1434
“The earliest reference to the name in the neighbourhood of Dundee”, says ‘A.W.’ in his Introduction to the W.B. (p. xxvii), “is the record of one John Wedderburn taking his degree at St. Andrew’s in 1434. Not long after this - between 1450 and 1500 - at least four different families of the name were flourishing in Dundee, all of them, no doubt, closely connected but for whom no common ancestor can be found”. - The heads of these families are the following four persons:
1450 Walter Wedderburn ‘in the Welgait’ of Dundee, was b. c1450. - “He is first named in 1523, when David W., ‘s. of Walter’ was admitted a burgess of Dundee. - Walter’s wife is believed to have been Janet Nicolson. - He was certainly the father of two, or perhaps three, sons: David (his heir, b. c1500, q.v.), William (‘who perhaps was the person who graduated at St. Andrew’s in 1475-77 and became a monk at Arbroath’) & apparently Akndrew (‘who died before 1515, but who may have been an uncle’). - (William, brother of David, was retoured Andrew’s heir.) - Walter was thus the progenitor of a branch of the family for many years resident in Fife.”
1450
James Wedderburn ‘whose parentage cannot be ascertained’ was b. c1450. - “He was assumed by ‘Douglas’ to have been the progenitor of the Kingennie family”, says ‘A.W.’. “The Dundee records make it clear, however…. that this is impossible, and the Wedderburns of Kingennie are descended from another member of the family, contemporary with, and no doubt nearly related to this James”. (‘Introduction’ to the W.B., & post, chap. iv.) - “The earliest mention of him in the Dundee records is on 8/7/1497, when together with David & Robert Wedderburn - perhaps his brothers - he witnessed a resignation. He was both a burgess and bailie of Dundee.” - James m. Janet Barry. - They had 5 sons ‘& at least one daughter’: James, John, Robert, Henry, Gilbert & Elizabeth (who m. Robert Ferquhar and possibly ii) Gilbert Blair & iii) Andrew Watson). - James died c1514. (W.B. pp. 5-6)
1460
Robert Wedderburn, ‘whose parentage cannot be ascertained but who is undoubtedly of the Dundee family’, was probably b. c1460. - He m. Janet Froster ‘probably about 1485’ (q.v.). - “Robert was named as a bailie of Dundee in 1492. - He & Janet had 5 sons & a daughter. - Their 2nd son, Robert (b. c1490), was progenitor of the Wedderburns of Kingennie, Easter Powrie, and ‘Wedderburn’ & of that ilk; Blackness, Balindean and Gosford. - Robert [senior] died between 1509-18”. (W.B. p. 66)
1480
David Wedderburn ‘of Craigie, and in the Murraygait’ - son of ‘old David’ (b. c1440) - ‘was probably born not later than 1480’. “He is constantly named in the Dundee records. It is from him that Douglas and his followers attempted (erroneously) to derive the Kingennie family...... In 1521 David is named as renting part of the multures of the common mills from Alexander Kyd, his brother James being security for him, and in 1528 he is described as ‘son of the late David’ and ‘brother & heir of the late David.....’. In 1533, he and his ‘kinsman’, Henry Wedderburn (b. 1505?), settle the boundaries of their Murraygait lands. David is first described as ‘of Craigie’ in 1535. In 1542, he and his wife got from Patrick, Lord Gray, a charter of the mains of Huntlie in Perthshire. He was sometimes in trouble with the law, being engaged in what seems to have been a family feud with the Rolloks.” - He m. i) Cristina Jameson, by whom he had a daughter Isobell (b. c1530), & ii) Helen Lawson, by whom he had 2 sons: James (b. c1534) & William (b. c1536) & 2 daughters ‘though only Magdalen is named’. - David died c1560 “when his son James is named as his heir”. (W.B. pp. 56-59)
1485
Robert Wedderburn [b. c1460] m. Janet Froster [d. of David Froster in Methven] ‘about 1485’. - They had 5 sons & a daughter. - “The priority of the younger sons being uncertain, they are given in the order in which they were admitted as burgesses of Dundee, i.e. James (b. c1490, called ‘Robertis sone’); Elizabeth (b. c1492, q.v., was married four times); Robert (b. c1490, the progenitor of the Wedderburns of Kingennie, Easter Powrie, and that ilk; Blackness, Balindean & Gosford); David (b. c1493); Alexander (b. c1505, known as ‘elder’) & George (b. 1505).”- Robert died between 1509 & 1518 but Janet was alive in 1531 “when some lands occupied by Janet Froster, relict of Robert W., were granted by James Scrymgeour, constable of Dundee, to George Rollok”. (W.B. p. 66)
1490
James Wedderburn, e.s. of Robert W. [b. c1460] & Janet Froster [m. c1485], was b. c1490. - “He probably matriculated at St. Andrew’s 1507-9”. [Three ‘James Wedderburns’ matriculated there, in 1507, 1509 & 1514. - See W.B. p. 11, footnote²] - “James was admitted a burgess of Dundee in 1514 and in 1540 he represented Dundee in Parliament. (He was often expressly called ‘son of Robert’ to distinguish him from the son of old David Wedderburn ‘of the Murraygait’.) - Robert m. i) ‘before 1515’, Isabell Scrymgeour (by whom he had a son Robert (b. c1550); & ii) c1530-34, Janet Logan, by whom he had a son Edward (b. c1535). - James died ‘before 16/8/1544’. (W.B. pp. 69-71 & 73)
1490
Robert Wedderburn, 2nd s. of Robert W. [b. c1460] & Janet Froster [m. c1485], ‘cannot have been born much after 1490’. - “He was the progenitor of the lines of Kingennie, Easter Powrie and Wedderburn, Blackness, Balindean & Gosford. - Robert was admitted a burgess of Dundee in 1516 and by 1523 was a notary there. He is frequently named in the Dundee records as Robert Wedderburn ‘elder’. - He m. Janet Kyd ‘before 1540’. They had 3 sons & 3 daughters: Alexander (b. c1530, who became Town Clerk of Dundee); Peter (b. c1535, who became a merchant); Robert (b. 1546, who became a notary); Barbara (who m. i) David Guthrie & ii) Peter Imrie); Janet (who m. James Thomson) & Elizabeth (who m. John Coustoun or Cowstone). - Robert died before the end of 1577, “when he is named as deceased”. (W.B. pp. 93-94)
1492
Elizabeth Wedderburn, only d. of Robert W. [b. c1460] & Janet Froster [m. c1485], was b. c1492. - “Elizabeth m. four times: i) Alexander Lovell (by whom she had a son James); ii) Alexander Ogilvy; iii) Archibald Campbell of Murthlie & iv) Patrick Lyoun, burgess of Dundee”. - Elizabeth died 1571-72. (W.B. pp. 68-69)
1493
David Wedderburn, 3rd s. of Robert W. [b. c1460] & Janet Froster [m. c1485], was b. c1493. - “David is often called younger to distinguish him from his namesakes in the Murraygait and the Welgait. - “There is no record of a marriage but he seems to have had a son William, who was admitted a burgess of Dundee in 1535 as son and heir of David (not of the late David, his father still being alive). Perhaps he went north to Aberdeen.” (A William W. signed a deed in Aberdeen in 1544. - ‘Antiquities of Banff and Aberdeen; Spalding Club Publ., 1857, p. 249’. - W.B. p.476 - See David W., b c1500, & William, 1535, below.) “There are a number of references to David in the Dundee records: In 1528 he held a court; in 1531 he acquired some land from Agnes Farny; in 1551 he was procurator and, in 1554, he was chancellor of the assize. In 1556, he was named as tutor to his great-nephew Robert Wedderburn (grandson to his elder brother James) and, in 1557, the Council sold him some gutter stones”. - David died ‘by 14/1/1566’. (W.B. p. 67)
1495
James Wedderburn, e.s. of James W. [b. c1450] & Janet Barry, was born ‘probably a little before 1500’. - “He is the eldest of the three brothers who are credited with the authorship of the ‘Gude and Godlie Ballatis’. - James went to St. Leonard’s College, St. Andrew’s, and was admitted a burgess of Dundee in 1517. Afterwards, he went to France (Rouen) where he ‘played the merchant’. After his return ‘he was instructed in religion by James Hewat, a Blacke friar at Dundie. He had a good gift of poesie, and made diverse comedeis and tragedeis in the Scotch tongue….He counterfooted also the conjuring of a ghaist, which was indeed practised by Frier Laing, beside Kinghorne, which Frier Laing had been confessor to the King.’ - After this, James ‘was declared an heretick in Scotland’ and, in 1540, he had to flee to Dieppe.” - James m. Janet Forrester (d. of David Forrester 'in Nevay’). They had a son John (b. c1525) ‘and perhaps 2 other sons’: Gilbert (‘to whom there may be references, in 1554, in Leith’ - nr. Edinburgh) & Henry - ‘and maybe some daughters’. - James died in France (probably in Dieppe) ‘before the end of 1553’. (W.B. pp. 10-15 & 22-23)
1500
David Wedderburn ‘in the Welgait’, s. and heir of Walter W. [see 1450] & (?)Janet Nicolson, was b. c1500. - “David was admitted a burgess of Dundee in 1523. He is constantly described as David ‘in Welgait’ to distinguish him from David ‘in the Murraygait’, the son of old David Wedderburn there. David belonged to the maltsters’ guild and in 1533 his name headed a list of maltsters in the Welgait. In the same year (1533) he was outbid by Alexander Annand after offering to take a tack of the Weigh-house in Dundee and in 1558-59, he got sasine of a vault in Tolbooth Yard.” - David m. i) Elizabeth Dog (no issue) & ii) Elizabeth Strathauchlin (who m. ii) William Lochmalony), by whom he had 2 sons: Robert (b. 1551, who d.s.p. ‘soon after 1572’) & Alexander ‘of Pittormie’ (b. 1552, who m. Christian Fairney in 1570) ‘and perhaps some daughters’. - ‘David was last mentioned as living in 1559 and first named deceased in 1560’. (W.B. p. 44-45)
1500
John Wedderburn, 2nd s. of James W. [b. c1450] & Janet Barry, was b. c1500. - “John is thought to be the principal author of the ‘Gude and Godlie Ballates’. In 1525, he matriculated at St. Andrew’s University, took his bachelor’s degree in 1527 and was Licentiate in 1528. He may be the John Wedderburn referred to in 1529 in connection with the slaughter of John Thomsoun” (but see W.B. p. 15, footnote¹). – “It was either John or his brother Robert, Vicar of Dundee, who was chosen to represent Scotland v. England in an archery contest against the English at St. Andrew’s, in 1528-9, which the Scots won. John became a priest in Dundee but he is very rarely mentioned in the Records. He began to profess the reformed religion and ‘being summoned, he departed to Almaine [Germany] where he …became very fervent and zealous. He translated many of Luther’s dytements into Scottish meeter….’. After the death of the King, in 1542, John returned to Scotland - possibly he lived some time at Leith - but in 1574 he was living in exile in England. -Although a priest, he may not, as a Reformer, have considered that an obstacle to secular pursuits, and he had, no doubt, a living to make. It is possible that he is the complainer in the English Courts, 1547-51, but this is speculative.” - John died in England in 1556. ‘It is not known whether he married or had issue’. (W.B. p. 11 & pp.14-15)
1503
Robert Wedderburn, 3rd s. of James W. [b. c1450] & Janet Barry, was b. 1503-10. - “Robert is the author of the famous ‘Complaynt of Scotland’ (and co-author, with his brothers James and John, of the ‘Gude and Godlie Ballatis’.) - He matriculated at St. Andrew’s in 1526, took his bachelor’s degree in 1529 and was Licentiate in 1530. He is first mentioned in the Dundee records in 1528. From about 1530-1546 he seems to have lived in Paris and in 1549 he was chamberlain to the laird of Calder (Sir James Sandilands, the friend of Knox, who was appointed by the Reformers to solicit the support of the Queen Regent - footnote¹, p. 11) in West Lothian. In 1551 he succeeded his uncle, John Barry (one account calls him Robert Barry), as Vicar of Dundee”. - By Isobell Lovell, Robert had 2 sons, Robert & David (both b. c1550), ‘who were legitimised under the Great Seal in 1552-53’. - Robert died before Aug. 1553 “when John Rolland was appointed to the vicarage and questions arose as to the validity of his appointment”. - “After Robert’s death Isobell Lovell seems to have married David Cant (son & heir of Thomas Cant)…”. (W.B. pp. 16-18)
1505
Henry Wedderburn, 4th s. of James W. [b. c1450] & Janet Barry, was b. c1505. - “Henry was admitted a burgess of Dundee in Oct. 1523. In 1528 he settled some land in North Murraygait on ‘his apparent spouse, Marione Lawsone’ but, in Jan. 1529, he is named with his wife, Matilda Carncross. - They had 3 sons & 2 daughters, but all the sons: Henry, Robert & John must have died very young as, on their father’s death, his daughters, Janet & Margaret, were clearly his heirs”. (Their uncles, Robert & Gilbert W. were Janet’s procurators.) (Janet m. Thomas Nicholl, shipmaster, & Margaret m. Thomas Davidsoun, skipper.) - Henry died ‘before 1551’. (W.B. pp. 6-7)
1505
Alexander Wedderburn, 4th s. of Robert W. [b. c1460] & Janet Froster [m. c1485], was b. c1505. - “Alexander is generally called ‘elder’ in the records. He was long a merchant in Dundee. He was admitted a burgess of Dundee as ‘son of the late Robert’ in 1527. He was one of those acquitted of aiding the English in the taking of Broughty Castle in 1553, and the destruction of the monasteries. There are slight references to him in almost every year - in 1571 he was named as father’s kin to Robert Rollok, son of the late George Rollok, who needs curators - and many references to properties of his… and many other references to him in connection with his children”. Alexander m. Isobell Anderson, c1537. - They had 2 sons & 3 daughters: Richard (b. c1540); Patrick (b. c1546); Elizabeth; Eufame & Janet. - Alexander died ‘before 4/3/1587, his widow named as Janet’. (W.B. pp. 74-75)
1505
George Wedderburn, 5th s. of Robert W. [b. c1460] & Janet Froster [m. c1485], was b. c1505. - “George was admitted a burgess of Dundee on the same day as his brother Alexander”. He m. Euphame Fowlair (d. & heiress of the late Wm. Fowlair, burgess). “There is no reference in the records to any children or descendants and George ‘no doubt died ‘s.p.’ (W.B. pp. 67-68)
1510
Gilbert Wedderburn, 5th s. of Robert W. [b. c1450] & Janet Barry, was b. c1510. - “Gilbert was admitted a burgess of Dundee in 1537. In 1538, he was accused of heresy and in 1543 he was ‘at the horn’ for the slaughter of David Rollok, one of his co-burgesses [in which affair David W. in the Murraygait, James W. (husband of Janet Logan), & James’ son, Robert, were also involved’]. Gilbert got remission for this in 1545, but before that, in 1544, he took ‘art and part’ in the murder of George Rollok”. Gilbert m. Isobell Dycksoun (and, in 1553, got a charter of a house in Leith, nr. Edinburgh). They had 3 sons: Henry (b. ?1540), Thomas (b. ?1542) & John (b. ?1545). - Gilbert died in 1559. (His widow m. ii) John Brown.) - (W.B. pp. 7-8)
1515
James Wedderburn [b. c1490, e.s. of Robert W. & Janet Froster (m. c1485)] m. i) ‘before 1515’, Isabell Scrymgeour. - They had a son, Robert (b. 1515). - (W.B. p. 71)
1515
Robert Wedderburn, [?only] s. of James W. [b. c1490] & Isabell Scrymgeour (& half-brother to Edward, b. c1535), was b. c1515. - “Robert appears to have been an unruly character. [See 1548]. In 1546 he sold his North Murraygait land to his uncle Robert ‘elder’ and his wife, Janet Kyd. (Robert is called ‘younger’ to distinguish him from this uncle.) Robert m. Elspeth Scrymgeour ‘before 1548’. - Elspeth died before 1566 & Robert died before 24/10/1552, ‘leaving one son Robert (b. c1550), who died unm. or ‘s.p.’, and, ‘it seems’, one daughter, Margaret, who was retoured heir to Robert. (W.B. pp. 71-72)
1522
Thomas Wedderburn [unidentified], ‘generally designed Sir (Dominus) Thomas Wedderburn’, ‘is first named in Aug. 1522’. - “He is constantly named as chaplain of various chaplainries in Dundee…and was probably an ecclesiastic….. In 1554, he was a witness to the charter by Mr. Robert Wedderburn, the Vicar of Dundee, and in 1555-58 was chaplain to the Baxtar’s Craft of Dundee. …In 1558 he had delivered to him a letter presenting George Rollok to the benefice of St. Mary’s in St. Clement’s, Dundee. In 1664, as ‘Sir Thomas’, he constituted Edward Wedderburn his factor…”. He died before 19/3/1568, when the annual rents of umqhill Sir Thomas W. were disponed to Edward. (W.B. p. 88)
1525
John Wedderburn, e.s. of James W. [b. c1495] & Janet Forrester, was b. c1525. - “John carried on business as a merchant and ship-owner. He no doubt went abroad with his father, at whose death he was present. There are thus no references to him in the Dundee records until his return to Scotland in 1552-53, when he was admitted a burgess. From then on, he was an energetic member of the Dundee community and owned thirteen acres in Dudop, which his father had got from the constable.” He m. i) Alice Hoppringill [the name later became ‘Pringle’ - see “Scottish Surnames”], by whom he had 2 sons & 2 daughters: James (b. 1553); John (b. c1559); Christian (who m., in 1569, Alexander Auchterlownie - she and her husband are named in 1577 as occupying the house of George Ramsay, laird of Banff), & Grissell (“who is no doubt to be identified with ‘Grisild’ W., wife of George Lindsay, merchant and ship-master of Dundee, who is often named in the Dundee records from 1589 onwards. They had two children, John & Janet Lindsay). - In 1569, John m. ii) Christian Wischart (d. of John Wischart of that ilk), by whom he had no issue. - John died in 1569. (W.B. pp. 24-25)
1527
Katharine Wedderburn [unidentified], ‘relict of George Rocht, burgess of Dundee, ‘is named in a discharge to her on 16/11/1527’. - “A Katharine Wedderburn, ‘relict of Andrew Baldovey’ named in a decreet, 3/2/1541-42 may be identical with the preceding one.” (W.B. p. 86)
1530
Isobell Wedderburn, b. c1530, ‘would seem to be the only daughter of David W. ‘of Craigie, and in the Murraygait’ [see 1480] by his first wife, Christina Jameson. - Isobell m. Alexander Kyd in 1558 (q.v.) - They had 2 sons (Alexander & John Kyd). - Isobell died between Sept. 1584 & April 1586. (W.B. p. 58 & footnotes)
153?
Robert Wedderburn [b. c1490, 2nd s. of Robert W. & Janet Froster] m. Janet Kyd ‘before 1540’. - They had 3 sons & 3 daughters: Alexander (b. c1530), Peter (b. c1535), Robert (b. c1546), Barbara (m. c1560, q.v.), Janet (see 1561) & Elizabeth (see 1562). - Robert died before 30/12/1577. (W.B. pp. 93-95)
1530
Alexander Wedderburn, e.s. of Robert W. [b. c1490] & Janet Kyd, was b. c1530. - “Alexander was admitted a notary about 1554-55 and admitted a burgess of Dundee in 1555. In 1556, he was elected to succeed Robert Seres as Clerk of Dundee for life. He was the first in a long line of Wedderburns to became “Clerks of Dundee”, almost continuously for nearly 160 years. He took much interest in the affairs of the town and in 1563 the council elected him, together with the treasurer and dean of gild, to represent the town in the parliament at Edinburgh. He remained in office until 20/9/1582, when he ‘resignit and demittit’ the clerkship to his eldest son Alexander (b. 1561, afterwards ‘of Kingennie’). - Alexander m. Janet Myln ‘before 1560’ (q.v.). “There are many references to the affairs of his and his wife’s family”. [They had 6 sons & 2 daughters. (See under 1560.) - [One of the sons was ‘David of the Compt Buik’, b. c1563.] - Alexander was tutor to the two, later ‘legitimised’, sons of Robert W., Vicar of Dundee. - Alexander died on 28/6/1585. (W.B. pp. 103-04)
1530
Margaret Wedderburn [unidentified], b. c1530, ‘is named, 1560-78, as wife of Robert Lovell, burgess of Dundee’. - “In 1560, there is a settlement by her husband on their son Robert, and, in 1566, he binds their eldest son, John Lovell, then a minor…. to infeft his mother in the life-rent of one third, & Robert Lovell, his brother, in the fee of half the lands of Ballyndoch”. (A daughter, Katrene Lovell, wife of John Cathro, is also mentioned.) - Margaret died in Dec. 1578, ‘her Will confirmed in Edinburgh in 1580’. (W.B. pp. 86-87)
1531
Margaret Wedderburn [unidentified], wife of George Rollok [son & heir of Walter Rollok] “is named a) in 1531, in a charter to her husband and herself, in favour of their son Richard, of land in Dundee occupied by Janet Froster, relict of Robert Wedderburn, & b) in 1535, in a similar charter of eight acres in Dudhop….”.
1532
Janet Wedderburn [unidentified], ‘wife of Nicholas Watson’, “is twice named in the Dundee Records in 1532”. (W.B. p. 85)
1534
James Wedderburn, e.s. of David Wedderburn ‘of Craigie, and in the Murraygait’ [see 1480] & his 2nd wife, Helen Lawson, ‘was probably born before 1534’. - “James is frequently mentioned in the Dundee Protocol Books. He was not admitted a burgess till 11/10/1560, some six years after his younger brother William (b. c1536), but he immediately took an active part in the affairs of the burgh. He was for many years ‘clerk of the cocket’ of Dundee, which gave him the control of the customs of the burgh, and the right to order the searching of vessels coming to its port. He is mentioned in various legal proceeding and chiefly, 1568-70, in litigation with his brother, William. He is also named as the owner of various ships and his lands of Craigie are named in 1569. - James m. Margaret Dundas “who is occasionally mentioned with him in respect of Craigie”. They had 2 sons & 3 daughters: John (afterwards ‘of Craigie’, b. 1556), Walter (b. 1562), Helen (b. ‘before 1560, who probably remained single’), Elizabeth (b. ‘before 1560, who is perhaps the ‘Bessie’ Wedderburn who m. John Lawsone about 1583, and was soon left a widow’) & Eufame (b. ‘after 1560’). - James died in Sept. 1575. (W.B. pp. 60-62)
1534
Alice ‘or Elyse’ Wedderburn [unidentified] ‘is mentioned in a charter dated March 1534, in favour of Thomas Duncan, burgess of Dundee, and Alice or Elyse Wedderburn, his spouse’. “She seems identical with Helen Wedderburn, named in the records as relict of Thomas Duncan in 1562-72, and also in 1569, as pursuer in an action v. Margaret Kinloch. Perhaps, too, she is the Helen Wedderburn (not designed) who acts for Thomas Wedderburn in 1563.… who died before 26/3/1572”. (W.B. 84)
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”. (W.B. p. 67) [A Mr. Robert W. signed a deed at Maryculter, Kincardineshire, in 1547 and a David W. was admitted a burgess of Aberdeen in 1549. Later on, in 1632, a distinguished member of the Aberdeen family, David Wedderburn ‘the grammarian’ was admitted burgess of Dundee.]
1535
Edward Wedderburn, s. of James W. [b.1490] & Janet Logan, was b. c1535. - “Edward was admitted a burgess of Dundee in 1559. - He m. Janet Inglis ‘about 1563’. - They had 3 daughters, Catherine, Eufame & Elizabeth. (See 1563.) - Edward died in 1578. (W.B. p. 73 & footnotes, & p. 74)
1535
Peter Wedderburn, 2nd s. of Robert W. [b. c1490] & Janet Kyd, was b. c1535. - “Peter was a merchant and seems at one time to have been in Norway. There are frequent references to him in the records as witness etc. (‘Peter ‘Vodderburne’, witness to a baptism, 11 March 1581-82, in the parish of Monifieth, ‘must also be he’. - W.B. p. 96, footnote4) and he is mentioned in his nephew David’s ‘Compt Buik’.” Peter m. Margaret Kinloch ‘before 1577’. They had 2 sons & 3 daughters: Peter (b. ?1585), George (b. ?1586), Margaret (who m. i) George Black & ii) Andrew Blak), Barbara (‘probably wife of Edward Cristone or Frislo, skipper & merchant’) & Janet (who m. Wm. Davidson - & perhaps ii) Alexander Innes, of co. Moray -see entry under Janet W. in 1619. - W.B. p. 99, footnote¹) - Peter died before 5/11/1604. (W.B. pp. 96-97)
1536
William Wedderburn, 2nd s. of David W. ‘of Craigie, and in the Murraygait’ [see 1480] & Helen Lawson, was b. c1536. - “William is first named in 1543. He was admitted a burgess of Dundee in 1554, six years before his elder brother James, with whom he was in dispute for some years until, in 1570, the brothers submitted to arbitration.” (In 1578, after James’ death, William and his wife sued James’ widow.) William m. Margaret Rollok ‘before mid-June 1559’ (q.v.) They had 2 sons & a daughter: James (‘who is named in 1583 as son & heir to his father, and called ‘mariner’, when his cousin, John of Craigie resigned in his favour part of his South Murraygait lands’. He died ‘s.p.’); William (‘named but once’, in 1577, when Margaret Rollok, spouse of William W., binds her son William to Robert Anderson, mariner, for 5 years. He also died ‘s.p.’) & Magdalen (‘who is named when her cousin John settles his North Seagait land on her and her husband, William Myln… Magdalen appears to have m. twice more’). - William died between 1593 & 1597. (W.B. pp. 58-60)
1537
Alexander Wedderburn [b. c1505, 4th s. of Robert W. (b. c1460) & Janet Froster] m. Isobell Anderson [d. of the late Thomas Anderson and Agnes Quhit] c1537. - “Alexander is frequently called ‘elder’ to distinguish him from ‘the Clerk’ and, later, from his namesake in Cupar.” - They had 2 sons & 3 daughters: Richard (b. c1540), Patrick (b. c1546), Elizabeth (‘who m. James Turing, s. & heir of James Turing, burgess of Dundee’); Eufame (‘who m. Andrew Geddes or Geddie, mariner, citizen in St. Andrew’s’) & Janet (‘named in the Will of her niece Magdalene, who m. Thomas Jack’) “who is, perhaps, to be identified with the Janet W. wife of Andrew Auchinlek, 1598”. (W.B. pp. 74-5 & 77)
1539
Grissell Wedderburn [unidentified], wife of James Anderson, “is first named in a grant, 2/1/1539, by James Rynd of Carse to her and her husband and their son James of two sixths of Lumlethin, co. Forfar, to which Henry Wedderburn (b. c1505, s. of James W. & Janet Barry) is a witness….. Their only daughter, Margaret Anderson, m. Alexander Scrymgeour of Dundee. - They seem also to have had a son John.” - Grissell died in 1572, aged 54, & James died in 1584, aged 73. (W.B. p. 85)
1540 Henry Wedderburn, e.s. of Gilbert W. [b. c1510] & Isobell Dykesoun, was b. c1540. - “Henry is, I think”, says ‘A.W.’, “the Captain Wedderburn occasionally mentioned in the chronicles of the time”. (‘Harie’ was present at the capture of Dumbarton Castle in 1571.) - His date of death is unknown and it is not known whether he left issue. (W.B. p. 8)
1540
Richard Wedderburn, e.s. of Alexander W. [b. c1505] & Isobell Anderson, was b. c1540. - “Richard is the only person of the name mentioned throughout the Dundee records”, says ‘A.W.’ (However, another was b. in Leicestershire in 1602 and an Archibald W., weaver in Edinburgh, who m. Agnes Bruce there in 1676, gave the name to his 2nd son, b. 1680, q.v. - MWE) - “By 1572, Richard had settled as a burgess of Elsinore….where he seems to have been a person of some importance. It does not appear if he married or left issue”. (W.B. pp. 75-76) - [Henning Aaberg-Jorgensen from Denmark writes (July 1002) that Richard was a great merchant & purveyor to the Danish Court (King Frederik II) & owner of merchant ships. - Acc. to Henning, Richard m. i) Anne Tommisdotter, dau. of Thomis Mort in Landskrona (a city not far from Helsingborg in Skåne, which was Danish at that time) & ii) Mette Jacobsdatter. He says that Richard had 6 children by Anne, among them Thomas Wederborg (d. 1647/48) who immigrated to Växjö in Småland, Sweden. - Since April 1996, however, I have been corresponding with Annika Davidsson in Växjö, Sweden. - Annika has discovered that ‘Richardus Wedderburn, merchant, immigrated Scotsman, m. Hette Jacobsdotter and had 2 sons, David & ‘Tommis’. (Richard’s name appears in a Court book between 1568-1600, after which his widow is mentioned in 1608.) Richard, therefore, died c1600 at ‘Helsingør’ in Denmark. - His son Thomas moved to Sweden shortly afterwards and in 1603 he m. Anna Ramunds-dotter (who died in Växjö in 1640). - They had 4 daughters and a son, Richard. - Thomas died ‘probably abroad’ before 28/2/1648. - His son Richard, a merchant & councillor, m. Ingeborg Håkansdotter and died in 1685, leaving 4 sons & a daughter, whose surname was changed to ‘Wederborg’. (Further details of the family’s descendants are to be found in a family-tree produced by Annika. - MWE) - [See ‘unidentified’ Thomas Wedderburn, 1608.]
1542
Thomas Wedderburn, 2nd s. of Gilbert W. [b. c1510] & Isobell Dykesoun, was b. c1542. - “Thomas was admitted a burgess of Dundee in 1568”. He m. Agnes Crawford. - They had a daughter, Agnes (b. 1609, q.v.) who m. Abakuk Bissett. [See my ‘Abdnhist.doc’] - Thomas died ‘about Aug. 1574’. “His widow may have married again and had a son, William Broun.” (W.B. p. 9)
1542
Magdalen Wedderburn, d. of David Wedderburn ‘in the Murraygait’ [see 1480] & Helen Lawson, was b. c1542. - “Magdalen is first named in April 1559.” She m. Mark Barrie [s. & heir of William Barrie & Margaret Scrymgeour]. - They had 2 sons (William & John Barrie). “Magdalen is named as her husband’s widow in Nov. 1579. The date of her death is not known but she seems to have been still living in 1611, when she made a contract with the Coustouns in regard to the Lady Warkstairs’ property”. (W.B. p. 60)
1545
John Wedderburn, 3rd s. of Gilbert W. [b. c1510] & Isobell Dykesoun, was b. c1545. - “John is named but once, 25/11/1559, when, after his father’s death, he is apprenticed to Thomas Ramsay.” - ‘He probably died young’. (W.B. p. 9)
1546
Patrick Wedderburn, younger s. of Alexander W. [b. c1505] & Isobell Anderson, was b. c1546. - “Patrick was a merchant in Dundee. He was admitted a burgess of Dundee in 1571 and gradually acquired considerable property there. On a number of occasions he acted as attorney for his brother Richard, in Elsinore. He was contracted to marry Janet Duncan (d. of John Duncan) but she died before June 1578, when Elizabeth Low, widow of James Rait (by whom she had 2 sons, James & Gilbert Rait) is named as Patrick’s wife.” - Elizabeth & Patrick had 4 sons & a daughter: Alexander (see 1601), Robert (b. ?1585, d.1616), Adam (see 158? & 1614), John (‘who is named once’) & Magdalen (who m. Thomas Jak and died in 1623). - “In 1575 a Patrick Wedderburn ‘younger’ is referred to & in 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…..”. - [In footnote² on W.B. p. 77, A.W. states that, on one occasion, “Patrick’s father calls him ‘Peter Wedderburne, my sone’, the names Peter and Patrick being used almost interchangeably”.] - (W.B. pp. 77-78 & p. 78, footnote 7)
1546
Robert Wedderburn, 3rd & ygst. s. of Robert W. [b. c1490] & Janet Kyd, was b. 1546. - “From 1574 until his death in 1611, Robert was a notary in Dundee. In the Dundee charter room are six large protocol books and twelve small minutes books of his….. He was of considerable education. He is called ‘younger’ before his father’s death (c1575) but afterwards is called ‘elder’, to distinguish him from Robert W. the merchant (b. 1550, the ‘legitimised’ s. of the Vicar of Dundee and Isobell Lovell).” About Sept. 1583’, Robert m. Margaret Myln (d. of Robert Myln of Dundee). They had 4 sons & 2 daughters: Robert (b. 1584), James (b. 1585), Robert (b. 1586), Alexander (b. 1587 - named once in the ‘Compt Buik’ of his cousin David W.) & Janet and Elizabeth, “all of whom died young and in their father’s lifetime”. Robert was admitted a burgess of Dundee in 1588. “Slight references to him are frequent and, in 1596, he is described as next-of-kin and curator to his nephew, Peter Imrie, s. of his sister Barbara”. Robert died ‘a few days after 12/10/1611, leaving legacies to various nieces and nephews. - His heir was his nephew Peter (b. c1585), e.s. of Peter W. & Margaret Kinloch. (W.B. pp. 99-101)
1548
Robert Wedderburn [b. c1515, s. & heir of James W. (b. c1490) & his first wife, Isabell Scrymgeour] m. Elspeth Scrymgeour ‘before 1548’. - They had a son Robert (b. c1550), and ‘it seems’ a daughter Margaret. - “Robert was admitted a burgess of Dundee in 1535. It is he, and not as has been supposed his namesake and cousin, afterwards Vicar of Dundee, who is the ‘Robert, s. of James W., burgess of Dundee’, who was respited in 1536 for the slaughter of – Malisoun, and who, with his father and others, was again respited in 1543 for ‘art and part’ in the murder of David Rollok”. - Robert died ‘before 24/10/1552’. (W.B. p. 71-72)
1550
Robert Wedderburn, elder & only surv. s. of Robert W. [Vicar of Dundee, b. c1503], by Isobell Lovell, was b. c1550. - “Robert was legitimised under the Great Seal in 1552-53. His mother is often named in the Dundee records as the wife of David Cant (s. & heir of Thomas), whom she seems to have married after the Vicar’s death.” (W.B. p. 18) “Robert was admitted a burgess in 1580 and, after some years, is frequently named in the records. As a merchant, he had various dealings with his cousin David W. of the ‘Compt Buik’, in which he is mentioned as late as 1619.” He m. Euphame Coustoun (widow of Robert Scot & d. of John Coustoun & Elizabeth Wedderburn, 3rd d. of Robert W. & Janet Kyd) ‘before 1579’. They had 2 sons & a daughter: David (b. c1580, a burgess of Burntisland, Fife); John (b. 1585, a merchant in Dundee), & Elizabeth (who m. three times: i) in 1616, Robert Murray, ii) Thomas Moncur of Seggieden & iii) James Lovel of Kinneukie). - Robert died ‘between 1622 & 1631’. (W.B. pp. 19-20)
1550
David Wedderburn, younger s. of Robert W. [Vicar of Dundee, b. c1503], by Isobell Lovell, was b. c1550. - “David was legitimised under the Great Seal in 1552-53” (as was his brother Robert, above). “In 1566, David Cant ‘spouse to Isobell Lovell’ settles some land on her son David Wedderburn. David was admitted a burgess in 1570 and it may be he who (with a Robert Wedderburn) witnesses a resignation in 1583”. He probably died by Dec. 1585 ‘when Robert is named as his heir’. No known issue. (W.B. p. 18)
1550
obert Wedderburn, s. of Robert W. [b. c1515] & Elspeth Scrymgeour, was b. c1550. - “Robert was admitted a burgess of Dundee in 1572. He was cognosed heir to his father at Dundee on 21/6/1566, when he was clearly under age. James Scrymgeour & John Wedderburn were his curators. The date of his death is unclear ‘but it is assumed that he died unmarried and without issue’. - In 1580, Margaret Wedderburn ‘presumably his sister’ is cognosed lawful heir ‘to the late Robert Wedderburn, younger’. (W.B. pp. 72-73)
1551
Robert Wedderburn, e.s. & heir of David W. [‘in the Welgait’, b. c1500] & Elizabeth Strathauchlin, was b. 1551. - “Robert is first mentioned in a bond in 1560. His affairs are often mentioned in vol. xi of the Burgh Records of Dundee, and in some entries he is called ‘younger’. - The date of his death is not certain but his brother Alexander was retoured his heir in 1573. It is thus clear that he died without issue”. (W.B. p. 45)
1552
Alexander Wedderburn [afterwards ‘of Pittormie’], only surv. s. & heir of David W. [‘in the Welgait’, b. c1500] & Elizabeth Strathauchlin, was b. ‘not later than 1552’. - “Alexander was often designed ‘younger’ (in distinction from his elder namesake, also a merchant, who m. Isobell Anderson, and was still living ‘till about 1585’. - Mr. A.C. Lamb, in his ‘Dundee: its Quaint and Historic Buildings’, 1895, makes several altogether erroneous statements as to this branch of the family.” - W.B. p. 45, footnote¹) “He was admitted a burgess of Dundee in 1582, by his father’s privilege, designed ‘merchant, younger’, and he was at one time a bailie of the burgh.” Alexander m. Christian Fairny in 1570. - They had 3 sons & ‘probably’ 3 daughters: John (b. c1571), William (b. c1573) & James (b. c1588, ‘who became minister of Moonzie’), Cristean (b. c1590), Beatrix (b. c1591) & Margaret (b. c1597). “Alexander no doubt moved from Dundee into Fife, where he settled at Cupar, and in 1593 is called ‘burgess of Cupar’. In 1599, he and his wife got a charge of Montquhany, near Cupar, and in 1610 he purchased the lands of Pittormie, from which he is henceforward constantly designed.” He died on 15/2/1627. (W.B. pp. 45-49)
1553
James Wedderburn, e.s. of John W. [b. c1525] & Agnes Hoppringill, was b. c1553. - “James was cognosed sone and air to umqhile Johnne Wedderburn, his father’, in 1569, when the bailies also ordained him to have the privilege of ‘ane burgess air’. James chose James Logan in Kinghorne and James Lovell in Dundee as his curators. In 1573-74 he is named as the owner, ‘by heretage’, of the ‘fre landis of Abirbrothie’.” James died ‘probably unm., and certainly s.p.’, in 1578. (His brother John was his heir.) - (W.B. p. 25)
1556
John Wedderburn [afterwards ‘of Craigie’], e.s. & heir of James W. [‘of Craigie’ - see 1534] & Margaret Dundas, was b. c1556. – “John seems to have been bred to the law. He gradually disposed of the lands of Craigie to his cousin Alexander W., the Clerk. In 1556 he had to flee the country, having been charged with the slaughter of Robert Lindsay and James Leitch. He m. Margaret Strathauchin (widow of Robert Jackson, by whom she had a s. named Robert) in 1582-83. They had a daughter, Elizabeth (b. c1586, who m. James Kinnaird, c1604). - John died ‘before 3/3/1599’. (W.B. pp. 63-65)
1558
Margaret Wedderburn [unidentified], wife of David Carnegy, burgess of Dundee, “is named once (as deceased), on 18/1/1558, when her granddaughter, Elizabeth Carnegy, wife of Robert Fotheringham, is entered as her heir in a tenement in North Seagait”. (W.B. p. 86)
1558
Isobell Wedderburn [b. c1530, d. of David W. ‘of Craigie & in the Murraygait’ (b. c1480) & his 1st wife, Cristina Jameson] m. Alexander Kyd in 1558. - They had two sons (Alexander & John Kyd). - Isobell died between 19/9/1584 and 9/4/1586. (W.B. p. 58)
1559
William Wedderburn [b. c1536, younger s. of David W. ‘of Craigie & in the Murraygait’ (b. c1480) & his 2nd wife, Helen Lawson] m. Margaret Rollok ‘before 4/6/1559’. - They had 2 sons & a daughter: James (‘a mariner, named 4/2/1583 as s. & heir to his father when his cousin, John of Craigie, resigns in his favour part of his lands, and in 1583 when he goes surety for James Kyd’), William (‘named in 1577 when his mother binds him to Robert Anderson, mariner, for five years’) & Magdalen (who m. three times, i) ‘before 1593’, William Myln; ii) – Mitchell & iii) – Henderson). - “The line of this William Wedderburn failed with the death of his two sons.” (W.B. pp. 58-59)
1559
John Wedderburn, younger [but only surv.] s. of John W. [b. c1525] & Alice Hoppringill [& later stepson of Christian Wischart], was b. c1559. - “John is described in the Dundee records as ‘nauclerus’ (mariner or ship-master). He owned the ship ‘Dragon’.” - John m. Margaret Lindsay c1582. They had 2 sons & 3 daughters: John (b. 1583, afterwards ‘protomedicus’ in Moravia); James (b. 1585, afterwards Bishop of Dunblane); Agnes (who m. Gilbert Ramsay); Margaret (who m. Robert Halyburton) & Helen (who died young). –“John’s ‘free lands in Abirbrothie, co. Perth’ involved him in litigation. He inherited his grandfather’s house and, in David Wedderburn’s ‘Compt Buik’, is called John W. ‘in Kirkstyell’. - It is not always possible to distinguish him from his namesake, John of Craigie, but, at this time, he was in England.” - John died ‘1603-1604’. (W.B. pp. 26-27)
1560
Alexander Wedderburn [Clerk of Dundee 1556/7-1582, b. c1530, e.s. of Robert W. (b. c1490) & Janet Kyd] m. Janet Myln [d. & co-heiress of James Myln, burgess of Dundee] & Elizabeth Guthrie (who m. secondly, George Wischart of Drymmie), ‘before May 1560’. -They had 6 sons & 2 daughters: Alexander (later ‘of Kingennie’); David (of the ‘Compt Buik’); Robert; James & Peter (merchants in Dundee); William (‘who died violently’); Margaret (‘who m. Peter Clayhills’) & Katharen (‘who m. i) William Duncan and ii) William Ferguson’). - Alexander died on 28/6/1585. - The epitaph on his tomb was recorded in his son David’s ‘Compt Buik’. (W.B. p. 103)
1560 Note: “In the municipal records of Dundee between 1560 and 1600, an Archibald and a Matthew Wedderburn are mentioned, from whom no descendants are traced. -The recurrence of those [Christian] names in Edinburgh families [see 1646 & 1649] suggests that these Dundee individuals may have established themselves elsewhere and had descendants. Similarly, it is possible that the Edinburgh &Glasgow families were connected, as Margaret & Abigail, two of the daughters of an Alexander W. in Glasgow [bap. 1690 &1703 (q.v.)] were both married in Edinburgh and lived there, but these are mere suggestions and rest without proof.” (‘A.W.’, Introduction W.B.Part VI, p. 491) - [See Matthew Wedderburn b. 1562 - & marriages of ‘Matho Wadderburn’ at Prestonpans in 1599 & 1601 - & Archibald, ‘s. of Adam W. & Bessie Brown’, b. 1627 (m. 1649).]
1560
Barbara Wedderburn [b. 153?, e.d. of Robert W. (b. c1490) & Janet Kyd] m. i) David Guthrie, ‘who died before 11/11/1575’. (They had 2 Guthrie sons & 3 Guthrie daughters: David; Robert (who m. Eufame Jakson and died before 1603, leaving an only child and heiress, Margaret Jakson, who m. William Haliburton); Cristina (who m. William Kinloch, surgeon, in 1575); Catharine (who m. John Leslie) & Margaret (who m. Thomas Wallace). - Barbara m. ii) Peter Imbrie or Imrie ‘before 29/2/1581’. (By this m. Barbara had a son, Peter Imbrie.) - Barbara died ‘before 18/5/1615’. (W.B. pp. 94-95)
1561
Alexander Wedderburn [afterwards 1st of Kingennie (co. Forfar), Clerk of Dundee 1582-1626], e.s. of Alexander W. [b. c1530] & Janet Myln, was b. in 1561. - “Alexander was admitted to the freedom of the burgh in 1582 and later that year he was elected to succeed his father as Clerk of Dundee.” - He m. Helen Ramsay ‘towards the close of the year 1582’ (q.v.). - They had 5 sons & 6 daughters. [“Two of these daughters were said by ‘Douglas’ (incorrectly) to be the daughters of Alexander’s eldest son & his wife Magdalen Scrymgeour”. - W.B. 146, footnote¹] - “Alexander is frequently referred to in his brother David’s ‘Compt Buik’ and is constantly mentioned in the Dundee records. (His ‘beautiful signature’ is remarked upon.) - He acquired considerable property in both Dundee and Forfarshire, notably the estates of Wester Gourdie (part of which he bought from David Dunmuir in 1591 - W.B. p. 235, footnote² - and part from brothers Robert & James Carmichael), and, some nine years later, Kingennie, which he purchased from William Guthrie and his wife. (W.B. p. 127) - [From 1600, Alexander is designed ‘of Kingennie’.] “A favourite of King James VI (who presented him with a ring and two bracelets), Alexander went with him to England in 1603 and was one of the signatories to the Treaty for Union between Scotland and England in 1604. He returned to Scotland in 1605 and, in 1617, appointed his second son, James (b. 1589), as his ‘depute and substitute’ Clerk, during his absences in his Majesty’s service”. - Alexander died between Feb. & May 1626, ‘when his e.s. Alexander (b. 1583) was his heir’. (W.B. pp. 123-129)
1561
Janet Wedderburn [b. 153?, 2nd d. of Robert W. (b. c1490) & Janet Kyd] m. James Thomson (‘also called Reyky or Retry’ - see 1567 as there is some confusion here), who died c1573. They had 2 children (James & Margaret ‘Thomsone’). - “Janet perhaps m. ii) William Man.” (W.B. p. 95, & footnote²)
1562
Walter Wedderburn, younger s. of James W. [‘of Craigie’, b. c1534, e.s. of David W. ‘in the Murraygait’ (see 1480) & Helen Lawson] & Margaret Dundas, was b. c1562. - “Walter is presumably the Walter W. who m. Marjorie Bruce (widow of David Bruce of Lynmyln) before 1590.” [See m. 1598.] - Walter died ‘s.p.’ between 1595 & 1605. - His niece Elizabeth (b. 1586) was his heir. (W.B. p. 62)
1562
Elizabeth Wedderburn [b. 153?, 3rd d. of Robert W. (b. c1490) & Janet Kyd] m. John Couston or Cowstone (‘sometimes called Craigtoun’) ‘before 17/10/1563’. - “They are constantly named with Mark Barrie and his wife Magdalen Wedderburn, chiefly in regard to a property in Dundee called ‘Ladie Wark Stairs’…”. - They had 5 sons & a daughter: James; David; John; Thomas (‘named in the Will of his uncle Robert, the notary, b. 1546); George; & Eufame Coustoun (who m. i) Robert Scot & ii) Robert Wedderburn, b. 1550, merchant of Dundee - the ‘legitimised’ s. of Robert W., Vicar of Dundee). - ‘The date of Elizabeth’s death does not appear’. (W.B. p. 95)
1562 Matthew Wedderburn [unidentified - but see ‘Note’, 1560] “is first named in 1562 when he is clearly sui juris, and cannot have been born later than 1540. - There are other slight references to him, sometimes called ‘mariner’ and once ‘burgess’. In 1585 he is described as ‘inhabitant of Dundee’. In 1590, as ‘mariner’, he was elected deacon of the coilmen or coalmen”. (W.B. p. 87) - [A ‘Matho Wadderburn’ was m. at Prestonspans in 1599 - & ‘Mathew Wadderburne’ (probably the same man), was m. there in 1601 (q.v.)]
