes in 1766, as James & Isobel’s daughter Elizabeth was bap. in 1772; Helen was bap. in 1782 & Mary (who m. William Deans at Old Machar in 1803) was bap. in 1778. - James is therefore also James W. ‘at Inchmarlo’ and James W. ‘gardener in Newhills’, whose daughter Christian W. - her baptism not found - m. John Brand in Edinburgh in 1793 (q.v.), as well as the ‘James W. in Whitekilns, parish of Newhills’, who afterwards had three children bap. there (not his son, as ‘A.W.’ suggests). - [ ‘A.W.’ says that William Wedderburn ‘b. 1780’ may be another son of James W. of Inchmarlo - but further investigations have shown this to be unlikely. - See William Wedderburn b. 1779.]
1769
Elizabeth Wedderburn [née Edward, m. 1719], spouse of Wm. W in Forrester-hill, died at Old Meldrum on 7/1/1769, aged 77. [See inscription on tombstone above.]
1771
Isabel Wedderburn m. George Bothwell on 10/1/1771 at Old Meldrum. “Probably daughter of Wm. W. of Forrester-hill, bap. 1741” (q.v.).
1771
Isabel Wedderburn m. James Prot on 22/8/1771 at Old Meldrum. - “Probably dau. of Wm. W. in Wardend of Old Meldrum, bap. 1750” (q.v.).
1772
Elizabeth Wedderburn, 2nd dau. of James W. [‘of Echt’, bap. 1740, d. 1813] & Isobel Forbes [m. 1766, d. 1818], bap. 22/9/1772 at Banchory Ternan. - James was living at Inchmarlo at this time. Later on he was in ‘Whitekilns’, parish of Newhills. (W.B. does not make this connection and the former is said to be probably father of the latter.) - Elizabeth, dau. of James Wedderburn, gardener at Crabstone (sic) died 21 July 1795 aged 22 yrs.
1773
Mary Wedderburn [?bap. 1737 at Newhills (?5th d. of William W., b. c1790, & Isabel Edward, m. 1719] m. William Thomson on 23/3/1773 at Old Machar.
1774
Agnes Wedderburn, 3rd dau. of James W. [‘of Echt’, bap. 1740, d. 1813] & Isabell Forbes [m. 1766, d. 1818], bap. 23/10/1774 at Banchory Ternan. - James was living at Inchmarlo at this time. [See Elizabeth b. 1772 above.] - Agnes m. Alexander Fowler at Old Machar in 1805. - ‘Agnes, Mrs. Fowler’, is named as one of his sisters by John W. (bap. at Newhills in 1780, q.v.) in his Will written in 1846.
1776
Henrette (sic) Wedderburn, 4th d. of James W. [‘of Echt’, bap. 1740, d. 1813] & Isobel Forbes [m. 1766, d. 1818], bap. 6/8/1776 at Banchory Ternan. - James was living at Inchmarlo at this time. [See Elizabeth 1772 above & Mary 1778 below.] - Henrietta Wedderburn m. John Black at Dunfermline in 1813 (q.v.). - ‘Henrietta, Mrs. Black’ is named as one of his sisters by John W. (bap. at Newhills in 1780, q.v.) in his Will, written in 1846.
1777
John Wederburn (sic), [e.] son of George W. [‘Crofter’ George (?b. 1744, q.v.) & (?)Helen Forbes - see note below m. of Helen W. & John Duncan in 1745], bap. 10/10/1777 at Boleskine & Abertarff. John is a brother (or perhaps half-brother?) of George Wedderburn (bap. 1780 at Old Meldrum) & Agnes (b. c1785). - John m. Helen Leys in 1806 (q.v.). - [It may be this John who ‘m. Jessie Duguid (m. not found) & had a daughter Agnes bap. 14/10/1804 at Udny’] - Alexander Smith, husband of John & George’s sister Agnes (b. c1785), was a witness at the baptism of John & Helen’s son George in 1806 (q.v.).
1778
Mary Wedderburn, 5th dau. of James W. [‘in Whitekilns’ - bap. 1740, d. 1813 (& Isobel Forbes, m. 1766, d. 1818)], bap. 26/6/1778 at Newhills - James W. ‘in Whitekilns, parish of Newhills’ is the same person as James W. ‘of Echt’, James W. ‘in Inchmarlo’ & James W. ‘gardener at Craibstone’. (See his bap. in 1740 & m. 1766 to Isobel Forbes.) - Mary m. William Deans at Old Machar in 1803. - [In his Will, John W., bap. 20/9/1780, names Mary (Mrs. Deans), Agnes (Mrs. Fowler), Henrietta (Mrs. Black) & the late Christian Brand as his sisters.] - Mary died on 5/6/1851, aged 74. Her widower, ‘Conveneer’ William Deans, died on 14/7/1855, aged 81. - They are buried in Old Aberdeen Burial Ground and their names appear on the tombstone of William Wedderburn of Forrester-hill & his wife Elizabeth Edward (m. 1719).