1562
Margaret Wedderburn, elder d. of Alexander W. [b. c1530] & Janet Myln, was b. in 1562 “but is not named in the confirmation of the wills of either of her parents, nor in the account given by her brother David in his ‘Compt Buik’ of the division of their estate: perhaps she had been provided for in their lifetime. In 1583 Margaret had a wager with David that she would be married within the year.” - She m. Peter Clayhills, baillie of Dundee (named as his wife in 1589 when they grant an annual rent to George Lindsay and Grisild Wedderburn, his wife. - See John W., b. c1525). They had, with other issue, a son Alexander Clayhills & a daughter Helen. - Margaret died on 20/9/1617. (W.B. pp. 119-120)
1563
Edward Wedderburn [b. c1535, s. of James W. (b. c1490) & Janet Logan] m. Janet Inglis ‘about 1563’. - He & Janet had 3 daughters: Catharine (‘who m. Thomas Blair and had 2 sons, Thomas & John Blair, and died in Aug. 1606’); Eufame (‘who m. Archibald Blyth, skipper, burgess of Dundee - died 1625, see W.B. p. 85 - and had a daughter & 3 sons: Margaret, Arthur, Robert & David Blyth - who died before 1641’) & Elizabeth (‘who died unm. before 7/9/1598’). - Edward is last referred to as living on 4/7/1578. (W.B. p. 73)
1563
Janet Wedderburn [unidentified], wife of William Man, merchant, burgess of Dundee, ‘is occasionally named 1563-67’. - They had a son Robert. [‘A.W.’ thought it likely that Janet is identical with Janet (d. of Robert W. & Janet Kyd) ‘who m., in this case, secondly, James Thomson’ (above).] - (W.B. p. 86)
1563
David Wedderburn [known in the family as ‘David of the MS.’ or ‘Compt Buik’], 2nd s. of Alexander W. [b. c1530] & Janet Myln, was ‘probably’ b. c1563. - “David was trained under his father (‘servitor to the clerk’) and was admitted a burgess of Dundee in 1582. (Later in life he was admitted a notary.) He was long a merchant and active citizen and, for over 40 years, he kept an account of all his dealings and family affairs in his ‘Compt Buik’. [The MS. was edited and published in 1898 for the Scottish History Society.] David records many ‘Innaturall Inuiries and wrangis’ he suffered at the hands of his brother Alexander (‘Kingennie’, the clerk) but he was the ‘weil belovit friend and servitour’ of Sir James Scrymgeour of Dudop, who ‘resigned the patronage of St. Thomas the Martyr’ to him. David held chaplainries at many churches in Dundee.” He m. Matild Beaton (or ‘Bettoun’) ‘about 1589’. - David & Matild had 4 sons (who died without issue) & 7 daughters. “There are many references to lands and properties held by him and his wife.” - David was alive in 1632 but died ‘before 9/10/1634, when his second son, James (b. 1601), was named as his heir’. (W.B. pp. 106-09)
1564
Archibald Wedderburn [unidentified, but see ‘Note’, 1560] “is named, 1564-65, as a witness, with Edward Wedderburn”. [Presumably Edward W., b. c1535, s. of James (b. 1490)?]. (W.B. p. 84) - [An Archibald W. m. Marian Moysey, in Edinburgh in 1649; another Archibald W., weaver, m. Agnes Bruce, also in Edinburgh, in 1676; and yet another, a ‘cordiner’, m. Euphame Simpson there in 1681. - See below & W.B. p. 492]
1567
Robert Wedderburn, 3rd s. of Alexander W. [b. c1530] & Janet Myln, was b. c1567. - “Robert became a merchant in Dundee. He was admitted a burgess on 7/5/1591 (though a Robert W. ‘younger, witness’ was described as ‘burgess’ on 24/5/1587”. - W.B. p. 111). - Robert m. i) ‘about May 1589’, Grissell Duncan (sister to William Duncan, baillie), who died ‘s.p.’ in Feb. 1590. [Robert m. ‘Gyrsal Dwnkan’ (sic) on 20/4/1589 at Monifieth. (OPR)] - He m. ii) ‘about March 1590’, Elspet Lovell (d. of John Lovell), by whom he had 2 children: Alexander & Helen (b. c1591 - ‘possibly twins’). - He m. iii) ‘about Nov. 1592’, Elspet Hering. - Robert died on 30/11/1593. - His widow m. ii) James Thomsone or Reyky. (See 1561, as there is some confusion here. - Perhaps there were two Robert Wedderburns? - MWE) - (W.B. pp. 111-12)
1568
James Wedderburn, 4th s. of Alexander W. [b. c1530] & Janet Myln, was b. c1568. - “James is occasionally mentioned in the ‘Compt Buik’ of his brother David and was godfather to David’s son James in 1601. He was a burgess of Dundee and was a prominent merchant and citizen there”. - He m. ‘about 1595-96’, Cristina Lovell (d. of William Lovell ‘in Murroes’ & his wife Margaret Roche). Cristina died on 26/5/1631, leaving no issue. - James died in 1644. His heir was his nephew Alexander (b. 1591). - (W.B. p. 116)
1570
Peter Wedderburn, 5th s. of Alexander W. [b. c1530] & Janet Myln, was b. c1570. – “Peter was a merchant in Dundee, sometimes, from 1615, called ‘elder’. There are various references to him in the ‘Compt Buik’, 1587-1619.” - He m. i) Anna Walker (d. of the late Wm. Walker) & ii) Margaret Muddle. - Peter died in July 1623. - No issue. (W.B. p. 118)
1570
Alexander Wedderburn [afterwards ‘of Pittormie’, Fife, b. 1552, only surv. s. & heir of David W. ‘in the Welgait’ (b. c1500) &Elizabeth Strathauchlin] m. Christian Fairney in 1570 in Dundee. “He is thought to have moved to Cupar, in Fife, where, in 1593, he was a burgess. (He is named as a creditor in the Will of Dame Margaret Ker, wife of Sir Robert Melville, younger, of Burntisland, in 1595.) - In 1599 he and his wife got a charge on the lands of ‘Montquhany’, nr. Cupar, and in March 1610 he purchased the lands of Pittormie there.” They had 3 sons & 3 daughters: John (b. c1571); William (b. c1573); James (b. ?1588); Cristean (b. ?1590); Beatrix (b. ?1591) & Margaret (b. c1597). - [See details below.] - Alexander died on 15/2/1627. (W.B. p. 45-48, & footnotes on pp. 45-46) - [‘Mountqhanie’ is still in the possession of the Wedderburn family. (Part is available for rent as a holiday venue!)]
1571
William Wedderburn, 6th s. of Alexander W. [b. c1530] & Janet Myln, was b. c1571. - “William is occasionally named in the ‘Compt Buik’ of his brother David, chiefly in regard to his share in their parents’ estate. He is last named as living on 9/5/1603 but died between then and 2/2/1604. - His death would seem to have been a violent one, as, on 21/7/1613, his brothers proceeded against James Kyle and George Traill…. to abandon and never have to ado with the James Traill, alleged committer of the slaughter of William Wedderburn, brother german of the pursuers, and to depart out of this realm within forty days, under a penalty of 10,000 merks”. - William died unmarried. (W.B. p. 119)
1571
John Wedderburn, e.s. of Alexander W. [‘of Pittormie’, b. c1552] & Christian Fairny [m. 1570], was ‘probably b. c1571’. - “He was his father’s heir. In 1599 there was a contract between David Colville and him ‘burgess of Dundee, now indweller in Coupar of Fife’. There is no proof of his having married, or left issue, but in Ceres, Fife, between 1718 & 1722, are the baptisms of 3 children (George, Fergus & Ann Wedderburn) who may have been descendants of this John”. (W.B. pp. 46-47)
1571
Margaret Wedderburn [unidentified], wife of Captain Walter Halyburton, burgess of Dundee, “is first named in 1571, in a sasine to her and her husband and their eldest son, George, of lands of the barony of Auchtertyre, co. Forfar…... [“The ancient baronies of Scotland, associated as they were with hereditary jurisdictions only short of regal, had all the significance in that country unequalled in any others where the feudal system obtained. The holders of these honours were regarded as heads of its name as well as of their vassals; and to promote the honour of the one as well as the welfare of the other was their business and their strength. An account of the terrestrial supremacy of a name and of a family, among the members of which the lands under the jurisdiction of their heads were in course of time parcelled out. A history of Scottish titles is a necessary wupplement to that of families, and a key to many of the social and political incidents in that kingdom as well as in the history and fortunes of its families….”. (From a Prospectus for “The Scottish Nation; Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and Biographical History of the People of Scotland” by William Anderson, pub. by A. Fullarton & Co. in 1860.)] Margaret is once named in David Wedderburn’s ‘Compt Buik’ in 1597….. In 1600, she and her husband and all their children (George, James, John, Margaret & Jean Halyburton) resign their land, subject to life-rent of the parents, to Andrew Thomson of Great Yarmouth in England.” (W.B. p. 87)
1573
William Wedderburn, 2nd s. of Alexander W. [‘of Pittormie’, b. c1552] & Christian Fairny [m. 1570], was b. c1573. - “William matriculated at St. Andrew’s in 1588 and graduated in 1592, after which he seems to have remained there as a professor. - ‘J.W.’, in his printed memoir, goes altogether astray as regards this William, whom he identifies as the son of Alexander W., the old Clerk, & Janet Myln (whose son William died in 1604) and tacks on to him the William W., minister in Bethelnay, Aberdeen.....’ (W.B. p. 47 & footnote³). -William was ordained in 1609 and was minister at Pittenweem from 1610-11, when he was translated to the third charge in Dundee...”. In 1612, he m. his cousin Magdalen Wedderburn [2nd d. of Alexander W. of Kingennie (b. 1561) & Helen Ramsay - W.B. p. 138], by whom he had 2 daughters: Margaret (b. 1612) & Christian (‘who died before 31/12/1646’). - William died in 1616 & Magdalen m. ii) George Halyburton of Fodderance (afterwards a lord of session under the title Lord Fodderance). - (W.B. p. 48)
1575
Katharine Wedderburn, younger d. of Alexander W. [b. c1530] & Janet Myln, was b. c1575-76. - “Katherine is named in the ‘Compt Buik’ of her brother David in 1584 & 1585-87”. She m. twice: i) in 1594, William Duncan, surgeon, burgess of Dundee (s. & heir of the late Findlay Duncan, also surgeon there, & his wife Margaret Kinloch). By him, she had 2 sons: William & James Duncan (“though Mr. A.H. Millar, in his Roll of Eminent Burgesses of Dundee, says that there was another son, John”. - W.B. p. 121, footnote¹), & 2 daughters: Helen (who m. William Ferguson, son, by his first wife, Eupham Kinloch, to her mother’s second husband - see below), & Margaret (who m. ‘about Nov.-Dec. 1619, James Kyd. - William Duncan died in May 1608, aged 52, and ‘Catherine’ m. ii) 1609-10, William Ferguson, bailie and dean of gild (sic) in Dundee. - In 1614 they bought the estate of Balbeuchlie, co. Forfar, from James Scrymgeour of Fardill. Catharine & Wm. Ferguson had a dau. Magdalen (who m. i) Alexander Lyne & ii) John Duncan.) - Catharine died ‘before 10/1/1649’ and was buried, according to what seems to have been the custom, with her first husband, in the Howff of Dundee. A small pewter box or casket which once belonged to her was found, in 1888, by Mr. G.B. Simpson, a collector of Dundee, and an account of it printed in the ‘Dundee Advertiser’.” (W.B. pp. 120-22)
1575
John Wedderburn & Robert Wedderburn ‘in Nunnislaw’ [?Wannislaw], co. Roxborough, “are named in an action by Archibald, Earl of Angus, to remove some of his tenants (including Sir Andrew Ainslie of Cleithauch) from Jedburgh Forest in 1575, and John Wedderburn also there”. (Misc. Refs., Scottish Records, W.B. p. 497) - [See also 1611.]
1579
Thomas Wedderburn [unidentified] “is named in the Register of the Privy Council, 1/9/1579, in a caution by David Lindsay of Edzell for the apearance of Thomas W. before the Council on Sept. 5’. - “There is no reference to any such person”, says ‘A.W.’ “It cannot refer to Thomas b. c1542, who died about Aug. 1574”. (W.B. p. 9, footnote¹) “There are two other references to persons of this name, which are certainly errors: ‘In 1528 and 1546, a Thomas, s. of James Wedderburn, and himself the father of a James W., is named in some notes made by ‘J.W.’ from the Scrymgeour-Wedderburn papers. Here Thomas is in each case an error for Robert”. (W.B. p. 88)
1580
David Wedderburn [afterwards of Burntisland, Fife], e.s. of Robert W. [b. c1550] & Euphame Coustoun (‘sometimes called Craigtoun’), was b. c1580. – “David was a burgess of Burntisland. He took his degree at St. Andrew’s in 1606 and is almost always distinguished by the prefix of ‘Magister’. - He m. Alison Watson in 1619-20 and, by her had 2 sons (Andrew & Alexander), but he also had a ‘natural’ son, Robert (?b. 1600). - David died at Burntisland in 1628-29”. (W.B. p. 21-22) - [A ‘Robert s. of David’ was bap. at Pencaitland (co. Haddington) on 20/1/1600 (q.v.), & several more children were bap. there in the following years. See: Janet (1602); Catherine (1603); James (1605); Agnis (sic - 1607); David (1607) & William (1612) - but whether these are the children of this David or of another (unidentified) David is not known.
1580
Elizabeth Wedderburn, only d. of Robert W. [b. c1550] & Euphame Coustoun, “is first named in 1580 in the Will of her paternal grandmother, Isobell Lovell”. (In 1612 she is mentioned as sister to David Wedderburn, to whom she was ultimately the heir.) - Elizabeth m. three times: i) ‘before 1616’, Robert Murray of Dundee (‘one of his Majestie’s guard’, by whom she had a dau. Elizabeth & 4 sons: John, Robert Gideon & James Murray; ii) ‘before 1641’, Thomas Moncur of Seggieden, Perthshire & iii) on 27/2/1647, James Lovell of Kinneuchie. - Elizabeth was living in 1654 and it is not known when she died, but she was buried in the Howff of Dundee.
1580
Alexander Wedderburn, e.s. of Patrick W. [b. c1546] & Elizabeth Low, was b. in 1580. - “Alexander was a merchant in Dundee, like his father. He was admitted a burgess of Dundee in 1600, at first called ‘younger’ (in distinction from Alexander ‘of Pittormie’) but in 1627 is called ‘elder’, in opposition to his namesake, the mariner (b. c1591, s. of Robert W., the grandson of the ‘old Clerk’.) He seems to have been an active merchant and also took his share in the affairs of the burgh. He m. Barbara Auchinlek soon after 1601”. [The OPR shows that Alexander & Barbara m. on 3/1/1609 (q.v.).] - They had 4 sons: Patrick, John, Andrew & William, ‘and perhaps some daughters’. (See m. in 1609 for estimated year of birth of the sons.) - Alexander died between 1642/43. (W.B. pp.79-80)
1582
John Wedderburn [‘of Craigie’, b. c1556, e.s. of James W. (b. c1534) & Margaret Dundas] m. Margaret Strathauchin, widow of Robert Jackson (by whom she had a son Robert Jackson) in 1582-83. - John & Elizabeth had a daughter, Elizabeth (b. 1586). - “In 1596 John ‘got into dificulties’ and seems to have fled South, following the murder of Robert Lindsay and James Leitch.” (He was arrested in England by Lord Eure, who, in a letter to Lord Burghley, gives an interesting description of John!) - John died ‘before 3/3/1599’. (W.B. p. 64)
1582
John Wedderburn [b. 1559, younger, but only surv. s. (& heir) of John W. (b. c1525) & Agnes Hoppringle] m. Margaret Lindsay ‘about 1582’. (W.B. p. 27)
1582
Alexander Wedderburn [b. 1561, 1st of Kingennie & Wester Gourdie from 1600, Clerk of Dundee 1585-1626, e.s. of Alexander W. (b. c1530) & Janet Myln] m. Helen Ramsay [d. of Alexander Ramsay of Dundee - not John Ramsay of Brackmont and Jordinestoun, Fife, as previous historians have shown - W.B. p. 129, footnote 4] at Dundee ‘towards the end of 1582’. “Alexander succeeded his father as ‘Clerk of Dundee’, from 1585, and ‘was in high favour with the King’. There are many references to him in the ‘Compt Buik’ of his brother David. - Alexander & Helen had 5 sons & 6 daughters: Alexander (b. c1583, who m. Magdalen Scrymgeour); James (b. 1589 - who succeeded his father as Clerk of Dundee); Peter (b. c1590, who m. Helen Lovell); William (b. c1595, who m. Jean Piersoun); John (b. 1599 - afterwards Sir John W. of Gosford, who was physician to Charles I & Charles II); Elizabeth (who m. i) c1607, Colin Campbell & ii) cAug. 1612, Mr. Peter Bruce, Principal of St. Leonard’s College, St. Andrews); Magdalen (who m. i) in 1611, her cousin the Rev. William W., b. c1573, 2nd s. of Alexander W. of Pittormie & Christian Fairney - W.B. p. 47 - & ii) in 1625, Sir George Haliburton, Lord (Justice) Fodderance); Margaret (who m. c1617, Thomas Haliburton, later Provost of Dundee); Marjory (who m. Robert Carnegy of Leuchland); Jean (who m. Thomas Boytter, s. of James Boytter of Dundee) & Elspeth (who m. c1633, Alexander Fotheringhame of Parkzeat or Parkgate in the parish of Inveraritie, Forfarshire, leaving at least one daughter’). - Of these daughters, Marjory & Elspeth ‘were shown incorrectly by previous historians to be the daughters of Alexander’s eldest son, Alexander (b. c1583)’. (W.B. p. 146, footnote¹). - Alexander, 1st of Kingennie & Wester Gourdie, died in Sept. 1637 and was succeeded by his eldest son Alexander, b. 1583. (W.B. pp. 129-141)
1583
John Wedderburne (sic), [afterwards ‘protomedicus’ in Moravia’], e.s. of John W. [b. c1559] & Margaret Lindsay, was b. c1583. - “John went abroad early and by 1609 was a mathematician of repute in Padua. In 1628 he was ‘protomedicus’ in Moravia. He occasionally returned to Dundee and, on what seems to have been his last visit, about 1637, he presented a ‘sang scool’ to the town. - He m. twice (the name of neither wife being known), having a son by each marriage: John James (b. 1627) & William (b. 1639). - (W.B. p. 28)
1583
Margaret Wedderburn [unidentified], ‘wife of John Rolf’, “is named on 10/4/1583”.
1583
Robert Wedderburn [b. 1546, 3rd & ygst s. of Robert W. (b. c1490) & Janet Kyd] m. Margaret Myln [d. of Robert Myln of Dundee] ‘about Sept. 1583’. - They had 4 sons & 2 daughters: Robert (b. 1584); James (b. 1585); Robert (b. 1586); Alexander (1587) & Janet and Elizabeth, ‘all of whom died young and in their father’s lifetime’. “In 1596, Robert is described as next-of-kin and curator to his nephew, Peter Imrie, s. of his sister Barbara.” - He died ‘a few days after 12/10/1611’, leaving legacies to various nieces and nephews. His heir was his nephew Peter (b. c1585), e.s. of Peter W. (b. c1535) & Margaret Kinloch. (W.B. pp. 99-101)
1583
Alexander Wedderburn [afterwards 2nd of Kingennie & Wester Gourdie], e.s. of Alexander W. [b. 1561, 1st of Kingennie & Wester Powrie from 1600] & Helen Ramsay [m. 1582], was b. in 1583-4. - “Like his father, Alexander was a notary. He was admitted a burgess of Dundee on 22/9/1609 and in 1610 his father granted a charter of Kingennie to him. - Alexander m. Magdalen Scrymgeour ‘of Kirktoun’ in 1612 and, soon afterwards, his father granted a charter of Wester Gourdie to him as well. - In W.B. Vol. I p. 146, ‘A.W.’ shows that Alexander & Magdalen had 2 sons: Alexander (b. 1615, q.v.) & John (‘who was admitted burgess of Dundee 30 June 1629’ - i.e. b. b 1608, q.v.) but, in Note 3, W.B. Vol. II p. xv (following ‘Additions & Corrections’), he states that John (a mariner) was Alexander’s ‘natural’ son and that he was alive on 4/10/1637 - not ‘deceased by 1635’ as he states on p. 146 of Vol. I. - [Marjorie W. who m. Robert Carnegy of Leuchland and Elspeth W. who m. Alexander Fotheringham of Parkzeat, ‘who are shown by Douglas (and in other histories of the family) to be the daughters of Alexander & Magdalen Scrymgeour’ - were the daughters of Alexander’s father & Helen Ramsay - as shown above - and were therefore this Alexander’s aunts and not his sisters.] - There is no record of any daughters of Alexander & Magdalen Scrymgeour but Alexander had a ‘natural’ daughter, Marjorie ‘born probably after his wife’s death’, who m. James Thomsone at Monifieth in 1653 (q.v.). (W.B. p. 146, footnote¹) - “Alexander seems to have been a very active member of the Dundee Council (in 1618 he was elected to represent Dundee on the General Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland and he was clerk and keeper of the Forfar Register of Sasines for some years) but he did not succeed to the Clerkship of Dundee. “It was to his younger brother James that the gift of the clerkship was made…..in the event of the death or disability of his father”. - On their father’s death, in 1626, it was therefore James (b.1589) who became ‘Clerk of Dundee’, but he died the following year. James’s e.s. Alexander (b. 1610) was not then old enough to take over the Clerkship so his uncle Alexander ‘held the fort’ until 1633 when young Alexander was able to assume the position. “On ceasing to act as clerk, Alexander (called ‘elder’) was elected Dundee’s commissioner to parliament and was a councillor and collector of taxations 1634-37”. - There are frequent references to him in the ‘Compt Buik’ of his brother David. - Alexander died in Sept. 1637, when his eldest son Alexander, b. 1615, succeeded him as ‘3rd of Kingennie & Wester Powrie’. (W.B. pp. 142-146, & footnotes)
1585
John Wedderburn, younger s. of Robert W. [b. c1550] & Euphame Coustoun, was b. c1585. - “John became a merchant in Dundee. He was admitted to the freedom of the burgh in 1622. There is no mention of any wife or children and his sister Elizabeth was returned heir to their elder brother David”. - John died ‘before 31/12/1642’. (W.B. p. 20)
1585
Robert Wedderburn, 2nd s. of Patrick W. [b. c1546] & Elizabeth Low, was b. c1585. - “Robert is probably the Robert W. who was named as servitor to John Boxer, maltman, in 1611, as having a suit v. John Fotheringham”. - He died before 6/4/1616 (named as ‘the late Robert W., s. of Patrick W., burgess’). His brother Alexander was his heir. (W.B. p. 79)
1585
Peter Wedderburn, e.s. of Peter W. [b. c1535] & Margaret Kinloch, was b. c1585. - “Peter was entered heir to his late mother in 1599. In 1612, Peter ‘younger’ was also heir to his uncle Robert, the notary (b. 1546), ‘though he at once resigned various properties to his cousin James W. (merchant) and his wife Christian Lovell’. The Dundee Records contain no reference to any marriage or descendants of his, and it may be taken that he died unmarried or s.p.”. (W.B. pp. 97-98 & footnotes, p. 98)
158?
Adam Wedderburn, 3rd s. of Patrick W. [b. c1546] & Elizabeth Low, ‘was first named in a settlement in 1595’. - “In 1610 Adam is called ‘merchant, burgess’, though not admitted a burgess of Dundee until 1611. [“The wording is peculiar”. - W.B. p. 79, footnote ³] “He probably died in 1612”. [An Adam Wedderburn m. Janet Wright at Prestonpans (co. Haddington, now E. Lothian) on 15/10/1614 (q.v.). - He could be this Adam (if he didn’t die in 1612) & the John W. who m. ‘Jonat Dicksone’ at Prestonpans in 1611 could perhaps be Adam’s brother John? - There is also an A…. Wedderburn father of a Patrick Wedderburn bap. at Fyvie, Aberdeen, in 1685, ‘who may be Adam W. in Fetterletter, Aberdeenshire’. (W.B. pp. 481-82)]
1586
Elizabeth Wedderburn, only child & heiress of John W. [‘of Craigie’, b. c1556] & Margaret Strathauchin, was b. c1586. - “Elizabeth is first mentioned in 1589, when her father charged Craigie in her favour. In 1594, Craigie was alienated ….to John Scharp of Houston”. - Elizabeth m. James Kynnaird in 1604-5. She and her husband were in Dundee in 1615 ‘about to sail for Denmark’. Elizabeth, living in ‘Alsownuir’ [Elsinor] in 1616, was heir to her uncle Walter who m. Mariore (sic) Bruce on 10/6/1598 and died ‘s.p.’ between 1595 & 1605. (W.B. p. 65 - & p. 62)
1586
George W., younger s. of Peter W. [b. c1535] & Margaret Kinloch, was b. c1586. - “George is mentioned in the ‘Compt Buik’ of his uncle David (b. c1563). He is no doubt the George Wedderburn who matriculated at St. Andrew’s in 1602…There is no other mention of him in the records and he may be taken to have died unm. or s.p.’. (W.B. p. 98) - [In the E. Lothian there is a George Wedderburn who m. Marion Thomson at Prestonpans on 15/9/1614 (q.v.) & another who m. Margaret Nicolson there in 1617. - A George W. ‘died at Pencaitland on 1/4/1668’. - W.B. p. 494]
1587
Helen Wedderburn [unidentified], ‘relict of David Blak, minister at Kingoldrum and Nether Airlie’, “is mentioned in the register of ‘Hornings’, co. Perth, on 29/9/1595”. - “Helen charged the Abbots of Arbroath and Coupar, and the parshioners, to pay the remainder of her late husband’s stipend conform to David Blak’s testament.” (W.B. p. 85)
158?
John Wedderburn, 4th s. of Patrick W. [b. c1546] & Elizabeth Low, “is only named once, in Sept. 1623, as a legatee in the Will of his sister Magdalen (wife of Thomas Jack), who leaves to her brother John Wedderburn, merchant, the sum of £100, as soon as he attains the age of 15”. (W.B. p. 79)
1588
James Wedderburn [afterwards ‘of Moonzie’, Fife], 3rd (but ultimately only surv.) s. of Alexander W. [‘of Pittormie’, b. c1552] & Christian Fairney [m. 1570], was b. c1588. - “James became minister of Moonzie, in north Fife. The name of his wife is not ascertained”. - [Was Margaret Neish, who m. a James W. at Kirkcaldy, Fife, in 1633, James’s 2nd wife? (MWE)] - James had 3 sons (all of whom entered the ministry) & ‘probably’ 2 daughters: Alexander ‘of Forgan’ (b. c1621); Andrew ‘of Liff’ (b. c1625); James ‘of Moonzie’ (b. 1635); Elizabeth (who died unm. and was buried at Cupar in 1675); & ‘probably’ Beatrix (who m., in 1672, Patrick Crombie or Crambie, a merchant in Fife, and had a son, John Crombie, bap. at Cupar in 1673.) - Beatrix died in 1699, her Will being given up by ‘the curator of her only son, Patrick Crombie’. [A Beatrix Wedderburn ‘wife of John Gray’ had a son, Patrick Gray, bap. at Dundee 4/1/1672. Patrick Kyd of Craigie was witness. - W.B. p. 84 - ‘A.W.’ suggests that Patrick Crombie was Beatrix’ 2nd husband. - W.B. p. 50, footnote¹) - James died in May 1661, aged ‘about 73’. (W.B. p. 49 & p. 84)
1589
David Wedderburn [‘of the Compt Buik’, b. c1563, 2nd s. of Alexander W. (b. c1530) & Janet Myln] m. Matild Beaton [or ‘Bettoun’, d. of James Beaton of Westhall & Helen Cockburn] ‘about 1589’. They had 4 sons & 7 daughters: Helen (b. 1590); Eufame (b. 1592); Matild (b. 1595); Jonet (b. 1598); David (b. 1599, d. before 1623); Katharen (b. 1600); James (b. 1601); Alexander (?b. 1602, d. 1616); Isobel (b. 1604); Magdalen (b. 1606) & Henry (b. 1610). - “There are many references to lands and properties held by David and his wife”. - He was alive in 1632 but died before 9/10/1634, ‘when his second son, James, was named as his heir’. (W.B. pp. 106-09)
1589
Robert Woderbwrne (sic) [Robert Wedderburn, b. c1567, 3rd s. of Alexander W. (b. c1530) & Janet Myln] m. i) Gyrsal Dwnkan [Grissel Duncan] on 20/4/1589 at Monifieth [near Broughty Ferry, Dundee]. - [Grissell Duncan was a sister of William Duncan, baillie. - She died ‘s.p.’ in Feb. 1590 & Robert m. ii) ‘about March 1590’, Elspet Lovell. (W.B. pp. 111-12)
1589
James Wedderburn [Clerk of Dundee, 1626-27], 2nd s. of Alexander W. [b. 1561,1st of Kingennie & Wester Gourdie from 1600] & Helen Ramsay [m. 1582] was b. in 1589. - “James was the progenitor of the Wedderburns of Blackness (later of Balindean - who took up the representation of the family in the male line on the death, in 1761, of David Wedderburn of Wedderburn, the last male descendant of the Kingennies) & of Gosford. [He was always referred to as “Mr. James Wedderburn”, to distinguish him from his uncle James, a merchant.] - He m. Margaret Goldman in 1608 (q.v.). - On 20/6/1609 James was admitted a notary at Edinburgh and on 10/7/1610 he was admitted a burgess of Dundee. - In 1617 he was nominated depute and substitute Clerk to his father. On his father’s death, in May 1626, James succeeded him as Clerk of Dundee but he survived only a little over a year. His e.s. Alexander (b. 1610) was only 17, so James’s elder brother Alexander (2nd of Kingennie, b. c1583) took over the Clerkship until his nephew, young Alexander, was able to assume the position in 1633. - James died in 1627 - the exact date unknown. (W.B. pp. 197-199)
1590
Helen Wedderburn, e.d. of David W. [‘of the Compt Buik’, b. c1563] & Matild Beaton [m. 1589], was b. 25/3/1590 & bap. 31/3/1590 at Dundee. - In 1610, Helen m. George Auchinlek (by whom she had a son, David). - George died 1614-20 & Helen m. ii) James Ros in 1621. “She may be the person of her name who was buried at Dundee 1635-36”. (W.B. pp. 110-11)
1590
Cristean Wedderburn [‘probably’ one of the 3 daughters of Alexander W. of Pittormie (b. 1552) & Christian Fairny] “is mentioned in David Wedderburn’s ‘Compt Buik’ as spouse to Captain Cunenghane. Among the St. Andrew’s Testaments, is the confirmation (1625) of the Will of the late Cristean Wedderburn, spouse to David Robertsone, younger, merchant, burgess of Cupar, who died Oct. 1624”. (They had 4 ‘Robertsone’ children.) - “James W. of Moonzie was a creditor of the deceased.” (W.B. p. 49)
1590
Peter Wedderburn, 3rd s. of Alexander W. [b. 1561, 1st of Kingennie & Wester Gourdie from 1600] & Helen Ramsay [m. 1582], was b. c1590. - He became a merchant in Dundee, sometimes called ‘younger’ to distinguish him from his uncle Peter.] He m. Helen Lovell (d. & heiress of the late John Lovell, bailie of Dundee) on 26/5/1618. - He died in 1629 leaving no issue…… “his brother William died about the same time”. (W.B. p. 130)
1591
Alexander Wedderburn, only s. of Robert W. [b. 1567] & Elspet Lovell, was b. c1591. - “Alexander became a mariner, shipmaster & merchant in Dundee. He is often called ‘younger’, to distinguish him from his namesake, Alexander (b. 1580), son of Patrick W. (b. 1546).” - Alexander m. Janet Newton (daughter & heir of William Newton) in Oct.-Dec. 1617. - They had 2 daughters: Helen (who m. twice: i) ‘before 14/2/1653’, William Gascoyne or Goskine, Englishman, & ii) at Dundee, on 15/8/1657, Bertone Belsone, Barten, Bartholomew or Bertrame, Bilson or Wilson, Inglishman, merchant, & died in March 1660); & Elizabeth (who m. at Dundee, 24/11/1646, John Gardyne, goldsmith, by whom she had several children. - “Bessie seems to have died before 4/5/1660 and all her children must have died before 11-12 Oct. 1676”. - W.B. pp. 114/15.) - Alexander died ‘before 4/10/1652’. (W.B. p. 114)
1591
Helen Wedderburn [‘perhaps twin with Alexander, above’], only d. of Robert W. [b. 1567] & Elspet Lovell, was b. c1591. - “Helen is no doubt identical with the person of her name who m. Andrew Boyd, mariner. The date of her death does not appear, nor have I ascertained whether she left any issue”. (‘A.W.’ - W.B. p. 116)
1591
Beatrix Wedderburn [‘probably’ one of the 3 daughters of Alexander W. of Pittormie (b. 1552) & Christian Fairny] was b. c1591. - She m. John Lessels in 1647.
1591
Eufame Wedderburn, 2nd d. of David W. [of the ‘Compt Buik’, b. c1563] & Matild Beaton [m. 1589], was b. 28/12/1591 & bap. 26/1/1592 at Dundee. - Eupham m. James Sympsone in 1610. (W.B. p. 111)
1594
Alysoun Wedderburn “was before the session for discipline on 13/6/1594”. (South Leith Marriage Register. - W.B. Vol. II, p. 506) - “Alysoun is no doubt connected with Thomas W. who had a daughter Elspeth bap. 1610 (q.v.), & with Adam W., weaver, who m. Bessie Brown & had twin children b. 1627”. (W.B. pp. 491-92)
1595
William Wedderburn, 4th s. of Alexander W. [b. 1561, 1st of Kingennie & Wester Gourdie from 1600], & Helen Ramsay [m. 1582], ‘was probably b. c1595’. - He is mentioned in his uncle David’s ‘Compt Buik’, “which shows that he had taken to the sea, and was therefore William Wedderburn, skipper, who owned goods arriving in the ‘James’ from Supkie, 15/10/1623”. - He m. Jean Piersoun (d. of Alexander Piersoun, burgess of Aberbrothock). ‘The marriage contract was dated 27/9/1627’. - They had no issue. - When William died in 1630 his younger brother John was his heir, but on 28/7/1631 John granted sasine of the South Marketgait land that he had inherited to their eldest brother Alexander. (W.B. p. 132)
1595
Matild Wedderburn, 3rd d. of David W. [‘of the Compt Buik’, b. c1563] & Matild Beaton [m. 1589], was b. 25/1/1595 & bap. 26/1 at Dundee. (W.B. p. 111)
1595 Bessie Wedderburn m. Thomas Deill on 4/9/1595 at South Leith. - [“Thomas Deill & Bessie Wedderburn gave up their names to be proclaimed within a moneth (sic) according to the tennour of the act. Thomas Deill, cautioner’. (W.B. Vol. II, p. 506)] - “Bessie is no doubt connected with the Thomas W. who had a daughter Elspeth bap. 1610, & with Adam W., weaver, who m. Bessie Brown and had twin children b. 1627. - Thomas & Adam W. may be brothers”. (W.B. pp. 491-92)
1597 Margaret Wedderburn [‘probably’ one of the 3 daughters of Alexander W. of Pittormie (b. 1552) & Christian Fairny] m. Andro Bennet. - “Margaret is named in a grant, confirmed under the Great Seal in 1644, of the lands of Burghlie, Leuchars, Fife, made to Mr. Robert Meldrum…. Margaret Wedderburn widow of the late Mr. Andro Bennet, minister of Creich, died on the 13/6/1675, aged 78, and was buried at Cupar”. (W.B. p. 49)
1597
Margaret Wedderburn [e.d. of Peter W. (b. c1535) & Margaret Kinloch] m. George Blak, shipmaster [s. & heir of George Blak] ‘about 1597’. (They had a son, Peter Blak, who was heir to his grandfather and his father, George Blak, ‘mariner’, who died before the end of May 1609.) - Margaret m. ii) Andrew Blak. (W.B. p. 98)
1597
Walter Wadderburn (sic) [unidentified - ?b. c1562 ( q.v.)] m. Agnes Robesoun [?Robertson] on 13/11/1597 at Prestonpans [co. Haddington].
159?
Barbara Wedderburn [2nd d. of Peter W. (b. c1535) & Margaret Kinloch] “is mentioned (with her brother Peter & sister Margaret) in the Will of her uncle Robert W. the notary (b. 1546). She is no doubt to be identified with Barbara W., wife of Edward Cristone, skipper, burgess of Dundee (1612) and also with Barbara W., wife of Edward Fristo or Fraser, merchant…. she thus appears to have married twice but no issue known”. - ‘Barbara’s date of death has not been ascertained’. (W.B. p. 98)
1595
Janet Wedderburn [3rd d. of Peter W. (b. c1535) & Margaret Kinloch] “is referred to as the wife of William Davidson, merchant, burgess. They are mentioned a number of times in the records. William died in 1610, leaving 2 sons & 3 daughters (William, Richard, Janet, Margaret & Elspeth Davidson), as well as an unborn child”.
1598
Jonet Wedderburn, 4th d. of David W. [of the ‘Compt Buik’, b. c1563] & Matild Beaton [m. 1589], b. & bap. 14/5/1598 at Dundee. - She died on 23/5/1616.
1598
Walter Wedderburn @ [b. c1562, younger s. of James W. ‘of Craigie’ (b. c1534) & Margaret Dundas] m. Mariore Bruce on 10/6/1598 at Clackmannan. - [In the W.B. it is stated that Walter m. Marjorie Bruce, ‘widow of David Bruce of Lynmyln’, before 1590. - Perhaps he had m. i) Agnes Robertson at Prestonpans in 1597, q.v.? (MWE)] - Walter died ‘s.p.’ between 1595 & 1605. - His niece Elizabeth (b. c1586) was his heir. (W.B. p. 62)
1599
John Wedderburn [afterwards Sir John Wedderburn ‘of Gosford’], 5th & ygst. s. of Alexander W. [b. 1561,1st of Kingennie & Wester Gourdie from 1600] & Helen Ramsay [m. 1582], was b. c1599. - “John became Physician-in-Ordinary to Charles I and to Charles II - by whom he was knighted. - He remained in Scotland for some years and was one of the Regents at St. Leonard’s College, St. Andrew’s University, in Fife. - After 1641 there is no reference to his presence in Dundee for very many years and in 1646 he was made an honorary member of the University of Oxford. He was there with the Court as one of his majesty King Charles I’s Physicians-in-Ordinary’. (In June 1646, when the city surrendered to Cromwell’s forces he was given a pass signed by Sir Thomas Fairfax to leave the city and go abroad. He may have gone to Holland with the Prince - afterwards Charles II, by whom Sir John was knighted.) On 22/3/1650, John Wedderburn, M.D., was fined £10 for delinquency in adhering to the late king in the first war, for which he was never sequestered”. (W.B. p. 133) - Sir John never married but he helped his two nephews, Sir Alexander W., Kt. (b. 1610), & Sir Peter W., Lord (Justice) Gosford (b. c1616), to purchase their estates. [Alexander bought “Blackness”, near Dundee (which was sold in 1741, by the 4th Bt., to Alexander Hunter of Balskelly) & Peter bought “Gosford”, in the parish of Aberlady, co. Haddington (which stayed in the family until 1781, when it was sold to the Earl of Wemyss - in whose family it has since remained.)] - “John was in London in 1655 and in Edinburgh in 1657, when he witnessed the baptism of John, the e.s son of his nephew Peter and Agnes Dickson. (W.B. p. 134) - On his return to Scotland, ‘somewhere about 1662’, Sir John resided at Gosford. He occasionally visited Dundee and was a witness at the baptism of Lord Gosford’s fifth son James and several others”. (W.B. p. 136) - Sir John died at Gosford in July 1679, only a few months before his (favourite) nephew, Sir Peter Wedderburn, Lord (Justice) Gosford. (W.B. pp. 132-137)
1599
Matho [Matthew] Wadderburn (sic) [unidentified - but see Matthew Wedderburn, 1562] m. Christian Kennedye on 12/4/1599 at Prestonpans [co. Haddington]. (OPR ) - [It seems likely that Christian died and that Mathew m. ii) Jonet Ruchquhart (or ‘Rowchheid’) in 1601 (q.v.).]
1599
David Wedderburn, e.s. of David W. [of the ‘Compt Buik’, b. c1563] & Matild Beaton [m. 1589], was b. 7/9/1599 & bap. 9/9/1599 at Dundee. - “He died probably in childhood and certainly ‘s.p.’ before 11/11/1623, when his brother James is called his father’s eldest son and later on, 9/2/1643, his heir”. (WB. P. 109)
1599
Jonet (sic) Wedderburne, [?e.] d. of Williame W. [unidentified], bap. 30/10/1599 at Pencaitland [co. Haddington].
1600
Robert Wedderburne, [e.] s. of David W., bap. 20/1/1600 at Pencaitland [co. Haddington]. - [Is Robert the ‘natural’ son of David Wedderburn (b. c1580, q.v) or is this another David - perhaps the ‘David Wedderburn in Mervingslaw, co. Roxburgh’ who is mentioned in 1611 (q.v.)? - (MWE)]
1600
Katharen Wedderburn, 5th d. of David W. [‘of the Compt Buik’, b. c1563] & Matild Beaton [m. 1589], was b. 31/8/1600 & bap. 6/9 at Dundee. - “The Dundee records contain no mention of her”. (W.B. p. 111)
1600
Adame Wedderburne, [e.] s. of Johnne W. [?the John W. ‘in Mervingslaw, co. Roxburgh’ who is mentioned in 1611 (q.v.)] & Jonet Diksoun [m. 1611], bap. 23/11/1600 at Prestonpans [co. Haddington].
1601
Mathew Wadderburne (sic) [unidentified - but see Matthew Wedderburn, 1562] m. Jonat Ruchquhart [or ‘Rowchheid’] on 11/1/1601 at Prestonpans [co. Haddington]. [This may be a 2nd m. of ‘Matho’ who m. Christian Kennedye in 1599 (q.v.). - ‘Matho’ had 5 children bap. at Prestonpans: Johne (1601); Matho (1605); Alisone (1608); Elizabeth (1611) & another John (1614). - )]
1601
James Wedderburn, 2nd s. of David W. [of the ‘Compt Buik’, b. c1563] & Matild Beaton [m. 1589], was b. 6/9/1601 & bap. 15/9 at Dundee. - “James owned some land in Argylegait and Westfield at some time. He joined the army was a lieut-col. by 1644. It seems that he died unmarried and that he is the James Wedderburn who is buried in the Cathedral of Abo in Finland. (A General Wedderburn, a Briton, died in the service of Sweden and a monument to his memory was in the Catheral before its destruction by fire.)” -(W.B. pp. 109-110)
1601
Johnne Wadderburne, e.s. of Mathew W. [unidentified - but see Matthew Wedderburn, 1562] & Jonet Ruchquhart [or ‘Rowchheid’, m. 1601], bap. 22/11/1601 at Prestonpans [co. Haddington].
1602
Elspeth Wedderburne, [2nd] d. of William W. [unidentified], bap. 21/3/1602 at Pencaitland [co. Haddington].
1602
Jonet (sic) Wedderburne, [e.] d. David W., bap. 28/3/1602 at Pencaitland [co. Haddington]. - [Is David the David W. b. c1580 (q.v.) - or is he another David - perhaps the ‘David Wedderburn in Mervingslaw, co. Roxburgh’ who is mentioned in 1611?]
1602
Alexander Wedderburn, 3rd s. of David W. [‘of the Compt Buik’, b. c1563] & Matild Beaton [m. 1589], was b. 29/8/1602 & bap. on 21/8 at Dundee. - He died on 22/4/1616. (W.B. p. 110)
1603
Catherine Wedderburne, [2nd] d. of David W., bap. 22/6/1603 at Pencaitland [co. Haddington]. - [Is David the David W. b. c1580 (q.v.) - or is he another David - perhaps the ‘David Wedderburn in Mervingslaw, co. Roxburgh’ who is mentioned in 1611? (MWE)]
1604
Isobell Wedderburn, 6th d. of David W. [of the ‘Compt Buik’, b. c1563] & Matild Beaton [m. 1589], was b. 19/2/1604 & bap. 21/2. (W.B. p. 111)
1604
Elizabeth Wedderburn [b. c1586, only child & heiress of John W. ‘of Craigie’ (b. c1556) & Margaret Strathauchin] m. James Kynnaird [son and heir of Patrick Kynnaird, burgess of Dundee] between 1604-05. - “Some years later Elizabeth and her husband went to Denmark and resided in Elsinore”. (W.B. p. 64-65)
1605
William Wodderburne (sic) [unidentified] m. Margaret Cowane on 24/3/1605 at Prestonspans [co. Haddington]. (OPR - William is called ‘Waugh’.)
1605
James Wedderburne [2nd] s. of David W., bap. 21/7/1605 at Pencaitland [co. Haddington]. [Is David the David W. b. c1580 (q.v.) - or is he another David - perhaps the ‘David Wedderburn in Mervingslaw, co. Roxburgh’ who is mentioned in 1611? (MWE)]
1605
Matho (sic) [Matthew] Wedderburne, [2nd] s. of Matho W. [unidentified - but see Matthew Wedderburn, 1562 - ?& Jonet Ruchquhart (or ‘Rowchheid’), m. 1601, q.v.] bap. 3/10/1605 at Prestonpans [co. Haddington].
1605
Jonett Weddersoune (sic) [unidentified - perhaps a ‘Wedderspoon’, not a Wedderburn?] m. Adame Nicolsoun on 10/11/1605 at North Berwick.