1779
William Wedderburn [‘his parentage unascertained’] was b. in July or Aug. 1779 at Nether Banchory (now Banchory Devenick), Kincardineshire. (His baptism cannot be found.) - [W.B. stated that William was born in 1780 at Upper Banchory, Kincardineshire, but his army record gives his place of birth as ‘Netherbanchrie, Aberdeenshire’. - The parish of Banchory Devenick extends across the River Dee, with the part north of the Dee in Aberdeenshire and the part south of the Dee, including Nether Banchory, in Kincardineshire, which may explain the confusion.] - William joined in the 21st Foot Regiment at Dundee on 7/1/1797, aged 17 years & 5 months, his surname then spelt ‘Wetherburne’. In 1800 he was one of those selected to join the ‘Experimental Rifle Corps’ at Horsham in Sussex and in January 1801 he was officially transferred, as a Serjeant, with the spelling of his surname changed to ‘Wedderburn’. (The transfer is recorded in both regiments’ Pay lists & Muster Rolls). - In 1803 the ‘Rifle Corps’ became the 95th Rifle Regiment. - In the W.B. ‘A.W.’ suggests that William ‘may be another son of James W. ‘of Inchmarlo’ (m. 1766, q.v.) but investigations have proved this to be unlikely. (Although he could be a son of this James Wedderburn, the baptisms of six of James’s children are all recorded, including Mary, baptised at Newhills in 1778 and John, bap. there in 1780.) - In 1804 William wrote a ‘Drill Book’ which is displayed in the Royal Green Jackets’ Museum at Winchester & is still used by the ‘95th Rifles Living History Society’. - William Wedderburn m. Hannah Miller (d. of John & Elizabeth Miller), by licence, at St. Andrew-the-Great, Cambridge, on 23/1/1805. - [They had 4 sons & a daughter. - In May 1805 William was promoted to QMS of the 1st Battalion of the 95th Foot Regiment and took part in the Peninsular War 1808-09. - He retired from the army in January 1838, having served latterly as a Staff Sergeant on the Recruiting Staff based in London, & was granted a pension of 1/10d a day. - He died at 28 Marsham St., Westminster, on 6/6/1843, aged 63, and was buried at St. John-the Evangelist, Westminster on 12th June. - His widow Hannah died at Ashford, Kent, on 3/2/1878, aged 97.
1780
George Wedderburn [‘at Tarves’], [2nd] son of George W. [‘Crofter’ George (?b. 1744) & Helen Forbes (m. not found)], bap. 1/3/1780 at Old Meldrum. - [See note below m. of Helen W. & John Duncan in 1745 & m. of John W. in 1806.] - “George, born at Tarves, was afterwards resident at Woodhead, Fyvie, where he died on 18/8/1858 aged 78. - “Alexander Wedderburn present”. [Alexander was George’s e.s (b. 1810, q.v.).] - ‘A.W.’ gives an account “compiled from information given by William Wedderburn of ‘Woodhead’, Fyvie, and his nephew and niece, George Leith Wedderburn, and Christina, Mrs. Esson”: George m. twice: i) at Tarves, Margaret Webster [Mary Webster, acc. to another source, in 1809 (q.v.)], by whom he had 4 sons: Alexander (bap. 18/12/1810 or ‘b. 1812’); George Moray (bap. 12/9/1812 or ‘b. 1814’.); William (bap. 30/3/1816) ‘who m. Isabella Shepherd (d. of Alexander Shepherd), and was living in 1892 - no issue’; John, ‘who died young’; & a daughter (of whom ‘A.W.’ ‘had no particulars’). - George m. ii) Margaret Duguid (d. of John Duguid & Mary Ann Strachan). - By her, he had a daughter & 2 more sons: Isabella (bap. 1820); John (bap. 1823) & Joseph (bap. 1826). -
1780 John Wedderburn, only son of James W. [‘in Whitekilns’ - bap. 1740, d. 1813 (& Isobel Forbes, m. 1766, d. 1818)], bap. 20/9/1780 at Newhills. - John may be the John Wetherburn (sic) who m. Jane Davis at St. Peter & St. Paul, Milton by Gravesend, on 21/10/1804. - [In W.B., under ‘possible corruptions of the name’ it shows: “1826: Weatherburn, Jane (formerly Davis), Kent. Nov. Admon. Consist. Court, London”.] - On 8 Nov. 1826 ‘administration of all and singular of Jane Weatherburn formerly Davis Spinster late of Greenwich Kent deceased was granted to John Weatherburn the lawful husband of the deceased’. Estate valued at £100. - In the 1841 Census (in which adults’ ages were ‘rounded down’ to the nearest 5 years), John Wedderburn, Clerk, ‘aged 55’ (‘b. Scotland’), was living at Prince’s Place, St. James, Middlx. - John Wedderburn, Office Clerk, died at 1 Prince’s Place, St. James, Westminster, on 24/11/1846, aged 66. His nephew, William Fowler, of 10, St. James Street, was ‘present at the death’. - John left a Will in which he names four of his sisters: Agnes (bap. 1774) - Mrs. Fowler; ‘Henrette’ (bap. 1776) - Mrs. Black; Mary (bap. 1778) - Mrs. Dean; & the late Christian (bap. not found) - Mrs. Brand. (Christian W., ‘d. of James W., gardener in Newhills’ m. John Brand, baxter, at St. Cuthbert’s, Edinburgh, in 1793. - John’s other two sisters, Elizabeth (bap. 1772) & Helen (bap. 1782) had died, Elizabeth in 1795 aged 22, & Helen in 1797 aged 15. [See tombstone inscription above.]
1782
Joseph Wedderburn [‘ante-nuptial’] son of Keith W. [bap. 1757] & Barbara Christie [m. 12/2/1782], bap. 15/1/1782 at Old Meldrum. - [Keith is described in the bapt. reg. as ‘in Chapelhouses’.] - “Joseph became a farmer at ‘New Wells’, near Old Meldrum”. - He m. Helen Gordon in 1805 (q.v.).
1782
Keith Wedderburn [b. 1757, 2nd s. of Wm. W. ‘in Wardend of Old Meldrum’] m. Barbara Christie [?bap. 1763, d. of William Christie] on 12/2/1782 at Old Meldrum. [Another source shows: Barbara Christie, ‘FB’ abt. 1780: Spouse ‘L’ William Walker..../Keith W.] - Keith was in ‘Chapelhouses’ in 1782 and in ‘New Well’ or ‘New Wall’ in 1784. - They had 4 sons & 4 daughters. [See below.]
1782
Helen Wedderburn, 6th & ygst. dau. of James W. [‘in Whitekilns’ - bap. 1740, d. 1813 ( & Isobel Forbes, m. 1766, d. 1818)], bap. 14/8/1782 at Newhills. - Helen died on 20/9/1797, aged 15. She was buried in Old Aberdeen Burial Ground. [See tombstone inscription under James & Isobel’s m., 1766.]
1784 Rachel Wedderburn, e. dau. of Keith W. [b. 1757, & Barbara Christie (m. 1782)], bap. 24/11/1784 at Old Meldrum. - [Keith is described in the baptismal reg. as ‘in New Wall’.] - “No doubt the Rachel W. who m. George Gordon in 1807”.
1785
Agnes Wedderburn [?only], dau. of George W. [‘Crofter’ George (?b. 1744)] & Helen Forbes [m. not found] was b. c1785. - Agnes m. Alexander Smith [a weaver, who was a witness at the baptism of George (son of his wife’s nephew John W., b. 1777, & his wife Helen Leys, in 1806, q.v.)]. - Agnes & Alexander’s m. not found but Agnes Wedderburn, widow of Alexander Smith, died at Tarves, 11/8/1861, aged 76. - [See Note re m. of Helen W. & John Duncan, 1745.]
1787
William Wedderburn [mason in Aberdeen (bap. 1754), elder s. of John W. & Margaret Mason (m. 1748)] m. Margaret Black on 18/8/1787 at Old Machar. [Date & place of marriage not shown on W.B.] - They had a daughter & 3 sons: Jean (b. 1788); John (b. 1790); William (b. 1793) & Alexander (b. 1796). - “Wm. Wederburn, the messon that built the Town house”, was made an honorary burgess of Aberdeen on Aug. 10 1786. The Town house was rebuilt in 1788. William ‘Wederburn’s’ name was on the Rent Roll in the Even Quarter of the city in 1795 (q.v.) and between 1812 & 1818 William Wedderburn of Aberdeen, stone merchant, supplied Aberdeen granite items for the construction of the ‘new’ gaol at Maidstone, Kent. William m. ii) Elizabeth Smith, in 1801 (q.v.). - William Wedderburn, Mason & Stone Merchant, of Mounthooly, Old Aberdeen, died on 19/3/1819, aged 64, of ‘Cancer in face’. - The Funeral service was held at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Cathedral on 22 March. [A burial entry showing that William died on 23/11/1819, is incorrect.] - As St. Andrew’s does not have its own burial ground William was no doubt buried in Old Aberdeen Burial Ground. - William’s widow Elizabeth died on 6/9/1829. [See Inventory of the goods of William Wedderburn & Extract Disposition & Deed of Settlement dated May & July 1820, and Inventory of the goods of the personal estate of Elizabeth Smith or Wedderburn dated 19 Oct. 1829.]