1606
Magdalen Wedderburn, 7th & ygst. d. of David W. [of the ‘Compt Buik’, b. c1563] & Matild Beaton [m. 1589], was b. 23/2/1606 at Westhall & bap. at Murroes the same day. - “There is no certain reference to her in the Dundee records, but a single mention of a Magdalene W., ‘wife of George Inglish’, on 3/11/1652, who cannot be otherwise identified, probably refers to her”. (W.B. p. 111) - [‘Lady Westhall’ was the grandmother of the author of an MS. in Dundee Library in which the names of David of the ‘Compt Buik’s’ children are given. (MWE)]
1606
Bessie Wetherburne (sic) m. Malcolme Bar (or Kar) on 11/3/1606 at South Leith. - “Bessie may be the one who m. Thomas Deill in 1595”. (W.B. p. 492 - where it shows date of this marriage as 4th March, not 11th.) - “Bessie W. who m. Thos. Deill is no doubt connected with Thomas Wedderburn who had a d. Elspeth, bap. 1610, & with Adam W., weaver, who m. Bessie Brown & had twin children, b. 1627. - Thomas & Adam W. may be brothers”. (W.B. p. 491)
1606
John Wedderburn & Robert Wedderburn, ‘both in Dirleton’, are named in two bonds of 28/5 and 31/10/1606. - “These two may be connected with the Johne Wedderburne who m. Jean Laurie on 15/2/1670 (q.v.). - He may be the John W. ‘weaver in Prestoun’ [Prestonpans], s. of the late George W., also weaver in Prestoun’. [See entry on 8/1/1655.]
1607
Agnis (sic) Wedderburne, [3rd] d. of David W., bap. 11/1/1607 at Pencaitland [co. Haddington]. ) - [Is David the David W. b. c1580 (q.v.) - or is he another David - perhaps the ‘David Wedderburn in Mervingslaw, co. Roxburgh’ who is mentioned in 1611?]
1608
Thomas Wedderburn [Skipper], ‘father of John & James Wedderburn’, is named in 1608. - “The name is clearly an error for John W., skipper” [b. c1559]. - (‘A.W.’ - W.B. p. 88) [N.B. - A Thomas Weatherburne ‘s. of John Weatherburne’ was bap. in 1580 at Berwick-upon-Tweed.
1608
Johne Wodderburne (sic) m. Margaret Symsone on 14/1/1608 at Prestonpans [co. Haddington].
1608
James Wodderburne (sic), s. of William W. [unidentified] & Margaret Cowan [m. 1605], bap. 18/2/1608 at Prestonpans [co. Haddington].
1608
Alisone Wodderburne (sic), [elder] d. of Matho [Matthew] W. [unidentified - but see Matthew Wedderburn, 1562] & Jonat Rowchheid [or ‘Ruchquhart’ m. 1601], bap. 9/6/1608 at Prestonpans [co. Haddington].
1608
James Wedderburn [b. 1589, Clerk of Dundee 1626-27, 2nd s. of Alexander W., 1st of Kingennie (b. 1561) & Helen Ramsay] m. Margaret Goldman [‘not Mary, as previous historians have shown’] (d. of the late James Goldman, merchant, burgess of Dundee, & his wife Margaret Jak ‘of Woodhall’). - W.B. p. 199] in 1608 at Dundee. - James & Margaret had 3 surviving sons: Alexander (b.1610); William (b. c1614) & Peter (b. c1616). - “James succeeded his father as ‘Clerk of Dundee’ in May 1626 but died the following year”. His heir was his e.s. Alexander, but at 17 he was too young to succeed his father as Clerk, so the office was temporarily filled (1627-1633) by James’ elder brother, Alexander W. (b. c1583), until Alexander was admitted a notary on 1/3/1633 & could take over. (W.B. p. 202) - [Margaret Goldman’s sister m. ‘Sinclair of Ulbster’. (See W.B. p. 199, footnote ³)
1608
John Wedderburn [Mariner], ‘natural’ s. of Alexander W. [b. c1583, 2nd of Kingennie & Wester Powrie], was admitted a burgess of Dundee on 30/6/1629 (i.e. b. c1608?). [In W.B. Vol. I, p. 146, ‘A.W.’ shows John as the younger son of Alexander and his wife Magdalen Scrymgeour but, on p. xv of Vol. II, Note 3, he says that John was Alexander’s ‘natural’ son and that the entry in the Dundee Mortcloth dues on 2/1/1636 does not, after all, indicate this John’s death, as he subsequently found a discharge granted by John W., ‘mariner’, dated 4/10/1637.]
1609
Alexander Wedderburn [b. 1580, e.s. & heir of Patrick W. (b. c1546), & Elizabeth Low] m. Barbara Auchinlek ‘soon after 1601’. (W.B. p. 80 - the Scottish OPR shows the m. took place at Tealing (5m. N. of Dundee) on 3/1/1609, but this may be a mistranscription of 1601.) - Alexander & Barbara had 4 sons: Patrick, John, Andrew (a ‘skinner & glover’ merchant in Dundee) & William (a mariner), ‘and perhaps some daughters’. (W.B. pp. 80-82) - [See under estimated year of birth for entries re the sons: Patrick (1610); John (1612); Andrew (1613) & William (1620).
1609
Agnes Wedderburn, [only child of Thomas W. (2nd s. of Gilbert W., b. c1510/Isobell Dykesoun) & Agnes Crawfurd] m. Abakuk Bissett, ‘Clerk to John Skene, Lord Clerk Register…’. - “Habakkuk Bisset, reputed author of ‘Ane Short form of Process’, 1609, was one of the greatest oddities of his time”. - He died ‘before 8/7/1636’, when his and Agnes’s two daughters, Elizabeth (wife of Thomas Fyiff, notary burgess of Dundee) & Christian (wife of William Bisset in Stonehaven) ratified a disposition of houses in Aberdeen to them and their mother. (W.B. p. 9) - [Were they connected with the farm named ‘Wedderburn’, nr. Insch, which belonged to Captain Bissett of Lessumdrum, in whose family it has been since at least 1611? - “It would seem that the lands to which the name is now confined were originally much larger and were divided into three”. (W.B. p. 476)]
1610
Patrick Wedderburn, e.s. of Alexander W. [b. 1580] & Barbara Auchinlek [m. 1609], is estimated to have been b. c1610 [‘in the early 1600’s’, acc. to the W.B.]. - “Patrick is named on 13/4/1617, when his parents settled a Northmarketgait tenement on him and his brother John [b. c1612]. - Patrick died before 5/11/1640, when his brother Andrew (b. c1613) was retoured heir to him in this same property. (W.B. p. 81 - See also Vol. II, p. 353, n.2) - [A Patrick W., s. of A… Wedderburn was bap. in 1685 at Fyvie, Aberdeenshire.]
1610
Henry Wedderburn, 4th & ygst. s. of David W. [‘of the Compt Buik’, b. c1563] & Matild Beaton [m. 1589], was b. 18/1/1610 & bap. 28/1 at Dundee. - “Henry probably died in his father’s lifetime, between 1623-33”. (W.B. p. 110)
1610
Magdalen Wedderburn [d. of Patrick W. (b. c1546) & Elizabeth Low] ‘is named as the wife of Thomas Jack on 10/10/1610’. - Magdalen died in Sept. 1623. - “Her Will, in which she bequeaths legacies to her father, Patrick W., her brother John, and to Janet W., her father’s sister, was confirmed in Jan. 1624”. (W.B. p. 79)
1610
Alexander Wedderburn [afterwards Clerk of Dundee 1633-76, & Kt. ‘of Blackness’ from 1646 - known in the family as the ‘Knight of Ripon’ (see W.B. p. 204, footnote 4)], e.s. of James W. [Clerk of Dundee, b. c1589], & Margaret Goldman [m. 1608], was b. 22/3/1610. - “When his father died in 1627 Alexander was too young to take over as Clerk of Dundee so his uncle, Alexander (2nd of Kingennie, b. c1583) acted as Clerk until 1733, when Alexander assumed his responsibilites. By 1637 he was representing Dundee in the Scottish Parliament and for nearly 40 years he guided the affairs of the burgh”. - He m. Matilda Fletcher on 5/1/1638 (q.v.). - [They had 10 sons & 6 daughters.] - He was one of the Scots Commissioners to the Treaty of Ripon in 1641. - In 1646, he was one of the Deputies to the King [Charles I] at Newcastle, when he was knighted, and was a Commissioner from the Scottish Parliament to London in 1653, to treat for the Union. He was actively engaged in political affairs during the Civil War and Cromwell ordered his deposition from the office of Town Clerk, but this seems to have been ignored for he retained his position until his death in 1675. He received high commendation for his loyalty from Charles II. - With financial help from his uncle John, the King’s Physician-in-Ordinary (b. c1599), Alexander acquired various lands, including Blackness, NW of Dundee. - On 14/71662 his properties were together created into one free barony of Blackness. [For a description of a ‘barony’ see under Margaret Wedderburn, wife of Captain Walter Halyburton, in 1571. (A barony is not the same as a ‘baronetcy’. MWE)] Sir Alexander died on 18/11/1675 or 76 (the year not certain). - (W.B. pp. 201-216)
1610
Helen Wedderburn [b. 1590, e.d. of David W. ‘of the Compt Buik’ (b. c1563) & Matild Beaton (m. 1589)] m. George Auchinlek on 22/5/1610 at Dundee. - They had a son David (b. 12/5/1613). - George Auchinlek died 1614-20 & Helen m. ii) James Ros in 1621. - “She may be the person of her name who was buried at Dundee 1635-36”. (W.B. pp. 110-11)
1610
Elspeth Wodderburne (sic), d. of William W. [unidentified] & Margaret Cowan, bap. 24/5/1610 at Prestonpans [co. Haddington].
1610
Eufame Wedderburn [b. 1591, 2nd d. of David W. ‘of the Compt Buik’ (b. c1563) & Matild Beaton] m. James Sympsone on 11/11/1610 ‘in the kyrk of the Manys’. (W.B. p. 111)
1610
Elspeth Wedderburn, ‘d. of Thomas & Janet W.’, b. 21/11/1610 at South Leith. (W.B. p. 493 & W.B. Vol. II, p. 507) - “Thomas may be a brother of Adam W., weaver, who m. Bessie Brown and had twin children in 1627’ (q.v.). - (W.B. p. 491) - “Elspeth may well be the Elizabeth W. who m. Thomas Dodger, and had a s. James bap. at Edinburgh in 1654 (q.v.) & a sister of Thomas W. who m. Isobell Oliphant, and also had a s. James bap. at Edinburgh in 1654”. - [“A Margaret W. who m. Robert Staveris in 1662 - who may be the same Margaret W. who m. William Scott in 1674 - may be connected with Elspet and Thomas”. (W.B. pp. 491, 492 & 493) - See entries in Feb. & Nov. 1654]
1611
John Wedderburn & David Wedderburn, ‘both in Mervingslaw, co. Roxburgh’, “are named in an action by the then Earl of Angus, similar to that taken by Archibald, an earlier Earl of Angus in 1575 (q.v.), to remove some of his tenants from Jedburgh Forest, co. Roxburgh”. (Misc. Refs., Scottish Records, W.B. p. 497)
1611
Elizabeth Wodderburne (sic), [younger] d. of Matho [Matthew] W. [unidentified - but see Matthew Wedderburn, 1562]& Jonat Rowchheid [‘Ruchquhart’, m. 1601], bap. 10/3/1611 at Prestonpans [co. Haddington].
1611
Johne Wodderburne (sic) [unidentified - but see John b. 158?] m. Jonat Dicksone on 14/5/1611 at Prestonspans [co. Haddington]. Also entered as Jonat Dickstone.) - [They had 2 sons & 3 daughters bap. at Prestonpans: Adam (1600); John (1612); Barbara (1616); Jonat (bap. 1618) & Jeane (1620). - )]
1611
William Wedderburn [b. c1573, 2nd s. of Alexander W. ‘of Pittormie’ (b. c1552) & Christian Fairny] m. his cousin Magdalen Wedderburn [b. c1573, 2nd d. of Alexander W., 1st of Kingennie (b. 1561) & Helen Ramsay] in 1611. - William & Magdalen had 2 daughters: Margaret (b. 1612) & Christian (‘who died before 31/12/1646’). - (W.B. pp. 138-39) -William died in 1616 & Magdalen m. ii) George Halyburton of Fodderance (afterwards a lord of session under the title Lord Fodderance). - (W.B. p. 48)
1612
John Wedderburn, 2nd s. of Alexander W. [b. 1580] & Barbara Auchinlek [m. 1609] is estimated to have been b. c1612. -“He is named on 13/4/1617 in the settlement of property on him and his brother Patrick [b. c1610]. - John is named as deceased on 5/11/1640, when his brother Andrew [b. c1613] is returned heir to him”. [See Vol. II, p. 353, n.2.] - (W.B. p. 81)
1612
Margaret Wedderburn, elder d. of William W. [b. c1573] & Magdalen Wedderburn [m. 1673], was b. 1612. “She is first named in the contract of her mother’s second marriage to Mr. George Halyburton”. - Margaret m. Dr. Andrew Bruce. - “In 1646 she is referred to as ‘the only child now on life and heir of umqhuile [the late] Mr. William Wedderburn, sumtyme minister of Dundie, and spouse of Doctor Andrew Bruce, principal of St. Leonard’s College (St. Andrew’s) ….”. - Margaret & Dr. Bruce had 2 sons & a daughter (David, Andrew & Margaret Bruce). - Dr. Bruce died in 1647 & Margaret m. ii) Alexander Forrester in Innerpeffer. - Her date of death is not known. (W.B. p. 48) [See footnote 4 re ‘J.W.’s’ confusion regarding the Bruce sons.]
1612
Williame (sic) Wedderburne, [3rd] s. of David W., bap. 22/3/1612 at Pencaitland [co. Haddington]. [Is David the David W. b. c1580 (q.v.) - or is he another David - perhaps the ‘David Wedderburn in Mervingslaw, co. Roxburgh’ who is mentioned in 1611?]
1612
Johne Wodderburne (sic), [2nd] s. of Johnne W. [is he the John W. ‘in Mervingslaw, co. Roxburgh’ who is mentioned in 1611, q.v.)?] & Jonet Dicksone [m. 1611], bap. 10/5/1612 at Prestonpans [co. Haddington]. - [See Adam W. ‘s. of Johnne’, bap. 1600]
1612
Alexander Wedderburn [b. c1583, 2nd of Kingennie & Wester Gourdie from 1626] m. Magdalen Scrymgeour [e.d. of John Scrymgeour of Kirktoun & Marion Fotheringhame] in 1612. (W.B. p. 145 - In footnote 7 ‘A.W.’ states that there is, 25 May1607, a bond by Patrick & Alexander W., merchants (ante W.B. pp. 77-80), to Mr. James Fotheringhame, parson of Ballumbie, for himself and Magdalen Scrymgeour, his “oye”, for 55 merks, which, in the event of Fotheringhame’s death, is to be paid to Magdalen “to help her to an honest marriage”.] On W.B. p. 146, ‘A.W.’ shows that Alexander & Magdalen had 2 sons: Alexander (b. 1615) & John (‘who was admitted burgess of Dundee 30 June 1629’ - i.e. b. c1608, q.v.) but in Note 3, W.B. Vol. II p. xv (following ‘Additions and Corrections), he reveals that John, a mariner, was Alexander’s ‘natural’ son. [Marjory W. who m. ‘Carnegy in Leuchland’, & Elspeth W. who m. ‘Fotheringhame of Parkzeat, “who are shown by previous historians to be this Alexander’s daughters, were his father’s daughters”. (W.B. p 146, footnote¹).] - This Alexander (b. 1583) had a ‘natural’ daughter, Marjory, ‘probably born after his wife’s death’, who m. James Thomsone at Monifieth (near Broughty Ferry, Dundee) in 1653 (q.v.). - (W.B. p. 146 footnote¹) - Alexander died in 1637 & was succeeded by his only surviving son, Alexander (b. 1615). - (W.B. pp. 145-46)
1613
Adame Wadderburne (sic) m. Jennet Wricht [Janet Wright] on 20/7/1713 at Tranent [co. Haddington]. (Also shown as m. of Adam ‘Wodderburne’ & ‘Jonat Wright’ on 15/12/1614 at Prestonpans.) - [Could Adam be Adam W., b. c1585 (3rd s. of Patrick W., b. c1546, & Elizabeth Low), who was ‘first named in a settlement in 1595’? - ‘A.W.’ says that in 1610 he was called ‘merchant, burgess, though not admitted a burgess of Dundee until 1611’. (On W.B. p. 79, footnote ³,it says:“The wording is peculiar”.) - ‘A.W.’ adds that Adam b. c1585 “probably died in 1612 and was certainly dead before 6/4/1616 when his brother Alexander was returned heir to him”. (But perhaps he didn’t die but went to Prestonpans & m. Janet Wright? - Adam & Janet had 2 sons bap. at Prestonpans: Adam (1614) & ‘Matho’ (1617). - (There is an ‘unidentified’ Adam Wedderburn, ‘weaver in Edinburgh’, who m. Bessie Brown’ at Prestonpans in 1627 - & on W.B. p. 481, ‘A.W.’ says that an A… Wedderburn, father of a Patrick W. who was bap. at Fyvie, Aberdeen, in 1685 “may be Adam W. in Fetterletter, Aberdeenshire”. ]
1613
Thomas Wedderburn in Sorne, co. Ayr, & Robert Wedderburn. - “There is a contract, dated 29/10/1613, at Kilmarnock, co. Ayr, by which Alexander Hamilton and others set in tack certain lands in the parish of Loudoun, bailliary of Cuninghame, co. Ayr, to Thomas Wedderburn in Sorne and Robert Wedderburn “above the bray”. George Wodburne in Auldtoun of Libertoun is a witness”. (Misc. Refs., Scottish Records, W.B. p. 497)
1613
Andrew Wedderburn, 3rd s. of Alexander W. [b. c1580] & Barbara Auchinlek [m. 1609], was b. c1613 [although “Andrew is first mentioned in a sasine made in his favour in 1609”.] - He was a Skinner and Glover merchant and was admitted a burgess of Dundee in 1634 - though the following year he was living at St. Andrews. He was heir to his brothers Patrick and John [see above] and his properties in Dundee are often mentioned in the records. - Andrew m. twice: i) c1643, Elspet Fletcher (‘natural’ d. of Sir George Fletcher), & ii) Christina Duncan, in 1664, at Dundee. (No known issue from either marriage.) - Andrew died between Sept. 1663 & Sept. 1684. - His 2nd wife died between Sept. 1677 & Sept. 1678. (W.B. pp. 81-82)
1614
William Wedderburn, 2nd s. of James W. [Clerk of Dundee, b. c1589] & Margaret Goldman [m. 1608], was b. ‘certainly after 1610 and probably c1614-16’. - “William was admitted a burgess of Dundee on 25/9/1632. Between 1646-67 he is constantly named as a witness and once, 12/5/1649, as being, with his brother Sir Alexander, one of the mother’s kin to the sons of David Weymis of Dundee…He reached no distinction and, in fact, does not appear to have taken any part in public affairs. Thus the published genealogies (Douglas, J.W. etc.) omit all mention of him and make his younger brother Peter the second son of their father”. (W.B. p. 200 footnote¹) - William died in 1667-68 ‘and was, it seems, unmarried’. (W.B. pp. 199-200)
1614
George Wedderburn [unidentified] m. Marion Thomson on 15/9/1614 at Prestonpans [co. Haddington]. - [George could be the George W., b. c1586, younger s. of Peter W. (b. c1535) & Margaret Kinloch, who, ‘A.W.’ says, “may be taken to have died unm. & ‘s.p.’? (W.B. p. 98)]
1614
Adam Wedderburn, [elder] s. of Adam W. [?b. c1585 - see Note 1613] & Janet Wright [m. 1613], bap. 15/10/1614 at Prestonpans [co. Haddington]. - (- Also entered as ‘of Prestonpans b. abt. 1582’ @ Spouse: Janet Wright.)
1614
Johne Wodderburne (sic), [3rd] s. of Matho [Matthew] W. [unidentified - but see Matthew Wedderburn, 1562] & Jonat Rowchheid [‘Ruchquhart’, m. 1601, q.v.], bap. 27/11/1611 at Prestonpans [co. Haddington].
1615
Alexander Wedderburn [afterwards 3rd of Kingennie & 1st of Easter Powrie], only s. of Alexander W. [b. c1583] by his wife, Magdalen Scrymgeour [m. 1612], was b. in 1615. He was admitted a burgess of Dundee on 26/7/1632. - “Alexander obtained a charter of Kingennie during his father’s lifetime and inherited Wester Gourdie on his father’s death in 1626. - In 1662, he also acquired the estate of Easter Powrie”. - Alexander m. Elizabeth Ramsay (the first of his three wives) c1638 (q.v.). - They had 2 sons & a daughter: Alexander (b. 1640); John (b. 1642, who died ‘in or before 1648’) & Maidelene (b. 1640/41, who m. John Scrymgeour of Kirkton in 1660). - [Like his father (b. 1583), Alexander also had a ‘natural’ son named John Wedderburn. - This John (b. c1644) became a baxter (baker). - He m. Helene Rodger in 1666 & they had 2 daughters. (W.B. p. 156)] - “Alexander was for many years an active member of the community in Dundee and in 1643, he and his cousin the clerk [Alexander, b. 1610] were appointed commissioners in a proceeding raised by Viscount Dudhope against the town, and as such went to Edinburgh on two occasions….. In 1648 he was sheriff in the shire of Forfar (‘and as such gave sasine of parts of Blackness to his cousin Alexander’). - In 1660 he was elected provost of Dundee, and in 1662, 1663 & 1678 he represented the burgh in parliament. He added considerably to his estates and in 1662 he acquired the barony of Easter Powrie”. - In 1708 Alexander’s lineal descendants obtained a Crown Charter erecting the lands of Easter Powrie into a barony to be called ‘Wedderburn’. [For a description of a ‘barony’ see under Margaret Wedderburn, wife of Captain Walter Halyburton, in 1571. (A barony is not the same as a ‘baronetcy’. - MWE)] - The male line of this branch of the Wedderburn family became extinct on the death, in 1761, of the 3rd ‘of that Ilk’, David Wedderburn ‘of Wedderburn’ (b. 1710) and the male representation devolved on the ancestor of the present Baronet of Ballindean. - Through the marriage of Alexander’s daughter Maidelene to John Scrymgour of Kirktoun (from whom descended the Scrymgeours ‘of Birkhill’), the Wedderburn estates were inherited by Alexander Scrymgeour (b. 1742), e.s. of David Scrymgeour of Birkhill & his wife Katharine Wedderburn (b. 1715, youngest daughter of Alexander W., 4th Bt. of Blackness, & Katharine Scott) and the surname ‘Wedderburn’ was added to Scrymgeour. (After Alexander S-W’s death, without issue, in 1811, his brother Henry (b. 1755) succeeded to ‘Wedderburn’ and, in 1954, Henry’s descendant’s claim to the ‘attainted’ Earldom of Dundee was granted.) - Elizabeth Ramsay died on 2/4/1643, aged 22, & Alexander m. ii) in 1643, Margaret Fotheringhame (by whom he had a son David, b. 1645, ‘who probably died in infancy’, & an unnamed daughter, who also died young). Alexander m. iii) in 1660, Margaret Milne, by whom he had 2 more sons & 2 more daughters (John, Peter, Elizabeth & Janet. - W.B. p. 153-56) - Alexander, 3rd of Kingennie & 1st of Easter Powrie died on 9/4/1683, aged 68. He was succeeded as 4th of Kingennie & 2nd of Easter Powrie by his e.s. Alexander, b. c1640, his only son by Elizabeth Ramsay. (W.B. pp. 146-156)
1616
Elizabeth Wedderburn [‘first mentioned in 1580’, only d. of Robert W. (b. c1550) & Euphame Coustoun] m. three times: i) ‘before 1616’, Robert Murray of Dundee “one of His Majesty’s guard” [by whom she had 4 sons (s. John m. Isobell Goldman) & a daughter]; ii) ‘before 1641’, Thomas Moncur of Siggieden, Perth; & iii) in 1647 at Dundee, James Lovell of Kinneuchie, ‘who died soon after’. (W.B. pp. 20-21)
1616
Peter Wedderburn [afterwards Sir Peter W., knighted c1661, Lord (Justice) Gosford from 1668], 3rd & ygst. s. of James W. [Clerk of Dundee, b. 1589] & Margaret Goldman [m. 1608], was b. c1616-18, in Argyllis-gait (now Overgate), Dundee. - “He is the progenitor of the Wedderburns of Gosford, afterwards the Halketts Pitfirrane, co. Fife - He matriculated at St. Andrew’s in 1633 and graduated there in 1636. Six years later he was admitted advocate, and in 1643 was appointed ‘Town’s Councel’ for life, that being the custom. In 1660 he was chosen Clerk to the Privy Council and Keeper of the Signet. A strict loyalist, he was knighted by Charles II shortly after the Restoration. He represented Haddington in Parliament for many years and (with the financial assistance of his uncle John, the King’s physician, b. c1599) he bought the Estate of Gosford in co. Haddington. “Successful in public life, Sir Peter acquired a considerable amount of property in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh. His most important acquisition, however, was in 1659 when he purchased the landes of Gosfforde in Lowthian from Sir Alexander Auchmontie, laird thereof....”. A third property acquired by him was Lochill in the barony of Ballincrief, co. East Lothian. “This he got on a disposition from Walter, Lord Torphichen, on 1/8/1661. Two years after, on 4/6/1663, he obtained a great seal charter, creating Lochill itself into a separate barony…On 7/9/1663 he settled these lands on himself, his wife, and their heirs, obtaining to that end another great seal charter uniting these lands to the barony of Gosford. (Further lands were added to the barony in 1670.) - [For a description of a ‘barony’ see under Margaret Wedderburn, wife of Captain Walter Halyburton, in 1571. (A barony is not the same as a ‘baronetcy’. - MWE)] On 17/6/1668, he was appointed a lord-of-session with the title Lord Gosford. Sir Peter married three times ‘though all previous histories of the family have ignored his first and third marriages’. (W.B. p. 369) - He m. i) in 1649, Christian Gibson (by whom he had a son James, b. 1649, q.v.); ii) in 1653, Agnes Dickson (by whom he had 5 sons & 4 daughters) & iii) in 1677, Elizabeth Goldman (widow of Robert Chaplaine). Sir Peter Wedderburn, Lord Gosford, died at Gosford on 11/11/1679. (W.B. pp. 363-70)
1616
Barbara Wodderburne (sic), [e.] d. of Johnne W. [is he the John W. ‘in Mervingslaw, co. Roxburgh’ who is mentioned in 1611, q.v.)?] & Jonat Dicksone [m. 1611], bap. 1/12/1616 at Prestonpans [co. Haddington].
1617
George Wodderburne (sic) [unidentified] m. Margaret Nicolson on 5/4/1617 at Prestonpans [co. Haddington]. ( Another entry gives date of m. as 22/5/1617.)
Alexander Wedderburn [b. c1591, only s. & heir of Robert W. (b. 1567) & his 2nd wife Elspet Lovell (m. 1590)] m. Janet Newton [d. & heir of William Newton] between Oct. & Dec. 1617. - They had 2 daughters: Helen (who m. twice: i) ‘before 14/2/1653’, William Gascoyne or Goskine, Englishman, & ii) at Dundee, on 15/8/1657, Bertone Belsone, Barten, Bartholomew or Bertrame, Bilson or Wilson, Inglishman, merchant, & died in March 1660); & Elizabeth (who m. at Dundee, 24/11/1646, John Gardyne, goldsmith, by whom she had several children. “Bessie seems to have died before 4/5/1660 and all her children must have died before 11-12 Oct. 1676”. - W.B. pp. 114/15.) - Alexander died ‘before 4/10/1652’. (W.B. p. 114)
1617
Matho [Matthew] Wodderburne (sic), [younger] s. of Adam W. [b. 158? - see Note 1613] & Jonat Wryt [Wright, m. 1613], bap. 21/12/1617 at Prestonpans [co. Haddington].
1618
Barbara Wedderburne, d. of George W. [unidentified] & Margaret Nicolsone [m. 1617], bap. 5/3/1618 at Prestonpans, East Lothian. (Vital Records Index)
1618
Jonat Wodderburne (sic), [2nd] d. of Johnne W. [is he the John W. ‘in Mervingslaw, co. Roxburgh’ who is mentioned in 1611, q.v.)?] & Jonat Dicksone [m. 1611], bap. 9/4/1618 at Prestonpans [co. Haddington].
1618
Peter Wedderburne [Merchant burgess of Dundee, b. c1590, 2nd s. of Alexander W., 1st of Kingennie (b. c1561) &Helen Ramsay (m. 1582)] m. Helen Lowill [Helen Lovell (d. & heiress of the late John Lovell, baillie of Dundee] on 26/5/1618 at Errol. - [Helen & Peter (described as ‘younger’) had no issue.] - Peter died 1628-29. (W.B. p. 130)
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”. (W.B. pp. 86 & 99, footnote²) - [The Innes family eventually inherited of the Dukedom of Roxburghe. (MWE)]
1619
Marion Waderburne (sic) [unidentified] m. Johne Wode on 8/12/1619 at Pencaitland [co. Haddington].
1619
David Wedderburn [b. c1580, e.s. of Robert W. (b. c1550) & Euphame Coustoun, ‘sometimes called Craigtoun’] m. Alison Watson ‘about 1619-20. - ‘David was a burgess in Burntisland, Fife. - He had two sons by Alison: Andrew (b. c1620) & Alexander (b. c1621) ‘and also a natural son, Robert Wedderburn’. (W.B. pp. 21-22) - [Is Robert the ‘s. of David’ bap. at Pencaitland in 1600, q.v.)?]
1620 William Wedderburn, 4th s. of Alexander W. [b. 1580] & Barbara Auchinlek [m. 1609], “is referred to only twice in the Dundee records: In 1540, William Wedderburn, mariner, ‘s. of Alexander W., elder, merchant’, was admitted burgess of Dundee, and, in 1641, he is named as having paid his ‘accidents’.” (W.B. p. 81)
1620
Jeane Wedderburne, [3rd] d. of John W. [is he the John W. ‘in Mervingslaw, co. Roxburgh’ who is mentioned in 1611, q.v.)?] & Jonat Dickson [m. 1611], bap. 16/1/1620 at Prestonpans [co. Haddington].
1620
Andrew Wedderburn, elder s. of David W. [of Burntisland, b. c1580] & Alison Watson [m. 1619], was b. c1620. - “Andrew was named in 1629 as his father’s only surviving son. He matriculated at St. Andrew’s in 1635 and was admitted a burgess of Dundee in 1637. He was also a burgess of Burntisland, ‘being so designed in his Will, dated 1639 and confirmed 1640. - Andrew left all his property to his mother, except a sum to his ‘natural son’ Francis, to be paid on his reaching 14 years”. [In 1672, a relation of Major Beaton, captain of the ‘Assistance’, Cdr. Francis Weatherbourne, whose frigate, the man of war ‘Charity’, was captured at Campeachy, Jamaica, “may very probably be him”. (A.W. - W.B. p. 22 & footnote¹)]
1621
Alexander Wedderburn, younger s. of David W. [of Burntisland, b. 1580) & Alison Watson [m. 1619], was b. c1621. - “Alexander was named in his father’s Will. His ‘testament dative’ (administration of his estate) was confirmed at St. Andrew’s, the confirmation reciting his [Alexander’s] death in 1628. His father’s ‘natural son’, Robert is named. (W.B. p. 22)
1621
Jeannit Wadderburne (sic), [elder] d. of Richard W. [unidentified], bap. 2/9/1621 at Pencaitland [co. Haddington].
1621
Alexander Wedderburn [afterwards a minister], e.s. of James W. [‘elder of Moonzie’, Fife, b. c1588 - his wife’s name not ascertained], was b. c1621. - “Alexander was a minister of some note, first at Forgan, Fife, and then at Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. He was nominated bursar by the presbytery of Kirkcaldy in 1643 and admitted to Forgan in Feb. 1647 (but was deposed in 1665, for refusing submission to the Church Government). He was mentioned in connection with General Monk in 1651,when several ministers were taken prisoner at Alyth”. - He m. Helen Turnbull in 1654. - They had 3 sons & 5 daughters. - “In 1670 Alexander served at Kilmarnock and in Feb. 1673 he and his wife got half the town and lands of Fordell in the parish of Leuchars, Fife”. - Alexander died in Nov. 1678, “as a result of receiving a blow on the breast from the butt end of a musket from one of the Highland host…while expostulating against their barbarity - his family left ill-provided for”. [Alexander of Forgan was wrongly assumed by ‘J.W.’ to be the brother of David W., the grammarian in Aberdeen, and described him (though not by name) as a ‘crazy Presbyterian fanatic’! - (W.B. pp. 52/3)]
1621
Elizabeth Wedderburn [unidentified], wife of Henry Danskine [‘master of the Grammar School at St. Andrew’s’] “is named 23/3/1621, when she and here husband are infefted in the lands of Ballungie, co. Forfar…..and 8/1/1629, the date of a bond to her, ‘relict of Mr. Henry Danskine’.” (W.B. p. 85)
1622
Margrett Wadderburn [unidentified] m. Adam Thomson in 1622 at Pencaitland [co. Haddington].
1622
Jonet Wedderburn [‘of Tranent’] m. John Bishope on 15/1/1622 at South Leith. - “Jonet is no doubt connected with the Thomas W. who had a daughter Elspeth, bap. 1610 (q.v.), & with Adam W., weaver, who m. Bessie Brown in 1627. - Thomas & Adam W. may be brothers”. (‘A.W.’, W.B. pp. 491-92)
1624
Christian Wadderburne (sic), [younger] d. of Richard W. [unidentified], bap. 28/12/1624 at Pencaitland [co. Haddington].
1625
Andrew Wedderburn [afterwards minister at Liff], 2nd s. of James W. [‘elder of Moonzie’, Fife, b. c1588 - his wife’s name not ascertained], ‘was probably b. c1625’. - “Andrew was minister at Liff (Angus - west of Dundee), from 1650-1664, when he was deprived and retired to Anstruther Wester” (in south-east Fife). “At first they (Andrew & his wife) lived in the neighbouring parish of Craill”. (W.B. p. 50) - He m. Elizabeth Daw in 1655. - [Acc. to the W.B., they had a son & 3 daughters: Robert (‘who d. c1696’, q.v.); Mary (bap. 1656 at Liff); Margaret (bap. there 1658, who. m. James Halsone) & Elizabeth (bap. 1660 at Liff, who is perhaps ‘Elspeth’ who m. John Halyburton in 1677), but the Scottish OPR shows two more children: Hellen (bap. 1664 at Kingsbarns, Fife) & James (bap. there in 1669). - [The e.s. Robert was bap. at Kingsbarns in 1666 (q.v.).] - “In 1673, Andrew was imprisoned for having more than five at his family ‘exercis’ but was released on condition that ‘he repaired to Kilmarnock and remained there’. Some time between 1673-1690 he had the second charge at Dysart but was restored to his former parish of Liff in 1690”. He died in 1694, “in the 45th year of his ministry, aged about 69”. (W.B. pp. 50-51)
1625
Nellie Wedderburne [unidentified] m. James Burne on 12/6/1625 at Kelso.
1626
Marione Wedderburn [unidentified] m. Wm. Gibsone on 14/2/1626 at Pencaitland [co. Haddington]. -
1627
John James Wedderburn, s. of John W. [‘Protomedicus in Moravia’, b. 1583], by his first marriage (wife’s name unknown) was b. in 1627. - “John James was living at Brunn in 1651 and at Ollmütz in 1653. In 1654 he was returned ‘oy and air’ to his grandfather, the late John W. ‘in Flukergait’ (b. c1559 - wife Margaret Lindsay), Alexander Halyburton acting as his attorney. On the same day he was also returned ‘eldest son & heir in Flukergait and in the lands of Abirbrothrie’ to his late father, his uncle the bishop of Dunblane, his grandfather and his great-grandfather - the return describing him as ‘hereditary lord in Drohanavitis’, Moravia. [See 1639] - (W.B. p. 28)
1627
William Wedderburn was named on 26/1/1627 as one of the defendants, tenants of Sir Patrick Home of Ayrtoun, co. Berwick, “against whom Sir Patrick brought an action for rent”. (“Additions & Corrections” to W.B. p. 496, shown in W.B. Vol. II) - [See entry on 12/12/1671 re another William W. in Berwickshire - & baptisms in 1668 & 1670.]
1627
William Wedderburn [b. c1595, 4th s. of Alexander W., 1st of Kingennie (b. c1561), & Helen Ramsay] m. Jean Peirsoun [d. of Mr. Alexander Piersoun, burgess of Aberbrothock] ‘about. 27/9/1627’. - William died ‘before 13/8/1629’, leaving no issue. (W.B. p. 132)
1627
Adam Wodderburne (sic) [Weaver- unidentified] m. Bessie Broun on 1/2/1627 at Prestonpans [co. Haddington]. - “Adam may be a brother of Thomas who had a d. Elspeth by his wife Janet in 1610” (q.v.). - (W.B. p. 491) - [See entry in 1614 re bap. of Adam ‘s. of Adam W. & Janet Wright’ - & Note to entry in 1643, re m. of Adam W. to Margaret Walker at Edinburgh.] - Adam & Bessie had a twin son & daughter, Archibald & Bessie (bap. 1627).
1627
Archibald Wetherburne (sic) [twin with Bessie below], s. of Adam W. [Weaver] & Bessie Brown [m. 1627], bap. 25/12/1627 at Canongate, Edinburgh. (Witnesses: Archibald Wrycht, James Wast, Robert Hastie, Adam Thomsoun. - W.B. Vol. II, p. 504) - (W.B. pp. 491 & 493) - [See Note to preceding entry.]
1627
Bessie Wetherburne (sic) [twin with Archibald above], d. of Adam W. [Weaver] & Bessie Brown [m. 1627], bap. 25/12/1627 at Canongate, Edinburgh. (Witnesses as above. W.B. Vol. II, p. 504 & W.B. pp. 491 & 493)
1628
Johne Wedderburne, s. of Richard W. [unidentified], bap. 24/2/1628 at Pencaitland [co. Haddington].
1629
-------- Wetherburn m. Janet [?Forrester] in Oct. 1629 at Pencaitland. (It shows that ‘– Wedderburn m. Janet (For)rester on 20 Oct 1629’.)
1631
Johne Wetherburn [unidentified] m. Jeanet --- on 21/6/1631 at Pencaitland [co. Haddington]. - [They had a s. & 4 daus. bap. at Pencaitland: Agnes (1632); George (1634); Katharen (1640); Jean (1643) & Jeanit (1648).]
1631
Agnes Wetherburne, [e.] d. of Robert W. [?b. 1600], bap. 11/9/1631 at Pencaitland [co. Haddington].
1632
Agnes Wetherburne, e.d. of Johne W. [& Jeanet, m. 1631], bap. 12/8/1632 at Pencaitland [co. Haddington].
1632
James Wedderburn, Weaver in Rickelsyde of Coldingham, co. Berwick [‘probably related to another James W. in Coldingham’ - see 1643] & his wife, Isobell Quhillow, “got sasine of ‘ane How aiker’ in Coldingham from Archibald Idrington, 3/11/1632. - Some years later, 29/12/38 & 13/2/1640, they got another sasine of some other land there”. (W.B. 496)
1633
James Wedderburn m. Margaret Neishe on 10/3/1633 at Kirkcaldy. [Is this a 2nd marriage of James W., ‘elder’, (b c1588), minister at Moonzie, Fife, whose wife’s name ‘was not ascertained’? (MWE)]
1634
George Wetherburn, .s. of John W. [& Jeanet, m. 1631], bap. 21/9/1634 at Pencaitland [co. Haddington].
1635
John Wetherburn [?twin with William below], s. of Robert W. [?b. 1600], bap. 13/1/1635 at Pencaitland [co. Haddington].
1635
William Wetherburn [?twin with John, above], s. of Robert W. [?b. 1600], bap. 13/1/1635 at Pencaitland [co. Haddington].
1635
James Wedderburn, 3rd s. of James W. [‘elder, of Moonzie’, Fife, b. c1588 - & Margaret Neishe?] was b. in 1635. - “James graduated at St. Andrew’s in 1653. - In 1659 he was admitted colleague to his father at Moonzie (Fife) but was deprived in 1694 and denounced as a rebel”. - He m. Jean Inglis in 1660 at Cupar. [They had 4 sons & 6 daughters, of whom only one son, David, survived to adulthood.] - James ‘younger of Moonzie’ died in 1687, aged 52, and was buried at Cupar. - His tomb included some Latin verses which referred to his death by fever soon after that of one of his sons (William) by drowning”. (W.B. pp. 51-52)
1637
Jonet (sic) Wetherburn, [2nd] d. of Robert W. [?b. 1600], bap. 1637 at Pencaitland [co. Haddington].
1638
Alexander Wedderburn [b. 1615, 3rd of Kingennie & Wester Gourdie & afterwards 1st of Easter Powrie, only (legitimate) s. of Alexander W. (b. c1583) & Magdalen Scrymgeour] m. (the first of his three wives) Elizabeth Ramsay [only d. & heiress of John Ramsay, merchant burgess & bailie of Dundee], ‘soon after 15/11/1638’. - By her, Alexander had a daughter & 2 sons: Maidelene (b. 1640-41 - who m. her cousin, John Scrymgeour of Kirktoun of Erlistradichtie); Alexander (b. c1640) & John (b. c1640-41, ‘who died before 1648’) & Maidelene (b. 1640-41, ‘who m. John Scrymgeour ‘of Kirktoun’ in 1659, q.v.). - “Alexander was for many years an active member of the community in Dundee. In 1643, he and his cousin ‘the clerk’ were appointed commissioners in a proceeding raised by Viscount Dudhope against the town, and as such went to Edinburgh on two occasions….. In 1648 he was sheriff in the shire of Forfar (‘and as such gave sasine of parts of Blackness to his cousin Sir Alexander’). In 1660 he was elected provost of Dundee and in 1662, 1663 and 1678 he represented the burgh in parliament. He added considerably to his estates and in 1662 he acquired the barony of Easter Powrie”. [For a description of a ‘barony’ see under Margaret Wedderburn, wife of Captain Walter Halyburton, in 1571. (A barony is not the same as a ‘baronetcy’. - MWE)] - Alexander m. ii) in 1643, Margaret Fotheringhame & iii) in 1660, Margaret Milne. Alexander died on 9/4/1683. - He was succeeded by his son Alexander (b. c1640, q.v.) - (W.B. pp. 146-151)
1638
Alexander Wedderburn [b. 1610, Acting Clerk of Dundee 1626-33, Kt. ‘of Blackness’ in 1646 (known in the family as the ‘Knight of Ripon’), e.s. of James W., Clerk of Dundee (b. c1589), & Margaret Goldman (m. 1608)] m. Matilda Fletcher [d. of James Fletcher, Provost of Dundee] on 5/1/1638, at Dundee. - They had 10 sons & 6 daughters. - The surviving sons were: John (1641); James (b. 1649); Peter (b. 1652) & Alexander (b. 1658). (Their 4th d., Grizzel - sic - b. 1647, m. her second cousin, Alexander W., 4th of Kingennie & 2nd of Easter Powrie, b. 1640, in 1665.) - Alexander was knighted by Charles I in 1646. - Sir Alexander acquired a number of properties (with financial help from his uncle John, the physician, b. c1599), including the estate of ‘Blackness’, near Dundee. In 1662 he consolidated them all into the free barony of Blackness. [For a description of a ‘barony’ see under Margaret Wedderburn, wife of Captain Walter Halyburton, in 1571. (A barony is not the same as a ‘baronetcy’. - MWE)] - He died on 18/11/1675 or 76 (the year is not certain). - (W.B. pp. 210-16)
1638
Thomas Wetherburn, s. of --- Wetherburn, bap. 21/2/1638 at Pencaitland [co. Haddington]. ) - [Thomas is probably the Thomas W. who m. Issabell ‘Trumbell’ in 1667 (q.v.)]
1638
Margaret Wedderburn, e.d. of Alexander W. [b. 1610, Kt. ‘of Blackness’ in 1646] & Matilda Fletcher [m. 1638], was b. 22/3/1638 at Dundee. - “Margaret m. Patrick Kyd, ‘younger of Craigie’, in 1655. - Her sister Jean (b. 1645), m. Patrick’s brother, William Kyd, in 1663”. (W.B. p. 212)
1639
William Wedderburn, s. of John W. [‘Protomedicus in Moravia’, b. c1583], by his 2nd marriage (wife’s name unknown), was b. 1639. - “William was living in 1653”. [In 1709, a William Charles Wedderburn (portioner of Aberbrotharie, living in Moravia), was summoned by decreet of Sir James Kinloch, in the barony of Alyth, in regard to the defender’s alleged title to the lands thereof ‘and the decree passes against the validity of his title’. William Charles ‘was no doubt a son or grandson of one of the sons of the protomedicus, probably of William’.] - “John Wedderburn the protomedicus left a family some of whose descendants, bearing the name of ‘Wetterborn’, were existing as recently as 1816”, says ‘J.W.’. (W.B. p. 28) - [A Gustav A.W. Wetterborn was m. at Newcastle on Tyne in the March qtr. of 1908.
1639
Alexander Wedderburn, e.s. of Alexander W. [b. 1610, Kt. ‘of Blackness’ in 1646] & Matilda Fletcher [m. 1638], was b. 26/10/1639 at Dundee. (W.B. p. 211) - Alexander died before 2/5/1643, when a brother was given the same name. (“The birth-dates of Alexander, his 3 eldest brothers & 2 eldest sisters were taken from his father’s register, as the Dundee Parish Register only begins in 1645.” - ‘A.W.’, W.B. p. 211 footnote²)
1640
Alexander Wedderburn [afterwards 4th of Kingennie & 2nd of Easter Powrie], e.s. of Alexander W. [b. 1615] by his first wife, Elizabeth Ramsay [m. 1638], was b. c1640. - Alexander m. his 2nd cousin Grissell Wedderburn [b. 1647, 4th d. of Sir Alexander W., Kt. (b. 1610), & Matilda Fletcher] in 1665 (q.v.). - [They had 4 sons & 4 daughters.] - “Alexander was known as ‘younger, of Kingennie’. - He succeeded to the estates of Kingennie &Easter Powrie on his father’s death in 1683 (his father having disponed ‘Wester Gourdie’ to Alexander’s half-brother, Peter (b. 1667-68, Alexander’s only surv. son by his 3rd wife, Margaret Milne)”. - Alexander died in 1692 & was succeeded as 5th of Kingennie & 3rd of Easter Powrie by his 4th but by then only surviving son Alexander (b. c1681). - (W.B. p. 153)
1640
Elizabeth [‘Bessie’] Wedderburn [only d. of Robert W. (b. c1550) & Eupham Couston] m. Thomas Moncur on 28/1/1640 at Kinfauns. [This is ‘Bessie’s’ 2nd marriage. - Her father Robert is the surviving ‘legitimised’ s. of Robert W. (b. c1503), Vicar of Dundee, by Isobell Lovell.]