“There are no Wedderburn entries in the Aberdeen baptismal registers between 1630 & 1788 - or in the Aberdeen marriage registers between 1649 & 1793”. (Extracts of other years’ entries are listed in W.B.)
1788
Jean Wedderburn, only dau. of William W. [mason in Aberdeen, bap. 1754] & Margaret Black [m. 1787], bap. 13/2/1788 in Aberdeen. (Witnesses: John Kiloh, Merchant, & John Black, Mason.) - ‘Janie’ m. John Robertson, Merchant in Aberdeen, in 1808 [q.v.]. - [See also entry in 1820.] - Jane was one of the joint beneficiaries under her father’s Extract Disposition & Deed of Settlement dated May & July 1820 (q.v.).
1790
John Wedderburn, e. son of William W. [mason in Aberdeen, bap. 1754] & Margaret Black [m. 1787], bap. 22/11/1790 in Aberdeen. (Witnesses: John Kiloh, Merchant, & John Black, Mason.) - [John seems not to have survived childhood as he is not mentioned in his father’s Deed of Settlement drawn up in 1818.]
1791 Janet Wedderburn m. John Milne on 9/8/1791 at Old Meldrum. - “No doubt Jannet is dau. of Wm. W. in Wardend, bap. 1752”.
1792
William Wedderburn [b. 1762, 3rd & ygst. s. of Wm. W. ‘in Wardend of Old Meldrum’] m. Janet Duncan on 17/4/1792 at Old Meldrum. - They had a son & 3 daughters. [See James W. ‘of Banff’ b. 1793 (m. 1816).]
1792
Elizabeth Wedderburn, e. dau. of William W. [b. 1762] & Janet Duncan [m. 1792], was b. c1791. [ ‘A.W.’ says that Elizabeth “is probably a daughter of Keith W.” but he shows the Elizabeth who m. Thomas Gordon at Old Meldrum on 26/5/1812 (q.v.) as a daughter of Keith’s brother William.] - “Elizabeth died a widow at Old Meldrum on 4/3/1863, aged 72” (i.e. she was b. in 1791-92, but her baptism not found.) - [Elizabeth’s death cert. shows that she died at Cowgate, Old Meldrum, and that her parents were William Wedderburn and Janet Duncan.
1793
Christian Wedderburn [e.d. of James W., ‘gardener in Newhills’, bap. 1740] m. John Brand, baxter in Portsburgh, on 2/3/1793 at St. Cuthbert’s, Edinburgh. - Christian is a daughter of James W. ‘of Echt’ (who is the same person as James ‘of Inchmarlo’ &‘in Newhills’, James W. ‘gardener in Whitekilns’ & James W. of Craibstone). - [In 1846, the late Christian Brand was named in his Will by John W. (bap. 1780 at Newhills) as one of his sisters.]
1793
Adam Wedderburn [(Army?) Pensioner in Aberdeen - unidentified] m. Ann Smith [dau. of Wm. Smith, dec’d, late Blacksmith in Upper Banchory], on 2/5/1793 at St. Nicholas, Aberdeen. (Witnesses: Alexr. Duncan, thread-miller in Aberdeen & Wm. Chalmers, mason there.) - [Adam ‘Wederburn’ of the Even Quarter in Aberdeen, is shown in the City Rent Roll In 1795 to have paid £1 rent for a property the proprietors of which were ‘The Gardeners Society’.
1793
William Wedderburn, 2nd son of William W. [mason in Aberdeen, bap. 1754] & Margaret Black [m. 1787], bap. 76/5/1793 at Aberdeen. (Witnesses: John Black Mason, & Wm. Black, both in Aberdeen.) - “William is identical with the William Wedderburn, son of William Wedderburn of Aberdeen, gentleman, who matriculated, 25/1/1809, aged 15, at Balliol College, Oxford”. (W.B. p. 479) - William died before 22/5/1818 (when his father wrote a Deed of Settlement), leaving a young daughter Jane, who is named as a beneficiary under the Trust set up by William’s father on that date.
1793
James Wedderburn, only son of William W. [b. 1762] & Janet Duncan [m. 1792], bap. 10/8/1793 at Old Meldrum. - [This baptism is not shown in the list of extracts from the Old Meldrum baptismal register in W.B., but James appears to be the James Wedderburn ‘of Banff’, a mariner living at Peterhead, an inaccurate account of whom is given in W.B. - James m. Margaret Lumsden in 1816 (q.v.). - [They had a large family.] - James drowned off Peterhead in Aug. 1848, aged 55. [See *** below - & death of James in 1848.]
*** The details in the account of James Wedderburn ‘of Banff’ and his descendants [why James is described as ‘of Banff’ is not explained - could it be Bamff, in Perthshire?], in “The Wedderburns in Peterhead, 1848-91, do not correspond with other sources. - ‘A.W.’ says that his account “was compiled from information provided by the modern register of births, deaths and marriages with one or two additional notes and after communication with David Wedderburn (b. 1852) living at Peterhead”. (He adds that he has not searched the old parish registers of Banff & Peterhead.) - He states that James, whose parentage is not ascertained, but who is said to have had one brother, died by drowning off Peterhead in 1848, and he suggests that a William W. who m. a Janet Duncan is probably James ‘of Banff’s’ brother. - However, he shows the William W. who m. Janet Duncan was the youngest son (bap. 1762) of William W. ‘in Wardend of Old Meldrum’. A James W. ‘s. of William’ was bap. at Old Meldrum on 19/8/1793 (see entry above), but James W. in Peterhead was aged 55 when he drowned in 1848, so he was b. c1793. - It would therefore appear that William W. who m. Janet Duncan in Nov. 1792 is the father of James ‘of Banff’ in Peterhead, not his brother. - However, James & Margaret Lumsden’s eldest son (b. 1816) was named George - which may indicate a connection with ‘crofter’ George (?b. 1744) who m. Helen Forbes. - [See Note** below m. of Helen W. & John Duncan in 1745.]
1795
In 1795 four ‘Wederburns’ are shown on the Aberdeen City ‘Rent Roll’ to have been living in the ‘Even Quarter’ of the city: Margaret was a tenant of William Pratt, Farmer; Thomas was a servant to John Couper, wright; Adam paid £1 rent for a property the proprietors of which were ‘The Gardeners Society’ (see ref. to the “Ancient Society of Gardeners in and about Dunfermline” on W.B. p. 374 - he may be the Adam Wedderburn who m. Ann Smith in 1793, q.v.) and William, a mason, paid £5:10:0d as ‘possessor’ of a property the proprietor of which was a ‘Mrs. Stewart’. (This level of rent means that the premises must have been ‘substantial’.) - William (b. 1754) is the elder son of John W. (b. 1706) & Margaret Mason (m. 1748). - He m. Margaret Black in 1787 (q.v.) & died in March 1819. - [See his ‘Deed of Settlement’, drawn up in 1818.]
1795
Barbara Christie m. William Walker on 31/12/1795 at St. Nicholas, Aberdeen. - [It may be this Barbara who was the widow of Keith W. (b. 1757, m. 1782 - his date of death nor found). - Barbara Christie & William Walker apparently had 4 sons bap. at Newhills: John Walker, bap. 11/6/1798; Charles Walker, bap. 22/3/1800; William Walker, bap. 16/7/1802; & James Walker, bap. 1/7/1804, and a daughter, Barbara Walker, bap. 5/5/1805 at Tarves. - [Christie & Walker were both very common names in Aberdeen, however.- [See **** (1820 below) re inscription on tombstone of Keith Wedderburn’s son Joseph & his wife Helen Gordon. ]
1796
Alexander Wedderburn, 3rd & ygst. son of William W. [mason in Aberdeen, bap. 1754] & Margaret Black [m. 1787], bap. 6/12/1796 at Aberdeen. Extract from the Aberdeen parish baptismal register reads: 1796 Dec. 6. “Said William Wedderburn and Margaret Black a son named Alexander. (Witnesses: John Black, Mason, & George Allardyce, wright here.) - Inserted at June 1797”. [Banchory census - the surname of the mother of Alexander Wedderburn b. 6/12/1796 is given as Brady (?Brodie), not Black. Could he be the ‘unidentified Alexander W. ‘of Aberdeen’ who was appointed by the British Government to be emigration agent at St. John’s, New Brunswick, Canada - date not specified? That Alexander m. a Jane Heaviside (b. London), d. of Thomas Heaviside of London, at St. John’s, New Brunswick, and by her had a son William, b. 1834 (who became a Judge), & 5 daughters. (The Ironsides were an influential Aberdeenshire family.)] - Alexander was one of the joint beneficiaries under William-the-mason’s Extract Disposition & Deed of Settlement dated May & July 1820 (q.v.).