1640
Katharen Wetherburn (sic), 2nd d. of John W. [& Jeanet, m. 1631], bap. 12/6/1640 at Pencaitland [co. Haddington]. - [Katharen is probably the ‘Catharine Wedderburn’ who m. John Carstairs at Pencaitland in 1666 (q.v.).]
1640
Jean Wederburne (sic) [unidentified] m. Johne Hill on 25/12/1640 at Innerwick.
1640
Maidelene Wedderburn, only d. of Alexander W. [3rd of Kingennie & 1st of Easter Powrie, b. 1615], by his first wife, Elizabeth Ramsay [m. c1638], was b. in 1640-41. (W.B. pp. 151-52 & 172) - ‘Magdalen’ m. her cousin, John Scrymgeour of Kirkton of Erlistradichtie, on 4/7/1659. - “It is from the issue of this m. that the Scrymgeour-Wedderburns of Wedderburn, who took up the representation of Maidelene’s father as heirs of line in 1778, are descended”. (W.B. p. 153)
1641
John Wedderburn [1st Bt. of Blackness in 1704], e. surv. s. of Alexander W. [b. 1610, Kt. ‘of Blackness’ in 1646] & Matilda Fletcher [m. 1638], was b. 12/2/1641 ‘no doubt at Dundee’. - John became an Advocate at the Scottish Bar & ‘Clerk of the Bills’. - He m. Rachel Dunmuir (d. of David Dunsmuir, advocate) on 9/4/1667. [They had 7 sons & 4 daughters.] On his father’s death in 1675-76 he succeeded him in his estates and was executor of his Will, “and as his representative entered into the agreement with his uncle Lord Gosford, in settlement of all differences between them as to the property of Sir John W. of Gosford (ante p. 136)”. - John was created a Baronet of Scotland by Queen Anne, by Patent, on 9/8/1704 ‘to him and his heirs for ever’. - Sir John died ‘early in 1706’ (the date not quite fixed) and was succeeded as 2nd Bt. of Blackness by his e.s. Alexander (b. 1672). - (W.B. pp. 231-35)
1641
Johne Wetherburn (sic), [?3rd] s. of Robert W. [?b. 1600], bap. May 1641 at Pencaitland [co. Haddington].
1641
Adam Wedderburne [Weaver, unidentified] m. Agnes Borthwick on 9/7/1641 at Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh. [“Adam may well be another generation, descended from (brothers?) Thomas (see 1610) & Adam (see 1627)”.] - Adam m. ii) in 1643, Margaret Walker. (W.B. pp. 491-92) - [It seems probable that Adam is the s. of Adam W. & Janet Wright, bap. in 1614 at Prestonpans, whose baptismal entry is not shown in the W.B. (MWE)]
1641
George Wedderburn [unidentified] m. Jonnet Fishe on 22/8/1641 at Prestonpans. [George could be a s. of George W. & Marion Thomson, m. 15/9/1614.]
1642
James Wedderburn, 2nd surv. s. of Alexander W. [b. 1610, Kt. ‘of Blackness’ in 1646] & Matilda Fletcher [m. 1638], was b. 3/5/1642 at Dundee. - “James died before 8/11/1649, when another son was given the same name”. (W.B. p. 211)
1643
Jean Wetherburn (sic), 3rd d. of John W. [& Jeanet, m. 1631], bap. 1643 at Pencaitland [co. Haddington].
1643
Alexander Wedderburn [b. 1615, 3rd of Kingennie & Wester Gourdie, & afterwards 1st of Easter Powrie, only s. of Alexander W. (b. c1583) & Magdalen Scrymgeour] m. (the 2nd of his three wives) Margaret Fotheringhame [e.d. of John Fotheringhame, brother of the late Thomas Fotheringhame of Powrie] ‘about’ 29/12/1643. - [“J.W. & Douglas both make this union Kingennie’s first marriage, which is clearly wrong…..”. - [Alexander & Margaret had a son David (b. 1645), ‘who probably died in infancy’, & an unnamed daughter ‘who also died young’.] - Alexander m. iii) in 1660, Margaret Milne. - He died on 9/4/1660. (W.B. pp. 151/52)
1643
Alexander Wedderburn, 4th s. of Sir Alexander W. [b. 1610, Kt. ‘of Blackness’ in 1646] & Matilda Fletcher [m. 1638], was b. 2/5/1643 at Dundee. - “Alexander died before 4/4/1648, when another son was given the same name”. (W.B. p. 211)
1643
Andrew Wedderburn [b. 1609, 3rd s. of Alexander W. (b. 1580) & Barbara Auchinlek (see 1601)] m. i) Elspet Fletcher [‘natural daughter’ of Sir George Fletcher] c1643. [He m. ii) Christian Duncan in 1664 (q.v.). - There is no known issue from either marriage.) - Andrew died between Sept. 1663 & Sept. 1684. (W.B. pp. 81-82)
1643
Adam Wedderburne [Weaver, unidentified] m. ii) Margaret Walker on 15/6/1643 at Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh. [Adam m. i) Agnes Borthwick in 1641, q.v.) - Adam & Margaret had 5 sons & 2 daughters: James (1644); John (1646); David (1648); Margaret (1649); Agnes (1652); Mathew (1654) & Adame (sic - 1656). [“Adam may well be another generation, descended from (brothers?) Thomas (see Elspeth, bap. 1610) & Adam (1627, above)”. (‘A.W.’) - Is he Adam bap. 1614 at Prestonpans, ‘s. of Adam W. & Janet Wright’, whose baptism was in the IGI but is not shown in the W.B.? (MWE)]
1643
James Wedderburn in Coldingham, co. Berwick [‘probably s. of James W. of Rickelsyde of Coldingham & Isobell Quhillow, mentioned in 1632’ (q.v.)] and his wife Isobel Grierson got sasine of some land in Coldingham from Sir George Home of Wedderburn on 12/12/1643. - This James was described as ‘in Rickelsyde of Coldingham’ on 7/6/1653, when he and his wife got a further sasine of land in the barony of the Law, and on 18-19/10/1661, when they got sasine of a charter by George Home and his curators of the ‘Whoile Rige’. (W.B. p. 496) [See entry on 12/2/1679]
1643
George Wedderburn, ‘indweller at Coldingham’ was a witness to the charter giving sasine of land to James Wedderburn on 12/12/1643. (W.B. p. 496) - [See entry above. -(On W.B. p. 494 ‘A.W.’ mentions a George Wedderburn who ‘died at Pencaitland on 1/4/1668’.)]
John Wetherburne (sic) [unidentified] m. Katharine Hog on 25/1/1644 at Tranent.
1644
James Wedderburn, e.s. of Adam W. [Weaver, unidentified] & Margaret Walker [m. 1643], bap. 22/4/1644 at Canongate, Edinburgh. (Witnesses: James Dasoun, James Fortoun, James Sheilds, George Cairncross & James Hayes. - W.B. Vol. II, p. 504) - (W.B. pp. 491 & 493)
1644
John Wedderburn, ‘natural’ son of Alexander W. [3rd of Kingennie & 1st of Easter Powrie, b. 1615] was b. c1644. - “John was admitted a free master of the baxtars gild in 1662. Also named in the Dundee records as maltman in 1670”. - He m. Helene Rodger in 1666 (q.v.). - (W.B. p. 156)
1644
Helen Wedderburn [unidentified] ‘of Inveresk, b. abt. 1644 @ spouse: Alexander Murray’. - [M. not found - perhaps entry is from a researcher ‘fishing’ for the Helen W., bap. 1646, q.v.? (MWE)]
1645
Jean Wedderburn, 2nd d. of Sir Alexander W. [b. 1610, Kt. ‘of Blackness’ in 1646] & Matilda Fletcher [m. 1638], was b. 15/1/1645. (W.B. p. 212) - Jean m. William Kyd of Craigie (brother of her sister Margaret’s husband, Patrick Kyd) in 1663. - [See ‘Craigie.doc’ re a possible connection between the ‘Kyds of Craigie’ and the Wedderburns in Cramlington, Northumberland.]
1645
Agnes Wetherburne (sic) [?b. 1607] m. William Andersone on 3/6/1645 at Pencaitland. [Agnes’s surname is spelt ‘Wedderburn’ in W.B.]
1645
David Wedderburn, [only] s. of Alexander W. [3rd of Kingennie & 1st of Easter Powrie, b. 1615], by his 2nd wife, Margaret Fotheringhame [m. 1643], bap. 22/12/1645 at Dundee. “David is never again named and died, no doubt, in infancy”. (W.B. p. 152)
1646
Helene Wedderburn, 3rd d. of Sir Alexander W. [b. 1610, Kt. ‘of Blackness’ in 1646] & Matilda Fletcher [m. 1638], bap. 7/3/1646 at Dundee. Helen m. i) in 1665, David Dickson (by whom she had a s., John Dickson of Heartree - see m. of Sir Peter W. - later Lord Justice Gosford - to David’s sister, Agnes Dickson, in 1653); & ii) in 1679, Thomas Milne of Muirtoun.
1646
Robert Wetherburn (sic), 2nd s. of John W. [& Jeanet, m. 1631], bap. 15/3/1646 at Pencaitland [co. Haddington].
1646
John Wedderburne, 2nd s. of Adam W. [Weaver, unidentified] & Margaret Walker [m. 1643], bap. 5/4/1646 at Canongate, Edinburgh. (Witnesses: John Watsone, John Cock and David Hastie & James Crombie. - W.B. Vol. II, p. 504) - (W.B. pp. 491 & 493)
1646
Robert Wetherburn (sic), [?4th] s. of Robert W. [?b. 1600], bap. 6/9/1646 at Pencaitland [co. Haddington].
1646
Elizabeth Wedderburn [b ?, younger d. of Alexander W., Mariner (b. 1591) & Janet Newton (m. 1617)] m. John Gardyn [a Goldsmith] on 24/11/1646 at Dundee. “They had several children. - Bessie seems to have died before 4/5/1660 and all her children must have died before 11-12 Oct. 1676”. (W.B. pp. 114-15)
1646
Mathew Wederburne [Weaver - see Note in 1560] m. Elizabeth [‘Bessie’] Penman on 27/10/1646 at Canongate Edinburgh. (Also entered as Matthew Wederburn m. 27/12/1646 @ relative: Andrew Briggs Penman) - “Between 1652-57 Mathew witnessed the baptisms of the children of Adam & Archibald W., who were perhaps his brothers”. (W.B. pp. 491-92) - [Mathew & Elizabeth apparently had no issue.]
1647
Elizabeth Wedderburn [only d. of Robert W. (b. c1550, q.v.) & Euphame Coustoun] m. James Lovell on 27/2/1647 at Dundee- [This is Elizabeth’s 3rd m. - See 1616.]
1647
Grissell Wedderburn, 4th d. of Sir Alexander W. [Kt. ‘of Blackness’, b. 1610] & Matilda Fletcher [m. 1638], bap. 6/3/1647 at Dundee. - [‘Grizell’, b. 8/2/1647, was bap. 1/3/1647, acc. to the W.B.) - She m. her 2nd cousin Alexander W., 4th of Kingennie & 2nd of Easter Powrie (b. 1640), in 1665. - [They had 4 sons & 4 daughters.] - Grizell died in 1685-86. (W.B. pp. 214 & 159, ‘et seqq.’)
1647
Beatrix Wadderburne (sic) m. John Lessels on 6/5/1647 at St. Andrews & St. Leonards. [Fife] - [“Beatrix Wedderburn (? b. c1591), who m. John Lessels is probably one of the three daughters of Alexander W. ‘of Pittormie’ (b. 1552) & Christian Fairny”. - Beatrix died in Aug. 1667. (W.B. p. 49)
1648
David Wedderburne, 3rd s. of Adam W. [Weaver, unidentified] & Margaret Walker [m. 1643], bap. 9/1/1648 at Canongate, Edinburgh. (Witnesses: John Watsone, David Schira, David Hastie, & James Abercrombie. - W.B. Vol. II, p. 505) - (W.B. pp. 491 & 493)
1648
Alexander Wedderburn, s. of Alexander W. [unidentified - but see next entry], bap. 6/4/1648 at Dundee. ([Alexander (junior) is perhaps the Alexander W. who m. Margaret ‘Sinkler’ (Sinclair) at Renfrew Abbey (Paisley), Renfrewshire, on 16/1/1672 (q.v.). (MWE)]
1648
Alexander Wedderburn, 5th s. of Sir Alexander W. [Kt. ‘of Blackness’, b. 1610] & Matilda Fletcher [m. 1638], bap. 13/4/1648 at Dundee. “Alexander was b. 4/4/1648 at Dundee but died before 23/1/1658, when his parents gave the same name to another son”. (W.B. p. 211)
1648
Jeanit Waderburn (sic), 4th d. of John W. [& Jeanet, m. 1631], bap. 13/9/1648 at Pencaitland [co. Haddington].
1649
Adam Wedderburn [‘in Newtown of Nyrie’ - unidentified] m. Margaret Louson [Lowson] on 11/1/1649 at St. Andrew’s & St. Leonard’s. [“The only person of the name ‘Adam’ in the Dundee family is the 3rd s. of Patrick W., b. c1546.” - ‘A.W.’ suggests that this Adam may be a descendant of John W. (b. c1571, e.s. of Alexander W. ‘of Pittormie’ (b. 1552). - (W.B. p. 83)] - Adam & Margaret had 3 daughters: Margaret (b. 1650); Isbell (b. 1653) & Jeane (b. 1657).
1649
Peter Wedderburn [b. 1616-18, knighted c1661, Lord (Justice) Gosford from 1668, 3rd & ygst s. of James W., Clerk of Dundee (b. 1589), & Margaret Goldman] m. i) Christian Gibson [?d. of James Gibson, advocate] on 1/2/1649 at Edinburgh. - They had a s. James (b. 1649 - see below). “Christian did not long survive” as Peter m. ii) in 1653, Agnes Dickson (by whom he had 5 sons & 4 daughters); & iii) in 1677, Elizabeth Goldman. - Sir Peter Wedderburn, Lord Gosford, died at Gosford on 11/11/1679 ‘and was no doubt buried in the churchyard at Aberlady’. (W.B. p. 36)
1649
Archibald Wedderburn [Weaver, b. 1627 - see Note in 1560] m. Marioun Hoysey (sic) [Mosey or Moysey] on 9/2/1649 at Canongate, Edinburgh. (Marion’s surname shown as ‘Moysey’ in W.B. & as ‘Mosey’ in OPR entries) - Archibald & Marion had 4 sons & a daughter: George (1649); Alexander (1652); David (1653); Archibald (1656) & Grizzell (1657). -
1649
Margaret Wedderburne, elder d. of Adam W. [Weaver, unidentified], & Margaret Walker [m. 1643], bap. 4/5/1649 at Canongate, Edinburgh. (Witnesses: George Cairncross, John Watsone, James Abercrombie & David Hastie. - W.B. Vol. II, p. 505) - (W.B. pp. 491 & 493)
1649
James Wedderburn, only child of [Sir] Peter W. [b. 1616-18, knighted c1661, Lord (Justice) Gosford from 1668] by his first wife, Christian Gibson [m. 1649], bap. 30/9/1649 at Edinburgh. (Witnesses: Sir Willliam Nisbet, of the Dean, Mr. Johne Nisbet, Commissar, Mr. James Primrose, Archibald Sinserff, James Gibsone, advocate, Hew Hamilton, merchant, south-east. - W.B. Vol. II, p. 501) - [‘A.W.’ suggests that James ‘Gibsone’, advocate, was probably Christian’s father. - There is no record of James’ death but John (b. 1657), Sir Peter’s eldest son by his second marriage was his heir. (W.B. p. 369)]
1649
James Wedderburn [Clerk of Dundee 1676-1696], 6th [but ultimately 2nd surv.] s. of Sir Alexander W. [Kt. of Blackness, b. 1610] & Matilda Fletcher [m. 1638], bap. 19/11/1649 at Dundee. James m. Elizabeth [‘Bessie’] Davidson in 1673 (q.v.). - [They had 4 sons & 7 daughters.] - James died in Jan. 1696, and was succeeded as Clerk by his son Alexander (b. 1675). - (W.B. pp. 245-253)
1649
George Wedderburn, e.s. of Archibald W. [Weaver, b. 1627] & Marion Mosey [or Moysey, m. 1649], bap. 30/11/1649 at Canongate, Edinburgh. (Witnesses: George Turnour, James Crombie & David Hastie. - W.B. Vol. II. P. 505) - (W.B. pp. 491 & 493)
1650
Margaret Wedderburne, e.d. of Adam W. [‘in Newton of Nydie’ - unidentified] & Margaret Lowsone (sic) [m.1649], bap. 15/5/1650 at St. Andrew’s & St. Leonard’s. (Witnesses: David Walker & Joan Killoch.) - [“The only person of the name ‘Adam’ in the Dundee family is the 3rd s. of Patrick W., b. c1546” & ‘A.W.’ suggests that this Adam may be a descendant of John W. b. c1571 (e.s. of Alexander W. ‘of Pittormie’, b. 1552). - (W.B. p. 83) - (There were other Adam Wedderburns)
1651
Cicilia Wedderburne, 5th d. of Sir Alexander W. [Kt. ‘of Blackness’, b. 1610] & Matilda Fletcher [m. 1638], bap. 6/2/1651 at Dundee. - [Cecilia was b. 27/1/1651.] - ‘A.W.’ says: “She is wrongly called ‘Cristian’ in a sasine of 1673”. - The IGI, however, showed that a ‘Cristain, d. of Alexander W.’ was also bap. at Dundee on 6/2/1651. (See next entry). - In the W.B., though, ‘Cecilia’ is shown as ‘b. 27/1/1647, so there is some confusion here, as Alexander & Matilda’s d. Grissell was bap. at Dundee on 6/3/1647 & ‘A.W.’ shows that ‘Cecilia’ m. William Baillie of Littlegill on 28/10/1675, while another source showed that Cicill (sic) Wedderburne m. James Bailie. (W.B. pp. 214-15)
1651
Cristain (sic) Wedderburn, ‘d. of Alexander W.’, bap. 6/2/1651 at Dundee. [Acc. to ‘A.W.’, ‘Cecilia’ W. (see entry above) is wrongly called ‘Cristian’ in a sasine of 1673. ‘Cecilia’, though, is shown as ‘b. 27/1/1647’, so there is some confusion, as Alexander & Matilda’s daughter Grissell was bap. at Dundee on 6/3/1647. (W.B. p. 215) - ‘Christian’ Wedderburn who m. Thomas ‘Tannihill’ (?Turnbull) at Liberton (s. of Edinburgh), on 6/8/1669 is perhaps this ‘Cristain’. (MWE)]
1652
Alexander Wedderburn, 2nd s. of Archibald W. [Weaver, b. 1627] & Marion Mosey [or Moysey, m. 1649], bap. 4/1/1652 at Canongate, Edinburgh. (W.B. pp. 491 & 493) - (Witnesses: George Turnour, James Crombie & David Hastie. - W.B. Vol. II. p. 505)
1652
Agnes Wedderburne (sic), younger d. of Adame W. [Weaver, unidentified], & Margaret Walker [m. 1643], bap. 23/7/1652 at Canongate, Edinburgh. (Witnesses: Mathew W. & Archibald W. - W.B. Vol. II, p. 505) - [“Matthew is, perhaps, a brother of Adam & Archibald”. (‘A.W.’) - He m. Bessie Penman in 1646 (q.v.).] - (W.B. pp. 491 & 493)
1652
Peter Wedderburne, 7th [but ultimately 3rd surv.] s. of Sir Alexander W. [Kt. ‘of Blackness’, b. 1610] & Matilda Fletcher [m. 1638], bap. 23/9/1652 at Dundee. Peter m. Catherine Man in 1677. [They had 2 sons but “the male line is said to have become extinct”. - But did it? - Charles W. ‘of Perth’ told ‘A.W.’s’ grandfather, ‘J.W.’ (John W. ‘of Auchterhouse’ - see his m. in 1823) that Peter & Catherine’s younger son John (b. 1711) had killed a fellow-student while at St. Andrew’s and had escaped to Forbes’-land at Echt in Aberdeenshire, where he m. a Margaret Westland. They had two sons, himself (Charles, ‘b. 1739’) & John (b. 1741). - Another source however, shows that a John W. m. ‘Marjory Wastland’ at Dyce in 1738, and that a Thomas W. was bap. at Dyce in 1739. Charles was bap. in 1741. (No baptism of a s. John appears, but Charles told ‘J.W.’ that the John W. (b. 1748, q.v.), who became a farmer at Camno (see 1771), was his brother. - W.B. pp. 222-224) - The baptism of a William Wodderburn (sic) at Dyce on 29/1/1744 has since been found in the OPR.) - Peter R.W. Nicol in Australia, a descendant of Charles and Elizabeth, in an e-mail to Peter Garwood on 9/11/2002, states that a Malcolm Ferguson, whilst researching his Ferguson ancestry, found that a Ferguson was killed in a duel by another student at St. Andrew’s University in 1703. - Charles Wedderburn m. Elizabeth ‘or Isobel’ ‘Imrie, Imbrie or Emery’ in 1776 (q.v.) & had a number of children, one of whom, Margaret, m. George Nicholl ‘of Jamaica’ at Meigle in 1798, although this m. does not appear in the W.B.]
1653
Isbell (sic) Wedderburn, 2nd d. of Adam W. [‘in Newtown of Nyrie’ - unidentified] & Margaret Lowson [m. 1649], bap. 3/2/1653 at St. Andrew’s & St. Leonard’s. (Witnesses: John Traill & James Hyviestown.) - [“The only person of the name ‘Adam’ in the Dundee family is the 3rd s. of Patrick W., b. c1546.” ‘A.W.’ suggests that this Adam may be a descendant of John W. b. c1571 (e.s. of Alexr. W. ‘of Pittormie’, b. 1552). - (W.B. p. 83)]
1653
Peter Wedderburne [b. 1616-18, knighted c1661, Lord (Justice) Gosford from 1668, 3rd & ygst s. of James W., Clerk of Dundee (b. 1589) & Margaret Goldman] m. Agnes Dickson on 20/10/1653 at Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh. (This is the 2nd of Peter’s 3 marriages.) - [Agnes is presumably a sister of David Dickson of Heartree (2nd s. of John Dickson of Heartree, co. Peebles, a lord-of-session) who, in 1665, m. Helen Wedderburn (b. 1646), 3rd d. of Sir Alexander W., Kt. of Blackness, & Matilda Fletcher?] They 5 sons & 4 daughters. The 3 eldest daughters, Margaret (b. 1655), Susanna & Agnes (twins, b. 1656), died young, as did the two youngest sons, James (b. 1663) & George (b. 1665). - The surviving children were John (b. 1657, q.v.); another Agnes (b. 1658, who m. David Haliburton of Pitcur on 8/9/1674, q.v. & died before 20/2/1700, leaving issue); Peter (b. c1659, q.v.) & Alexander (b. c1660, q.v.). - Peter was knighted by Charles II c1661 and was appointed a lord-of-session with the title of Lord Gosford in 1668. - His wife Agnes died between Feb. 1665 (when her youngest son was born) and 15/6/1677, when Lord Gosford m. iii) Elizabeth Goldman. (W.B. p. 369) - He died at Gosford on 11/11/1679 and was buried at Aberlady. (W.B. p. 369)
1653
Mariorie (sic) Wedderburne [‘natural’ d. of Alexander W., 2nd of Kingennie & Wester Gourdie, b. 1583] m. James Thomsone on 13/11/1653 at Monifieth. Marjorie was probably born after the death of Alexander’s wife, Magdalen Scrymgeour (c1629)”. - She died at Monifeith on 25/12/1664 leaving 2 daughters: Magdalen Thomsone (who m. cMay 1686, George Jack, maltman in Dundee), & Elspet Thomasone (who m. cDec. 1688, William Wallace, s. of Patrick Wallace in Megganes). - (W.B. p. 146 footnote¹)]
1653
David Wederburne (sic), 3rd s. of Archibald W. [Weaver, b. 1627] & Marioun Mosey [Moysey, m. 1649], bap. 25/12/1653 at Canongate, Edinburgh.
1654
Jeane Dodger, d. of Edward Dodger & Elizabeth Wedderburne [unidentified], bap. 2/2/1654 at South Leith. (Witness: Thomas Wedderburne. - W.B. Vol. II, p. 507) - [“Elizabeth is probably sister of Thomas W. who m. Isobell Olphant & had a son, James, bap. 2/11/1654”. (W.B. pp. 492/93)]
1654
Alexander Wedderburn [b. c1621, minster at Forgan, e.s. of James W., ‘elder of Moonzie’, Fife (b. c1588)] m. Helen Turnbull [d. of the late Thomas Turnbull, Esq., of Boghill in the Carse of Gowrie] in June 1654. - “The marriage feast stood at Grange Moore in Fyfe, in William Hamilton’s, her brother-in-law’s house”. [‘A.W.’s’ grandfather, ‘J.W.’, “wrongly assumed Alexander to be the brother of David Wedderburn ‘the grammarian’ in Aberdeen”.] - He was minister at Forgan and later at Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. (See W.B. p. 53 for details of Alexander’s career.) - Alexander & Helen had 3 sons & 5 daughters “but only the baptisms of twins William & Jean, in 1671, are recorded in the Kilmarnock register, though there are some Woodburn or Wodburn entries, which may be a corruption of the name”. - Their e.s. son, Robert (who was served heir to his father in 1679, ‘was possibly a minister and was living in 1682’); William (twin with Jean, ‘probably died before his father’). The youngest son John (‘was living on 7/1/1691 when he was granted a bond, and was thus between 14 & 21 years old at that date. Nothing more is known about him’.) - Alexander’s & Helen’s daughters, “who are named in the order in which they are mentioned in the records, were all living in 1690”: Mary (‘who edited a volume of her father’s sermons before 1705’); Janet; Susanna; Margaret & Jean. - [An Alexander W. who was bap. at Leuchars, Fife, on 22/11/1666 is probably another son. (MWE)] - Alexander died in Nov. 1678, ‘his Will being confirmed at Glasgow’. (W.B. p. 54 & footnotes)
1654
George Wedderburne, 8th [but 4th surv.] s. of Sir Alexander W. [Kt. ‘of Blackness’, b. 1610] & Matilda Fletcher [m. 1638], bap. 14/9/1654 at Dundee. ‘George was a merchant and lived mainly in Edinburgh’. - He m. Elizabeth Sutherland in 1678. [They had 3 sons & 4 daughters.] - “Between 1686 & 1688 George’s affairs became involved and he turned his back on his affairs and departed out of the kingdom. The date of his death is left in doubt - although on 1/3/1700, his son James (b. 1683), as ‘son of the late George Wedderburn’, was cautioner to the Will of his aunt Catherine”. [Catherine Man, who m. Peter W. (b. 1652) in 1677] - (W.B. p. 219)
1654 James Wedderburne, s. of Thomas W. [unidentified] & Isobell Oliphant [m. not found], bap. 2/11/1654 at South Leith. (W.B. Vol. II, p. 507) - [“Thomas is probably a brother of Elizabeth W. who m. Thomas Dodger and had a daughter Jeane bap. at South Leith on 2/2/1654”. (‘A.W.’, W.B. pp. 492-93)]
1654
Mathew Wedderburne, 4th s. of Adam W. [Weaver, unidentified] & Margaret Walker [m. 1643], bap. 17/12/1654 at Canongate, Edinburgh. (Witness: Mathew Wedderburn. - W.B. Vol. II, p. 505) - “It seems to be this Mathew who m. Marion Mitchell & had a d. Jeilles (b. 1680) & 2 sons, James (b. 1682) & William (b. 1684)”. - (W.B. pp. 491 & 493)
1655
John Wedderburn, ‘Weaver in Prestoun’ [Prestonpans], e.s. of the late George W. ‘also weaver there’, “got sasine of a tenement in Preston from Sir Alexander Morison of Preston Grange on 8/1/1655. (G.S.R. 27 & Part. Reg. Sas. Edin, vol. ii, fol. 276) - “The Johne Wedderburne who m. Jean Laurie on 15/12/1670 at Pencaitland is apparently to be identified with this John”. (W.B. p. 495) - [See also 4/9/1723, for a bond to a “John Wedderburn, weaver in Preston, who may be his son”.]
1655
Margaret Wedderburn, e.d. of Peter W. [Advocate, b. 1616-18, knighted c1661, Lord (Justice) Gosford from 1668], & his 2nd wife, Agnes Dickson [m. 1653], bap. 27/1/1655 at Edinburgh. (Witnesses: Sir Alexander Gibsone of Durie, Sir John Gilmour, advocate, Mr. John Nisbet, Mr. John Pringle, Johne Ramsay & John Kello, writer.W.B. Vol. II, p. 501) - Margaret ‘died young’. (W.B. p. 370)
1655
Andrew Wedderburn [b. c1625, minister at Liff, Angus, 1650-1664, 2nd s. of James W., ‘elder of Moonzie’, Fife (b. c1588)] m. Elizabeth Daw [d. of Andrew Daw, portioner of Sachup, & Elizabeth Hamiltoun] in Jan. 1655, at Crail. (W.B. p. 51) - [Acc. to the W.B., Andrew & Elizabeth had a son & 3 daughters but the Scottish OPR shows that Andrew & ‘Christean’ Dall (sic) also had another son, James, & another daughter, Hellen, bap. at Kingsbarns, Fife. (The elder son, Robert, was bap. at Kingsbarns in 1666. He was ‘of H.M.S. Devonshire’ & died unm. c1696-7, ‘when admon. of his goods was granted to his mother, widow Elizabeth Daw’..]
1655
Margaret Wedderburn [b. 1638, e.d. of Sir Alexander W., Kt. ‘of Blackness’ (b. 1610), & Matilda Fletcher] m. Patrick Kyd [e.s. of James Kyd of Craigie & Agnes Clayhills - and a grandson of Patrick Kyd of Grange of Barrie] on 30/8/1655 at Dundee. In 1677, Patrick Kyd of Craigie was elected Deacon of the Dundee Masons. Patrick & Margaret had no children but Margaret’s sister Jean (b. 1645), who m. Patrick’s brother William in 1663, had 3 sons & 3 daughters. (One of the daughters, Margaret Kyd, m. John Paterson of Craigie. - W.B. p. 212) - ‘A grandson of Margaret’s brother James (b. 1666), Capt. James Kyd, R.N. (b. ?1723, s. of George Kyd of Woodhill & Craigie, & Elizabeth, d. of the Hon. Alexander Maitland, fourth s. of the 3rd Earl of Lauderdale), sold Craigie and Woodhill and built Elie Lodge’. - His wife Hannah, d. of … Bevis, of Southampton, died at Elie in 1757. Their eldest daughter, Mary Kyd, m. Adam Mansfeldt de Cardonnel ‘who took the name of Lawson for the estate of Cramlington, Northumberland. - Their son, Mansfeldt, sold Cramlington and died without issue, leaving the family pictures to his sister Hannah, wife of Col. Elmsall of Doncaster. (The Elmsalls had 2 sons & 3 daughters.) - Mansfeldt’s and Hannah’s brother Alexander had a son who died in 1871 leaving a daughter, Ada de Cardonell-Lawson. (W.B. p. 213) - [In a booklet “The Three United Trades of Dundee (Masons, Wrights and Slaters)”, it shows, in the section about the Masons, that Patrick Kyd of Craigie attended a meeting in December 1659, and in 1677 was elected Deacon. “As laird of Craigie, it is highly unlikely that he was a working mason. Evidence of the speculative element in the incorporation before 1700 is thin. There are only three or four names in the ‘Lockit Book’ that can be certainly asserted not to be working masons, compared to thirty-one operative masters. One was Mr. John Paterson, the title Mr. showing that he was a graduate…. …… At one time, in the 1730’s, the incorporation seemed to be in danger of being taken over by the Freemasons……”.
1656
Archibald Wedderburne, 4th s. of Archibald W. [Weaver, b. 1627] & Marion Mosey [or Moysey, m. 1649], bap. 13/1/1656 at Canongate, Edinburgh. (Witnesses: Alexander Mathie, John Watsone, David Hastie & Mathew Wedderburne. - W.B. Vol. II, p. 505) - (W.B. pp. 491 & 493) - [It must be this Archibald who became either a weaver or a cordiner (shoemaker). -Archibald W. the weaver m. Agnes Bruce in 1676 & Archibald the cordiner m. Eupam Sympsone in 1681.]
1656
Susanna Wedderburn [twin with Agnes, below], 2nd d. of Peter W. [Advocate, b. 1616-18, knighted c1661, Lord (Justice) Gosford from 1668], & his 2nd wife, Agnes Dickson [m. 1653], bap. 27/1/1656 at Edinburgh. (Witnesses: Sir Alexander W. of Blacknesse (sic), Sir John Gilmour & Mr. John Nisbet, advocate, Sir Archibald Primrose of Chesters, Mr. John Pringle of Woodhead & Mr. John Dickson, ‘sone to the late John Dicksone of Hartrie’. - W.B. Vol. II, p. 501) - Susanna ‘died young’. (W.B. p. 370)
1656
Agnes Wedderburn [twin with Susanna, above] 3rd d. of Peter W. [Advocate, b. 1616-18, knighted c1661, Lord (Justice) Gosford from 1668], & his 2nd wife, Agnes Dickson [m. 1653], bap. 27/1/1656 at Edinburgh. (Witnesses as above.) - Agnes died ‘before 1658, when the same name was given to another daughter’. (W.B. p. 370)
1656
Mary Wederburne (sic), e.d. of Andrew W. [b. c1625, minister at Liff, Angus,1650-64] & Elizabeth Daw [m. 1655], bap. 17/3/1656 at Liff, Benvie & Invergowrie.
1656
Mathilda Wedderburn, 6th d. of Sir Alexander W. [Kt. ‘of Blackness’, b. 1610] & Matilda Fletcher [m. 1638], bap. 18/8/1656 at Dundee. (Matilda was b. 15/8/1656.) - She m. Mr. James Brisbane, advocate, in 1676. [They had 9 children.] - (W.B. p. 215-216)
1656
Adame Wedderburne (sic), 5th s. of Adame W. [Weaver, unidentified] & Margaret Walker [m. 1643], bap. 16/11/1656 at Canongate, Edinburgh. (Witnesses: John Watsone, Mathew & Archibald Wedderburne. - W.B. Vol. II, p. 505) - (W.B. pp. 491 & 493)
1657
Jeane Wedderburne (sic), 3rd d. of Adam W. [now ‘in Deanhead’ - unidentified] & Margaret Lowson [m.1649], bap. 11/1/1657 at St. Andrew’s & St. Leonard’s. (Witnesses: Thomas Mertin and James Hyviestown.) - “The only person of the name ‘Adam’ in the Dundee family is the 3rd s. of Patrick W., b. c1546” & ‘A.W.’ suggests that this Adam may be a descendant of John W. b. c1571 (e.s. of Alexander W. ‘of Pittormie’, b. 1552). - (W.B. p. 83)
1657
John Wedderburn [afterwards ‘of Gosford’], e.s. of Peter W. [Advocate, b. 1616-18, knighted c1661, Lord (Justice) Gosford from 1668], by his 2nd wife, Agnes Dickson [m. 1653], bap. 26/2/1657 at Edinburgh. (Witnesses: John, Earle of Traquair, Doctour (sic) John Wedderburn, phisiciane, Sir John Gilmour, advocat, Mr. John Nisbet, advocat, Mr. John Pringle of Woodhead, Mr. John Dickson, second sone to my lord Heartrie. - W.B. Vol. II, p. 501) - “John was made a Freeman of Dundee ‘by his father’s privilege’ on 13/6/1671, together with his pedagogue, Mr. Andrew Anderson, and two of his servants….. Although by profession a soldier, John took part very early in public affairs, being made a privy councillor before he was twenty years of age. He was also a member of parliament.... In 1679, he had a ‘natural son’, David (bap. at Aberlady on 22/6/1679, q.v.). - In 1680, following his father’s death, John was retoured heir to him in his various lands..…and got sasine thereon 20 May 1680. - In 1685 he attained the rank of Lieut.-Col. of Dragoons but, on 3 June 1686, ‘for a reason which is not given’, [he] was removed from this post by the privy council, pursuant to a letter of the King, dated 22 May in that year.” (W.B. pp. 372-73) - [“From 1685-89, James II, during his short reign, dismissed many judges and replaced army officers and M.P.’s with Roman Catholics”. (Encyclopædia Britannica)] - “Early in 1688, John again went abroad, with the consent of various persons including his cousin, Blackness, and, before doing so, on Feb. 14, both made a will [part of which is quoted on W.B. p. 373] and granted a factory to his youngest brother, Alexander [b. c1660], to manage his affairs during his absence. (He also at this time renounced to Sir John Nisbet ‘of Dirleston’ (sic) - yet another annual rent of 6,000 merks on Thirleston and Innerwick. - W.B. p. 373, footnote²) - In his Will, John nominated as his executor his brother Peter [b. 1659] and, failing him, his youngest brother, Alexander, as ‘tutore to David Wedderburn, my natural son’. - John’s journey abroad was his last ‘for he was drowned in shipwreck off Calais 26 May 1688’.” (In footnote³ on p. 373, ‘A.W.’ says that Mr. Millar in his “Burgesses of Dundee” mis-states the year as 1678 - during John’s father’s life.) “His body was apparently recovered, as he is stated to have been buried in his parish church at Aberlady on 9th July thereafter….. His monument is no longer discoverable”.
1657
Helen Wedderburne [b.?, elder d. of Alexander W. (b. 1591) & Janet Newton (m. 1617)] m. Bertine Belson on 20/8/1657 at Dundee. [This is Helen’s 2nd m. - Bertine Belson is variously described as ‘Barten, Bartholomew or Bertrame, Bilson or Wilson’, Inglishman, merchant.] - Helen m. i) ‘before 14/2/1653’, William Gascoyne or Goskine, Englishman. - She died in March 1660. (Her sister Elizabeth m. John Gardyne, goldsmith, at Dundee, on 24/11/1646.) - (W.B. p. 114)
1657
Grissell Wedderburne, only d. of Archibald W. [Weaver, b. 1627] & Marion Mosey [or Moysey, m. 1649], bap. 27/12/1657 at Canongate, Edinburgh. (Witnesses: Adam Duncan, David Hastie, John Nimok, Adame & Mathew Wedderburne. - W.B. Vol. II, p. 505) - (W.B. pp. 491 & 493)
1658
Margrat (sic) Wedderburne, 2nd d. of Andrew W. [b. c1625, minister at Liff, Angus, 1650-64] & Elizabeth Daw [m. 1655], bap. 5/1/1658 at Liff, Benvie & Invergowrie.
1658
Alexander Wedderburn, 9th [& ygst.] s. of Sir Alexander W. [Kt. ‘of Blackness’, b. 1610] & Matilda Fletcher [m. 1638], bap. 26/1/1658 at Dundee. Alexander m. Christian Kinloch in 1685 (q.v.). - [They had 3 daughters.] - (W.B. pp. 217-118)
1658
John Scote (sic) m. Christane Watsonn on 8/8/1658 at Dundee. - [John Scott & Christian Watson, parents of Katharine Scott who, in 1687, m. Alexander W. (b 1675, afterwards 4th Bt. of Blackness), had a son John, bap. 16/2/1662. - They are probably also the parents of Helen Scott who m. Thomas Watson & had 3 children: Margaret Watson (b. 1678); Thomas Watson (b. 1681) & Grissell Watson (b. 1686), q.v.]
1658
Agnes Wedderburn, 4th & ygst. d. of Peter W. [Advocate, b. 1616-18, knighted c1661, Lord (Justice) Gosford from 1668], & his 2nd wife, Agnes Dickson [m. 1653], bap. 21/11/1658 at Edinburgh. (Witnesses: Sir John Gilmour, advocat, Mr. John Nisbet, advocat, & Mr. John Fletcher, advocat. - W.B. Vol. II, p. 501) - Agnes m. David Haliburton of Pitcur at Aberlady in 1674. (W.B. p. 370)
1659
Magdalen [‘Maidelene’] Wedderburn [b. 1640-41, only d. of Alexander W., 3rd of Kingennie & 1st of Easter Powrie (b. 1615), by his first wife, Elizabeth Ramsay (m. c1638)] m. John Scrymgeour [e.s. of John Scrymgeour of Kirktoun & Jean McGill (d. of James McGill of Rankeillour Nether)] on 19/6/1659 at Monifieth. ( W.B. p. 152) - (Shown on the same date at Mains & Strathmarine.) - It is from this marriage that the Scrymgeours of Birkhill & Wedderburn are descended. - “The Kirktoun Scrymgeours were a junior branch of the Scrymgeours of Dudhope. (W.B. p. 169) John Scrymgeour was at one time provost of Dundee (he represented the burgh in the Scottish parliament in 1702) and later, in 1702, was in London about the union of the two kingdoms”. (W.B. pp. 151-2 & 172) - [John was the nearest heir-male of John Scrymgeour, Earl of Dundee, who died without issue on 23 June 1668, and he should have succeeded to the barony of Dudhope, office of constabulary etc….’ but: “By the interest of the Duke of Lauderdale with Charles II, John Scrymgeour of Kirkton was deprived of his right to succeed to the estates of Dudhope and to succeed to the viscountcy and earldom”. (By right, under two charters under the Great Seal in 1541 and 1587, he should also have been hereditary standard-bearer of Scotland and Constable of Dundee.” - Burke’s Peerage and Baronetage – Dundee) - “To satisfy his creditors, John was obliged to sell Kirktoun”. (He & Maidelene had 4 sons & a daughter but only one of the sons, Alexander, survived to adulthood. This only surviving son, Dr. Alexander Scrymgeour, was b. Dec. 1669 (q.v.). - (W.B. pp. 172-73)] - [For a description of a ‘barony’ see under Margaret Wedderburn, wife of Captain Walter Halyburton, in 1571. (A barony is not the same as a ‘baronetcy’.)]
1659
Christian Wedderburne [unidentified] m. Walter Gibsone on 30/6/1659 at Liberton [s. of Edinburgh]. - - [The first wife of Peter. W., advocate, later Lord (Justice) Gosford (b. 1616-18), was Christian Gibson (m. 1649),who is thought to be the daughter of James Gibson, advocate). - See their m. at Edinburgh in 1649. (Is there a connection?)]
1659
Peter Wedderburn [1st Bt. of Gosford in 1697], 2nd s. of Peter. W. [Advocate, b. 1616-18, knighted c1661, Lord (Justice) Gosford from 1668], & his 2nd wife, Agnes Dickson [m. 1653], was b. in 1659-60. - He was made a Freeman of Dundee on 20/7/1675 and later entered the army. (“Peter continued in the army after the death of his elder brother, John, getting his commission as captain of grenadiers in the same regiment, 20 Sept. 1688. He was served heir to his father Sir Peter (Lord Gosford), and to his brother John, 11-21 Oct. 1688. - He must, I think, have left the army within a year or two, as from 1690 on, his name occurs in civil matters, e.g. as a member of the Scottish Parliament…..”.‘A.W.’) - Peter m. Janet Halkett, (afterwards) heiress of Pitfirrane, c1694 (q.v.). - [They had 7 sons & 5 daughters.] - He was created 1st Bt. of Gosford in 1697. - He died at Pitfirrane on 20-21/3/1746 and was buried at Dunfermline Abbey. - “After his death he was often named in connection with the entail of his estates, which gave rise to prolonged litigation”. (W.B. pp. 374-376)
1660
Elizabeth Wedderburne, 3rd d. of Andrew W. [b. c1625, minister at Liff, Angus, 1650-64] & Elizabeth Daw [m. 1655], bap. 26/2/1660 at Liff Benvie & Invergowrie. (W.B. p. 51) - [She may be the ‘Elspeth’ Wedderburne who m. alyburton at Wemyss in July 1677 (q.v.). - (MWE)]
1660
Alexander Wedderburne m. Margat Mill (sic) on 18/5/1660 at Dundee. [This must be the same marriage as next entry.]