1798
James Wedderburn [‘of Tarves’ - his parentage not ascertained’] m. Isobel Souter [‘d. of William Soutar of Rayne, co. Aberdeen’] on 25/11/1798 at Old Meldrum. James & Isabella had 4 sons: “two named William, who died in infancy about 1799; John who died aged 10, about 1812, & an only surviving son, Forbes, b. 1800 (q.v.). - James died about 1830, at ‘Lochills’, Ellon, and was buried at Tarves. His wife Isobel died about 1857 and is also buried at Tarves”. - [In register, the death of Isabella (sic) Wedderburn, née Mathieson, is shown at Ellon in 1857, aged 82. (‘Soutar’ is the Scots’ word meaning ‘cobbler’ or ‘shoemaker’, so the surname could be the ‘trade’ surname adopted by a member of the Mathieson family after the ’45, when Highland surnames were proscribed.)] - James is said to have been ‘early left an orphan’. (Could he be James Weatherburn, bap. 11/2/1774 at Dalton, Lancs., the ygst. s. of a John Wedderburn & Ann Hodgson who were m. by licence in Whittington, Lancs., in 1755? - John & Ann lived at ‘Lindale’, near Dalton-in-Furness, Lancs., but John is said to have gone to ‘Lindale’ from Aberdeenshire ‘after the ‘45’. (His origins are also unknown.) - Ann (née Hodgson) died at ‘Lindale’, Dalton (in Furness) in Dec. 1789 & John died at Low Greaves, Pennington (in Furness), in 1795. - [See m. of James ‘Wetherburn’ to Agnes Bothwell in 1763 - and note under ***** at end.]
1800
Forbes Wedderburn, [only surv.] son of James W. [‘of Tarves’] & Isobel Souter [m. 1798] was b. 4/2/1800 at Old Meldrum, “so says Mr. Charles Wedderburn, but the Old Meldrum Baptismal Register contains no entry in regard to his baptism. - Forbes m. Ann Duncan on 22/11/1823 [q.v.] – another source has 1824 - [They had 7 sons & 3 daughters.] - In the 1881 Census, Forbes, a Farmer aged 81 (b. Ellon), was living at Auchleuchries, Cruden, Aberdeenshire, with his wife Ann, aged 79 (b. New Deer), their unm. daughter Maggie A., aged 39 (b. Cruden) & their granddaughter Agnes R. Wedderburn aged 12 (b. Aberdeen - the younger d. of Forbes, b. 1831, & his first wife, Margaret Keith , d. 1869). - “Forbes died on 11/3/1882 at Easterton, Cruden, where he is buried under a tomb with a short inscription giving his age and the date of his death. - His widow, Ann Duncan, was still living, at an advanced age, at Easterton in 1891”. Ann Wedderburn died at Cruden in 1893, aged 92.
1801
William Wedderburn [mason in Aberdeen, b. 1754] m. ii) Elizabeth Smith on 20/9/1801 at St. Nicholas, Aberdeen. “William Wedderburn, masson in Aberdeen, and Miss Elizabeth Smith there (dau. of the dec’d Mr. Robert Smith, late masson in Aberdeen) were lawfully married by the Rev. Bishop John Skinner, Minister of S. Andrew’s Chapel in Aberdeen. (Witnesses: Charles McCombie, Coal Broker, & John Christie, Coach maker in the Parish of Old Machar.) - “William was no doubt the widower of Margaret Black”. - [William m.i) Margaret Black in 1778 (q.v.).] - “William Wederburn (sic), the ‘messon’ that built the Town house”, was made an honorary burgess of Aberdeen on 10/8/1786. The Town House was rebuilt in 1788. Between 1812 & 1818 William Wedderburn of Aberdeen, stone merchant, supplied Aberdeen granite items for the construction of the ‘new’ gaol at Maidstone, Kent. William Wedderburn, Mason & Stone Merchant, of Mounthooly, Old Aberdeen, died on 19/3/1819, aged 64, of ‘Cancer in face’. He was buried on 22/3/1819. [Another source shows that William Wedderburn, mason in Aberdeen, was buried on 23/11/1819 but this is incorrect.] - The funeral service was held at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Cathedral but as St. Andrew’s has never had its own burial ground he was probably buried in Old Aberdeen Burial ground. William drew up a ‘Deed of Settlement’ in 1818 by which he arranged annuities for his widow Elizabeth & his sister Catherine, and for the whole free remainder and residue of his Estate to be divided equally between his daughter Jane, his son Alexander and Jane Wedderburn, the daughter of his deceased son William. (See Inventory of the Goods of William Wedderburn, mason in Aberdeen, & Extract Disposition dated May & July 1820, & Deed of Settlement.) - Elizabeth Wedderburn, alias Smith, ‘relict of William Wedderburn sometime Mason & Stone Merchant in Aberdeen’, died on 6/9/1829. (See Inventory dated 19/10/1829.)