1660
Alexander Wedderburn [b. 1615, 3rd of Kingennie, & from 1662 1st of Easter Powrie] m. Margaret Miller [sic] on 12/6/1660 at Dundee.[This is Alexander’s 3rd marriage, to Margaret Milne [widow of Major Robert Lindsay (by whom she had 2 sons), & daughter of Alexander Milne, burgess of Dundee & Elgin, & Elizabeth Fletcher. - ‘A.W.’ says: “See the pedigree of the Mylnes of Mylnfield in ‘The King’s Master Masons’, by the Rev. J. Mylne, 1894. (W.B. p. 152, footnote 4] - Alexander & Margaret had 2 sons & 2 daughters: Elizabeth (b. 1662); Janet (b. 1663 ‘who died bfore 27/7/1681’); John (b. 1665, d. 1667-68) & Peter (b. 1667-68). [Alexander also had a ‘natural son’ John, who m. Helene Roger in 1666 (q.v.)]. - Alexander died in 1683 & was succeeded by his e.s. Alexander, b. 1640. (W.B. pp. 152-156)
1660
Alexander Wedderburn, 3rd & ygst. surv. s. of Peter W. [Advocate, b. 1616-18, knighted c1661, Lord (Justice) Gosford from 1668] & his 2nd wife, Agnes Dickson [m. 1653], was b. c1660. - “There is no evidence of his baptism either at Edinburgh or at Aberlady, but the date is approximately shown by the birth dates of his elder brother Peter & younger brother James”. (W.B. p. 395, footnote²). - “After his father’s death, in Nov. 1679, Alexander is occasionally mentioned as having a factory from his brother John, who was much away from home, to manage his affairs during his absence. He was admitted an advocate to the Scottish Bar on 18/6/1687 and took part in the politics of the time. He was one of those who favoured the union between Scotland and England, in connection with which he went south between May 3 1704 (when he was still in Scotland, and there witnessed a discharge by his brother Peter to Pitcur) [presumably David Haliburton of Pitcur, husband of their sister Agnes - W.B. p. 370] and 27 June, when he was at Windsor…”. - (“….Anderson in his ‘Scottish Nation’ (s. Wedderburn) states that it was in reward for his exertions in favour of the union that he was appointed one of the commissioners of excise in Scotland”. - W.B. p. 395) - Alexander m. Mary Daes in July 1692 (q.v.). - [They had 3 sons & 4 daughters.] - Alexander died at Edinburgh on 1/1/1730. (W.B. pp. 395-96)
1660
James Wedderburn [‘younger’, minister of Moonzie, Fife, b. 1635, 3rd s. of James W., ‘elder’ of Moonzie (b. c1588)] m. Jean Inglis on 11/12/1660 at Cupar. [They had 4 sons & 6 daughters, of whom only one son, David, survived to adulthood - see David, bap. 1685). - James died in 1687, aged 52, and was buried at Cupar. (“His tomb included some Latin verses which referred to his death by fever soon after that of one of his sons (William) by drowning”. (W.B. pp. 51-52)
1661
Isobel Wedderburn, e.d. of James W. [‘younger’, minister of Moonzie, Fife, b. 1635] & Jean Inglis [m. 1660] was b. c1661. - Isobel died young & was buried on 7/4/1666. (W.B. p. 52)
1662
George Weatherburn [unidentified] died at Berwick on 28/1/1662. (Derek W’s Notes) - [Is he the George Wedderburn ‘indweller at Coldingham’ mentioned in 1643? (MWE)]
1662
Elizabeth Wedderburne, elder d. of Alexander W. [3rd of Kingennie & 1st of Easter Powrie, b. 1615], & his 3rd wife, Margaret Milne [m. 1660], bap. 1/5/1662 at Dundee. Elizabeth m. the Rev. Robert Rait, minister in Dundee, in 1684. - She died before 3/4/1704 “when her brother Peter is named as one of the mother’s kin to their only and orphan son, Alexander Rait”. (W.B. pp. 155-56)
1662
Margaret Wedderburne [unidentified] m. Robert Stavers on 26/10/1662 at Canongate, Edinburgh. ( Also entered on 14/11/1762.)- [“Margaret & Robert were married within the Kirk of Haly-roodhous, be (sic) Mr. James Kid, minister for the time”. - W.B. Vol. II, p. 504) - On W.B. p. 492, Robert’s surname is shown as Staveris. - “Margaret may be connected with Elizabeth W. who m. Thomas Dodger and had a s. James bap. in 1654 (q.v.), & the Thomas W. who m. Isobell Oliphant and also had a s. James bap. in 1654. - It may be the same Margaret W. who m. William Scott in 1674”. (W.B. p. 492)
1663
Janet Wedderburne, younger d. of Alexander W. [3rd of Kingennie & 1st of Easter Powrie, b. 1615], & his 3rd wife, Margaret Milne [m. 1660], bap. 17/7/1663 at Dundee. “Janet died before 27/7/1681, when her sister Elizabeth is called the only surviving daughter of their parents”. (W.B. p. 156)
1663
James Wedderburn, 4th s. of Sir Peter W. [Advocate, b. 1616-18, Lord (Justice) Gosford from 1668], & his 2nd wife, Agnes Dickson [m. 1653], bap. 25/9/1663 at Aberlady. (Witnesses: Sir James Durhame, Sir Johne Wedderburn, &c. - W.B. Vol. II, p. 507) - “James is not subsequently mentioned”. (W.B. p. 370)
1663
Hellian (sic) Wedderburn, 2nd d. of James W. [‘younger’, minister of Moonzie, Fife, b. 1635] & Jean Inglis [m. 1660], bap. 22/11/1663 at Cupar. Helen ‘died young’ - as did her elder sister Isobel (in 1666) & her 3 younger sisters: Beatrix (‘buried 25/4/1771’); Margaret (‘or Marjorie’ - ‘buried 4/10/1675’) & an unnamed one (‘buried 26/1/1683’). (Their baptisms not found.) - Mary, the youngest sister ‘b. before 28/10/1683’, died unm. on 30/6/1690. (W.B. p. 52)
1663
Jeane Wedderburne [b. 1645, 2nd d. of Sir Alexander W., Kt. ‘of Blackness’ (b. 1610), & Matilda Fletcher] m. William Kid on 26/11/1663 at Dundee. Jean & William Kyd, ‘of Craigie’ had 3 sons & 3 daughters. [Jean’s sister Margaret (b. 1638) m. William’s brother, Patrick Kyd of Craigie, in 1656, but they had no children. - W.B. p. 214. - See ‘Pedigree’ of Kyds of Craigie on W.B. p. 213 - & ‘Craigie.doc’, re a possible connection between the Kyds of Craigie & the Wedderburns in Cramlington, Northumberland.)]
1664
Hellen Wedderburne, 4th [& ygst.] d. of Andrew W. [b. c1625, minister at Liff, Angus, 1650-64] & Christean Dall [Elizabeth Daw (m. 1655)], bap. 9/5/1664 at Kingsbarns [Fife].
1664
Andrew Wedderburn [b. 1609, 3rd s. of Alexander W. (b. 1580) & Barbara Auchinlek (see 1601)] m. ii) Christian Duncan on 17/12/1664 at Dundee. (This m. also shown on 28/2/1665.) - [“Andrew m. his first wife, Elspet Fletcher (‘natural daughter’ of Sir George Fletcher) c1643”. - There is no known issue from either marriage.] - Christian died between Sept. 1677 & Sept. 1678 & Andrew died between Sept. 1663 & Sept. 1684. (W.B. pp. 81-82)
1665
John Wedderburn, e.s. of Alexander W. [3rd of Kingennie & 1st of Easter Powrie, b. 1615] & his 3rd wife, Margaret Milne [m. 1660], bap. 24/1/1665 at Dundee. “John died and was buried at Dundee 1667-68. (His brother Peter is then described as his parents’ only son, and as his father’s second son in 1679”.)
1665
George Wedderburn, 5th & ygst. s. of Sir Peter W. [Advocate, b. 1616-18, Lord (Justice) Gosford from 1668] & his 2nd wife, Agnes Dickson [m. 1653], bap. 12/2/1665 at Aberlady. (Witnesses: Mr. George McKenzie, John Hay, &c. - W.B. Vol. II, p. 507) - “George is not subsequently mentioned”. (W.B. p. 370)
1665
Helen Wedderburn [b. 1646, 3rd d. of Sir Alexander W., Kt. ‘of Blackness’ (b. 1610), & Matilda Fletcher] m. David Dickson [2nd s. of John Dickson of Heartree, co. Peebles - presumably brother of Agnes Dickson, 2nd wife of Sir Peter W. (b. 1616-18, m. 1653)?] in 1665. - Helen & David had a son, John Dickson ‘of Heartree’, “and perhaps other issue”. - Helen m. ii) in 1679, Thomas Milne of Muirtoun, “by whom she had a son Thomas Milne, and other issue”. (W.B. p. 214)
1665
Alexander Wedderburn [b. c1640, 4th of Kingennie & 2nd of Easter Powrie in 1683] m. his second cousin Grissell Wedderburn [b. 1647, 4th d. of Sir Alexander W., Kt. of Blackness (b. 1610) & Matilda Fletcher] on 20/12/1685 at Dundee. - “Alexander does not seem to have taken an active part in affairs, although occasionally named as giving sasine as sheriff in those parts, e.g. Aug. 1667, of Grange of Barrie to Patrick Kyd of Craigie, sitting on assize, 1669, admitted to the baxtars’ craft, giving sasine of ‘Woodhill’ to William Kyd, 1671….”. [“The lands of Kingennie were confirmed to him, his wife, and their heirs by the superior, James, Marquis of Douglas, by charter and sasine registered 24 Oct. 1669”. (W.B. p. 157 footnote³)] - “He is constantly named in connection with members of his family, as witnessing at Dundee the baptisms of children of the name both in his father’s lifetime and later.” - Alexander & Grissell had 4 sons & 4 daughters: John (b. 1667, d. 1688-9); Alexander (b. 1668, ?d. 1680); Elizabeth (b. 1669, d. young); Peter (?b. 1670, d. 1687); Matilda (b. 1671, d. young); Margaret (b. ?, d. 1692-3); Rachel (b. ?, m. Gilbert Stewart, 1711) & Alexander (b. c1681). - Alexander died in 1692 and was succeeded as 5th of Kingennie & 3rd of Easter Powrie by his youngest but only surviving son, Alexander (b. c1681, q.v.). (W.B. pp. 158-161)
1666
Robert Wedderburne, [elder] s. of Andrew W. [b. c1625, minister at Liff, Angus, 1650-64] & Christean Dall [Elizabeth Daw (m. 1655)], was b. 13/8/1666 & bap. 21/8/1666 at Kingsbarns [Fife]. Robertus Wedderburn or Wetherburn ‘of H.M.S. Devonshire’ died unm. c1696-7, when admon. of his goods was granted to his mother, widow Elizabeth Daw. (W.B. p. 51)
1666
John Wedderburne [Baxter (baker) & burgess of Dundee, b. c1644, ‘natural son’ of Alexander W., 3rd of Kingennie & 1st of Easter Powrie, b. 1615] m. Helene Rodger on 27/6/1666 at Dundee. “John was admitted a free master of the baxtars gild in 1662. - He was also named in the Dundee records as maltman in 1670”. - He & Helene had 2 daughters: Margaret (b. 1667, who m. John Pearson, baxter, in 1691, & by whom she had 3 sons), & Euphame (b. 1668, ‘who probably died young’).
1666
Alexander Wedderburn, (?)e.s. of Alexander W. [b. c1621, minister at Forgan & later Kilmarnock, e.s. of James W. elder ‘of Moonzie’ (b. c1588)] & Helen Turnbull [m. 1654], bap. 22/11/1666 at Leuchars. [In ‘Burke’s Peerage & Baronetage – Ogilvy-Wedderburn – it says: “Possibly these Alexanders, father and son, were descendants of Alexander W. of Pittormie in Fife - a son of Walter W. ‘in Welgait, whose male line is believed to be extinct”. - ‘A.W’, however, states that Alexander W. ‘of Pittormie’ (‘b. not later than 1552’) was the only surviving son & heir of David W. ‘in the Welgait’ (b. c1500) & Elizabeth Strathauchlin. (W.B. p. 45) - On W.B. p. 54, Alexander ‘of Pittormie’ & Helen Turnbull are shown to have had 3 sons: Robert (who was his father’s heir), William (b. 1671) & John - but it seems likely that this Alexander was another son, ?died young. (MWE)]
1666
Catharine Wedderburne [probably ‘Katharen Wetherburn’, bap. 1640] m. Johne Carstaires on 18/12/1666 at Pencaitland. (W.B. p. 494)
1667
John ‘Baronet’ Wedderburn, $ [‘fiar of Blackness’ (W.B. Vol. II, p. 500), b. 1641, ‘Clerk of the Bills’ - 1st Bt. of Blackness in 1704, e. surv. s. of Sir Alexander W., Kt. of Blackness (b. 1610) & Matilda Fletcher] m. Rachel Dunmuir [d. of David Dunmuir, advocate - later ‘of Curriehill’- her mother was sister to the King’s Advocate, Sir Thomas Nicholson of Carnock. - W.B. p. 235, footnote²)] on 9/4/1667, at Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh. (W.B. p. 235 & Midlothian IGI) - John & Rachel had 7 sons & 4 daughters: Mathilda (b. 1668, d. young); Margaret (b. 1670); Alexander (b. 1672); Peter (b. 1675, d. young); another Mathilda (b. 1677); James (b. 1679, d. young); George (b. 1681, d. young), John (b. 1682); Jean (b. 1685, d. young); & Thomas (b. 1688, d. young). - John was created a Baronet of Scotland by Queen Anne in 1704. - Sir John died early in 1706, ‘the date not quite fixed’. He was was succeeded as 2nd Bt. of Blackness by his e.s. Alexander. (W.B. pp. 231-241)
1667
Alexander Wedderburn, 2nd s. of James W. [‘younger’, minister of Moonzie’, Fife, b. 1635] & Jean Inglis [m. 1660], bap. 11/4/1667 at Leuchars. “Alexander, a young prentis to James Pringell, leat baily, son to Mr. James Wedderburn, leat minister at Munsie, died on the 22 in the evening, was buried on 24 Aug. 1683”. (W.B. p. 52)
1667
Margaret Wedderburne, elder d. of John W. [Baxter, b. c1644, ‘natural’ s. of Alexander W., 3rd of Kingennie & 1st of Easter Powrie (b. 1615)] & Helen Rodger [m. 1666], bap. 29/4/1667 at Dundee. Margaret m. John Pearson, baxter, in 1691. [They had 3 sons: Alexander, John & James Pearson.] - (W.B. pp. 156-57)
1667
John Wedderburn, e.s. of Alexander W. [4th of Kingennie & 2nd of Easter Powrie, b. c1640] & Grissell Wedderburn [b. 1647, m. 1665], bap. 10/10/1667 at Dundee. John died, unm., in 1688-89. (W.B. p. 159)
1667
Sir Peter Wedderburn of Gosford, ‘Senator of the College of Justice’ [b. c1616] & John Wedderburn of Blackness [b. 1641] were witnesses at the baptism, on 24/10/1667, of a child of Sir George MacKenzie of Rosehaugh, in Edinburgh. [Footnote on W.B. p. 501, Vol. II - Other Wedderburns who were witnesses to baptisms are also shown.]
1667
Jean Wedderburne [unidentified] m. James Hislope on 3/12/1667 at Eddlestone. ( Another entry gives year as 1676.)
1667
Thomas Wedderburne [?bap. 1638] m. Issabel Trumbell [?Turnbull] on 12/12/1667 at Pencaitland. - ‘A.W.’ suggests that Thomas is perhaps a son of --- Wedderburn & Janet For(rester) who m. in 1629 (q.v.) but he may be the Thomas ‘Wetherburn’, s. of --- Wetherburn, who was bap. at Pencaitland in 1638. [Alexander W., b. c1621 (e.s. of James W. ‘elder of Moonzie’, b. c1588) m. Helen Turnbull in June 1654. (MWE)] - Thomas & ‘Issabel’ had a son & 3 daughters: Catharine (b. 1668); Helen (b. 1670); Johne (sic - 1673) & Mary (b. 1676). - “Thomas probably m. ii) in 1680, Barbara Aitcheson”. (W.B. p. 494)
1667
Peter Wedderburn [afterwards a Merchant in Dundee], 4th [but 2nd surv.] s. of Alexander W. [3rd of Kingennie & 1st of Easter Powrie, b. 1615] & his 3rd wife, Margaret Milne [m. 1660], was b. in 1667-68. - “In 1677 his father disponed the lands of Wester Gordie to him and in 1680, he is described as ‘Patrick, his father’s only surviving son by Margaret Milne’. Peter became a merchant in Dundee from a young age and there are many references to bills, bonds, actions, decrees etc. incident to his business….”. - Peter m. twice, i) in 1701, Hellen Lyon & ii) in 1705, Barbara Affleck (Auchinlek) - or Arnold - He died in 1723 or 24. (W.B. pp. 153-155)
1668
Euphan Wederburne (sic), younger d. of John W. [Baxter, b. c1644, ‘natural’ s. of Alexander W., 3rd of Kingennie & 1st of Easter Powrie, b. 1615], & Helen Rodger [m. 1666], bap. 27/6/1668 at Dundee. “Euphame probably died young”. (W.B. p. 157)
1668
Alison Wedderburne, [?elder] d. of William W. [see 1671], bap. 12/7/1668 at Chirnside [Berwickshire]. [It may be this Alison who m. John Forman & died in 1729, John having died in 1728.]
1668
Mathilda Wedderburne (sic), e.d. of John W. [‘Clerk of the Bills’, b. 1641, 1st Bt. of Blackness in 1704] & Rachell Dunmoore [sic - Dunmuir - m. 1667], bap. 12/8/1668 at Dundee. “Mathilda died before 11/4/1677, when another daughter was given the same name”. (W.B. p. 236)
1668
Alexander Wedderburne, 2nd s. of Alexander W. [b. c1640, 4th of Kingennie & 2nd of Easter Powrie in 1683], & Grissell Wedderburne [b. 1647, m. 1665], bap. 25/8/1668 at Dundee. “Alexander died in infancy”. (W.B. p. 160)
1668
Kathren Wedderburne, [e.] d. of Abram [Abraham] W. [unidentified] & Isabell Almes [Amos or Ainness (?Innes)], bap. 13/9/1668 at Prestonpans [co. Haddington].
1668
Catharine Wedderburn, e.d. of Thomas W. [?bap. 1638] & Isobell Trumbell [?Turnbull, m. 1667], bap. 12/10/1668 at Pencaitland, co. Haddington. (W.B. p. 494) - [Isobell’s surname given as ‘Pringall’ in Vital Records Index)
1668
George Wedderburn [unidentified] died on 1/4/1668 at Pencaitland [co. Haddington]. - (W.B. p. 494 - The year of George’s death is shown as 1663 in the heading on the same page.) - [Perhaps he is the son of weaver Archibald W. & Marion Mosey, bap. 30/11/1649 at Canongate, Edinburgh? (MWE)]
1669
James Wedderburne [younger] s. of Andrew W. [b. c1625, minister at Liff, Angus, 1650-1664] & Christean Dall [Elizabeth Daw (m. 1655)], b. 9/4/1669 & bap. 12/4/1669 at Kingsbarns [Fife]. (See W.B. pp. 50-51)
1669
Christian Wedderburne m. Thomas Tannihill [?Turnbull] on 6/8/1669 at Liberton [s. of Edinburgh]. [It seems likely that Christian is the ‘Cristain W., ‘d. of Alexander W.’, who was bap. at Dundee on 6/2/1651 (q.v.). (MWE)]
1669
Elizabeth Wedderburne, e.d. of Alexander W. [b. c1640, 4th of Kingennie & 2nd of Easter Powrie in 1683] & Grissell Wedderburne [b. 1647, m. 1665], bap. 23/8/1669 at Dundee. “Elizabeth is not named in the 1687 bond of provision for her brother Peter (see 1670), ‘before which date she had no doubt died”.
1669
Agnes Wedderburne [unidentified] m. John Hay on 9/11/1669 at Pencaitland.
1669
Alexander Scrymgeour, only surv. s. of John Scrymgeour [‘of Kirkton’] & Maidelene Wedderburn [b. 1640-41, only d. of Alexander W., 3rd of Kingennie & 1st of Easter Powrie, & his 1st wife, Elizabeth Ramsay] was b. ‘in Dec. 1669’. - “Alexander became a professor of Humanity in St. Leonard’s College, St. Andrew’s, in 1693.….. He was afterwards (1713) appointed by Queen Anne to be second master and professor of Divinity in the New College of St. Andrew’s. (There were protests by the moderator, as he was not in the ministry….and he had received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from King’s College, Aberdeen, not from St. Andrew’s……’.) - From 1713-31 he was one of the tutors to the children of his cousin, Alexander Wedderburn ‘of Wedderburn’ (5th of Kingennie & 3rd of Easter Powrie, b. 1681) …and in 1723, he purchased from David Balfour ‘of Grange’ the lands of New Grange in the parish of Balmerino. - Dr. Scrymgeour m. Janet Falconer in 1697. (He & Janet had 2 sons & a daughter.) Their elder son, David Scrymgeour ‘of Birkhill’ m. Katharine Wedderburn (b. 1715), 6th d. of Sir Alexander W., 4th B. of Blackness (b. 1675), & Katharine Scott (m. 1697) in 1739. (W.B. pp. 172-73)
1670
Peter Wedderburn, 3rd s. of Alexander W. [b. c1640, 4th of Kingennie & 2nd of Easter Powrie in 1683] (?)& his wife Grissell Wedderburn [b. 1647, m. 1665], was b. c1670. - “There is no record of Peter’s baptism but, on 7/10/1687, his father made a bond of provision for him, as his second (surviving) son, “for his better help to ane honest lyviehood and sustentatione in this world”. - Peter was living on 4-8 Dec. 1688 when, with his elder brother John (bap. 1667), he witnessed and signed the marriage contract of William Wallace - whose bride, Elspet Thomsone, was a daughter of James Thomsone & his wife Marjory Wedderburn, the ‘natural’ daughter of their grandfather, Alexander W., 3rd of Kingennie & 1st of Easter Powrie (b. 1640). - Peter died between April and Michaelmas 1689. (W.B. p. 160)
1670
Hellen Wedderburn, b. 1670 at Hartree [See Helen Wedderburn bap. 1646]
1670
Helen Wedderburn, 2nd d. of Thomas W. [?bap. 1638] & Isobell Trumbell [?Turnbull, m. 1667], bap. 17/10/1670 at Pencaitland [co. Haddington]. - (Witness: John Wedderburn.) - Helen m. James Ross ‘mason in Gilmertoun, Liberton’ [s. of Edinburgh], in 1708. (W.B. p. 494)
1670
Anna Wedderburn, [?younger] d. of William W. [see 1671], bap. 25/10/1670 at Chirnside [Berwickshire].
1670
Margaret Wedderburne, 2nd d. of John W. [‘Clerk of the Bills’, b. 1641, 1st Bt. of Blackness in 1704] & Rachell Dunmoore [sic - Dunmuir - m. 1667], bap. 14/12/1670 at Dundee. Margaret m. i) in 1690, Andrew Balfour & ii) in 1700, Dr. William Eccles, M.D. (Her daughter by her first m., Margaret Balfour, m. i) in 1713, Henry Eccles (s. of her mother’s 2nd husband by his 1st wife), & ii) in 1716, her mother’s 1st cousin, Dr. John Wedderburn of Idvies, physician in Dundee (b. 1678, 3rd s. of James W., Clerk of Dundee & Elizabeth (‘Bessie’) Davidson (m. 1673). - (W.B. pp. 236-37 & footnote², & W.B. p. 251)
1670
Alexander Wedderburn [‘?b. 1670 - neither his parentage nor the date of his birth are ascertained’] appears to have married three times, each time in Glasgow: i) before 1690, Elspet Gilliland ['Guidliland’ -by whom he had a dau. Marion (b.1690) & a son Thomas (b. 1691)]; ii) in 1699, Janet Glen [by whom he had 3 daughters & 2 sons: Elizabeth (b. 1700); John (b. 1702, d. before 1709); Abigail (b. 1703); Anne (b. 1706) & John 1709)]; & iii) in 1719, Margaret Lindsay. [It is not known whether she had issue.] - (W.B. p. 495)
1670
John Wedderburne [? s. of John W., Weaver in Prestoun (Prestonpans) - see 1655] m. Jeane Laurie on 15/12/1670 at Pencaitland. [See also entries re a bond on 4/9/1723 & a ‘decreet’ on 2/1/1728, in which a John W. & his wife Helen Corbie or Cubie (see George W., 1688) were the pursuers; & the entry on 11/6/1798. - “With this family may be connected John W. & Robert W., both in Dirleston (sic), named in bonds in May & October 1606 (q.v.); Catherine W. who m. Robert Loch in the neighbouring parish of Ormiston, co. Haddington (and had 4 children bap. there 1708-1715 ); & Margaret W., widow of Alexr. Sands in Prestonpans. (See entry 1728.) - (W.B. pp. 494-95)]
1671
Mathilda Wedderburn, 2nd d. of Alexander W. [b. c1640, 4th of Kingennie & 2nd of Easter Powrie in 1683] & Grissell Wedderburne [b. 1647, m. 1665], bap. 17/2/1671 at Dundee. “Matilda is not named in the 1687 bond of provision for her brother Peter [see 1670], before which date she had no doubt died”. (As well as Matilda’s sister Elizabeth (bap. 1669) two other sisters, Margaret & Rachel are shown on W.B. pp. 160 & 161 but the baptisms of these latter two have not been found. (They are named in the bond of provision for their brother Peter in 1690 & Margaret is named as Alexander’s eldest daughter, & Rachel as his 2nd daughter, in their father’s Will in 1691. - Margaret died between Sept. 1692 & 1693. - Rachel m. Gilbert Stewart, merchant in Edinburgh, in 1711, q.v.) - (W.B. p. 160)
1671
William Wedderburn [twin with Jean, below], s. of Alexander W. [minister at Forgan, Fife, b. 1621] & Helen Turnbull [m. 1654], bap. 4/5/1671 at Kilmarnock, Ayr (acc. to the W.B.). - “William is not named in his father’s bond of provision, nor in his sister Susanna’s assignation in 1690”. (W.B. p. 54)
1671
Jean Wedderburn [twin with William, above], d. of Alexander W. [minister at Forgan, Fife, b. 1621] & Helen Turnbull [m. 1654], bap. 4/5/1671 at Kilmarnock, Ayr. ‘Jean was living in 1690’. (W.B. p. 54)
1671
William Wedderburn, living near Chirnsyd Maynes, “was named as a pursuer in a proceeding by George Brown in Chirnsyd [Berwickshire], and certain tenants there (including William Wedderburn), v. Charles Oliphant, writer in Edinburgh, recorded on 12/12/1671”. - W.B. p. 496 - [See entry on 17/4/1741]
1672
Alexander Wedderburn [?the ‘unidentified’ Alexander bap. 6/4/1648 at Dundee] m. Margaret Sinkler [Sinclair] on 16/1/1672 at Renfrew Abbey (Paisley).
1672
Alexander Wedderburne (sic), [2nd Bt. of Blackness in 1706], e.s. of John W. [‘Clerk of the Bills’, b. 1641, 1st Bt. of Blackness in 1704] & Rachell Dunmure [sic - Dunmuir - m. 1667], bap. 7/4/1672 at Dundee. “He was never admitted to the freedom of Dundee, which is singular, but not long before his death he was admitted to the freedom of Perth”. - Alexander m. Elizabeth Seaton in 1693 (q.v.). - [They had 3 sons & 4 daughters.] - He succeeded his father as 2nd Bt. of Blackness in 1706 “but he injudiciously enlarged the Estates and got into financial difficulties. - Alexander died early in 1710 and was succeeded as 3rd Bt. of Blackness by his 10-year-old son John (b. 1700). - In 1718 John sold the estates to his (second) cousin, Alexander (b.1675, e.s. of James W., & Elizabeth ‘Bessie’ Davidson, m. 1673), who was then sheriff clerk of Forfar, having been deposed as Clerk of Dundee the previous year. When John died, unm., in 1723 (his brothers having predeceased him), it was Alexander who succeeded him as 4th Bt. of Blackness. (W.B. pp. 238-41)
1672
Beatrix Wedderburn [unidentified, except as ‘wife of John Gray’] had a s., Patrick Gray, bap. 4/1/1672 at Dundee. [Patrick Kyd of Craigie (husband of Margaret W., b.1638), was a witness.) - (W.B. p. 84) - [“Beatrix may be the younger dau. of James W., minister at Moonzie (b. c1588), who m. Patrick ‘Crambie’ at Cupar, Fife in July 1672”. W.B. p. 50 footnote¹ (See entry below.)] - Patrick Kyd was Deacon of the Dundee Masons.
1672
Beatrix Wederburne (sic) [‘probably’ 2nd d. of James W., ‘elder of Moonzie’, b. c1588] m. Patrik (sic) Crambie on 18/7/1672 at Cupar. “Beatrix may be the Beatrix W. ‘wife of John Gray’ who had a son Patrick Gray at Dundee in 1672”. (W.B. p. 50, footnote¹) - [See preceding entry.] - Beatrix died in 1699, ‘her Will being given up by the curator of her only son, Patrick Crombie’.
1673
Peter Wedderburn or Weatherburn [unidentified], Merchant in Edinburgh, “was granted a bond dated 2/4/1673, by Charles Potts in Kelso”. - (Misc. Refs., Scottish Records, W.B. p. 497)
1673
Johne (sic) Wedderburn, only s. of Thomas W. [?bap. 1638] & Isobell Trumbell [?Turnbull, m. 1667], bap. 15/7/1673 at Pencaitland, co. Haddington. (W.B. p. 494)
1673
James Wedderburne [b. 1649, Clerk of Dundee 1675-1696, 6th (but ultimately 2nd surv.) s. of Sir Alexander W., Kt. of Blackness (b. 1610) & Matilda Fletcher] m. Elizabeth [‘Bessie’] Davidson [d. of Robert Davidson of Belgay] on 10/1/1673 at Dundee. - [They had 4 sons & 7 daughters.] - “James was appointed conjunt clerk with his father in 1671 and on his father’s death he succeeded him as ‘Clerk of Dundee’ & held the post until his death in 1696”. (W.B. p. 247)
1673
Margret Wedderburne [unidentified] m. William Peatie on 16/10/1673 at St. Andrews & St. Leonards.
1674
David Wedderburn, 2nd s. of John W. [‘Clerk of the Bills’, b. 1641, 1st Bt. of Blackness in 1704] & Rachell Dunmoore [sic - Dunmuir - m. 1667], bap. 8/1/1674 at Dundee. “David became a major in the Army and fell at Douai in 1710. - According to Douglas’ Baronage “he m. a niece of the Duke of Marlborough’ but he died, of course, s.p., as is shown by the succession of his cousin Alexander as the 4th Bt. in 1723”.
1674
Christan (sic) Wedderburne, [2nd] d. of Abraham W. [unidentified] & Isobel Amos [Almes or Ainness (?Innes)], bap. 27/4/1674 at Prestonpans [co. Haddington].
1674
Margaret Wedderburne [unidentified] m. William Scott on 21/7/1674 at Canongate, Edinburgh. (Midlothian IGI) - (William was ‘of the parish of St. Cuthbert’s’ & Margaret was ‘of Canongate’. - They were ‘lawfullie married in the church of Holirudhouse’. - W.B. Vol. II, p. 504) - This may be a second marriage of Margaret who m. Robert Stavers (or Staveris) on 14/11/1662.
1674
Agnes Wedderburne [b. 1656, ygst. (twin) d. of Sir Peter W., Lord (Justice) Gosford (b. 1616-18) & Agnes Dickson (m. 1653)] m. David Haliburton ‘of Pitcur’ on 8/9/1674 at Aberlady. - [Agnes & David Haliburton had several children.] - Agnes died in 1715. (W.B. p. 370)
1674
Mathilda Wedderburn, e.d. of James W. [b. 1649, Clerk of Dundee 1675-1696] & Elizabeth [‘Bessie’] Davidson [m. 1673], bap. 28/9/1674 at Dundee.-Matilda died ‘before Whitsuntide 1675 and another daughter was given the same name in 1683’. (W.B. p. 251)
1675
Peter Wedderburne, 3rd s. of John W. [b. 1641, 1st Bt. of Blackness in 1704] & Rachell Dunmore [sic - Dunmuir - m. 1667], bap. 2/9/1675 at Dundee. Peter ‘died young’.
1675
Cicill (sic) Wedderburne [b. 1651, 5th d. of Sir Alexander W., Kt. ‘of Blackness’ (b. 1610) & Matilda Fletcher] m. James Bailie on 28/10/1675 at Dundee. ‘Cecilia’ m. William Baillie ‘of Littlegill’ (acc. to ‘A.W.’, who says that the name ‘James’ in the register is an error.) - (W.B. p. 214, & footnote 4 & p. 215)
1675
Alexander Wedderburn [afterwards Clerk of Dundee 1696-1717 & 4th Bt. of Blackness in 1723], e.s. of James W. [b. 1649, Clerk of Dundee 1675-1696], & Elizabeth [‘Bessie’] Davidsone [m. 1673], bap. 13/11/1675 at Dundee. - Alexander m. Katharine Scott in 1697 (q.v.). [They had 8 sons & 7 daughters.] - Alexander succeeded his father as Clerk of Dundee in 1696 and ‘was at one time constable depute of Dundee’. (W.B. p. 254, & footnote 5) - Because of his support for the Jacobite cause he was deposed from the Clerkship in 1717. - In 1718, he purchased the Blackness estate from his (second) cousin John (b. 1700), 3rd Bt. of Blackness, who was in dire financial straits. - On John’s early death, in 1723, Alexander succeeded him as 4th Bt. of Blackness. - He later found himself in financial difficulties, as a result of which Blackness was sold to Alexander Hunter of Balskelly in 1743. (W.B. p. 259, footnote 5) - Sir Alexander died in 1744 and was succeeded by his eldest surviving son John (b. 1704). - (W.B. pp. 254-60)
1676
Mary Wedderburn, 3rd d. of Thomas W. [?bap. 1638] & Isobell Trumbell [?Turnbull, m. 1667], bap. 26/3/1676 at Pencaitland, co. Haddington. (W.B. p. 494)
1676 Archibald Wedderburn [Weaver (?b. 1656)] m. Agnes Bruce on 6/7/1676 at Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh. (Also shown as ‘of Edinburgh’ @ Spouse: Agnes Bruce.) Archibald & Agnes had 3 sons & a daughter: William (b. 1678); Richard (b. 1680); Isobell (1682) & George (b. 1685). (W.B. pp. 492-93) - [Archibald is not the Archibald Wedderburn who became a ‘cordiner’ & m. Eupham Sympsone in 1681 (q.v.).]
1676
Jeane Wadderburne [unidentified] m. James Hislope on 3/12/1676 at Eddlestone [4m. N. of Peebles]. (Also shown on 28/12/1677 at Glencorse, & on 25/1/1677 at Lasswade.)
1677
Peter Wedderburn [Merchant in Dundee, b. 1652, 7th (but 3rd surv.) s. of Sir Alexander W., Kt. ‘of Blackness’ (b. 1610) & Matilda Fletcher (m. 1638)] m. Catherine Man [d. of John Man) in 1677, ‘no doubt at Dundee’. - Peter & Catherine had 2 sons: Alexander (b. 1678), & John (b. 1681). - Peter died in June 1682 & Catherine died ‘about 1687’. - Their sons were brought up by their paternal grandmother, Dame Matilda Fletcher. (W.B. p. 221) - [There are‘mysteries’ concerning both these sons. - See W.B. pp. 221-226]
1677
Andrew Wedderburn [unidentified] ‘was admitted conjunct writer with John Watson by the town council of Dundee, compeared and gave his oath of fidelitie on 1/3/1677’. “It seems to refer to Andrew W. (b. 1609, 3rd s. of Alexander W., b.1580, & Barbara Auchlinlek) but he was a merchant and unlikely to have become a writer later in life”. (W.B. p. 84) - [“His only contemporary namesake was Mr. Andrew Wedderburn, b. c1625, who was minister of Liff and also unlikely a writer.’ (W.B. p. 81, footnote 5)]
1677
Mathild Wedderburn, 3rd d. of John W. [‘Clerk of the Bills’, b. 1641, 1st Bt. of Blackness in 1704] & Rachell Dunmore [sic - Dunmuir - m. 1667], bap. 11/4/1677 at Dundee. Mathilda m. David Campbell in 1711 (q.v.). - (W.B. p. 237)
1677
Robert Wedderburne, 2nd s. of James W. [b. 1649, Clerk of Dundee 1675-1696], & Elizabeth [‘Bessie’] Davidson [m. 1673], bap. 18/4/1677 at Dundee. Robert became a Mariner. - He m. Margaret Arnot in 1704 (q.v.). - [They are known to have had a son.] - (W.B. p. 248)
1677
Sir Peter Wedderburne, Lord (Justice) Gosford [‘one of the senators of the College of Justice’, b. 1616-18, ygst. s. of James W., Clerk of Dundee & Margaret Goldman] m. iii) Elizabeth Goldman [widow of Robert Chaplaine], on 15/6/1677, at Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh. (W.B. p. 369) - ‘By her he had no issue’. - The date of her death is not ascertained. - Lord Gosford died at Gosford on 11/11/1679 (“only a short while after his Uncle John, the physiciane” - b. c1599) -. “He was no doubt buried in the churchyard of Aberlady, though there is now, owing to neglect of the ground for many years, no trace of any monument to him”. (W.B. p. 369 & footnote¹)
1677
Elspeth Wedderburne [?‘Elizabeth’, b. 1660, 3rd d. of Andrew W. (b. c1625, minister at Liff, Angus, 1650-64) & Elizabeth Daw (m. 1655)?] m. John Halyburton on 13/7/1677 at Wemyss, Fife.
1677
Isobel Wedderburne, [3rd] d. of Abraham W. [unidentified] & Isobel Ainness [(?Innes), Amos or Almes], bap. 4/11/1677 at Prestonpans [co. Haddington].
1678
William Wedderburne, e.s. of Archibald W. [Weaver, ?b. 1656] & Agnes Bruce [m. 1676], bap. 24/2/1678 at Canongate, Edinburgh. (Witnesses: William Murray, writer in Edinburgh, William Scott, stabler, Andrew Rae, litster. - W.B. Vol. II, p. 505) - (W.B. pp. 492-93)
1678
George Wedderburn [b.1654, 8th (but 4th surv.) s. of Sir Alexander W., Kt. ‘of Blackness’ (b. 1610) & Matilda Fletcher] m. Elizabeth Sutherland [d. of James Sutherland, bailie of Edinburgh] on 7/3/1678 at Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh. (‘They were m. by Mr. Andrew Cant’. - W.B. Vol. II, p. 499) - George & Elizabeth had 3 sons & 4 daughters: James (b. 1678); Jean (b. 1679, d. young); Alexander (b. 1680); Mathilda (b. 1681, d. young); Elizabeth (b. 1682, d. young); another James (b. 1683); & Rachel (b. 1685). “George, a merchant, seems to have lived mainly in Edinburgh. He and his brother Peter had an interest in the ship ‘William’ of which they seem to have become sole owners in 1678. after After Peter’s death, in 1682, George was appointed tutor to his nephews Alexander (b. 1671) & John (b. 1681). - Between 1686 and 1688 George’s affairs became involved and he departed out of the kingdom”. (W.B. pp. 218-21) - [Could this be connected with the ‘disgrace’, in 1686, of John W. of Gosford (b. 1657), who is said to have drowned off Calais in 1688? - John was a witnesss at the baptism of Peter’s son John in 1681 (as well as others). - See W.B. p. 370, footnote 6]
1678
Margaret Watson, elder d. of Thomas Watson [‘of Grange’ (?of Barrie)] & Helen Scott [probably sister of Katharine Scott who m. Alexander W. (b. 1675 - the future 4th Bt. of Blackness, in 1697], bap. 30/5/1678 at Dundee. It seems likely that it is this Margaret (sister of Thomas Watson, bap. 1681, & Grisel Watson, bap. 1686) who became the wife of an ‘unidentified’ Alexander Wedderburn, ‘baillie’ (date of m. unknown), whose two children were baptised at Dundee (in 1711 & 1714) on almost the same dates (and given the same names) as two of the children of Grissell Watson & Alexander Wedderburn (b. 1678), a baillie & mariner.
1678
John Wedderburne [afterwards ‘of Idvies’], 3rd s. of James W. [b. 1649, Clerk of Dundee 1675-1696] & Elizabeth [‘Bessie’] Davidson [m. 1673], bap. 24/8/1678 at Dundee. John became a doctor of medicine. - He m. Margaret Balfour [ygst. dau. of his first cousin Margaret W. (b. 1670) & her first husband, Andrew Balfour (m. 1690)] in 1716.
1678
Elizabeth Wedderburn [unidentified] m. John Paterson on 22/10/1678 at Dunbar [co Haddington]. (W.B. p. 85) - [They had twins, Lucretia & George Paterson, bap. at Dunbar on 8/1/1682.]
1678
Alexander Wedderburn, elder s. of Peter W. [b. 1652, 7th (but 3rd surv.) s. of Sir Alexander W., Kt. of Blackness (b. 1610)/Matilda Fletcher] & Catherine Man [m. 1677], was b. 24/11/1678 & bap. 30/11/1678 at Dundee. Alexander became a Shipmaster in Dundee. - He m. Grissel Watson on 22/7/1702. [There is a ‘mystery’ about the baptisms of two of their children, who were bap. at almost the same time (& given the same names) as two children of an ‘unidentified’ Alexander Wedderburn, also a ‘bailie of Dundee’, who appears to have married Grissel’s sister Margaret Watson (though their m. has not been found). - (W.B. p. 226) - Alexander died in 1734.
1678
James Wedderburn, e.s. of George W. [Merchant, b.1654, 8th (but 4th surv.) s. of Sir Alexander W., Kt. of Blackness (b. 1610)/Matilda Fletcher] & Elizabeth Sutherland [m. 1678], bap. 31/12/1678 at Edinburgh. (Witnesses: James Currie, late Lord Provost, James Sutherland, late town thesaurer, Gilbert Fyfe, late baillie, Mr. James Brisbane, advocat, William Cleland, younger, merchant. - W.B. Vol. II, p. 501) - “James died before 29/12/1683, when another son is given the same name”.
1679
James Wedderburne, 4th s. of John W. [‘Clerk of the Bills’, b. 1641, 1st Bt. of Blackness in 1704] & Rachell Dunmoor [sic - Dunmuir - m. 1667], bap. 7/1/1679 at Dundee. James died young’. (W.B. p. 235)
1679
David Wedderburn, ‘natural’ s. of John W. [‘of Gosford’, b. 1657], bap. 22/1/1679 at Aberlady [co. Haddington]. (Witnesses: William Nicholson & David Low. - W.B. Vol. II, p. 507 - See reference, in 1693 & 1703, to a John Low, divinity student, lawful son to an ‘unidentified’ Margaret Wedderburn, ‘widow of Alexander Sands’.) - ‘A.W.’ says of David: “He is, I think, the person of his name who matriculated at S. Andrew’s in 1693 (W.B. p. 235, footnote 4), and I have no doubt that he is the ‘Captain David Wedderburn’ named as admitted in 1718 as a member of the ‘Ancient Society of Gardeners in and about Dunfermline’. Beyond this I have no clear account of him. The Pitfirrane papers in all probability would clear up the matter, but I have not, as I have said, had access to them. It is possible to speculate as to his identity with a contemporary of his name, but nothing certain can be at present stated. - Perhaps he went abroad.” (W.B. pp. 373-74) - [“He may be the David Wedderburn who emigrated to Virginia.” (W.B. p. 513)] - In the Midlothian Reg. of Apprentices 1666-1700 it shows that on 17 Mar. 1697, David Wedderburn, s. to John Wedderburn of Gosfoord, p. to John Marjoribanks, mt. [Merchant] (B.).
1679
James Wedderburn in Rikelsyde of Coldingham [see entry on 12/12/1643] “is no doubt to be identified with the James W. in Coldingham, who, with Sir James Cockburn of Prendergast and others, was a defendant in a summons by Jean, daughter of George Home of Heiringtoun, on which a decree was obtained on 17/2/1679”. (W.B. P.496)
1679
Helene Wedderburn [b. 1646, 3rd d. of Sir Alexander W., Kt. of Blackness (b. 1610) & Matilda Fletcher (m. 1638)] m. Thomas Milne [‘of Muirtown’] on 20/2/1679 at Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh. (They were m. by William Annand, Dean. - W.B. Vol. II, p. 499) - This is Helen’s 2nd marriage. She m. i) John Dickson of Heartree, co. Peebles, in 1665), by whom she had a s., John Dickson of Heartree. [Her first husband is probably a brother of Sir Peter W.’s, Lord (Justice) Gosford’s 2nd wife, Agnes Dickson. See their m. 1653.] - By this 2nd marriage, Helen had a son, Thomas Milne (bap. 1684). - (W.B. p. 214)
1679
James Wedderburne, 4th s. of James W. [b. 1649, Clerk of Dundee 1675-1696] & Elizabeth [‘Bessie’] Davidsone [m. 1673], bap. 29/10/1679 at Dundee. “James is thought to be the ‘James Wedderburn’s son’ who is shown in the Dundee Mortcloth Dues for 1695-96, shortly after James Wedderburn, clerk, is shown”. (W.B. p. 251)
1679
Jeane Wedderburne, e.d. of George W. [Merchant, b. 1654] & Elizabeth Sutherland [m. 1678], bap. 28/11/1679 at Edinburgh. (W.B. Vol. II, p. 501) - “Jean probably died in infancy and certainly before 1707, when her sister Rachel, in a decreet, is called her parents’ only child on life”. (W.B. p. 220) -
1679
Jean Wedderburn [unidentified] m. Robert Daniell [Gairdner - sic] on 11/12/1679 at Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh. [Perhaps it is the same Jean who m. ii) John Donaldson at Edinburgh in 1691 (q.v.)? (MWE)]
1680
Jeilles [sic - ‘female’] Wedderburne, d. of Mathew W. [Weaver (?b.1654)] & Marion Mitchell [m. not found], bap. 25/1/1680 at Canongate, Edinburgh. (Witnesses: John Turnbull, John Harroway & James Williamson. - W.B. Vol. II, p. 505) - “Matthew is perhaps the (4th) son of Adam W., weaver, & Margaret Walker (m. 1643), bap. 25/4/1654.”. (W.B. pp. 492-93)
1680
Richard Wedderburne, 2nd s. of Archibald W. [Weaver (? b. 1656)] & Agnes Bruce [m. 1676], bap. 9/5/1680 at Canongate, Edinburgh. (Witnesses: William Murray, Hugh Cristell & Richard Hastie. - W.B. Vol. II, p. 505) - (W.B. pp. 492-93) - [See Richard W. (b. c1540), who had a brother Adam, as did, it seems, this Richard’s father, Archibald.]