1803
Mary Wedderburn [b. 1778, 5th d. James W. ‘in Whitekilns’ (bap. 1740) & Isobel Forbes (m. 1766)] m. William Deans on 12/11/1803 at Old Machar. [Mary, Mrs. Deans, is named as one of his sisters by John W. (bap. 1780 at Newhills) in his Will, written the day before he died in London in 1846.) - Mary Wedderburn, wife of Conveener William Deans, died on 5/6/1851 aged 74. - William Deans died on 14//7/1855 aged 81 yrs. - [See full inscription on tombstone under James W., m. 1766.]
1804
Agnes Wedderburn, dau. of John W. [?b. 1777] & Janet [‘Jessie’, acc. to W.B.] Duguid [m. not found], bap. 14/10/1804 at Udny. “Agnes m. Alexander Mutch [m. not found] and died a widow on 27/1/1885 at Ellon, Savoch, aged 82”. [It may be this same John who m. Helen Leys in 1806 (q.v.).]
1805
Agnes Wedderburn [b. 1774, 3rd d. of James W. ‘in Inchmarlo’ (bap. 1740) & Isobel Forbes (m. 1766)] m. Alexander Fowler on 2/9/1805 at Old Machar. [Agnes, Mrs. Fowler, is named as one of his sisters by John W. (bap. 1780 at Newhills) in his Will, written the day before he died in London in 1846. - John’s nephew William Fowler was the sole Executor of his Will (q.v.).] - Agnes died a widow at Carnoustie on 28/4/1860.
1805
Joseph Wedderburn [b. 1782, s. of Keith W. (b. 1757) & Barbara Christie (m. 1782)] m. Helen Gordon [b. 1779, d. of George Gordon] on 14/7/1805 at Old Meldrum. Joseph was a farmer at New Wells. - He & Helen had 4 sons & 4 daughters: Anne (b. 1806); Elizabeth (b. 1808); Rachel (b. 1810); Joseph (b. 1812); Helen (b. 1816); John (b. 1818); & James and George (twins, b. 1820). [See below & **** following 1820 entry, re inscription on tombstone.]
1806
John Wedderburn [Labourer, b. 1777, e.s. of ‘Crofter’ George W. (?b. 1744) & (?)Helen Forbes (m. not found)] m. Helen Leys on 20/2/1806 at Belhelvie. [See next entry]
1806
George Wedderburn, son of John W. [b. 1777] & Helen Leys [m. 1806], bap. 9/10/1806 at St. Nicholas, Aberdeen. - “George was baptised at Aberdeen by the Rev. Mr. Bryce, in presence of George W., labourer, & Alex. Smith, weaver”. (W.B. p. 479) - [Witness George W. is the brother (or perhaps half-brother?) of young George’s father John and is the George W. ‘of Tarves’ (afterwards of Woodhead, Fyvie, bap. 1780 at Old Meldrum). - Witness Alex. Smith is the husband of John & George’s sister Agnes (b. c1785).]
1806
Anne Wedderburn, e. dau. of Joseph W. [Farmer, b. 1782] & Helen Gordon [m. 1805], bap. 13/11/1806 at Old Meldrum. “Ann m. James Gray at Old Meldrum on 6/6/1826 and died there on 19/2/1873, leaving issue.” [See m. of Elspet W. to John Gray in 1756 & m. of Agnes W. to James Gray in 1761. ]
1807
Rachel Wedderburne (sic) m. George Gordon on 30/7/1807 at Old Meldrum. “Probably [elder] d. of Keith W. & Barbara Christie bap. 1784”. - “Rachel Gordon died a widow on 30/12/1861”.
1808
Janie Weatherburn (sic) [bap. ‘Jean’, 1788] m. John Robertson on 13/2/1808 at St. Nicholas, Aberdeen. “In the Bride’s father’s house in Aberdeen, were married by the Rt. Rev. Bishop John Skinner of S. Andrew’s Chapel in Aberdeen John Robertson Esqre. Merchant in Aberdeen and Miss Jane Wedderburn the Daughter of Mr. William Wedderburn, mason in Aberdeen, in presence of William Carter, Merchant in Aberdeen, and Andrew Black, Farmer in the parish of Old Machar”- Jane Wedderburn was one of the joint beneficiaries under her father’s Deed of Settlement dated May & July 1820 (q.v.).
1808
Elizabeth Wedderburn, 2nd dau. of Joseph W. [Farmer, b. 1782] & Helen Gordon [m. 1805], bap. 24/4/1808 at Old Meldrum. “Elizabeth m. Alexander Webster on 29/3/1829” (q.v.).