1680
Thomas Wedderburn [?bap. 1638] m. Barbara Aitcheson on 1/7/1680 at Pencaitland. They had 2 sons & 2 daus.: Agnes (b. 1681); William (b. 1683); Robert (b. 1685) & Henreta (sic - b. 1688). - ‘A.W.’ suggests that Barbara Aitcheson may be the second wife of the ‘unidentified’ Thomas W. who m. Issabel Trumbell [Turnbull?] at Pencaitland on 12/12/1667 (q.v.) - (W.B. p. 494)
1680
Alexander Wedderburn, 2nd s. of George W. [Merchant, b. 1654] & Elizabeth Sutherland [m. 1678], bap. 9/11/1680 in Edinburgh. (W.B. Vol. II, p. 501) - “Alexander was named as ‘eldest son of his father on 22/11/1695, in a decreet of that date’. He was alive and ‘furth the country’, probably about 1705-6. He seems to have died while actions brought against him and his sister Rachel (bap. 1685) were pending but neither the date nor the place have been ascertained.” (W.B. p. 220)
1680
Grissill (sic) Wedderburne, 2nd d. of James W. [b. 1649, Clerk of Dundee 1675-1696] & Bessie Davidsonn (sic) [m. 1673], bap. 29/12/1680 at Dundee. Grissell Wedderburn m. Thomas Watson ‘of Grange’ in 1700 (q.v.). - [It seems likely that Thomas is the son of Thomas Watson & Helen Scott, who was bap. in 1681 (q.v.). MWE (Grissell’s & Thomas’s son, Alexander Watson (b. 1707), m. Jean Scrymgeour (ygr. daughter of Dr. Alexander Scrymgeour & Janet Falconer, m. 1697). (W.B. Vol. II Note 5, after p. Xiv)]
1681
John Wedderburne, younger s. of Peter W. [b. 1652, 7th (but 3rd surv.) s. of Sir Alexander W., Kt. of Blackness (b. 1610)/Matilda Fletcher] & Catherine Man [m. 1677], bap. 7/2/1681 at Dundee. (W.B. pp. 222-23) - [John W. ‘of Gosford’ (b. 1657, who is said to have drowned in 1688), was a witness at this John’s baptism. - The male line of John’s father Peter is said to have become extinct - but did it?] - There is a mystery concerning the baptisms of two of the children of John’s older brother Alexander (b. 1676) & his wife Grissell Watson (m. 1702) and the baptisms of the two children of another (unidentified) Alexander Wedderburn & (?)Margaret Watson, who were bap. at almost the same time and given the same names. - There is also a ‘mystery’ concerning John. (Charles W. ‘of Perth’ told ‘A.W.’s’ grandfather, John W. ‘of Auchterhouse’ - see his m. in 1823 - that this John W. (b. 1681) ‘killed a fellow-student while at St. Andrew’s and escaped to Forbes’-land at Echt in Aberdeenshire, where he m. a Margaret Westland and had two sons (himself, Charles, b. 1739 & John b. 1741.) - The Aberdeenshire IGI, however, shows that a John W. m. a ‘Marjory Wastland’ at Dyce in 1738 and the baptism of a Thomas ‘s. of John’ appears in the Dyce register in 1739, that of Charles appears in 1741 & that of a William in 1744. - Charles told ‘J.W.’ that the John W. who became a farmer at Camno (see 1774) was his brother - but no baptism of a John appears at Dyce. - Farmer John Wedderburn m. Agnes ‘or Ann’ Neill in 1771 (q.v.), & had a son & 4 daughters. Charles m. Elizabeth (or Isobel) ‘Imrie, Imbrie or Emery’ in 1776 (q.v.) and had a number of children, seven of whom are said to have died young. - See W.B. pp. 223-226)] - A descendant of Charles and Elizabeth,states that a Malcolm Ferguson, whilst researching his Ferguson ancestry, found that a Ferguson was killed in a duel by another student at St. Andrew’s University in 1703. (It seems likely that there is a connection. - MWE)
1681
George Wedderburne, 5th s. of John W. [‘Clerk of the Bills’, b. 1641, 1st Bt. of Blackness in 1704] & Rachile Dinmoor [sic - Dunmuir - m. 1667], bap. 27/3/1681 at Dundee. ‘George died young’. (W.B. p. 235)
1681
Archibald Wedderburn [Cordiner (?b. 1656)] m. Eupham Symson on 16/6/1681 at Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh. ( Also shown as @ relative Richard Simpson Moxley). - “Archibald W., cordiner, is distinct from his namesake, weaver, as is clear from some entries in the Edinburgh Baptismal Register, where they are both named”. He & Eupham had 4 sons & 11 daughters: Margaret (b. 1682, d. young); James (b. 1683); Archibald (b. 1685); Barbara (b. 1687); Eupham (b. 1688); twins Thomas & another Margaret (b. 1689); Bessie (b. 1691); twins Grissell & Joanet (b. 1692); Issobel (b. 1693); Charles (b. 1694); twins Elizabeth (d. young) & Agnes (b. 1697); & Elizabeth (b. 1699). - Archibald W.,‘cordiner’ died ‘before 1708’. (W.B. pp. 492-93)
1681
Agnes Wedderburn, elder d. of Thomas W. [?b. 1638] & Barbara Aitcheson [m. 1680], bap. 23/7/1681 [‘b. July 11’] at Pencaitland, co. Haddington. (Witness: John Wedderburn.) - (W.B. p. 494)
1681
Alexander Wedderburn [5th of Kingennie & 3rd of Easter Powrie from 1692], 4th & ygst. (but only surviving) s. of Alexander W. [b. c1640, 4th of Kingennie & 2nd of Easter Powrie in 1683] & Grissell Wedderburn [b. 1647, m. 1665], was b. c1681. (There is no record of his baptism.) - “Alexander is first named in the bond of provision by his father to his brother Peter in 1690….. In 1697, ‘Wedderburn of Easter Powrie’ was named with John of Blackness as one of the commissioners of supply for Forfar (‘although then only seventeen years of age and thus still under curators’). He does not seem to have been active in affairs (but) is occasionally mentioned in connection with members of his family, e.g., 15 April 1701, witness to the first marriage of his uncle Peter; 27 May 1706, brother german of Rachel Wedderburn; 27 Feb. 1709, ‘name-father’ to Alexander, son of Alexander W., bailie, & Margaret Watson (i.e. the ‘unidentified’ Alexander about whom there is a mystery - see W.B. p. 226. He meant Alexander, 6th s. of Alexander W., b. 1675, & Katharine Scott, who was bap. on that date); & 27 July 1711, witness to the marriage contract of his sister Rachel”. (W.B. p. 163) - Alexander succeeded his father as 5th of Kingennie & 3rd of Easter Powrie in 1692. - He m. Grissell Gardyne in 1702 (q.v.). [They had 5 sons & 2 daughters.] - The main alteration Alexander effected in his estate was the creation of the lands, under Great Seal Charter, 12 March 1708, into one whole free barony now and in all time coming to be called the barony of Wedderburn”. [For a description of a ‘barony’ see under Margaret Wedderburn, wife of Captain Walter Halyburton, in 1571. (A barony is not the same as a ‘baronetcy’. - MWE)] - Alexander died on 7/12/1713 and was succeeded as 6th of Kingennie, 4th of Easter Powrie & ‘second of that ilk’ by his 3rd but eldest surviving son Peter (b. 1708). - (Peter died on 14/5/1714 & was succeeded by his younger brother David, b. 1710.) - Peter’s widow Grissell m. ii) in 1718, David Graham of Duntroon, heir male of John, Viscount of Dundee. (W.B. p. 164)
1681
Thomas Watson, s. of Thomas Watson & Helen Scott [?sister of Katharine Scott who in 1697 m. Alexander Wedderburn (b. 1675 - 4th Bt. of Blackness in 1723)], bap. 9/10/1681 at Dundee. [Thomas Watson & Helen Scott also had a daughter Margaret bap. at Dundee in 1678 (q.v.), & a daughter Grisel bap. there in 1686 (q.v). - It seems likely that it is this Thomas (bap. 1681) who is the ‘Thomas Watson of Grange’ (?of Barrie’) who m. Grissell Wedderburn [b. 1680, 2nd d. of James W., ‘Clerk of Dundee’ (b. 1649), & Elizabeth (‘Bessie’) Davidson (m. 1673)] on 11/7/1700, and that it was his sister Margaret (bap. 1678) & her husband, an ‘unidentified’ Alexander Wedderburn, ‘baillie’ (date of m. unknown), whose two children were baptised at Dundee (in 1711 & 1714), and given the same names as two of Grissell Watson & her husband Alexander Wedderburn’s children - one a day after, and the other a week after, the ‘unidentified’ Alexander W.’s children. - See W.B. p. 226]
1681
Mathilda Wedderburn, 2nd d. of George W. [Merchant, b. 1654] & Elizabeth Sutherland [m. 1678], bap. 25/12/1681 in Edinburgh. (W.B. p. 220 & Vol. II, p. 501) -“Mathilda probably died in infancy and certainly before 1707, when her sister Rachel, in a decreet, is called her parents’ only child on life”. (W.B. p. 220)
1681
Margaret Wedderburn, 3rd d. of James W. [b. 1649, Clerk of Dundee 1675-1696] & Elizabeth [‘Bessie’] Davidson [m. 1673], “must have been born in 1681-82, as she was next in age to her sister Grissell, born Sept. 1680, while her next youngest sister was born in June 1683”. - Margaret m. [as his 2nd wife] John Paterson of Craigie, by Perth, “but neither the date nor the place of the marriage are clearly ascertained. It may have been as early as 1700, but probably after Aug. 1703 and certainly before 13/6/1706.” (W.B. pp. 251-52)
1682
James Wedderburne, elder s. of Mathew W. [Weaver (?b. 1654)] & Marion Mitchell [m. not found] bap. 8/1/1682 at Canongate, Edinburgh. (Witnesses: James Mitchell, John Harrower, John Turnbull & William Paton. - W.B. Vol. II, p. 505) - “Matthew is perhaps the son of Adam W., weaver, & Margaret Walker, who was bap. on 25/4/1654”. (W.B. pp. 492-93)
1682
Margaret Wedderburn, e.d. of Archibald W. [Cordiner] & Eupham Symson [m. 1681], bap. 7/4/1682 at Edinburgh. (Witnesses: ‘Archibald Wedderburn & others’. - W.B. Vol. II, p. 501) - “Margaret died before 1689 when her parents gave the same name to another child”. (W.B. pp. 492-93)
1682
Isobell Wedderburne, only d. of Archibald W. [Weaver (?b. 1656)] & Agnes Bruce [m. 1676], bap. 28/5/1682 at Canongate, Edinburgh. (W.B. pp. 492/93) - (Witnesses: John Harroway & David Guij (sic). - W.B. Vol. II, p. 505)
1682
John Wedderburne, 6th s. of John W. [‘Clerk of the Bills’, b. 1641, 1st Bt. of Blackness in 1704] & Rachell Dinmure [sic - Dunmuir - m. 1667], bap. 11/10/1682 at Dundee. - “John was witness to two baptisms, as ‘John Wedderburn, younger of Blackness’, in 1693 & 1702 but died young”. (W.B. pp. 235-36)
1682
Elizabeth Wedderburn, 3rd d. of George W. [Merchant, b. 1654] & Elizabeth Sutherland [m. 1678], bap. 25/11/1682. (W.B. p. 220 &Vital Records Index Edition 2 - W.B. Vol. II, p. 501gives year as 1683.) - “Elizabeth probably died in infancy and certainly before 1707, when her sister Rachel, in a decreet, is called her parents’ only child on life”. (W.B. p. 220)
1683
Mathilda Wedderburne, 4th d. of James W. [b. 1649, Clerk of Dundee 1675-1696] & Elizabeth [‘Bessie’] Davidson [m. 1673], bap. 11/6/1683 at Dundee. “Mathilda was living on 19/8/1703, when she was party to the discharge of her uncle Blackness. - There is no other mention of her & she no doubt died unmarried.”
1683
James Wedderburn, e.s. of Archibald W. [Cordiner] & Euphan Symson [m. 1681], bap. 11/11/1683 at Edinburgh. (W.B. pp. 492/93 & W.B. Vol.II, p. 501)
1683 William Wedderburn, elder s. of Thomas W. [?b. 1638] & Barbara Aitcheson [m. 1680], bap. 21/11/1683 at Pencaitland, co. Haddington. (Witness: John Wedderburn.) - (W.B. p. 494)
1683
James Wedderburn, 3rd s. of George W. [Merchant, b. 1654] & Elizabeth Sutherland [m. 1678], bap. 29/12/1683 at Edinburgh. (Witnesses: John Wedderburn of Blackness &c. - W.B. Vol. II, p. 501) - In the W.B., James is said to have ‘gone early to Dundee, perhaps in consequence of his father’s difficulties or death, and was a servitor to his cousin the clerk in 1699. He is named on 4/11/1699 when, as “son to George Wedderburn, merchant in Einburgh”, he, as procurator, resigns certain premises and, on 1/3/1700, he is called “son of the late George”, when he is cautioner to the Will of his Aunt Catherine’ (née Man, widow of Peter W., b. 1652). - He is thought to have died soon after this. (W.B. p. 220) - [Is he perhaps the ‘unidentified’ James W. who m. Janet Milne at Inveresk by Musselburgh in 1711? (MWE)]
1684
Elizabeth Wedderburne [b. 1662, d. of Alexander W., 3rd of Kingennie & 1st of Easter Powrie (b. 1615), & his 3rd wife, Margaret Milne] m. the Rev. Robert Rait on 8/10/1684 at Dundee. “Elizabeth died before 3/4/1704, when her brother Peter is named as one of the mother’s kin to their only and orphan son, Alexander Rait”.
1684
William Wedderburne, ygr. s. of Mathew W. [Weaver (?b. 1654)], & Marion Mitchell [m. not found], bap. 24/2/1684 at Canongate, Edinburgh. (Witnesses: Henry Mitchell, Andrew Sim, James Byrne & John Harroway. - W.B. Vol. II, p. 505) - “Matthew is perhaps the son of Adam W., weaver, & Margaret Walker, who was bap. 25/4/1654” (q.v.). -
1684
Rachell Wedderburne, 5th d. of James W. [b. 1649, Clerk of Dundee 1675-1696] & Elizabeth [‘Bessie’] Davidson [m. 1673], bap. 11/11/1684 at Dundee. “Rachell died between April & Michaelmas 1689. Thus she is not named in the bond by her uncle Blackness, 18/11/1696.”
1685
Rachel Wedderburn, 4th d. of George W. [Merchant, b. 1654] & Elizabeth Sutherland [m. 1678], bap. 15/1/1685. (Witnesses: John W. of Blackness & Alexander W., merchant. W.B. Vol. II, p. 501 - “Rachel is named on 12/2/1707 & 2/1/1708 as the only child then on life of her parents. It is not known whether she married”. (W.B. 220-221) - [There is possibly some confusion between this Rachel & the 4th & ygst d. of Alexander W., 4th of Kingennie & 2nd of Easter Powrie (b. 1640) & Grissell Wedderburn, whose baptism could not be found. - She m. Gilbert Stewart in 1711, q.v. (MWE)]
1685
Jean Wedderburne, 4th d. of John W. [‘Clerk of the Bills’, b. 1641, 1st Bt. of Blackness in 1704] & Rachell Dunmoore [sic - Dunmuir - m. 1667], bap. 16/2/1685 at Dundee. “Jean died between Michaelmas 1685 & Michaelmas 1686. Thus in her brother’s entail of 1707, her sister Mathilda is named as his youngest sister.”
1685
David Wedderburne, s. of Alexander W. [unidentified] & Issobell (sic) Mortimer [m. not found], bap. 21/3/1685 at Mains and Strathmarine. [A David W. ‘b. before 28/10/1683’ is shown on W.B. p. 52 as the 4th & ygst. s. of James W., ‘younger, of Moonzie’ (b. c1635, d. 1687) & Jean Inglis (m. 1660). - In 1699, David granted to his mother a discharge in respect of his claims on his father’s estate.]
1685
Alexander Wedderburne [Mariner, b. 1658, 9th (& ygst.) s. of Sir Alexander W., Kt. ‘of Blackness’ (b. 1610)/Matilda Fletcher (m. 1638)] m. Christian Kinloch [d. of the late James Kinloch, merchant burgess of Dundee] on 14/4/1685 at Dundee. They had 3 daughters: Mathilda (b. 1686, d. before 1699); Isobell (b. 1689) & Margaret (b. 1690). - Alexander died between 15/2/1696 & 2/12/1699. (W.B. pp. 217-18)
1685
Archibald Wedderburn, 2nd s. of Archibald W. [Cordiner] & Eupham Symson [m. 1681], bap. 5/5/1685 at Edinburgh. (W.B. pp. 492-93) - (Witness: Archibald Wedderburn, weaver. W.B. Vol. II, p. 501)
1685
Helen Wedderburn, d. of Peter W. [unidentified] & Helen Steel [m. not found], bap. 28/6/1685 at Edinburgh.
1685
Robert Wedderburn, younger s. of Thomas W. [?b. 1638] & Barbara Aitcheson [m. 1680], bap. 10/7/1685 at Pencaitland, co. Haddington. - Robert m. Mary Douglas in 1712 (q.v.). (W.B. p. 494)
1685
George Wedderburn, 3rd s. of Archibald W. [Weaver (?b. 1656)] & Agnes Bruce [m. 1676], bap. 31/12/1685 at Canongate, Edinburgh. (W.B. pp. 492-93) (Witnesses: James Dick, William Carnegie & James Bigger, mason. - W.B. Vol II, p. 505) N.B. “From 1685-89, James II, during his short reign, dismissed many judges and replaced army officers and M.P.’s with Roman Catholics”. (Encyclopædia Britannica)
1686
Mathilda Wedderburne, e.d. of Alexander W. [b. 1658] & Christian Kinloch [m. 1685], bap. 25/8/1686 at Dundee. - “Matilda died before 2/12/1699, when her sisters Isobel (b. 1689) & Margaret (b. 1690) are spoken of as the only daughters of their father”.
1686
Elizabeth Wedderburne, 6th d. of James W. [b. 1649, Clerk of Dundee 1675-1696] & Elizabeth [‘Bessie’] Davidson [m. 1673], bap. 21/9/1686 at Dundee. “Elizabeth was living on 18/11/1696, being one of the grantees of the bond by her uncle Blackness, but is expressly stated to have died between then and the date of its discharge, 17/8/1706”.
1686
Grisel Watson, younger d. of Thomas Watson [of Grange (? of Barrie)] & Helen Scott [?sister of Katharine Scott who in 1697 m. Alexander W. (b. 1675,4th Bt. of Blackness in 1723)], bap. 6/12/1686 at Dundee. ‘Grissell’ m. Alexander Wedderburn, ‘mariner & baillie’ (b. 1676, elder s. of Peter W. & Catherine Man) on 22/7/1702 (q.v.). - [It appears to be Grissell’s brother, Thomas Watson (bap. 1681), who m. Grissell Wedderburn (b. 1680, 2nd d. of James W., ‘Clerk of Dundee’, b. 1649, & Elizabeth ‘Bessie’ Davidson, m. 1673) on 11/7/1700, and it seems that it was their sister Margaret (bap. 1678) and her husband - an ‘unidentified’ Alexander Wedderburn, ‘baillie’ (date of m. unknown) - whose two children were baptised at Dundee (in 1711 & 1714) with the same names as two of Grissell’s & Alexander Wedderburn’s children - one a day after, and the other a week after the ‘unidentified’ Alexander Wedderburn’s & Margaret Watson’s two children.
1687
Barbara Wedderburn, 2nd d. of Archibald W. [Cordiner] & Eupham Sympson [m. 1681], bap. 20/2/1687 at Edinburgh. (W.B. p. 492-93 & W.B. Vol. II, p. 502)
1688
Margaret Wedderburne [unidentified] m. Andrew Mann on 29/1/1688 at Prestonpans. [Was Andrew related to Catherine Man, who m. Peter W. (b. 1652) in 1677? (MWE)] - In footnote¹ on W.B. p. 373, ‘A.W.’ quotes from Fountainhall’s ‘Diary’, ii., 172, where, he says: “On 14/5/1686, it was reported that General Drummond was to command such members of Parliament as were officers in the armie, such as Man, Gosford, &c.” (This refers to the dismissal of John Wedderburn of Gosford, b. 1657, q.v.)
1688
Henreta (sic) Wedderburn, younger d. of Thomas W. [?b. 1638] & Barbara Aitcheson [m. 1680], bap. 27/2/1688 at Pencaitland, co. Haddington. (W.B. p. 494)
1688
Thomas Wedderburn, 7th & ygst. s. of John W. [‘Clerk of the Bills’, b. 1641, 1st Bt. of Blackness in 1704] & Rachel Dunmoor [sic - Dunmuir - m. 1667], b. 15/4/1888 & bap. 16/4/1688. (W.B. p. 236) - “So named after the deceased Mr. Thomas Nicolson of Cocksburnpath”. (Witnesses: Mr. David Dunmoor, advocate, and Bailly (sic), George Wedderburn, merchant. - Child born yesterday being the Lord’s Day and bap. this day by Mr. Alexander Malcome”. - W.B. Vol. II, p. 502)
1688
George Wederburne (sic), s. of John W. [see 1670 & 1690] & Heline (sic) Cubie [m. not found], bap. 14/9/1688 at Prestonpans [co. Haddington].
1688
Eupham Wedderburn, 3rd d. of Archibald W. [Cordiner] & Eupham Sympson [m. 1681], bap. 11/11/1688 at Edinburgh. (W.B. pp. 492-93 & W.B. Vol. II, p. 502) - Eupham m. Thomas Simpson in 1708 (q.v.).
1689
Isobell Wedderburne, 2nd d. of Alexander W. [b. 1658] & Christian Kinloch [m. 1685], bap. 4/7/1689 at Dundee. “Isobel & her younger sister Margaret are named on 2/12/1699 as representing their father, and on 29/7/1724 as heirs portioner of their late mother’s brother Robert, and were then apparently unmarried.” - It is not known whether they married or when they died.
1689
Jean Wedderburn, 7th d. of James W. [b. 1649, Clerk of Dundee 1675-1696] & Elizabeth [‘Bessie’] Davidsone [m. 1673], bap. 16/12/1689 at Dundee. Jean died before 18/11/1696 “as she is not named in the bond of her uncle Blackness referred to above” - in connection with her sisters.
1689
Thomas Wedderburn (twin with Margaret, below), 3rd s. of Archibald W. [Cordiner] & Eupham Sympson [m. 1681], bap. 20/12/1687 at Edinburgh. (Witness: Archibald Wedderburn, weaver. - W.B. Vol. II, p. 502) - [Thomas’s & Archibald’s surname shown as ‘Weatherburn’ in Vital Records Index Edition 2.]
1689
Margaret Wedderburn (twin with Thomas, above), 4th d. of Archibald W. [Cordiner] & Eupham Sympson [m. 1681], bap. 20/12/1687 at Edinburgh. - W.B. pp. 492/93 (Witness: as above. - W.B. Vol. II, p. 502) - [Margaret’s & Archibald’s surname shown as ‘Weatherburn’ in Vital Records Index Edition 2.]
1690
Marion Wedderburn, d. of Alexander W. [?b. c1670 (q.v.)] & Elspet Gilliland [‘Guidliland’ - m. not found], bap. 14/1/1690 at Glasgow. (W.B. p. 495) - [‘A.W.’ thought that Marion is probably the Margaret ‘or Mary’ W. who m. James Man (woolcomber ‘in north-east parish’) at Edinburgh in 1721 (q.v.). He says: “This James Man is distinct from the James Man (‘Mein’), wright, indweller in north west paroch (sic) who m. Girsell (sic) Wedderburn (b. 1692, d. of the late Archibald W., burgess in Canongate, Edinburgh) on 3/6/1709. (W.B. p. 492, footnote²)]
1690
David Wedderburn, s. of Christian Wedderburn [unidentified], ‘begotten in fornication, as she alleages (sic), with Alexander Reûch’, bap. 22/6/1685, at Canongate, Edinburgh. (W.B. pp. 492-93) - (Witnesses: James Dick, officer of the Canongate, & Archibald Wedderburn, indweller there. - W.B. Vol. II, p. 505)
1690
Margaret Wedderburn [b. 1670, 2nd d. of John W., Clerk to the Bills (b. 1641), 1st Bt. of Blackness in 1704, & Rachel Dunmuir] m. i) Andrew Balfour, W.S., on 10/7/1690 at Edinburgh. [Their d. Margaret Balfour m. i) in 1713, Henry Eccles (s. of her mother’s 2nd husband by his first wife), & ii) in 1716, her mother’s first cousin, Dr. John Wedderburn ‘of Idvies’ (b. 1678). - (W.B. p. 251)] - Margaret Wedderburn m. ii) in 1700, Dr. William Eccles, M.D. (W.B. p. 236)
1690
Margaret Wedderburne, 3rd d. of Alexander W. [b. 1658] & Christian Kinloch [m. 1685] bap. 9/10/1690 at Dundee. - “Margaret & her sister Isobel (b. 1689) are named on 29/7/1724 as heirs portioners of their late mother’s brother Robert. They were then apparently unm.”. - It is not known if they married, nor when they died.
1690
Isobell Wedderburn [unidentified] m. Charles Hadden on 30/12/1690 at Pencaitland, co. Haddington. (W.B. p. 494) - [Isobell is perhaps another d. of Thomas W. & Isabel Trumbell (Turnbull?), m. at Pencaitland in 1667 (q.v.).]
1690
John Wedderburn, ‘weaver in Prestonpans’, and his wife Helen Corbie [see George, s. of John W. & Helen Cubie, bap. 1688] “are mentioned as pursuers in a proceeding for which there is a decreet in 1690”. (R.A.D. 90) - “In 1723 (q.v.) John Wedderburn of Prestoun & his son Thomas made a bond in favour of John’s daughter Helen, to pay her 200 merks….”. (W.B. p. 495)
1691
Thomas Wedderburn, s. of Alexander W. [?b. c1670 (q.v.)] & Elspet Gilliland [‘Guidliland’ - m. not found], bap. 24/1/1691 at Glasgow. (W.B. p. 495 - though acc. to the OPR , Thomas was bap. on 24/1/1695. - ‘A.W.’ presumes that Elspeth Gilliland was Alexander’s first wife and thought that this Thomas is the Thomas W. who m. Jean Ker on 7/2/1734, q.v.). - [Alexander is believed to have m. ii) Janet Glen in 1699 & iii) Margaret Lindsay in 1719.]
1691
Margaret Wedderburne [b. 1667, d. of John W., Baxter (b. c1644, ‘natural’ s. of Alexander W., 3rd of Kingennie & 1st of Easter Powrie, b. 1615) & Helen Rodger (m. 1666)] m. John Pearson, Baxter, on 29/1/1691 at Dundee. [They had 3 sons (Alexander, John & James Pearson).] - “Margaret’s husband John died in 1695 but Margaret was still living in 1723 when she witnessed the baptism of Margaret, daughter of her son Alexander Pearsone, baxter, & Isobel Reid”. She died shortly before 6/7/1737.
1691
Bessie Wedderburn, 5th d. of Archibald W. [Cordiner] & Euphame Simpson [m. 1681], bap. 5/7/1691 at Edinburgh. (Witnesses: Rorie Pedison (sic), Robert Crinzean (sic), cordiners, & William Fulton, mason. W.B. Vol. II, p. 502) - Bessie m. Thomas Nimmo in 1719 (q.v.). - (W.B. pp. 492-93)
1691
Jean Wedderburn [unidentified] m. James Donaldson [Merchant, W.B. Vol. II, p. 499] on 28/8/1691 at Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh. [Perhaps it is the same Jean who m. i) Robert Daniell, gardnair (sic) in 1679 (q.v.)? - (W.B. p. 492)]
1691
John Balfour, s. of Mr. Andrew Balfour, W.S. [m. 1690], & Margaret Wedderburn [b. 1670, d. of John W., 1st Bt. of Blackness from 1704], bap. at Edinburgh 17/9/1691. (W.B. p. 236) - (Witness: Mr. John Wedderburn, Clerk to the Bills. - W.B. Vol. II, p. 502)
1692
Alexander Wedderburn [Advocate, b. c1660, ygst. surv. s. of Sir Peter W., Lord (Justice) Gosford, & Agnes Dickson (m. 1653)] m. Mary Daes [d. of Mr. James Daes, advocate, of Coldingknowes, co. Berwick] in July 1692. - [Mary Daes’ mother was Margaret Ker, sister to Sir Thomas Ker of Cavers and ‘relict’ of Alexander Haliburton of Newmains. -“Her father’s name is wrongly given as John in one of the Heralds’ College papers”. (W.B. p. 396) - [The wife of Sir Thomas Ker of Cavers was Grissell Halkett (bap. 19/10/1602, 3rd d. of Sir Robert Halkett of Pitfirrane, b. 2/9/1576, d. 3/8/1653) & Margaret Murray - whose descendant, joint heiress of Pitfirrane Janet Halkett, m. Peter Wedderburn, b. 1659, afterwards 1st Bt. of Gosford c1694). - (‘Halkett-W. Ancestral Bloodline’, p. 17)] - Alexander & Mary had 3 sons & 4 daughters: Peter (b. c1693, q.v. - afterwards Lord Chesterhall - whose son Alexander, b. 1733, became Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain in 1793 & was created Earl of Rosslyn in 1801); Alexander (b. c1695, q.v.); Margaret [or Mary?] (b. 1696); Agnes (b. 1697); Janet (b. c1700, q.v.); Jean (b. 1711) & James (?b. 1713, q.v.). - “….Alexander took part in the politics of the time. He was one of those who favoured the union between Scotland and England, in connection with which he went south between May 3 1704 and 27 June, when he was at Windsor…”. (“Anderson in his ‘Scottish Nation’ (s. Wedderburn) states that as a reward for his exertions in favour of the union he was appointed one of the commissioners of excise in Scotland”. - W.B. p. 395) - [In a footnote on p. 500 of W.B. Vol. II, attention is drawn to the marriage of an unnamed servant to Mr. Alexander Wedderburn, one of her Majesty’s Commissioners of Excise, in south-east parish.] - Alexander died at Edinburgh on 1/1/1730, & was buried in the Grey Friars Cemetery. (W.B. p. 395)
1692
David Wedderburn, a bastard, was interred in the Kiloch tomb, Greyfriars, Edinburgh, on 30/7/1692. (Reg. of burials, Greyfriars, 1658-1700, in possession of Registrar, Canongate.)
1692
Grissell Wedderburn [twin with Joannet, below], 6th d. of Archibald W. [Cordiner] & Euphame Simpson [m. 1681], bap. 14/8/1692 at Edinburgh. (W.B. pp. 492-93) - (Witnesses: Rorie Paterson, cordiner, & William Baptie, Baxter. - W.B. Vol. II, p. 502) - Grissell m. in 1709, James Man, “distinct, of course, from the husband of Margaret (?Mary), d. of Alexander Wedderburn of Glasgow”. - [‘Margaret’ Wedderburn, d. of Alexander W., cordiner in Glasgow, m. James Man, woolcomber, in N.E. parish, in 1721.]
1692
Joannet Wedderburn [twin with Grissell, above], 7th d. of Archibald W. [Cordiner] & Euphame Simpson [m. 1681], bap. 5/7/1692 at Edinburgh. (W.B. pp. 492-93) -(Witnesses: as above. - W.B. Vol. II, p. 502)
1693
Margaret Wedderburne (sic) m. Alexander Sands on 24/1/1693 at Prestonpans. “On 3/3/1703, Margaret Wedderburn, relict of Alexander Sands in Prestonpans, assigned a bond for 300 merks, dated 22/12/1692, granted to her by the said A. Sands before her marriage, to her lawful son, Mr. John Low, student of divinity there”. (Records of Sheriff Court of Haddington, s.d. 10/8/1728.) - “Margaret may be connected with the Johne Wedderburne who m. Jeane Laurie on 15/2/1670 (q.v.) at Pencaitland”.
1693
Alexander Wedderburn, $ [b. 1672, Clerk to the Bills in 1701, 2nd Bt. of Blackness in 1706, e.s. of John W. (b. 1641, 1st Bt. of Blackness in 1704) & Rachel Dunmuir (m. 1667)] m. Elizabeth Seton [e.d. of Sir Alexander Seton, 1st. Bt. of Pitmedden (Aberdeenshire), a senator of the College of Justice] on 1/6/1693 at Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh. They had 3 sons & 4 daughters: John (b. 1694, d. young); Margaret (b. 1696); Rachel (b. 1698); another John (b. 1700); Elizabeth (b. 1702); Matilda (b. 1703); Alexander (b. 1705); and another daughter (who died young) whose name & d.o.b. are not known. (W.B. p. 143)] - Alexander succeeded his father in 1706 but ‘injudiciously enlarged the Estates and got into financial difficulties’. When he died, in 1710, his e.surv. s. John (b. 1700) succeeded him as 3rd Bt. of Blackness. [In 1718, John sold the estates to his father’s cousin Alexander W., b. 1675 (e.s. of James W., & Elizabeth ‘Bessie’ Davidson), who was then sheriff clerk of Forfar (having been deposed as Clerk of Dundee the previous year). - Until then, Alexander had managed the estates on young John’s behalf. - On John’s early death, in 1723, unm. (and his brother Alexander having predeceased him), it was this cousin Alexander who succeeded him as 4th Bt. of Blackness.
1693
Issobell (sic) Wedderburn, 8th d. of Archibald W. [Cordiner] & Euphame Simpson [m. 1681], bap. 13/10/1693 at Edinburgh. (W.B. pp. 492-93) - (Witnesses: Rorie Pedison (sic) & Robert Crinzean (sic), cordiners. - W.B. Vol. II, p. 502)
1693
Peter Wedderburn [afterwards Secretary to the Excise in East Lothian & Lord (Justice) Chesterhall from 1755], e.s. of Alexander W. [Advocate, b. c1660] & Mary Daes [m. 1692], ‘may have been born as early as 1693’. - ‘A.W.’ writes: “He was, I think, educated at Leyden, to which many young Scotsmen were at that time sent, being the ‘Petrus Wadderburn, Edinburgensis’ whose name occurs as entered there 10 Oct. 1712. He was admitted an advocate to the Scottish Bar on 29 Jan. 1715 and soon after was junior councel for his cousin Alexander Wedderburn, late clerk of Dundee, in the process v. him by the Dundee town council for delivery up of the burgh records. (In this and some other entries he is called Patrick.) Later on he was appointed secretary to the exercise and is so described in 1732…”. (W.B. p. 397-8, & footnotes.) - Peter m. Janet Ogilvy [‘d. of David Ogilvy, a captain in the Dragoons, s. of David Ogilvy of Innsto - not the 2nd s. of Sir David Ogilvy, 2nd Bt. of Inverquharity, as stated by ‘J.W.’, but a descendant of Alexander Ferguson of Balchardy” - W.B. p. 401] ‘about 1732’. - [They had 2 sons & a daughter: Alexander (b. 1733), who became Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain in 1793 & was created Earl of Rosslyn in 1801; Janet (b. 1736) & David (b. 1740).] - “In Oct. 1754 Peter was appointed one of the assessors to the magistrates of Edinburgh in the room of Mr. Robert Pringle. He did not long retain this post, however, for on the death of Thomas Hay of Huntingdon he was raised to the bench, and resigned both it and his secretaryship of the excise. He took his seat in the Court of Session on 24 July 1755 but his career as a judge was soon cut shortby his death. - Lord Chesterhall died on 11/8/1756 and was buried in Grey Friars’ Cemetery. (W.B. p. 397-401)
1694
John Wedderburn, e.s. of Alexander W. [b. 1672, ‘Clerk to the Bills’ in 1701, 2nd Bt. of Blackness in 1706] & Elizabeth Seton [m. 1693], was b. 24/3/1694 at Edinburgh. - “John died before 2/12/1700”. (W.B. p. 241)
1694
Peter Wedderburn [afterwards Halkett, 1st Bt. of Gosford in 1697, b. 1659/60, 2nd s. of Sir Peter W., Lord (Justice) Gosford (b. 1616-18) & Agnes Dickson (m. 1653)] m. Janet Halkett [e.d. of Sir Charles Halkett of Pitfirrane, Bt.] on 13/7/1694 at Balmerino, Fife. ( They were m. on 16/7/1694 at Aberlady.) - They had 7 sons & 5 daughters: Peter (b. 1695); Charles (b. 1696); James (d. 1699, d. young); Janet (b. 1700, who m. Robert Colvile of Ochiltree); Agnes (b. 1701); Christian (b. 1703); Elizabeth (b. 1704); another James (b. 1705); Alexander (b. 1706); John (b. 1708); Robert (b. 1709); & Mary (b. 1711, ?d. young). - “Captain Peter Wedderburn was created a baronet of Nova Scotia by William of Orange on 31/12/1697”. (W.B. p. 374) - “On the death of Janet Halkett’s brother, Sir James Halkett, in 1705, without issue, Janet succeeded to Pitfirrane”. [Sir James Halkett (only son of Sir Charles Halkett - who was created a baronet of Nova Scotia by Queen Anne in 1662) died without issue in 1705 and the Pitfirrane baronetcy then became extinct. (W.B. p. 376 & Burke’s Peerage & Baronetage)] - Janet’s husband then assumed the surname Halkett, and, in September 1706, both he and his wife executed elaborate entails of Gosford and Pitfirrane, by which Pitfirrane was entailed on their eldest son and his issue, while Gosford was settled on their second son and his issue. By these settlements, which are recited in the great seal charter of Gosford in 1753, the heir in possession of Pitfirrane was bound to bear the name and arms of Halkett while the successor to Gosford was to retain those of Wedderburn, the object being to keep both estates separate and distinct. In the event of the two estates ever devolving on one heir, it was provided that he should at once denude himself of one of them in favour of the next junior branch of his family, a clause which became of much importance, as the event actually occurred”. (W.B. p. 376 - See also pp. 386-87) - “In 1706, Sir Peter carried out the spirit of the bequests of his father and his brother John [b. 1657] to the parish and poor of Aberlady (by a disposition, subsequently registered at Haddington in 1771 [sic], under which he, after reciting their wills, bound himself to pay the interest of 600 merks to the poor of the parish, and that of 1,000 merks to the widows, orphans, and decayed tenants of Gosford…..). - “There are few references to Sir Peter during the long period of 1706-46”. - [On 28/6/1706 he was a witness at the baptism of Peter, s. of Alexander W. (b. 1676, e.s. of Peter W. & Catherine Man) & Grissell Watson (m. 1702). - (W.B. p. 375, footnote³ - See Thomas Watson, 1681 above, & bap. of Margaret Watson, 1678.)] - Janet died in 1713 & Sir Peter died at Pitfirrane 20-21/3/1746. - He was buried at Dunfermline Abbey. (W.B. pp. 374-76) - He was succeeded as 2nd Bt. of Gosford by his e.s. Peter (b. 1695).
1694
Charles Wedderburn, 4th s. of Archibald W. [Cordiner] & Eupham Simpson [m. 1681], bap. 16/11/1694 at Edinburgh. (W.B. pp. 492-93) - (Witnesses: Rorie Pedison (sic) & Robert Crinzean (sic), cordiners. - W.B. Vol. II, p. 502)
1694
Isobel Wedderburn [unidentified] m. John Edintone [?Edminstone] on 13/11/1694 at Coldingham.
1695
Peter Wedderburn [afterwards Halkett - Sir Peter Halkett ‘of Pitfirrane’, 2nd Bt. of Gosford, in 1746], e.s. of Peter W. [b. 1659/60, ‘alias Hackit of Pitfirrane’, 1st Bt. of Gosford in 1697] & Janet Halkett [m. 1694], was b. 21/6/1695 at Gosford & bap. 22/6 at Aberlady, co. Haddington. (Witnesses: James Durhame of Lufnes & John Hay of Atherstoun. - W.B. Vol. II, p. 507) - “On 17/2/1718 Peter was retoured heir of tailzie and provision general to his mother, in the estates of Pitfirrane”. [In accordance with the elaborate entail drawn up by their parents in 1706, the estates of Gosford were settled on Peter’s younger brother Charles Wedderburn (b. 1696, q.v.)] - (W.B. p. 379) - [A Mr. Weatherburn (who may be Peter Wedderburn) ‘a Half-pay Officer, is presented Captain to Col Reynolds Company in the first Battalion of Scots Guards. (‘Flying Post, or The Weekly Medley’, 5/7/1729) ] - “He was in parliament for Dunfermline in 1734, and later, in 1739, for Inverkeithing. His career, however, was chiefly military. - ‘Before 1738’ [see 1732] Peter Wedderburn m. Lady Æmilia Stewart (2nd d. of Francis, 7th Earl of Moray, & the Hon. Jean Elphinstone), a sister of Lady Anne Stewart (who m. John Stewart of Blairhall. - Their son, Captain Charles Stewart m. (in 1762) Mary, the youngest d. of Sir Peter’s younger brother, Charles Wedderburn ‘of Gosford’, b. 1696. - W.B. p. 381) - [According to the W.B., Sir Peter & Lady Æmilia had 3 sons: Peter, Francis & James (dates of birth unknown), but according to ‘The Halkett-Wedderburn Ancestral Family Bloodline’ (p. 30), they also had four daughters: Jean (b. 1732); Janet (b. 1735); another Jean (b. 1742) & Emilia (b. 1744).] “Having early entered the army, Peter became a Major in the Scots Fusiliers in 1739 and after two years was promoted to Lieut.-Colonel, first of Houghton’s and then of Lee’s regiment”. (Exceptionally for a Wedderburn, in the 1745 uprising he was on the Government side. He was at the battle of Gladsmuir as a captain in Lee’s regiment.) - On his father’s death, in 1746, Peter succeeded him as 2nd Bt. of Gosford. - In 1748 he was again preferred and on Col. Lee’s death, on 9 March 1751, Sir Peter became Colonel of his regiment. (W.B. p. 379) - “In 1754 he embarked for America, in command of the 44th regiment of foot, and acted on all occasions with distinguished gallantry, but unfortunately, accompanying General Bardock’s disastrous expedition against Fort du Quêsne on the banks of the river Monogabela [sic], he fell with that officer and his own son, James Halkett*, on 9 July 1755 in the defeat by the Indians. Sir Peter Halkett, said a contemporary, was killed on the spot”. (W.B. p. 380) - Sir Peter was succeeded as 3rd Bt. of Gosford by his e.s. Peter. [*See more details under parents’ m. in 1732.]
1695
Anna Wedderburne [b. 1670, ygr. d. of William W.] m. John Cokburne [Cockburn] on 15/6/1695 at Chirnside [Berwickshire].
1695
William Wedderburn [unidentified] m. Helen Andersone on 25/7/1695 at Coldingham. They had a s. James (bap. 1697) & a d. Margaret (bap. 13/5/1702, q.v.). - [A William Wedderburn who m. Margaret Mason in 1723 (q.v.) & a Helen Wedderburn who m. William Anderson in 1733 (q.v.) may also be their children - & William is perhaps a brother of George Wedderburn who m. Alison Fleming (m. not found) and had 8 children bap. at Coldingham between 1697 & 1719 (q.v.). - William may be the William Wedderburn who was buried at Rickleside of Coldingham on 15/2/1734. (MWE)]
1695
Alexander Wedderburn, 2nd s. of Alexander W. [Advocate, b. c1660] & Mary Daes [m. 1692], was b. ‘about 1694-95’. - [Vital Records Index Edition 2 shows the baptism of an unnamed child of Alexander Wedderburne & Mary Daes at Bolton, East Lothian, on 8/8/1695. ‘Additional details in original register’.) - “Alexander became a Collector of Excise at Linlithgow. He is so described in the confirmation of his Will, which was given up at Edinburgh by Mr. Peter Wedderburn, advocate, his brother german, next-of-kin, and executor on 28 Feb. 1734. His brothers and sisters are all named in a decreet arbital 18, 20 Jan. 1735”. - He died unm. on 8/2/1734”.
1696
Margaret Wedderburn, e.d. of Alexander W. [b. 1672, ‘Clerk to the Bills’ in 1701 & 2nd Bt. of Blackness in 1706] & Elizabeth Seton [m. 1693], b. 31/3/1696 at Edinburgh. “Margaret died soon after 18/7/1710, leaving a Will”. (W.B. p. 242)
1696
Charles Wedderburn [‘of Gosford’ from 1746], 2nd s. of Peter W. [b. 1659/60, ‘alias Hackit of Pitfirrane’, 1st Bt. of Gosford in 1697] & Janet Halkett [m. 1694], was b. 29/5/1696 at Gosford. - [Charles, s. of Peter Wedderburn & Jennit Hackit (sic), bap. 30/5/1696 at Aberlady. ] - Charles m. Mary Wardlaw c1719 (q.v.). - [They had 5 sons & 5 daughters.] - (W.B. p. 382) - An elaborate entail drawn up by Charles’s parents in 1706 decreed that the estates of Pitfirrane and those of Gosford should never be in the possession of one person. Therefore, on his father’s death in 1746, Charles (as the second son) inherited the estates of Gosford, while his elder brother Peter (b. 1695) succeeded to the estates of Pifirrane and became the 2nd Bt. of Gosford. - Charles died at Gosford in 1753-54. (W.B. pp. 376 & 381)
1696
Margaret Wedderburn, e.d. of Alexander W. [Advocate, b. c1660] & Mary Daes [m. 1692], bap. 29/7/1696 at Bolton, East Lothian. [‘A.W.’ states that Alexander & Mary’s eldest daughter Mary ‘whose date of her birth is not fixed’ was ‘misnamed’ Margaret in the submission of 1735 (W.B. p. 387) but an unnamed child of ‘Alexander W. & Mary’, who was bap. at Bolton, East Lothian, on 31/8/1697 (q.v.), may be Mary. (MWE) - [They also had a daughter Agnes whose baptism has not been found. - “The date of her birth is not known but she was named second in the submission of 1735….. Agnes m. Capt. James St. Clair (‘tenant in Harrow of Stobo’) in 1745”. (W.B. p. 397)]
1697
Janet Wedderburn, [e.] d. of George W. [?a brother of William who m. Helen Andersone in 1695 (q.v.)] & Alison Fleming [m. not found], bap. 29/8/1697 at Coldingham [Berwick-shire]. [George Wedderburn & Alison had 5 more daughters & 3 sons bap. at Coldingham: Margaret (1700); Elizabeth (1702); Alison (1706); George (1708); James (1710); Mary (1712); Elizabeth (1717) & William (1719).] - It is probably this Janet who m. Alexander Forbes on 1/4/1725 at Coldingham.
1697
Mary Wedderburn may be the ‘unnamed’ child of Alexander W. [Advocate, b. c1660] & Mary Daes [m. 1692], bap. 31/8/1697 at Bolton, East Lothian (Vital Records Index Edition 2) - Mary [the 2nd d.] m. (date unknown) George Cheap, Surgeon & Collector of Customs at Prestonpans (5th s. of Harry Cheap of Rossie). - They had 6 sons, including Thomas (a director of the East India Company) & Andrew (bap. 22/11/1723 at Aberlady, prebendary of York & rector of Sutton in the Forest), & 2 daughters: Sarah (bap. 1719) & Mary (‘who m. Col. Mark Renton’). - Mary Cheap (née Wedderburn) died in 1738. (W.B. p. 397) - [George Cheap was a witness at the baptism of his wife’s nephew, Alexander (b. 1733).]
1697
Elizabeth Wedderburn [twin with Agnes, below], 9th d. of of Archibald W. [Cordiner] & Eupham Simpson [m. 1681], bap. 3/10/1697 at Edinburgh. (Witnesses: Alexander Turner, embroyderer, Peter King Gnaiden (sic), Herauld. - W.B. Vol. II, p. 502) - “Elizabeth died before 1699, when another child was given the same name”.
1697
Agnes Wedderburn [twin with Elizabeth, above], 10th d. of Archibald W. [Cordiner] & Eupham Simpson [m. 1681], bap. 3/10/1697 at Edinburgh. (Witnesses as above.)
1697
James Wedderburn, [?e.] s. of William W. [unidentified] & Helen Anderson [m. 1695], bap. 24/10/1697 at Coldingham.