1809
George Wedderburn [‘at Tarves’, b. 1780, 2nd s. of ‘Crofter’ George W. (?b. 1744) & Helen Forbes (m. not found)] m. i) Mary Webster on 2/12/1809 at Old Machar. (Acc. to the W.B., George m. Margaret Webster but this may be incorrect as George’s second wife was ‘Margaret’.) - George & Mary had 4 sons, and a daughter of whom ‘A.W.’ had no particulars”, all born at Tarves: The sons are: Alexander (b. 1810); George Moray (b. 1812); William (b. 1816) & John (‘who died young’). - Mary (?or Margaret) died in 1816 and was buried at Tarves. - George m. ii) Margaret Duguid (d. of John Duguid & Mary Ann Strachan), who died on 24/3/1869, aged 85. By his second wife, George had another daughter, Isobel (b. 1820) & 2 sons: John (b. 1823) & Joseph (b. 1826)- George died at Woodhead, Fyvie on 18/8/1858, aged 78. - “Alexander Wedderburn present”. - [Alexander was George’s e.s., b. 1810 (q.v.).]
1810
Rachel Wedderburne, 3rd dau. of Joseph W. [Farmer, b. 1782] & Helen Gordon [m. 1805], bap. 24/6/1810 at Old Meldrum. “Rachel m. John Nicolson at Gamrie, Banff”. [See m. 1836]
1810
Alexander Wedderburn, e. son of George W. [‘at Tarves’, b. 1780, & Mary (?or Margaret) Webster (m. 1809)], bap. 18/12/1810 at Tarves. (Alexander b. 1812 but this is no doubt because his age at death in 1889 was given as ‘77’.) - Alexander was present at his father’s death at Woodhead, Fyvie, in 1858. - In the 1881 Census, Alexander, a retired farmer, unm. aged 70 (‘b. Tarves’), was living at Fetterletter with his daughter Ann (b. 1834 - d. of Penelope Pringle), Ann’s husband Alexander Allardyce, farmer, aged 54 (b. Fyvie), & their 6 children & a grandson. - Alexander died in 1889, ‘aged 77’ (sic).
1812
Elizabeth Wedderburn m. Thomas Gordon on 26/5/1812 at Old Meldrum. ‘A.W.’ says: “Elizabeth who m. Thomas Gordon is probably a d. of Keith W.”, but later shows the Elizabeth who m. Thomas Gordon as a dau. of Keith’s brother William [b. 1762] & Janet Duncan, and adds: “Elizabeth died a widow, aged 72, at Old Meldrum on 4/3/1863” [i.e. b. 1791-92 though no baptism found.] - Elizabeth’s death cert. shows that she lived at Cowgate, Old Meldrum, and that her parents were William W. and his wife Janet Duncan. - [Elizabeth & Thomas Gordon’s daughter Rachel Gordon m. Alexander Wilson (labourer) in 1845 at Methlick and died in 1899 at Park St., Aberdeen, aged 78 (i.e. b. c1821).]
1812
George Wedderburn, 2nd son of George W. [‘at Tarves’, b. 1780, & Margaret (?or Mary) Webster (m. 1809)], bap. 21/9/1812 at Tarves. (George Moray Wedderburn, b. 1814, as his age at death in 1878 was given as ‘64’.) - “George enlisted in the 1st battalion of the Royal Scots on 29/11/1831 and served with credit in that regiment until 3 May 1853, when he became sergeant-major of the Royal Montgomery Rifles, with whom he served until 12/3/1878. – [George attested at Aberdeen on 30/11/1831 and served for 21 years 77 days, sic, before his discharge to pension as a Colour Sergeant at Newport on 31/1/1853. His service included 6 yrs. 7 mths at Gibraltar, 2 yrs. in the West Indies and 2 yrs. 6 mths. in N. America. - George Wedderburn m. Margaret Leith Smith in 1851 (q.v.). - [They had 2 sons & 2 daughters.] - George Murray Wedderburn died at 8, Mount Street, Aberdeen, on 24/5/1878 and was buried in St. Peter’s Cemetery there”. He left a Will. His widow Margaret Leith ‘Wedderburn or Smith’, of 8 Mount Street, Aberdeen, died on 6/61895, intestate.
1812 Joseph Wedderburne (sic), e. son of Joseph. W. [Farmer (b. 1782) & Helen Gordon (m. 1805)], bap. 6/12/1812 at Old Meldrum. “Joseph m. i) Ellen Webster (Ann Webster in another source), in 1833 (q.v.) and emigrated to Canada where he lived at one time near Flora, and later in the township of Seneca and Oneida, co. Haldimand. - [Joseph & Ellen (or Ann?) had 5 sons & 5 daughters. - Those who survived settled in either Canada or the U.S. - See under m. in 1833 for details of children.] - Joseph m. ii) Helen Finnie, widow, of Old Meldrum. [Was Helen Finnie the mother of Thomas Finnie, of Pitsligo, who became the second husband of Elizabeth (née Murray), in 1875? (Elizabeth Murray’s first husband was Joseph’s brother George, bap. 1820, q.v.)]