1697
Alexander Wedderburn [Clerk of Dundee 1696-1717, 4th Bt. of Blackness in 1723, b. 1675, e.s. of James W., Clerk of Dundee (b. 1649), & Elizabeth ‘Bessie’ Davidson (m. 1673)] m. Katharine Scott [ygst. d. of John Scott, merchant and late bailie of Dundee, & Christian Watson (m. 8/8/1658)] on 15/11/1697 at Dundee. Alexander & Katharine had 8 sons & 7 daughters, of whom 4 sons & 3 daughters survived to adulthood: Elizabeth (b. 1699, who m. Alexander Read of Turfbeg); John (b. 1702, who became the 5th Bt. of Blackness & was executed in 1746); Grissell (b. 1706, who m. James Graham of Meathie but d.s.p. before Sept. 1730, when James m. ii) Isobel Guthrie - their s. James, b. 1741, m. Elizabeth, b. 1746, e.d. of Robert W. of Pearsie); Robert (b. 1708, ‘of Pearsie’); Thomas (b. 1710 ‘of Cantra’, Inverness); Katharine (their 6th d., who m. David Scrymgeour of Birkhill in 1739 (q.v.); & Alexander (b. 1718, an eccentric character, known as ‘Uncle Sandie’, who died unm. in Dundee in 1790). - Alexander succeeded his father as Clerk of Dundee in 1696 but was deposed in 1717 for his support of the Stuart cause in the 1715 Jacobite uprising. He was sheriff clerk of Forfar when, in 1718, he bought the Blackness estate from his (second) cousin John W., 3rd Bt. of Blackness (b. 1700), who was in financial difficulties, having succeded to the estate and baronetcy at the age of 10, on the death of his father’s in 1710. - On John’s early death, unm., in 1723 (his brothers having predeceased him), Alexander became 4th Bt. of Blackness. - Sir Alexander died in 1744. (W.B. p. 261)
1697
Dr. Alexander Scrymgeour [b. Dec. 1669, only surv. son of John Scrymgeour of Kirktoun & Maidelene Wedderburn (b. 1640-41, d. of Alexander W., b. 1615, & Matilda Fletcher)] m. Janet Falconer [d. of Dr. David Falconer, professor of Divinity at St. Andrew’s & Margaret Brydie (d. of David Brydie)] in 1697. “From 1713-31, Alexander was one of the tutors to the children of his cousin, Alexander Wedderburn ‘of Wedderburn’. In 1723 he purchased the lands of New Grange in the parish of Balmerino. - Alexander & Janet had 2 sons & 2 daughters. Their 2nd son, James Scrymgeour, died ‘s.p.’. Their elder daughter, Marion, m. George Hewett (s. of George Hewett, sometime bailie in St. Andrew’s) ‘who was at one time a merchant in St. Andrew’s but afterwards entered the ministry and in 1746 was at Newcastle’. (In W.B. Vol. II, ‘A.W.’ states that at the close of his work on the W.B. a fresh batch of old papers was unexpectedly found at Birkhill and, in note 5, p. xv, he amends the information given in Vol. I, p. 174 about Alexander & Janet’s daughters. - The information about their descendants below is based on the amended account from Vol. II.] -Their younger daughter, Jean, m. Alexander Watson (surgeon in Dundee, s. of Thomas Watson of Grange & Grissell Wedderburn, b. 1680 - m. 7/11/1700, q.v.), & died ‘before 1745….’. “Two daughters of Jean’s, Margaret & Janet Watson, are named (‘they must have been born after 1740’). They lived in Newcastle-upon-Tyne with their aunt, Mrs. Hewett, “who at one time (1745) proposed that Janet should go and live with her maternal (great) uncle, Dr. Wedderburn in Dundee (Dr. John W. of Idvies, b. 1678, m. 1716). Jean may have had other issue”. - Dr. Scrymgeour & Janet Falconer’s 2 sons were David (see next entry), & James “who clearly died unm. before 1766”.
169?
David Scrymgeour, e. [& only surv.] s. of Dr. Alexander Scrymgeour & Janet Falconer [m. 1697], ‘was no doubt born at St. Andrew’s but his date of birth not has not been ascertained’. “David was admitted an advocate in 1731 and some four years later he bought the estate of ‘Birkhill’ in Fife, which has since been the residence of his descendants”. - He m. Katharine Wedderburn [b. 1715, 6th d. of Alexander W., 4th Bt. of Blackness (b. 1675), & Katharine Scott (m. 1697)] in 1739 (q.v.). -
1698
James Wedderburn, e.s. of Alexander W. [b. 1675, Clerk of Dundee 1696-1717, 4th Bt. of Blackness in 1723] & Katharine Scott [m. 1697], bap. 21/7/1698 at Dundee. “James died in 1698-99”. (W.B. p. 261)
1698
Rachel Wedderburn, 2nd d. of Alexander W. [b. 1672, ‘Clerk to the Bills’ in 1701 & 2nd Bt. of Blackness in 1706] & Elizabeth Seton [m. 1693], b. 9/9/1698 at Blackness. - “Rachel lived in Edinburgh with her uncle George Seton. She was ultimately the only surviving child of her father. - She never married and probably died before 15/12/1777”.
1699
James Wedderburn, 3rd s. of Sir Peter W. [b. 1659/60, ‘alias Hackit of Pitfirrane’, 1st Bt. of Gosford] & Janet Halkett [m. 1694], was b. 20/2/1699 at Gosford & bap. the same day at Aberlady. - “James died before 26/7/1705, when another son was given the same name”.
1699
Elizabeth Wedderburn, 11th d. of of Archibald W. [Cordiner] & Eupham Sympson [m. 1681], bap. 26/5/1699 at Edinburgh. (W.B. Vol. II, p. 502) - “Elizabeth is no doubt the Elizabeth W. who m. i) James Bunkle (by whom she had a son Edward, bap. 1729 & a daughter Agnes, b. 1731) & ii) in 1739, William Tait”. (W.B. pp. 492-93)
1699
Elizabeth Wedderburn, e.d. of Alexander W. [b. 1675, Clerk of Dundee 1696-1717 & 4th Bt. of Blackness in 1723] & Katharine Scott [m. 1697], bap. 30/10/1699 at Dundee. “Elizabeth m., on 1/9/1715 (q.v.), when not yet 16 years of age, Alexander Read of Turfbeg, co. Forfar”. (W.B. p. 262)
1699
Alexander Wedderburn [?b. 1670] m. (?)ii) Jonet (sic) Glen on 7/11/1699 at Glasgow.- [‘A.W.’ presumes that Alexander m. i) Elspeth Gilliland (mother of Marion, bap. 1690, & Thomas, bap. 1691) & iii) Margaret Lindsay in 1719.] - Alexander & Janet had 3 daughters & 2 sons: Elizabeth (b. 1700); John (b. 1702, d. young); Abigail (b. 1703); Anne (b. 1706); & another John (b. 1709).
1700
Janet Wedderburn, e.d. of Sir Peter W. [b. 1659/60, ‘alias Hackit of Pitfirrane’, 1st Bt. of Gosford] & Janet Halkett [m. 1694], was b. 25/5/1700 at Gosford & bap. 27/5/1700 at Aberlady, co. Haddington. - Janet m. Robert Colvile of Ochiltree. “She was named as his wife in a sasine to her of some lands in the barony of Crombie, 23/4/1729”. (W.B. p. 378) -(Crombie was later called ‘Craigflower’. - W.B. p. 307, footnote³) - [For a description of a ‘barony’ see under Margaret Wedderburn, wife of Captain Walter Halyburton, in 1571. (A barony is not the same as a ‘baronetcy’. - MWE)] - Janet & Robert had 3 sons (Philip, John & Robert Colvile, of whom the last was b. & bap. on 29/6/1728 at Edinburgh). [See m. in 1774 of James W. ‘of Inveresk’, to Isabella ‘Blackburn or Colvile’, heiress of ‘Craigflower’, via her mother. (W.B. p. 307)] - Janet died “before 10/12/1754 - the date of the Great Seal contract of Gosford…”.
1700
Margaret Wedderburn, [2nd] d. of George W. [see Janet, bap. 1697] & Alison Fleming [m. not found], bap. 6/6/1700 at Coldingham [Berwickshire].
1700
Margaret Wedderburn [b. 1670, 2nd d. of Sir John W., 1st Bt. of Blackness (b. 1641), & Rachel Dunmuir (m. 1667)] m. Dr. William Eccles, doctor of medicine, on 30/6/1700. (W.B. pp. 236-37) - [This is Margaret’s 2nd marriage. - She m. i) Andrew Balfour, W.S., in 1690. (Their ygst. dau., Margaret Balfour, m. i) Henry Eccles, son of her mother’s 2nd husband by his first wife & ii) in 1716, her mother’s first cousin Dr. John Wedderburn of Idvies (b. 1678). - Margaret died before 28/3/1714, “when her widower, Dr. William Eccles m. ii) Dame Euphame Murray, widow of Sir Walter Seton, Bt. ]
1700
Grissell Wedderburn [b. 1680, 2nd d. of James W. (b. 1649), Clerk of Dundee 1675-1696, & Elizabeth Davidson (m. 1673)] m. Thomas Watson [s. of Thomas Watson ‘of Grange’ (of Barrie), b. 1681, q.v.) on 11/7/1700 at Dundee. [Grissell & Thomas Watson had 4 sons & 2 daughters, all bap. at Dundee: Thomas (1701, who m. Margaret Clayhills, and had a s., Alexander Watson, bap. at Dundee on 8/10/1732, when his g-uncle, Alexander W. (4th Bt.) of Blackness, was a witness); Elizabeth (1702); James (1704); Katharen (1705); Alexander (1707, who m. Jean Scrymgeour ‘ who died in 1722’), & John (1708). - (W.B. p. 251, footnote²) - “In 1723, Thomas Watson of Grange of Barrie, father-in-law or brother-in-law to Wedderburn disponed a cross-dwelling in North Marketgait to him, in connection with which he, his wife, and their children and grandchildren are often named”. (W.B. p. 227, & footnote²) - [See m. of Grissell Watson to Alexander Wedderburn (b. 1678) in 1702.]
1700
Elizabeth Wedderburn, e.d. of Alexander W. [?b. c1670], by his [presumed] 2nd wife Janet Glen [m. 1699, q.v.], bap. 14/11/1700 at Glasgow.
1700
John Wedderburn [3rd Bt. of Blackness in 1710], 2nd [but ultimately only surv.] s. of Alexander W. [b. 1672, 2nd Bt. of Blackness in 1706] & Eliz. Seatoune [Seton, m. 1693], bap. 2/12/1700 at Dundee. [On 12/8/1712 John was a witness at the bap. of Alexander W.’s & Grissell Watson’s son John. - John succeeded his father as 3rd Bt. of Blackness in 1710 (at the age of 10). - “Apart from the financial embarrassment of the estate, he does not seem to have been easy to educate. It is clear that his health was never good. In 1715 he was apprenticed to the clerk, who failed, however, to make anything of him. Early in 1718, in order to settle his father’s debts, Sir John was obliged to sell Blackness & Logie to his [second] cousin Alexander, the clerk and although he afterwards regretted having done so, a Great Seal charter confirming the barony to the clerk is dated 17/2/1722. [For a description of a ‘barony’ see under Margaret Wedderburn, wife of Captain Walter Halyburton, in 1571. (A barony is not the same as a ‘baronetcy’. - MWE)] - Sir John had a brief career in the army but he died in Ireland between 5 Jan. & 17 May 1723. - On his death the male line of his grandfather, the 1st Bt., failed and the title passed to Alexander (b. 1675), who, of course, was already in possession of the estates of Blackness & Logie, having bought them from Sir John [in 1718]”. (W.B. pp. 234-44)
1700
Christian Wedderburn, 2nd d. of Alexander W. [b. 1675, Clerk of Dundee 1696-1717, 4th Bt. of Blackness in 1723] & Katharine Scott [m. 1697], bap. 19/12/1700 at Dundee.- (“Christian’s ‘name-mother’ at her baptism was Katharine Scott’s mother Christian Watson”. - W.B. p. 261 footnote¹) - She died between Sept. 1707 & Sept. 1708. (W.B. p. 263)
1700
Janet Wedderburn, 3rd d. of Alexander W. [Advocate, b. c1660] & Mary Daes [m. 1692], ‘may have been b. c1700’. - “The date of Janet’s birth is not known but she was named third in the submission of 1735…”. - She died unm. in Dec. 1759, leaving a Will”. (W.B. p. 397)
1701
Peter Wedderburn [Merchant in Dundee, b. 1667-68, only surv. s. of Alexander W., 3rd of Kingennie & 1st of Easter Powrie (b. 1615), & his 3rd wife, Margaret Milne (m. 1660)] m. i) Hellen Lyon on 23/4/1701 at Dundee. Hellen died in 1703-4 & Peter m. ii) Barbara Auchinlek in 1705 (q.v.). - Peter died between the autumns of 1723 & 24. He had no children by either wife, so his heir was his great nephew, David Wedderburn ‘of Wedderburn’, ‘3rd of that ilk’ (b. 1710, q.v.). -
1701
Elizabeth Eccles, d. of Dr. William Eccles & Margaret Wedderburn [b. 1670, m. 1700], was b. 9/6/1701 & bap. the same day at Edinburgh. (W.B. p. 236) - (Witnesses: Sir John & Alexander Wedderburn, elder & younger of Blackness. - W.B. Vol. II, p. 502)
1701
John Pirie, s. of William Pirie [Soldier] & Betty Wedderburn [unidentified], bap. 31/8/1701 at Stirling. (Witnesses: David McCulloch & Thomas Ernes.) - (W.B. p. 497 - Also shown under ‘Elizabeth Wedderburn, wife of William Pirie, 1701’ in Misc. Refs., Scottish Records, on W.B. p. 497)]
1701
Agnes Wedderburn, 2nd d. of Sir Peter W. [b. 1659/60, ‘alias Hackit of Pitfirrane’, 1st Bt. of Gosford] & Janet Halkett [m. 1694], was b. 25/9/1701 at Gosford & bap. the same day at Aberlady. - “Agnes was living in 1754. - ‘J.W.’ says that she died unm.”. (W.B. pp. 378-79)
1702
Elizabeth Wedderburne, (sic) 3rd d. of Alexander W. [b. 1672, 2nd Bt. of Blackness in 1706] & Elizabeth Seaton [Seton, m. 1693], bap. 2/2/1702 at Dundee.
(“Elizabeth died in 1707-08 and was buried in Dundee”. (W.B. p. 242)
1702
John Wedderburn, elder s. of Alexander W. [b. c1670] & his [presumed] 2nd wife Janet Glen [m. 1699, q.v.], bap. 5/2/1702 at Glasgow. - “John died before 9/1/1709, when another son was given the same name”. (W.B. p. 495)
1702
John Wedderburne (sic), 2nd s. of Alexander W. [b. 1675, Clerk of Dundee 1696-1717, 4th Bt. of Blackness in 1723] & Katharine Scott [m. 1697], bap. 3/3/1702 at Dundee. “John died before Michaelmas 1702”. (W.B. p. 261)
1702
Margaret Widerburn (sic), [?e.] d. of William W. [unidentified] & Helen Anderson [m. 1695, q.v.], bap. 13/5/1702 at Coldingham. - [In the OPR ithe date of baptism of Margaret ‘d. of William Wedderburn & Helen Anderson’ is shown as 18/5/1701.] - It may be this Margaret who m. James Edington [?Edminstone] on 11/7/1728 at Coldingham.
1702
Alexander Wedderburn [Baillie & Mariner (Shipmaster in Dundee), b. 1678, elder s. of Peter W. (b. 1652) & Catherine Man (m. 1677)] m. Grissell Watson [b. 1686, younger d. of Thomas Watson ‘of Grange of Barrie’ - see 1681] on 22/7/1702 at Dundee. ( Also entered as Alexander Wedderburn @ spouse Grizel Watson ‘Abt. 1677) - [Alexander W. & Grissell Watson had 3 sons & 5 daus., all bap. at Dundee: Katharine (1703); Elizabeth (1705); Peter (1706); Alexander (1711, q.v.); John (1712); Margaret (1714, q.v.) and Grizell & Clementina (whose baptisms cannot be found). - Alexander died in October 1734. (W.B. pp. 228-29) - It seems that it was Grissell Watson’s sister Margaret (bap. 1678) who m. an ‘unidentified’ Alexander W., ‘Baillie’ (date of m. unknown), and had two children bap. at Dundee at virtually the same time as two of Grissell’s & her husband Alexander’s children (one a day after, and the other a week after), who were given the same names. (MWE) - (See W.B. p. 226 - & m. of Grissell Wedderburn to Alexander Watson in 1700, & the children of the ‘unidentified’ Alexander W. & (Margaret) Watson who were bap. in 1711 & 1714.]
1702
Elizabeth Wedderburn, [3rd] d. of George W. [see Janet, bap. 1697] & Alison Fleming [m. not found], bap. 13/12/1702 at Coldingham [Berwickshire]. [Another daughter was named Elizabeth in 1717.]
1702
Alexander Wedderburn [b. 1681, afterwards 1st ‘of Wedderburn’, 4th (& ygst. but only surv.) s. of Alexander W., 4th of Kingennie & 2nd of Easter Powrie (b. c1640), & Grissell Wedderburn (b. 1647, m. 1665)] m. Grissell Gardyne [ygst. d. of Robert Gardyne, younger of Latoun] on 31/12/1702. - On his father’s death in 1692, Alexander had succeeded to the estates of Kingennie & Easter Powrie and in 1708 the lands were created into one whole free barony ‘now and in all time coming to be called the barony of Wedderburn’. [For a description of a ‘barony’ see under Margaret Wedderburn, wife of Captain Walter Halyburton, in 1571. (A barony is not the same as a ‘baronetcy’. - MWE)] - Alexander & Grissell had 5 sons & 2 daughters ‘none of whose names occur in the Dundee register of baptisms [but] are given in a register in an old folio Book of Common Prayer and Bible (London 1706) now [1896] at Birkhill’: Alexander (b. 12/12/1703); Grisel (b. 14/2/1705); Robert (b. 25/2/1706); Rachel (b. 3/4/1707); Peter (b. 19/6/1708); David (b. 21/4/1710) & Gilbert (b. 9/10/1712). - (W.B. p. 163, footnotes 5 & 6) - Alexander died on 7/12/1713. - He was succeeded by his 3rd [but eldest surv.] s. Peter (b. 1708) who became 6th of Kingennie, 4th of Easter Powrie, & ‘2nd of that ilk’. - Grissell Gardyne m. ii) on 5/3/1718, David Graham of Duntroon (heir-male of John, Viscount of Dundee). - [By this second m. Grissell had a son, Alexander Graham, who died in 1782. (Alexander Graham died unm. & his male line became extinct. The representation of the Viscounts of Dundee and, but for the attainder, the title passed to the Grahams of Meathie.) - Elizabeth Wedderburn (b. 1746, d. of Robert W. of Pearsie, b. 1708) m. James Graham of Meathie (junior) - s. of James Graham of Meathie & Isobel Guthrie. (See Grizel W., b. 1706) - W.B. p. 322] - (W.B. pp. 161-63)
1703
Christian Wedderburn, 3rd d. of Sir Peter W. [b. 1659/60, ‘alias Hackit of Pitfirrane’, 1st Bt. of Gosford] & Janet Halkett [m. 1694], was b. 20/1/1703 at Gosford & bap. the following day at Aberlady. - Christian m. James Carstairs (afterwards Carstairs-Bruce, e.s. of Sir John Carstairs, late of Kilconquhar. - They had 6 sons & 6 daughters.) - “Christian died on 18/11/1741”.
1703
Margaret Wedderburn [unidentified], “widow of Alexander Sands in Prestonpans [m. 1693], assigned a bond for 300 merks, dated 22/12/1692 and granted to her by the said A. Sands before her marriage [24/1/1693, q.v.], to her lawful son, Mr. John Low, student of divinity there”. (Sheriff Court of Haddington, s.d. 10/8/1728.)
1703
Alexander Wedderburn, 3rd s. of Alexander W. [b. 1675, Clerk of Dundee 1696-1717, 4th Bt. of Blackness in 1723] & Katharine Scott [m. 1697], bap. 26/4/1703 at Dundee. “Alexander died 17/07/1708”. (W.B. p. 261)
1703
Katharen Wedderburne, (sic) e.d. of Alexander W. [Baillie & Mariner (Shipmaster in Dundee), b. 1678, s. of Peter W./Catherine Man] & Grissel Watson [m. 1702], bap. 2/6/1703 at Dundee. “Katherine m. ‘probably after 1736’, John Higginson, merchant in Perth ‘who died before 25/4/1753’. - Her sisters all predeceased her and she outlived her son John and her niece Helen (who m. Dr. James Findlay in 1774), so her heirs after her death, ‘soon after 30/8/1795, in her 93rd year’, were Helen’s elder surv. son & all 6 daughters.” (W.B. p. 229)
1703
Mathilda Wedderburn, 4th d. of Alexander W. [b. 1672, 2nd Bt. of Blackness in 1706] & Elizabeth Seatoun [Seton, m. 1693], bap. 8/7/1703 at Dundee. “Matilda died before Sept. 1718”. (W.B. p. 242)
1703
Abigail Wedderburn, 2nd d. of Alexander W. [?b. c1670 (q.v.)], by his [presumed] 2nd wife Janet Glen [m. 1699, q.v.], bap. 5/12/1703 at Glasgow. (W.B. p. 495) - [‘A.W.’ presumes that Abigail is the Abigail W. who m. John Young in Edinburgh on 5/11/1738 (q.v.).]
1703
Alexander Wedderburn, e.s. of Alexander W. [b. 1681, 5th of Kingennie, 3rd of Easter Powrie &, from 1708, 1st ‘of Wedderburn’] & Grissell Gardyne [m. 1703], was b. 12/12/1703. “Alexander died in 1704-5”. (W.B. p. 163)
1704
Elizabeth Wedderburn, 4th d. of Sir Peter W. [b. 1659/60, ‘alias Hackit of Pitfirrane’, 1st Bt. of Gosford] & Janet Halkett [m. 1694], was b. at Gosford on 26/3/1704 & bap. the same day at Aberlady. - “Elizabeth died, no doubt, before 9/9/1706, the date of her parents’ entails of Gosford and Pitfirrane, in which only her 3 elder sisters are named”. (W.B. p. 379)
1704
Robert Wedderburn [Mariner, b. 1677, 2nd s. of James W., Clerk of Dundee (b. 1649) & Elizabeth (‘Bessie’) Davidson] m. Margaret Arnot [d. of John Arnot, notary, burgess of Perth] on 14/6/1704 at Perth. [The bride’s name shown as ‘Martha Arnold’ It shows ‘Robert Wederburne m. Margrat Arnott’.] - “Robert was last mentioned in 1718 but he must have been living when his only (known) child died in 1720-21. - His date of death is not known but his line would seem to have failed”.
1704
Elizabeth Wedderburn [an adult] was buried on 22/7/1704 at Coldingham [Berwickshire]. (Coldingham Mortcloth Index)
1704
John Wedderburn [5th Bt. of Blackness in 1744], 4th [but e. surv.] s. of Alexander W. [b. 1675, Clerk of Dundee 1696-1717, 4th Bt. of Blackness in 1723] & Katharine Scott [m. 1697], bap. 8/8/1704 at Dundee. John m. Jean Fullarton in 1724 (q.v.). - [They had 7 sons & 4 daughters.] - During his father’s lifetime John lived in Dundee but, in 1744, when he succeeded his father as 5th Bt. of Blackness, he found himself in straightened circumstances. He and Jean & their surviving children moved to a small farm known as the ‘Mains of Nevay’, nr. Newtyle, in Forfarshire, about 11m. NW of Dundee, and 16m. to the NE of Perth. “Here it was that he was living, far from prosperously, when, in the July of 1745, Prince Charles Edward set foot in Scotland on the gallant enterprise ….. It is open to question whether Sir John’s part in the rising was altogether due to his loyalty or was prompted by the hope of bettering his circumstances - whether he joined the Prince with willing enthusiasm or was driven to him by poverty and even physical force”. (‘A.W.’, W.B. p. 265) - Sir John was captured after the final battle at Culloden, in April 1746, and taken to Southwark New Gaol in London where he was incarcerated until his trial in November of that year. The jury judged him to be guilty of treason. Sentencing was delayed for ten days and at the end of that time he was informed that he was to be ‘hanged, drawn and quartered’. - He was hanged, drawn and quartered at Kennington Common, London, on 28/11/1746. (W.B. pp. 261 & 264)
1705
Grizel Wedderburn, elder d. of Alexander W. [b. 1681, 5th of Kingennie, 3rd of Easter Powrie &, from 1708, 1st ‘of Wedderburn’] & Grissell Gardyne [m. 1703], was b. 14/2/1705. In 1761, on the death of her brother David (b. 1710, 7th of Kingennie, 5th of Easter Powrie & 3rd ‘of Wedderburn’), Grizel, by then Alexander & Grissel’s only surviving child, was retoured his ‘heir general’. On 21 Jan. 1762 she was retoured his heir in the barony of Wedderburn, and in Wester Gourdie, and in 1765, she got sasine of Kingennie. “Being thus in full possession of the family estates, and neither married nor any longer young, she made an elaborate bond of tailzie, dated 31 July and recorded 6 Aug. 1766 of them, and of Bullion (of which she got sasine on 2 Jan. 1768), in which she called to the succession a long series of heirs. - Grizel Wedderburn died on 7/11/1778. - Her heir was Alexander Scrymgeour (b. 1742), e.s. of David Scrymgeour of Birkhill & Katharine Wedderburn (m. 1739 - b. 1715, 6th d. of Sir Alexander W., 4th Bt. of Blackness, b. 1675, & Katharine Scott). - On inheriting the ‘Wedderburn’ estates, Alexander added the name ‘Wedderburn’ to Scrymgeour. (W.B. pp. 167-68)
1705
Elizabeth Wedderburne (sic), 2nd d. of Alexander W. [Baillie & Mariner (Shipmaster in Dundee), b. 1678, s. of Peter W./Catherine Man] & Grisell Watson [m. 1702], bap. 19/2/1705 at Dundee. - “Elizabeth died, unm., between 5/5/1759 (when she made a settlement of all her property on her sister Katharine for life - and then on John Higginson, her sister’s son, and Helen Wedderburn, her brother’s daughter, equally) & 11/4/1763”. (W.B. p. 229)
1705
John Wederburn (sic) [unidentified] m. Agnes Turner on 20/3/1705 at Kelso. - John & Agnes had 3 daughters: Margaret (b. 1706); Grizle (sic, b. 1707); & Elizabeth (b. 1709), all bap. at Kelso.
1705
James Wedderburn, s. of Robert W. [Mariner, b. 1677] & Margaret Arnot [m. 1704], bap. 21/4/1705 at Dundee. (W.B. p. 249) - “James is thought to have died in 1720-21. [No other children of Robert & Margaret are known. - (W.B. p. 249 footnote¹)]
1705
James Wedderburn [an adult] was buried on 26/5/1705 at Coldingham [Berwickshire]. (Coldingham Mortcloth Index) - [Is he James of ‘Rickelsyde? - See 1632]
1705
Alexander Wedderburn, 3rd [but 2nd surv.] s. of Alexander W. [b. 1672, 2nd Bt. of Blackness in 1706] & Elizabeth Seatoun [Seton, m. 1693], bap. 11/7/1705 at Dundee. - “Alexander died in 1712-13 at Dundee”. (W.B. p. 241) - [Another child (who died young) was b. after Alexander but the name & d.o.b. are not known. (W.B. p. 141, footnote ³)
1705
James Wedderburn, 4th s. of Sir Peter W. [b. 1659/60, ‘alias Hackit of Pitfirrane’, 1st Bt. of Gosford] & Janet Halkett [m. 1694], was b. 26/7/1705 at Gosford & bap. the following day at Aberlady. - “James went into commerce and was at one time at Amsterdam in partnership with one James Yeaman, but afterwards emigrated to South Carolina where he was appointed clerk of the Common Pleas on 8/3/1733. - He was living on 28/7/1752”. (W.B. p. 376, footnote ²) - He was allocated 1000 acres in Craven County, South Carolina, on 12/2/1737 and 500 acres in Savannah River SC on 12/4/1738. (Debrett’s researchers) - “It has not been ascertained whether he married but, in any case, he died s.p. shortly before 10/12/1754, the fact of his being lately deceased without children being expressly recorded in the Great Seal Charter of Gosford of that date. - His younger brother Alexander thus represented the second line of the family in the lawsuit of 1761” [between John W-Halkett (b. 1720) & his brother Henry]. - (W.B. p. 376)
1705
Peter Wedderburn [Merchant in Dundee, b. 1667-68, only surv. s. of Alexander W., 3rd of Kingennie & 1st o f Easter Powrie (b. 1615), by his 3rd wife, Margaret Milne (m. 1660)] m. ii) Barbara Affleck (sic - Auchinlek) on 27/8/1705 at Dundee. (Separate entry, on same date, shows name as Barb. Arnold.) - Peter m. i) Helen Lyon in 1701. He died ‘between the autumns of 1723-24’. He had no children by either wife, so his heir was his great nephew, David Wedderburn, 3rd of that ilk (b. 1710). (W.B. pp. 154-55)
1706
Robert Wedderburn, 2nd s. of Alexander W. [b. 1681, 5th of Kingennie, 3rd of Easter Powrie & from 1708 1st ‘of Wedderburn’] & Grissell Gardyne [m. 1703], b. 25/2/1706. -“Robert died between Sept. 1708 and 1709”. (W.B. pp. 163-64)
1706
Alison Wedderburn, [4th] of George W. [see Janet, bap. 1697] & Alison Fleming [m. not found], bap. 28/4/1706 at Coldingham [Berwickshire].
1706
Peter Wedderburne (sic), e.s. of Alexander W. [Baillie & Mariner (Shipmaster in Dundee), b. 1678, s. of Peter W./Catherine Man] & Grisell Watson [m. 1702], bap. 28/6/1706 at Dundee. [Sir Peter W. (b. 1659/60), 1st Bt. of Gosford (2nd s. of Lord Justice Gosford) was a witness. - W.B. p. 375, footnote³] - “Peter died no doubt young”. (W.B. p. 228)
1706
Grisell Wedderburne (sic), 3rd d. of Alexander W. [b. 1675, Clerk of Dundee 1696-1717, 4th Bt. of Blackness in 1723] & Katharine Scott [m. 1697], bap. 23/7/1706 at Dundee. - [“There is some error in Grisell’s d.o.b. as the Dundee parish register gives 23 July 1706 as date of her baptism but she is said to have been born on 26 July 1706”.] - Grisell m. James Graham of Meathie in 1726 but died ‘s.p.’ before 1730. - James m. ii) Isobel Guthrie, by whom he had a s. James (b. 1741) who m. Elizabeth Wedderburn (b. 1746), e.d. of Robert W. of Pearsie & Isobel Edward (m. 1738). - (W.B. pp. 263 & 322)
1706
Margaret Wedderburn, e.d. of John W. [unidentified] & Agnes Turner [m. 1705], bap. 14-15/10/1706 at Kelso [Roxburghshire]. - (Misc. Referencess. Scottish Records, W.B. p. 497)
1706
Anne Wedderburn, 3rd d. of Alexander W. [?b. c1670 (q.v.)] by his [presumed] 2nd wife Janet Glen [m. 1699], bap. 27/10/1706 at Glasgow. (W.B. p. 495)
1706
Alexander Wedderburn [afterwards ‘of St. Germain’s’], 5th s. of Sir Peter W. [b. 1659/60, ‘alias Hackit of Pitfirrane’, 1st Bt. of Gosford] & Janet Halkett [m. 1694], was b. 12/12/1706 at Gosford & bap. 18/12 at Aberlady. - Alexander m. his cousin Elizabeth Haliburton (bap. 1712 - date of m. not known. - Believed to be the dau. of James Haliburton of Pitcur, son of David H. of Pitcur & Agnes Wedderburn (m. 1674) - not David & Agnes’s’ daughter, as shown by ‘J.W.’. - W.B. p. 377, footnote ³). - They had no issue. - “On 23/11/1750, Alexander bought the estate of St. Germain’s in the parish of Tranent from James Campbell. On 16/10/1678 he disponed the property to his nephew, Sir John Wedderburn-Halkett (b. 1720), his cousin Alexander W. (b. 1733, then Attorney-General for England), and others, in trust for himself and his wife subject to his debts.” - He died there on 11/12/1779 (his widow and the two daughters of his brother Robert being named in his Will as next of kin). - St. Germain’s was sold in 1782 & Elizabeth died at Edinburgh on 24/9/1787. - (W.B. p. 377)
1707
Rachel Wedderburn, younger d. of Alexander W. [b. 1681, 5th of Kingennie, 3rd of Easter Powrie, & from 1708 1st ‘of Wedderburn’] & Grissell Gardyne [m. 1703], was b. 3/4/1707. “Rachel died in the lifetime of her father”. (W.B. p. 164)
1707
Grizle (sic) Wedderburn, 2nd d. of John W. [unidentified] & Agnes Turner [m. 1705], bap. 17-21/12/1707 at Kelso [Roxburghshire]. - (Misc. Refs. Scottish Records, W.B. p. 497 & OPR )
1708
Peter Wedderburn [afterwards 6th of Kingennie, 4th of Easter Powrie, & 2nd ‘of Wedderburn’], 3rd [but e. surv.] s. of Alexander W. [b. 1681, 5th of Kingennie, 3rd of Easter Powrie & 1st ‘of Wedderburn’] & Grissell Gardyne [m. 1703], was b. 19/6/1708. - Peter succeeded his father as 6th of Kingennie, 4th of Easter Powrie, & 2nd ‘of that ilk’ in 1713, but he died on 14/5/1714. - His younger brother David (b. 1710) was his heir and became 7th of Kingennie, 5th of Easter Powrie & 3rd ‘of that ilk’, who was the last in the male line. (W.B. p. 164)
1708
Robert Wedderburne (sic) [afterwards ‘of Pearsie’], 5th [but 2nd surv.] s. of Alexander W. [b. 1675, Clerk of Dundee 1696-1717, 4th Bt. of Blackness in 1723] & Katharine Scott [m. 1697], bap. 16/2/1708 at Dundee. - Robert (b. 13/2/1708, Notary & Writer in Forfar, afterwards Sheriff Clerk of Forfar) m. Isobel Edward ‘of Pearsie’ in 1738 (q.v.). - [They had 4 sons & 3 daughters.] - In 1745, Robert raised recruits for the Glen Prosen Company - part of the second battalion of Lord Ogilvy’s cavalry regiment, to which Robert’s brother John (b. 1704 & by then 5th Bt. of Blackness) and John’s eldest son were attached. (David, Lord Ogilvy, was the Earl of Airlie’s eldest son.) After the defeat of the Jacobite army at Culloden, in April 1746, it was Robert who helped Lord Ogilvie to escape to France before going into hiding himself for some months in the nearby Catlaw hills. His faithful servants kept him supplied during this time and, thanks to a letter of exculpation from Mr. Alexander Scott, Minister at Kingoldrum, he was afterwards able to return to his post of Sheriff-Clerk, despite the sad fate suffered by his elder brother, Sir John, who was executed in 1746. (W.B. p. 318 - & footnotes on p. 320) - Robert Wedderburn ‘of Pearsie’ died on 19/2/1786 & was buried in the Howff of Dundee. - Isobel died in Jan. 1788 & was buried with her husband. “Now represented in the male line by the Webster-Wedderburns, and in the female line by the Maclagan-Wedderburns”. (W.B. pp. 261 & 318)
1708 Robert Loch, e.s. of Robert Loch & Catherine Wedderburn [unidentified], bap. 28/3/1708 at Ormiston, co. Haddington. - [“Catherine may be connected with the Johne Wedderburn who m. Jean Laurie on 15/2/1670” (q.v.). - (W.B. p. 495)]
1708
John Wedderburn, 6th s. of Sir Peter W. [b. 1659/60, ‘alias Hackit of Pitfirrane’, 1st Bt. of Gosford] & Janet Halkett [m. c1694], was b. 9/4/1708 at Gosford & bap. the same day at Aberlady. - “John probably died in infancy”. (W.B. p. 377)
1708
Agnes Wedderburn [unidentified] m. Adam Milkin [‘Milcome’, of Inveresk] on 4/5/1708 at Inveresk with Musselburgh. (W.B. p. 494 - Marriage shown in OPR extract as having taken place on 30/6/1700 in Edinburgh.)
1708
George Wedderburn, [e.] s. of George W. [see Janet, bap. 1697] & Alison Fleming [m. not found], bap. 9/5/1708 at Coldingham [Berwickshire].
1708
Eupham Wedderburn $ [b. 1688, ‘lawful daughter of the deceased Archibald W., cordiner, burgess, now in the south-east parish’] m. Thomas Simpson [‘lawful s. of Alexander Simpson, fermer (sic) in Newbotle parish, now in north-west parish’] on 9/7/1708 at Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh. (W.B. Vol II, p. 499 & W.B. p. 492)
1708
Helen Weddeburn (sic), [b. 1670, q.v., ‘lawful d. to Thomas W., weaver in Pencaitland parish now in North Kirk parish] m. James Ross [mason in Gilbertoun, in the parish of Libbertoun] on 29/10/1708 at Liberton [s. of Edinburgh]. -
1709
John Wedderburn, younger s. of Alexander W. [?b. c1670 (q.v.)] & his [presumed] 2nd wife Janet Glen [m. 1699], bap. 9/1/1709 at Glasgow. (W.B. p. 495)
1709
Alexander Wedderburn, 6th s. of Alexander W. [b. 1675, Clerk of Dundee 1696-1717, 4th Bt. of Blackness in 1723] & Katharine Scott [m. 1697], bap. 27/2/1709 at Dundee. “Alexander died 1716-1717”. (W.B. p. 261)
1709
George Wedderburn [an adult] was buried on 12/5/1709 at Coldingham [Berwickshire]. (Coldingham Mortcloth Index)
1709
Girsell (sic) Wedderburn $ [b. 1692, ‘d. of the late Archibald W., burgess in Canongate’ (& Eupham W., m. 1681)] m. James Man [?Mein, wright, indweller in north west paroch] on 3/6/1709 at Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh. (W.B. Vol. II, p. 500) - James Man (Mein?) is distinct from the James Man, woolcomber, who m. Mary Wedderburn, d. of Alexander W., cordiner, in Glasgow in 1721”. (W.B. p. 492)
1709
Helen Loch, e.d. of Robert Loch & Catherine Wedderburn [unidentified], bap. 24/7/1709 at Ormiston, co. Haddington. - [“Catherine may be connected with the Johne Wedderburn who m. Jean Laurie on 15/2/1670” (q.v.). - (W.B. p. 495)]
1709
William Wedderburn $ [Burgess in Canongate, Weaver - “probably the s. of Archibald W. & Agnes Bruce who was bap. 1678” (W.B. p. 492)] m. Jean Pargillis [d. of dec’d Abraham Pargillis, brewer in north-east parish of Edinburgh] on 19/8/1709 at Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh. (Also entered on 9/9/1709, & W.B. Vol. II, pp. 500 & 504) - William & Jean had a son & 5 daughters: Margaret (b. 1710, d. young); John (b. 1712); another Margaret (b. 1717); Agnes (b. 1724); Jean (b. 1726); & Grizell (b. 1728). - (W.B. p. 492)
1709
Elizabeth Wedderburn, 3rd d. of John W. [unidentified] & Agnes Turner [m. 1705], bap. 10-11/12/1709 at Kelso [Roxburghshire]. - (Misc. References. Scottish Records, W.B. p. 497 )
1709
Robert Wedderburn [afterwards a Merchant in Dunfermline], 7th s. of Sir Peter W. [b. 1659/60, ‘alias Hackit of Pitfirrane’, 1st Bt. of Gosford] & Janet Halkett [m. c1694], was b. 10/12/1709 at Gosford & bap. the same day at Aberlady. - In his MS., ‘J.W.’ states: “Robert was a captain of Infantry in the Government service, who was present at the battle of Gladsmuir. He appears, with his elder brother, Peter Wedderburn-Halkett [b. 1695, afterwards 2nd Bt. of Gosford], to have been the only member of the family out on the wrong side”. [‘Wrong’ meaning the Government side!] - Robert m. Rachel Thomson, c1743 (q.v.). [They had 3 daughters.]
1710
David Wedderburn [afterwards 7th of Kingennie, 5th of Easter Powrie & 3rd ‘of Wedderburn’] 4th [but ultimately only surviving] s. of Alexander W. [b. 1681, 5th of Kingennie, 3rd of Easter Powrie & 1st ‘of Wedderburn’] & Grissell Gardyne [m. 1703], was b. 21/4/1710. - David became the 7th of Kingennie, 5th of Easter Powrie & 3rd ‘of Wedderburn’ on the death of his brother Peter (b. 1708) in 1714. (Their father had died the previous year.) - “At the end of 1727, before he was of age, David acquired the lands and Bank of Baldovan from Thomas Nairn and here he for some time resided, the old manor place of Wedderburn, which, at his father’s death had been not habitable for some years past and in a ruinous condition, having been almost all pulled down…. Some years later, in 1759, he agreed to sell the Bank and the rest of Baldovan to Walter Tullideph of Balgay…. His sale of Baldovan was, no doubt, due to his acquisition of another property, in 1752, that of Bullion, co. Perth, from his distant relative and factor David Brisbane (who was related to the Reads of Turfbeg)…. He proposed to build a residence at Bullion [but] he died at Dundee on 27 June 1761…With his death, the male line of his g.g.g grandfather Alexander Wedderburn, first of Kingennie, then fell to the descendants of Alexander’s second son, James (b. 1589), progenitor of the Wedderburns of Blackness, Balindean, Gosford etc., who took up the representation of the family in the male line” - but David’s sister Grizzell (b. 1705, q.v.) was his heir and she inherited his estates. (W.B. pp. 164-67)
1710
Thomas Wedderburn [afterwards ‘of Cantra’ (Inverness-shire)], 7th [but 3rd surv.] s. of Alexander W. [b. 1675, Clerk of Dundee 1696-1717, 4th Bt. of Blackness in 1723] & Katharine Scott [m. 1697], bap. 5/4/1710 at Dundee. - “Between 1730 & 1740 Thomas ‘went north’ and became Collector of Excise at Inverness. - He m. Katharine Dunbar [b. 1720, 2nd d. of Alexander Dunbar of Grange, Morayshire, & Mary Fraser] on 20/9/1740 (q.v.), ‘no doubt in the North’. [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 3 sons all went out to Jamaica. [See their details below. ] - Thomas is said to have been on the side of ‘Bonnie Prince Charlie’ in the 1745 Jacobite uprising but, from his reports, he appears to have been on the government side! (As Thomas was an Episcopalian & his wife Katharine was a Presbyterian, perhaps he ‘rode both horses’?). “Thomas, grandfather of John Wedderburn of Auchterhouse (grandfather of ‘A.W.’, author of the W.B.) is now represented by the Wedderburns at Blairgowrie and in London”. (W.B. pp. 261 & 337-41)
1710
Margaret Wedderburn, e.d. of William W. [Weaver in Canongate] & Jean Pargillis [m. 1709], was b. 25/7/1710 & bap. 30/7 at Canongate, Edinburgh. -“Margaret must have died before 1718, when the next daughter is given the same name”. (W.B. pp. 492-93)
1710
James Wedderburne, [2nd] s. of George W. [see Janet, bap. 1697] & Alison Fleming [m. not found], bap. 30/7/1710 at Coldingham [Berwickshire].
1711
Rachel Wedderburn (d.o.b. unknown), [4th & ygst. d. of Alexander W. 4th of Kingennie & 2nd of Easter Powrie (b. 1640) & Grissell Wedderburn (m. 1665)] m. Gilbert Stewart, Merchant in Edinburgh [2nd s. of Thomas Stewart of Stenton & Margaret Murray] in 1711. (W.B. p. 161) - They had no issue. - Rachel’s husband obtained a decreet against Rachel Wedderburn (bap. 1685, 4th & ygst. d. of George Wedderburn, b. 1654), & Elizabeth Sutherland (m. 1678), ‘whose affairs were somewhat involved’. (See W.B. pp. 218-221)
1711
Jean Wedderburn, 4th & ygst. d. of Alexander W. [Advocate, b. c1660, ygst. s. of Sir Peter W., Lord (Justice) Gosford/Agnes Dickson (m. 1653)] & Mary Daes [m. 1692], was b. 16/1/1711 & bap. 26/1/1711 at Edinburgh. (Witnesses: Mr. James Daes of Coudownknows and John Gordon, writer.) - “Jean (or Jane) m. Archibald Cunninghame & resided at some time in Gibraltar”. (W.B. p. 397)
1711
Mathilda Wedderburn $ [b. 1677, 3rd d. of the late Sir John W., 1st Bt. of Blackness (b. 1641) & Rachel Dunmuir (m. 1667)] m. David Campbell [younger, of Keithick in Couper of Angus] on 4/2/1711 at Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh. (W.B. p. 237)
1711
Margaret Loch, 2nd d. of Robert Loch & Catherine Wedderburn [unidentified], bap. 15/4/1711 at Ormiston, co. Haddington. (W.B. p. 495) - [“Catherine may be connected with the John Wedderburn who m. Jean Laurie on 15/12/1670” (q.v.). - (W.B. p. 495)]
1711
Alexander Wedderburn, s. of Alexander W. [Baillie - unidentified] & Margaret Watson [b. 1678 (q.v.), m. not found], bap. 18/5/1711 at Dundee. ( “The Alexander who married Margaret Watson has not been identified”. (‘A.W.’, W.B. p. 226) - [On W.B. p. 163, he states that Alexander W., b. 1681, 5th of Kingennie & 3rd of Easter Powrie, ‘was name-father, on 27 Feb. 1709, at the baptism of Alexander, baillie, & Margaret Watson”, but it was Alexander, the 6th s. of Alexander W. (b. 1675) & Katharine Scott who was bap. on that date (q.v.). - See also next entry & the baptisms of John W. in 1712 & two Margaret Wedderburns in 1714.]
1711
Alexander Wedderburn, 2nd [but later eldest & ultimately only surv.] s. of Alexander W. [Baillie & Mariner (Shipmaster in Dundee), b. 1678, s. of Peter W./Catherine Man (m. 1677)] & Grisell Watson [m. 1702], bap. 19/5/1711 at Dundee. (W.B. p. 226 - & see preceding entry, also entry in 1714.) - By 1740 Alexander was a ship-master in London. -‘A.W.’ presumes that he is the ‘Mr. Wedderburn’ to whom James W. (b. 1730) “took boate” in Nov. 1746, to see if anything could be done to avert the execution of his father, Sir John (b. 1704). - Alexander m. ‘probably in London’ Marion Stuart (d. of John Stuart of Inverness) - (W.B. p. 229, footnote 4) - They had an only child, Helen (bap. 1747 in London ), who m. Dr. James Finlay, of Bogside, Glasgow, “a long-time resident in Jamaica, who had been guardian to his wife, Helen Wedderburn”. (W.B. p. 230, footnote²) - On W.B. p. 229, ‘A.W.’ says that Alexander died ‘before 6/12/1757, the date of his daughter’s marriage, when he is referred to as deceased’ but Alexander died between 30/3/1747, when Helen was baptised, & Feb. 1749, when his Will was proved in London. - His widow Marion was appointed sole executrix.
1711
Mary Wedderburn, 5th & ygst. d. of Sir Peter W. [b. 1659/60, ‘alias Hackit of Pitfirrane’, 1st Bt. of Gosford] & Janet Halkett [m. 1694], was b. 27/11/1711 at Gosford & bap. next day at Aberlady. (Witnesses: Mr. Alexander Wedderburn, advocat, John Erskine of Balgonie, Captain Charles Halkit (sic), Alexander Dunbar, merchant in Edinburgh. - W.B. Vol. II, p. 508) - “There is no subsequent reference to her, e.g. in the Gosford entail of 1754. No doubt she died young”. (W.B. p. 379)
1711
Katharen (sic) Wedderburn, 4th d. of Alexander W. [b. 1675, Clerk of Dundee 1696-1717, 4th Bt. of Blackness in 1723] & Katharine Scott [m. 1697], bap. 29/11/1711 at Dundee. - “Katharine died 1712-1713”. (W.B. p. 263)
1712
James Wedderburn [unidentified] m. Janet Milne on 14/4/1712 at Inveresk with Musselburgh. - [They had 2 sons & 2 daughters: Henry (bap. 1715); Elizabeth (bap. 1718); Agnes (bap. 1721) & Thomas (bap. 1724).
1712
John Wedderburn, only s. of William W. [Weaver, indweller] & Jean Pargillis [m. 1709, q.v.], bap. 3/8/1712 at Edinburgh. (W.B. pp. 492-93) - (Witnesses: David Robertson, writer; John Johnston, candlemaker. - W.B. Vol. II, p. 502)
1712
John Wedderburn, s. of Alexander W. & --- Watson, bap. 27/8/1712 at Dundee. - [‘A.W.’ gives the date of John’s baptism as 17/8/1712, and shows him to be the 3rd s. of Alexander W. [b. 1678, Baillie & Mariner, elder s. of Peter W/Catherine Man] & Grizel Watson [m. 1702]. - He suggests that John, ‘who was last mentioned on 3/5/1737’, may be the John W. who was a merchant in Budal (and later in Greenfield & Hankey), Northumberland. (W.B. p. 228 & footnote¹)
1712
Robert Wedderburn [b. 1685, s. of Thomas W. (unidentified) & Barbara Aitcheson (m. 1680)] m. Mary Douglas on 5/11/1712 at Pencaitland, co. Haddington. - They had 2 sons & 3 daughters: David (bap. 1713); Agnes (bap. 1716); Elizabeth (bap. 1718); Hellen (bap. 1720); & William (bap. 1725). - (W.B. p. 494)
1712
Gilbert Wedderburn, 5th s. of Alexander W. [b. 1681, 5th of Kingennie, 3rd of Easter Powrie & from 1708 1st ‘of Wedderburn’] & Grissell Gardyne [m. 1703], was b. 9/12/1712. - “Gilbert survived his father but died shortly before his brother Peter (b. 1708). - In consequence, when their brother David (b. 1710) died unm. in 1761, their sister Grizell (b. 1705) was his heir and inherited the estates of Wedderburn”. (W.B. pp. 164 & 167-68)
1712
Mary Wedderburn, [5th] d. of George W. [see Janet, bap. 1697] & Alison Fleming [m. not found], bap. 28/12/1712 at Coldingham [Berwickshire].
1713
Margaret Wedderburn, 5th d. of Alexander W. [b. 1675, Clerk of Dundee 1696-1717, 4th Bt. of Blackness in 1723] & Katharine Scott [m. 1697], bap. 17/5/1713 at Dundee. - “Margaret died young, possibly between 1720 & Sept. 1721”. (W.B. p. 263)
1713
David Wedderburn, elder s. of Robert W. [b. 1685] & Mary Douglas [m. 1712], bap. 17/8/1713 at Pencaitland, co. Haddington. (W.B. p. 494)
1713
James Wedderburn, 3rd & ygst. s. of Alexander W. [Advocate, b. c1660] & Mary Daes [m. 1692], “cannot have been born before 1713. He died, unm., between 3/12/1743 & 11/2/1745”. (W.B. p. 396)
1714
Margaret Ker Wedderburn, d. of Alexander W. [Baillie - unidentified] & --- [?Margaret] Watson [b. 1678 (q.v.) - m. not found], bap. 6/9/1714 at Dundee. ( & W.B. p. 226) [See next entry & also entry for Alexander W. in 1711.]
1714
Margaret Wedderburn, d. of Alexander W. [Baillie & Mariner, b. 1678, elder s. of Peter W./Catherine Man (m. 1677)] & Grissell Watson [m. 1702], was bap. on 14/9/1714 at Dundee. ( & W.B. p. 226) - [See preceding entry.]
1715
Katharine Wedderburn, 6th d. of Alexander W. [b. 1675, Clerk of Dundee 1696-1717, 4th Bt. of Blackness in 1723] & Katharine Scott [m. 1697], bap. 22/1/1715 at Dundee. - “Katharine was b. 19/1/1715 & bap. in the Meeting House - i.e. the Episcopal Church”. - She m. David Scrymgeour of Birkhill, Advocate, in 1739 (q.v.). - [They had 4 sons & 5 daughters.] - In 1769, Grizel ‘Wedderburn of Wedderburn’ (b. 1705 - great-great granddaughter of Alexander W., b. 1583, 2nd of Kingennie & Wester Gourdie, & Magdalen Scrymgeour, m. 1612, who inherited the Wedderburn estates on the death of her brother David Wedderburn in 1761), not having married, made David Scrymgeour the first heir-of-entail to the barony of Wedderburn and the lands of Wester Goudie, Kingennie and Bullion. However, David Scrymgeour died on 11/7/1772 and it was therefore his & Katherine’s eldest son, Alexander Scrymgeour (b. 1742), who, on Grizel’s death in 1778, succeeded to the Wedderburn barony and estates, and assumed the name and arms of ‘Wedderburn’, adding the name to Scrymgeour. [For a description of a ‘barony’ see under Margaret Wedderburn, wife of Captain Walter Halyburton, in 1571.] - On Alexander Scrymgeour-Wedderburn’s death, without issue, in 1811, his younger brother Henry Scrymgeour (b. 1755) succeeded to the estates, and also added the name of ‘Wedderburn’. - Katharine died on 19/3/1796. (W.B. pp. 175 & 263) 1715 Catherine Loch, 3rd d. of Robert Loch & Catherine Wedderburn [unidentified], bap. 14/3/1715 at Ormiston, co. Haddington. (W.B. p. 495) - “Catherine may be connected with the John Wedderburn who m. Jean Laurie on 15/12/1670” (q.v.).
1715
Alexander Wedderburn & Charles Hamilton ‘of the Excise Office, Dundee’ wrote in a letter, dated 27 Aug. 1715: “Mar has a considerable body of men and expects foreign troops. Dundee is doubling its guard as insurrection is expected”. (Copy in SP 54 7/85 at the PRO at Kew)
1715
Eizabeth Wedderburne [b. 1699, e.d. of Alexander W. (b. 1675, Clerk of Dundee 1696-1717, 4th Bt. of Blackness in 1723, & Katharine Scott (m. 1715)] m. Alexander Read [‘of Turbeg’, co. Forfar] on 1/9/1715 at Dundee. ( - Separate entry, on same date, shows Eliz. Wedderburne m. Alex. Wood’!) - [For details of the Read children see W.B. p. 262.) - Elizabeth & Alexander’s 5th daughter, Catherine Read (b. 1723, d. 1778), was a celebrated portrait painter.
1715
Henry Wedderburn, [elder] s. of James W. [unidentified] & Janet Milne [m. 1712], bap. 18/10/1715 at Inveresk [with Musselburgh, Midlothian].
1715
Thomas Wedderburn [unidentified] m. Euphan Greg on 30/12/1715 at Prestonpans. They had a son & 3 daughters: Helen (bap. 1716); John (bap. 1718); Christian (bap. 1721); & another Helen (bap. 1723).
1716
John Wedderburn [Dr. Wedderburn, ‘of Idvies’, b. 1678, 3rd s. of James W., Clerk of Dundee (b. 1649), & Elizabeth (‘Bessie’) Davidson] m. his second cousin, Margaret Balfour [widow of Henry Eccles, merchant in Edinburgh] on 9/1/1716 at Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh. (W.B. pp. 236-37 & pp. 249-51) - [Margaret was the only surviving child of Margaret Wedderburn (b. 1670, d. of Sir John W., 1st of Bt. of Blackness, & Rachel Dunmuir) & Andrew Balfour (m. 1690). - Henry Eccles was the son of Margaret’s mother’s second husband, William Eccles, M.D., by his first wife, Elizabeth Bayne or Bains of Edinburgh. - W.B. p. 236, footnote² (Dr. Wm. Eccles m. iii) Dame Euphame Murray, widow of Sir Walter Seton. - W.B. p. 237 & W.B. Vol. II, p. 499)]
1716
Agnes Wedderburn, e.d. of Robert W. [b. 1685] & Mary Douglas [m. 1712], b. 28/3/1716 & bap. 1/4/1716 at Pencaitland, co. Haddington. (W.B. p. 494)
1716 Thomas Wedderburn [unidentified] m. Margaret Love on 24/7/1716 at Rutherglen.
1716
Mary Wedderburn, 7th d. of Alexander W. [b. 1675, Clerk of Dundee 1696-1717, 4th Bt. of Blackness in 1723] & Katharine Scott [m. 1697], bap. 30/8/1716 at Dundee. “Mary died between Sept. 1722 & Sept. 1723”. (W.B. p. 263)
1716
Helen Wedderburn, e.d. of Thomas W. [unidentified] & Euphan Greg [m. 1715], bap. 21/10/1716 at Prestonpans [co. Haddington]. - [Helen must have died before 1723, when another child was given the same name.]
1717
Elizabeth Wedderburn, [6th & ygst.] d. of George W. [see Janet, bap. 1697] & Alison Fleming [m. not found], bap. 23/6/1717 at Coldingham [Berwickshire].
[It may be this Elizabeth who m. Robert Darling at Coldingham on 28/6/1739 (q.v.).]
1718
Margaret Wedderburn, 2nd d. of William W. [‘Weaver in Bristo’] & Jean Pargillis [m. 1707, q.v.], b. 22/2/1718 & bap. 23/2/1718 at St. Cuthbert’s, Edinburgh. (W.B. pp. 492-93) - (Witnesses: Andrew Voy, weaver, Thomas McInvoir, cordiner there. - “This entry is under 2nd March, but 23 Feb. is interlined”. - W.B.Vol. II, p. 506)
1718 Elisabeth Wedderburn, [elder] d. of James W. [unidentified] & Janet Milne [m. 1712], bap. 6/4/1718 at Inveresk [with Musselburgh, Midlothian].
1718
Alexander Wedderburn, 8th & ygst. s. of Alexander W. [b. 1675, Clerk of Dundee 1696-1717, 4th Bt. of Blackness in 1723] & Katharine Scott [m. 1697], b. 13/9/1718. (His bap. not found.) - “Uncle Sandie, whose life was spent chiefly in and about Dundee, seems to have been an eccentric humourist…who was said to have been at sea and to have been a slave of the Algerines”. - He died in Dundee on 18/1/1790 (acc. to ‘J.W.’, not 1788). - Sir John W. of Balindean is said to have attended his funeral. - ‘A.W.’ adds: “Miss Katharine Graham represented her brother Robert as the only relative who took any charge of the interment, but this could hardly be, for in 1788 Robert Graham was scarcely 13 years old….”. (W.B. pp. 261-62) - [‘Uncle Sandie’ has been left off the ‘pedigree’ of Sir David W., Bt., 1803, shown on p. 527 of W.B. Vol. II - “the arrangement of which has been slightly altered from that of the original MS. to suit the printed page”. (‘A.W.’, in footnote.)]
1718
John Wedderburn, [only] s. of Thomas W. [unidentified] & Euphan Greg [m. 1715], bap. 26/10/1718 at Prestonpans [co. Haddington].
1718
Isobel Edward only d. of David Edward ‘of Pearsie’ & Beatrice Proctor, was b. 12/11/1718. [Isobel’s father was drowned when she was an infant and, following a law-suit after the death of her grandfather, John Edward, in 1821, Isobel was adjudged to be the heiress of Pearsie.] - She m. Robert Wedderburn (b. 1708) in 1738 (q.v.) - (W.B. p. 321)
1718
Barbara Wudderburne (sic), [perhaps b. 1687, 2nd d. of Archibald W. (cordiner) & Eupham Sympson (m. 1681)?] m. William Wilsone on 14/11/1718 at Carmunnock [3m. NW of E. Kilbride].
1718
Elizabeth Wedderburn, 2nd d. of Robert W. [b. 1685] & Mary Douglas [m. 1712], b. 23/12/1718 & bap. 28/12 at Pencaitland, co. Haddington. (W.B. p. 494)
1719
William Wedderburn, [?3rd & ygst.] s. of George W. [see Janet, bap. 1697] & Alison Fleming [m. not found], bap. 5/4/1719 at Coldingham [Berwickshire]. - [William was said to be bap. on 5/4/1769 but as George & Alison Fleming had 6 daus. and 2 sons bap. between 29/8/1697 & 23/6/1717 (q.v.), William was no doubt bap. in 1719.]
1719
Bessie Weddeburn (sic) [b. 1691, ‘d. of the deceased Archibald Wedderburn, cordiner’ - W.B. Vol. II, p. 500] m. Thomas Nimmo [Barber in south-east parish] on 30/4/1719 at Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh.
1719
Sarah Cheap, d. of George Cheap [Surgeon] & Mary Wedderburn [?b. 1697, 2nd d. of Alexander W., Advocate (b. c1660) & Mary Daes (m. 1692)], was b. 7/9/1719 & bap. the following day at Edinburgh. (W.B. p. 397) - (Witnesses: Mr. Andrew Massie, advocate, and Andrew Cheap, merchant. - W.B. Vol. II, p. 502)
1719
Margaret Wedderburn, d. of George W. [unidentified] & Christian Seton [m. not found], bap. 2/8/1719 at Prestonpans [co. Haddington]. [Two sons of George & Christian were also bap. at Prestonpans: Alexander (1722) & Henry (1724).]
1719
Alexander Wedderburn [?b. c1670 (q.v.) - unidentified] m. Margaret Lindsay on 1/12/1719 at Glasgow. - “Margaret is presumed to be Alexander’s 3rd wife.”
(W.B. p. 495)
1719
Charles Wedderburn [b. 1696, ‘of Gosford’ from 1746, 2nd s. of Sir Peter W. (b. 1659), 1st Bt. of Gosford, & Janet Halkett (m. c1694)] m. his cousin Mary Wardlaw [d. of Sir Henry Wardlaw of Pitreavie, co. Fife, Bart. & Elizabeth, 2nd d. of the late Sir Charles Halkett of Pitfirrane - i.e. sister of Sir Peter’s wife Janet] ‘probably about 1719’. (W.B. p. 382 & footnote¹) Alexander & Mary had (?)6 sons & 5 daughters: John (b. 1720); Henry (b. 1721); (?)Peter (b. 1722); Elizabeth (b. 1724); James (b. 1725); Janet (b. 1726); Charlotte (b. 1728); Mary (b. 1729); Anne (b. 1730); (another) Peter (b. 1732); & Charles (b. 1737). - Charles Wedderburn died at Gosford in 1753-54. (W.B. p. 381)
1720
John Wedderburn [afterwards (Sir) John Wedderburn-Halkett ‘of Pitfirrane’ in 1763, & 4th Bt. of Gosford in 1779], e.s. of Charles W. [b. 1696, ‘of Gosford’ from 1746] & Mary Wardlaw [m. c1719], was b. 6/8/1720 at Pitfirrane & bap. Aug. 1720 at Dunfermline, Fife. (Witnesses: Sir Peter Halket of Pitferran (sic), Mr. Robert Lindsay of Kavil & Mr. Alexander Bayne of Ryrus. - W.B. p. 382, footnote³.) - “John entered the army and was a lieutenant in Sir John Bruce’s regiment in 1748, but by 19/3/1752 he was a captain in General Halket’s regiment (‘his name wrongly given as Peter’ in the reference). - [John Wedderburn had a ‘natural’ daughter, Janet, who m. i) Joseph Elliott at Edinburgh in 1775 q.v., & ii) John McGlashan in 1794, q.v.] John m. i) in 1758, Elizabeth Fletcher [ygst. d. of Andrew Fletcher, Lord (Justice) Milton], by whom he had a daughter, Elizabeth Charlotte ‘Wedderburn or Halkett’ (b. 1758). - His wife Elizabeth died in 1758 & John m. ii) in 1762, Mary Hamilton [b. 1740, d. of the Hon. John Hamilton, advocate (2nd s. of Thomas, 6th Earl of Haddington & Margaret, d. of Sir John Home of Blackadder)], by whom he had 6 sons & 7 daughters, who all took the surname ‘Halkett’. [See under m. in 1762.] - On his father’s death, in 1754, John succeeded to the estates of Gosford (which, under an elaborate entail drawn up by his grandparents, Sir Peter W. & Janet Halkett, in 1706, had been inherited by his father Charles as ‘second son’). - The estates of Pitfirrane had passed to John’s cousin, Francis Halkett, under a settlement made by his father, the 2nd Bt. of Gosford, in 1751, because Francis’s older brother Peter, who would succeed as 3rd Bt. of Gosford, had been ‘weak-minded’ from birth. When Francis Halkett died, unmarried, in 1760, John became heir presumptive to the Gosford baronetcy and he was appointed ‘curator’ to Peter, by then 3rd Bt. of Gosford (who was adjudged ‘incompos mentis’ on 20/2/1761), and took over the running of both the estates. However, the ‘elaborate entail’ of 1706 decreed that in the event of the two estates ever devolving on one heir, ‘he should at once denude himself of one of them in favour of the next junior branch of his family’ - in this case, John’s younger brother Henry (a ‘free mariner’ who spent many years in the East Indies - W.B. pp. 383/4) - and a contract was drawn up on 18/1/1768, between John and Henry (b. 1721), as to the terms on which John would relinquish Gosford. - In 1770 a law-suit was brought by Henry (and his younger brother Alexander W. ‘of St. Germains’), to decide whether Henry should immediately enter into possession of the Gosford estates or wait until the demise of Sir Peter. By 1770-71 the House of Lords had ruled in Henry’s favour & he was granted the great seal charter of Gosford on 6/8/1771, after which John was always called ‘Halkett’ or ‘Wedderburn-Halkett’ of Pitfirrane. - On Sir Peter’s death in 1779 John succeeded him as 4th Bt. of Gosford (W.B. pp. 386-89) - Sir John W-H died at Pitfirrane on 7/8/1793. - He was succeeded as 5th Bt. of Gosford by his e.s. Charles (b. 1764). - (W.B. pp. 387-89) - [The Halketts of Pitfirrane were the only branch of the Wedderburn family who would not allow ‘A.W.’ access to their family papers when he was engaged in his research. (Was this reluctance perhaps something to do with the circumstances surrounding the apparent ‘disgrace’ - and subsequent alleged drowning - of the e.s. of Sir Peter W., Lord (Justice) Gosford, & Agnes Dickson - John Wedderburn of Gosford, b. 1657 - or the fact that Charles W. (b. 1696 - John of Gosford’s nephew) appears to have had two sons named James? - See W.B. p. 382)]
1720
Hellen Wedderburn, 3rd d. of Robert W. [b. 1685] & Mary Douglas [m. 1712], b. 11/12/1720 & bap. 16/12 at Pencaitland, co. Haddington. (W.B. p. 494)
1721
Christian Wedderburn, 2nd d. of Thomas W. [unidentified] & Euphan Greg [m. 1715], bap. 1/2/1721 at Prestonpans [co. Haddington].
1721
Mary Wedderburn $ [‘d. of Alexander W., Cordiner in Glasgow, now in south-east parish’] m. James Man [Woolcomber in north-east parish] on 9/6/1721 at Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh. ( W.B. Vol. II, p. 500) - [‘Mary’ - shown as ‘Margaret’ on p. 492 of W.B. Vol. I - is believed to be ‘Marion’, bap. 4/1/1690 at Glasgow, d. of Alexander W. (?b. c1670) & his first wife, Elspet Gilliland. (W.B. p. 495) - [“James Man is distinct from the James Man (Mein?), wright, ‘indweller in north west paroch’, who m. Girsell (sic) Wedderburn (b. 1692), d. of the late Archibald W., burgess in Canongate, Edinburgh, on 3/6/1709”. (W.B. p. 492, footnote²)]
1721
Henry Wedderburn [‘of Gosford’ from 1771], 2nd s. of Charles W. [b. 1696, ‘of Gosford’ from 1746] & Mary Wardlaw [m. c1719], was b. & bap. on 19/7/1721 at Dunfermline, Fife. (On W.B. p. 383 the year of Henry’s birth is given, incorrectly, as 1722. - Witnesses: Robert Lindsay of Kavil, etc. - W.B. p. 382, footnote³) - “Henry was bred to the sea and settled at Bengal as a free mariner soon after 1740”. - Henry is said to have m. his first wife, Alice ---, c1747 but “no-one could mind Alice’s surname”. (W.B. p. 384) - By her he had 2 sons & 3 daughters: James (‘buried at Calcutta 13/10/1751’); Charles (‘infant, buried at Calcutta, 16/7/1755); Mary (the eldest, & only surviving, child, bap. 1748, q.v.); Janetta (‘buried at Calcutta 21/4/1753’); & Elizabeth (‘bap. at Fort William, Bengal, 20/8/1766 who must have died before 1768, when her sister Mary is called her father’s only child’). - Henry m. ii) at Edinburgh, on 31/1/1768, Miss Mary Belsches [d. of John Belsches of Innermay, Perthshire]. - “She died in child-bed at Calcutta in July 1771, leaving no issue”. - He m. iii) at Calcutta, on 4/3/1773, Alice Tetley, “who survived him, but died before 1806”, by whom he had one surviving daughter, Elizabeth (bap. 12/3/1776 at Calcutta, who m. Captain James Murray,‘said to be a nephew of John, Duke of Athole’) and died before 17/4/1814. (W.B. p. 385 & footnotes) - “Upon the war with Suraja Dowlah in 1757 Henry was appointed lieutenant and captain of the Grenadier Company of Militia, and in reward for his then services was in 1758 promoted by the local government to the situation of Master Attendant of Marine, a post of considerable importance, which he did not hold for long.... Henry was left in command of the forts of Janna and Tobehannach, then served on board Captain Wilson’s ship….. He joined the army and remained with it as a volunteer until hostilities (with the Dutch) were over, when he returned to the merchant service as captain of one of Henry Vansittart’s traders”. (W.B. p. 383) - “Henry returned home before 1767, in which year he is described as ‘late of Bengal’ and, in the following year, he entered into an elaborate contract with his brother John [b. 1720 (q.v.)] as to the terms on which, in the event of the House of Lords deciding in his favour, he would take possession of Gosford, and executed a bond of provision, 2 Feb. 1768, in favour of his daughter Mary, ‘then his only child’. In this same year he married, at Edinburgh, his second wife, and at once returned to Calcutta, ‘as appears from a bond by him dated there 1 Oct. 1769.’ In 1769, Henry was restored to the office of Master Intendant (sic) of Marine, a post which he held until his death, and upon the decision of the House of Lords being in his favour, 19 March 1770, he got a great seal charter of Gosford, 6 Aug. 1771, but did not return home, a factory by him to his uncle of S. Germain’s, to deal with a bond for £1000 granted by Belsches of Innermay being dated 25 March 1774. A year before his death Henry was endeavouring to sell Gosford, and granted another factory dated at Fort William, Calcutta, 19/1/1776, to his uncle of S. Germain’s (ante p. 376), to effect a sale, but nothing was done until after his death”. (W.B. p. 383-4) - Henry died at Calcutta on 17/11/1777 and Gosford then became the property of his elder surviving daughter Mary (b. 1748, wife of Lt.-Col. Sir John Cumming), who sold it to an Edinburgh accountant, Alexander Farquharson. In 1784, Mr. Farquharson sold Gosford to Francis, 5th Earl of Wemyss, in whose family it has since remained, though since demolished and rebuilt on a nearby site. (W.B. pp. 383-86) - [N.B. Henry succeeded to the estates of Gosford in 1771, while his brother John retained the estates of Pitfirranne and, in 1779, on the death of his cousin Sir Peter Halkett, John succeeded him as Sir John Wedderburn-Halkett ‘of Pitfirrane’, 4th Bt. of Gosford. (The baronetcy of Pitfirrane had become extinct in 1705 on the death, without issue, of Sir James Halkett, brother of Janet Halkett.)]
1721
Agnes Wedderburn, [younger] d. of James W. [unidentified] & Janet Milne [m. 1712], bap. 10/9/1721 at Inveresk [with Musselburgh, Midlothian].
1722
John Webster, s. of George Webster, bap. 23/4/1722 at Kirriemuir. - [John is almost certainly the e.s. of Beatrice Proctor (widow of David Edward ‘of Pearsie’ & mother of Isobel Edward who m. Robert Wedderburn in 1738) & her 2nd husband, ‘Mr. Webster’ (m. not found). - John was one of several brothers who founded “Webster & Co.”, an ‘East &West India House’ in Leadenhall St., London (afterwards “Wedderburn, Webster & Co.”). - John died in London in mid-1793 leaving a Will (written on 1/2/1792 & proved in London on 14/9/1793). Although he left legacies to various members of the Wedderburn family - as did his brothers James (b. 1724, d. 1789), David (b. 1733, d. 1787) & the Rev. Dr. Thomas Webster (b. 1731, d. 1816) - John’s Will is not mentioned in the W.B., though he is referred to on p. 322. Their brother George (b. 1729) did not leave a Will.]
1722
Peter Wedderburn, 3rd s. of Charles W. [b. 1696, ‘of Gosford’ from 1746,] & Mary Wardlaw [m. c1719], was b. & bap. in Nov. 1722 at Dunfermline, Fife. (W.B. p. 382, footnote³) - [In footnote 4, ‘A.W.’ states:“Playfair, in the ‘Baronage of Scotland’, erroneously places Peter as fourth son” - but the Scottish OPR shows that a Peter Wedderburn ‘s. of Charles W. & Mary Wardlaw’, was bap. on 2/10/1732 (q.v.), so if a son Peter was b. in 1722 he must have died before 1732. ] - Charles & Mary’s son Peter “is said to have entered the Dutch army and died young”. (W.B. p. 382)
1722
Marion Scrymgeour [elder d. of Dr. Alexander Scrymgeour & Janet Falconer (m. 1697)] m. George Hewett in 1722. - [In W.B. Vol. II, ‘A.W.’ states that at the close of his work on the W.B., ‘a fresh batch of old papers was unexpectedly found at Birkhill’. - In Note 5, p. xv, he amends the information given on p. 174 of W.B. Vol. I. - The following is the amended account from Vol. II: “Marion & George Hewett had issue, of whom, in 1745, only two survived, viz., Alexander, who, in 1746, was in business in Chester-le-Street [Durham] and Jean or ‘Jane’. The Fleming, Scrymgeour & Mary Hewett, named in the text [Vol. I, p. 174] are, thus, not the children of Marion Scrymgeour, but, I think, of her son; and the Mrs. Hewett mentioned in 1773 is more probably his wife and not his mother, who was, however, certainly alive in 1757”. - In Vol. I, p. 174, ‘A.W.’ writes: “In 1773, Mrs. Hewett, six children and a servant went from Dundee to London; in 1781, Fleming Scrymgeour wrote to Alexander Scrymgeour-Wedderburn in regard to the expense of his outfit for merchant-shipping service in the West Indies; in 1787, a Scrymgeour Hewett is named in an account for school books; and there is also a Mary Hewett named in a note of annuities and legacies left by the settlement of Janet Scrymgeour” (who is ‘Mrs. Gillespie, senior’ - see m. of Katharine W. in 1739). He adds: “Mrs. Hewett was deceased by 1777”.]
172?
Jean Scrymgeour [ygr. daughter of Dr. Alexander Scrymgeour & Janet Falconer (m. 1697)] m. Alexander Watson [b. 1707, 4th s. of Grissell Wedderburn, b. 1680, & Thomas Watson ‘of Grange’, m. 1700 (q.v.).] - “Their daughters Margaret & Janet Watson, are named. They must have been born after 1740. They lived in Newcastle-upon-Tyne with their aunt, Mrs. Hewett [see preceding entry], who at one time (1745) proposed that Janet should go and live with her maternal uncle, Dr. John Wedderburn in Dundee”. [Dr. Wedderburn of ‘Idvies’ (1678-1751, 3rd s. of James W., Clerk of Dundee) was Janet’s great-uncle. He m. his second cousin, Margaret Balfour in 1690. (W.B. p. 250)] - “Only one of Jean’s daughters, Janet (b. c1747), survived childhood. She m. John Gillespie in 1776. (She is the ‘Mrs. Gillespie senior’ referred to in the entry above). - (W.B. pp. 175-76 & 263) - In 1896, ‘A.W.’ states that “Mr. Henry Scrymgeour-Wedderburn now of Wedderburn and Birkhill [see 1773] has no knowledge of any living descendant of these two aunts of his grandfather [Marion & Jean Scrymgeour] and believes their lines to be extinct”. (W.B. p.174 footnote¹) - [The name ‘Hewitt’, however, appears in the family-tree of a Henry Wedderburn ‘or Weatherburn’ in Northumberland (W.B. pp. 500-01 - see ); and Jabez W., Scalemaker (b. 1801), & his daughter Sarah (b. 1834) both m. a ‘Hewitt’. (On her 2nd m., in 1856, Sarah’s surname is spelt as Hewett on the m. Cert.]
1723
Alexander Wedderburn, [?e.] s. of George W. [unidentified] & Christian Seaton [m. not found], bap. 10/4/1722 at Prestonpans [co. Haddington]. This Alexander is not shown in the W.B. - [Alexander Wedderburn, 2nd Bt. of Blackness (b. 1672), m. Elizabeth Seton at Edinburgh on 1/6/1693.]
1723 John Wedderburn, weaver in Prestoun, made a bond in favour of his daughter Helen on 4/9/1723 ‘obliging himself and his son Thomas to pay her 200 merks for her kindness to him & Helen Cubie, her mother. (Records of Sheriff Court of Haddington, s. 2 Jan. 1728 - sic) - (W.B. p. 495) - [See entry under 1690, in which John Wedderburn, weaver in Prestonpans, and his wife, Helen Corbie (sic) are pursuers.] - (On W.B. p. 495, ‘A.W.’ suggests that John W’s first wife may have been Jean Laurie (1670), & Helen Cubie his 2nd.)
1723
Helen Wedderburn, 3rd d. of Thomas W. [unidentified] & Euphan Greg [m. 1715], bap. 25/9/1723 at Prestonpans [co. Haddington].
1723
William Wedderburn m. Elizabeth Mason on 27/10/1723 at Coldingham. - [William may be a son of William W. & Helen Anderson who were m. at Coldingham in 1695 (q.v.) - although, unlike their other children, William’s baptism has not been found. ] - William & Margaret had 4 sons & 2 daus. bap. at Coldingham: George (b. 1724, d. 1727); John (b. 1726, m. 1756); James (b. 1729, ?m. 1761); Alison (b. 1731); Janet (b. 1734) & William (b. 1738, ?m. 1763). - He must be the ‘W… Wedderburn Spouse Mason, son George Wedderburn 30/4’ who was buried at Coldingham on 2/8/176-? (sic), aged 77. - [William (an adult - ?William’s father) ‘of Rickelsyde of Coldingham was buried at Coldingham in 1734.
1723
Andrew Cheep (sic), s. of George Cheep (sic) [Surgeon & collector of customs at Prestonpans, 5th s. of Harry Cheap of Rossie, Fife] & Mary Wedderburn [b. 1697 - d.o.m. unknown - (?)2nd d. of Alexander W. (Advocate, b. c1660) & Mary Daes (m. 1692)], was b. & bap. on 22/11/1723 at Aberlady. (Witnesses: the Honourable my Lord Elibank & Adam Durham of Luffnes. - W.B. Vol. II, p. 508) - “Andrew Cheep took Holy Orders and was afterwards prebendary of York and rector of Sutton in the Forest”. (W.B. p. 397) - [One of Andrew’s 7 brothers, Thomas Cheap, became a Director of the East India Company. - He also had two sisters, Mary & Sarah Cheap.]
1724
James Webster, s. of George Webster & Beatrice Proctor [m. not found], bap. 24/3/1724 at Dundee. - [James, b. 20/3/1724, is the 2nd s. of Beatrice Proctor (widow of David Edward ‘of Pearsie’ & mother of Isobel Edward who m. Robert Wedderburn in 1738), & her 2nd husband, ‘Mr. Webster’. - W.B. p. 321, footnote 5). - James is one of several brothers who were partners in “Webster & Co.”, an ‘East & West India House’ in Leadenhall St., London (afterwards “Wedderburn, Webster & Co.”). - James died at his house on Clapham Common, London, on 29/12/1789, and was buried at St. Andrew Undershaft. - In his Will (written on 14/11/1789 & proved in London on 8/1/1790) he left legacies to various members of the Wedderburn family, as did his brothers John (b. 1722, d. 1793), David (b. 1733, d. 1787) & the Rev. Dr. Thomas Webster (b. 1731, d. 1816). - Their brother George (b. 1729) did not leave a Will. - Under the terms of James’s Will, Robert Wedderburn’s & Isobel Edward’s youngest son, David (b. 1757), took over as senior partner of Webster & Co. ‘on condition that he changed his surname to Webster’. (W.B. p. 329)
1724
Thomas Wedderburn, [younger] s. of James W. [unidentified] & Janet Milne [m. 1712], bap. 10/5/1724 at Inveresk [with Musselburgh, Midlothian].
1724
Elizabeth Wedderburn, e.d. of Charles W. [b. 1696, ‘of Gosford’ from 1746] & Mary Wardlaw [m. c1719], bap. 12-13/5/1724 at Dunfermline, Fife. (W.B. p. 382 footnote³) - “Elizabeth died unm.” (W.B. p. 383)
1724
George Wedderburn, e.s. of William W. [unidentified] & Elizabeth Mason [m. 1723], bap. 15/9/1724 at Coldingham [Berwickshire]. George died on 30/4/1727 and was buried on (?)2/5/1727. (Coldingham Mortcloth Index)
1724
John Wedderburn [b. 1704, 5th Bt. of Blackness in 1744, e. (surv.) s. of Sir Alexander W., 4th Bt. of Blackness (b. 1675), & Katharine Scott] m. Jean Fullarton [e.d. of John Fullarton of Fullarton] on 22/10/1724 at Perth. (W.B. p. 284) - [See John, 1704 above, for more details.] - John & Jean had 4 daughters & 7 sons: Margaret (b. 1725); Katharine (b. 1726); Alexander (b. 1727, d. 1733); John (afterwards Sir John ‘of Balindean’, b. 1729); James (afterwards ‘of Inveresk’, b. 1730); Charles (b. 1732, d. 1733); Susannah (b. 1734); Peter (b. 1736); Alexander (?b. 1737); David (?b. 1740) & Agatha (?b. 1736-40). - On the death of his father in 1744, John succeeded him as 5th Bt. of Blackness but he was executed at Kennington Common, London, on 28 Nov. 1746, after being tried & found guilty of taking part in the 1745 Jacobite uprising. (W.B. pp. 264-284)
1724
Henry Wadderburn (sic), [?2nd] s. of George W. [unidentified] & Christian Seaton [m. not found], bap. 8/11/1724 at Prestonpans [co. Haddington].
1724
Agnes Wedderburn, 3rd d. of William W. [Weaver, indweller] & Jean Pargillas [sic - Pargillis, m. 1709], bap. 13/12/1724 at Edinburgh. (W.B. pp. 492-93) - (Witnesses: Thomas Baveradge, indweller, & James Boyd, flesher. W.B. Vol. II, p. 502)
1725
William Wedderburn, younger s. of Robert W. [b. 1685] & Mary Douglas [m. 1712], bap. 14/3/1725 at Pencaitland, co. Haddington. (W.B. p. 494)
1725
Janet Wedderburn [?bap. 1697, e.d. of George W. & Alison Fleming (m. not found)] m. Alexander Forbes on 1/4/1725 at Coldingham.
1725
James Wedderburn, 4th s. of Charles W. [b. 1696, ‘of Gosford’from 1746] & Mary Wardlaw [m. c1719], was b. & bap. on 19/7/1725 at Dunfermline, Fife. (W.B. p. 382) - [‘A.W.’ writes: “James is said to have entered the E. India Co.’s army and to have died in the Black Hole of Calcutta in 1756. However, in the ‘Genealogical Account’ of 1780, he is described simply as an officer in the army who died unm., while his younger brother Charles (b. 1728) is said to have died in the Black Hole. Further, in a contract dated 1768, Henry W. of Gosford agrees that he will pay a certain annuity to his brother, Ensign James Wedderburn - which makes it clear that James was still alive in 1758. In addition, the administration of the estate of James Wedderburn, late of Heath, co. York, ensign in Sir Wm. Pepperel’s regiment of foot, was granted on 12/4/1771 to his brother John as next of kin”. (W.B. p. 382, footnote³) - [In footnote 7, ‘A.W.’ suggests: “A possible solution is that Charles had two sons called James: a) one born in 1725, who died young, and b) another born much later, who died about 1770”.]
1725
Margaret Wedderburn, e.d. of John W. [b. 1704, 5th Bt. of Blackness in 1744] & Jean Fullarton [m. 1724], was b. 30/8/1725. - “Margaret m. Richard Dundas of Blair, Perth, ‘before 15/5/1761’. - They had 2 sons, John & Robert Dundas. - John died unm. but Robert, who succeeded to Blair, m. and had issue”. (W.B. p. 286)
1725
John Wadderburn (sic), [?3rd] s. of George W. [unidentified] & Christian Seaton [m. not found], bap. 1/12/1725 at Prestonpans [co. Haddington].
1726
Grisel Wedderburn [b. 1706, 3rd d. of Sir Alexander W., 4th Bt. of Blackness (b. 1675) & Katharine Scott (m. 1715)] m. James Graham [‘of Meathie’] on 28/3/1726 at Dundee. - [James Graham ‘of Meathie’ was related to the famous ‘Graham of Claverhouse’.] - Grissell died ‘s.p.’ before Sept. 1730 & James m. ii) Isobel Guthrie. (He & Isobel Guthrie had a son James, b. 1741, who m. Elizabeth Wedderburn (b. 1746), e.d. of Robert W. ‘of Pearsie’.) - (W.B. pp. 263 & 322)
1726
Jean Wedderburn, 4th d. of William W. [Weaver] & Jean Pargillas [sic - Pargillis, m. 1709], was b. 2/8/1726 & bap. 7/8 at Edinburgh. (W.B. pp. 492-93) - (Witnesses: Thomas Baveradge, flesher, & John Black, taylor. - W.B. Vol. II, p. 502)
1726
Katharine Wedderburn, 2nd d. of John W. [b. 1704, 5th Bt. of Blackness in 1744] & Jean Fullarton [m. 1724], was b. 12/11/1726. - Katharine lived in Dundee and, acc. to “Our Meigle Book” (pub. 1932), ran a school in Dundee with her sister Susannah (b. 1734). - “She was never married & died at the end of Sept. 1776. - Her nephew David (b. 1775, afterwards 1st Bt. of Balindean) was her heir”. (W.B. pp. 286-87)
1726
Janet Wedderburn, 2nd d. of Charles W. [b. 1696, ‘of Gosford’ from 1746] & Mary Wardlaw [m. c1719], bap. 22/11/1726 at Dunfermline, Fife. (W.B. p. 383 & footnote³, p. 382) - Janet m. John Erskine of Balgonie, advocate, c1759 (q.v.). - [They had no issue.] - [The Janet W. who m. Henry Erskine, Bt., was b. in 1736 (q.v.).]
1726
John Wedderburn, 2nd s. of William W. [unidentified] & Elizabeth Mason [m. 1723], bap. 11/12/1726 at Coldingham [Berwickshire]. [It is no doubt this John who m. Margaret Robertson at Cockburnspath in 1756 (q.v.).]
1727
George Wedderburn [b. 1724, e.s. of Wm. W. & Elizabeth Mason (m. 1723)] died on 30/4/1727 & was buried at Coldingham on 2? May 1727. (Coldingham Mortcloth Dues)
1727
John Waderburn (sic) [unidentified] m. Elizabeth Laidly [?Laidlaw] on 3/11/1727 at Kelso [Roxburghshire].
1727
Alexander Wedderburn, e.s. of [Sir] John W. [b. 1704, 5th Bt. of Blackness in 1744] & Jean Fullarton [m. 1774], was b. 24/11/1727. - “Alexander died on 27/3/1733, 2 days after his brother Charles (b. 1732), and was buried at Dundee. (W.B. p. 285)
1728
Charlotte Wedderburn, 3rd d. of Charles W. [b. 1696, ‘of Gosford’ from 1746] & Mary Wardlaw [m. c1719], bap. 8/1/1728 at Dunfermline, Fife. (W.B. p. 382 footnote³) - “Charlotte died unm.” (W.B. p. 383)
1728
Grizell Wedderburn, 5th & ygst. d. of William W. [Weaver] & Jean Pargillis [m. 1709], was b. 22/4/1728 & bap. 28/4 at Edinburgh. (W.B. pp. 492-93) - (Witnesses: James Rannie, merchant, & Adam Black, tailor. - W.B. Vol. II, p. 502)
1728
Robert Colvill (sic), 3rd s. of Robert Colvill ‘of Ochiltree’ & Janet Wedderburn [b. 1700, e.d. of Sir Peter W., 1st Bt. of Gosford, & Janet Halkett], b. & bap. 29/6/1728 at Edinburgh. (W.B. p. 378) - (Witnesses: John Learmont, Doctor of Medicine, & David Wilson, servant to Mr. Colvill. - W.B. Vol. II, p. 503) - [“Janet & Robert Colvile had two older sons, Philip & John.] - See m. of James W. ‘of Inveresk’, to Isabella ‘Blackburn or Colvile’, heiress of ‘Craigflower’, in 1774. (W.B. p. 307)
1728
Margaret Wedderburn [?b. 1702, d. of William W. & Helen Anderson (m. 1695, q.v.)] m. James Edington on 11/7/1728 at Coldingham.
1729
John Wedderburn [afterwards Sir John W. ‘of Balindean’], 2nd [but e. surv.] s. of [Sir] John W. [b. 1704, 5th Bt. of Blackness in 1744] & Jean Fullarton [m. 1724], was b. 21/2/1729. (W.B. pp. 288-296) - John & his brother James (b. 1730, q.v.) escaped to Jamaica after their father’s execution in 1746. At first the brothers practised as Surgeons but afterwards they acquired a number of sugar-plantations there. [There is a letter from John to his sister Margaret in Dundee, dated Nov. 1747, in which he says: “You will have these letters by Capt. Ogilvie a son of your Cousin Miss Georgie’s who is loading with his ship at Savannah La Mar. - W.B. p. 291] - John became known as ‘Sir John’. - He returned to Scotland in 1768 and bought the estate of Balindean. - He m. i) Margaret Ogilvy in 1769 (q.v.). - [They had 2 sons & 2 daughters.] - Margaret died in 1775 and Sir John m. ii) Alicia Dundas in 1780 (q.v.). - [By Alicia he had 3 more sons & 4 more daughters.] - Sir John died at Balindean on 13/6/1803, leaving a Will. - Immediately following his death, his eldest (surviving) son, David (b. 1775), was created a baronet and became the 1st Bt. of Balindean. (In a footnote, ‘A.W.’ says: “In later years, 1826-30, J.W. endeavoured to get Col. Alexander W. (b. 1791) to urge his brother, Sir David, to recover the old baronetcy, presumably lost to his descendants because of the attainder of Sir John, whose name, however, was not included in any act of attainder, and whose son was described as a baronet in a subsequent Act of Parliament”.) - Sir John’s widow Alicia died in 1831.
1729
Thomas Man, s. of James Man [Woolcomber] & Mary Wedderburn [‘d. of Alexander W., cordiner in Glasgow, now in south-east parish’, m. 9/61721, q.v.], bap. 16/3/1729 at Edinburgh. (W.B. 492 & W.B. Vol. II, p. 503) - [‘Mary or Margaret’ is believed to be Marion, d. of Alexander W. & Elspet Gilliland, bap. 4/1/1690 (q.v.) at Glasgow. (W.B. p. 495) - “James Man is distinct from the James Man (Mein?), Wright, ‘indweller in north west paroch’, who m. Girsell (sic) Wedderburn (b. 1692), d. of the late Archibald W., burgess in Canongate, Edinburgh, on 3/6/1709”. (W.B. p. 492 footnote²)]
1729
George Webster, s. of George Webster & Beatrice Proctor [m. not found], bap. 10/8/1729 at Kirriemuir. - [George is the 3rd s. of Beatrice Proctor (widow of David Edward ‘of Pearsie’ & mother of Isobel Edward who m. Robert Wedderburn in 1738) & her 2nd husband, ‘Mr. Webster’. (W.B. p. p.322 footnote 5) - He is one of the brothers who were partners in “Webster & Co.”, the ‘East & West India House’ in Leadenhall St., London, afterwards “Wedderburn Webster & Co.”. - George m. Ann (?Cooke). They had 5 daughters, all bap. at Hand Alley Dissenters Church in London: Ann (bap. 5/3/1762); Mary (bap. 18/6/1763); Margaret (bap. 5/8/1764); Catherine (bap. 22/11/1767); & Isabella (bap. 4/12/1768). - George died between Nov. 1787 (when his brother David wrote his Will, q.v.) & Nov. 1789 (when his brother James wrote his Will, q.v.). - Under James’s Will, George’s widow Ann was provided for, and their 5 daughters were left ‘fortunes’.]
1729
James Wedderburn, 3rd s. of William W. [& Elizabeth Mason, m. 1723], bap. 28/9/1729 at Coldingham [Berwickshire]. [It is no doubt this James who m. Rachel Bookless at Coldingham in 1761 (q.v.). ]
1729
Mary Wedderburn, 4th d. of Charles W. [b. 1696, ‘of Gosford’ from 1746] & Mary Wardlaw [m. c1719], bap. 12-13/10/1729 at Dunfermline, Fife. (W.B. p. 382 footnote³) - Mary m. Charles Stewart ‘of Annefield’ (e.s. of John Stewart of Blairhall & Lady Anne Stewart - a sister of Lady Æmilia Stewart, wife of Charles’s brother, Sir Peter Halkett, 2nd Bt. of Gosford) in 1762 (q.v.) - (W.B. p. 383)
1729
Edward Bunkle, s. of James Bunkle [Saddler] & Elizabeth Wedderburn, bap. 25/11/1729 at Edinburgh. (W.B. Vol. II, p. 503) - “Elizabeth is no doubt the daughter of Archibald W., cordiner, & Eupham Sympson, bap. 26/5/1699”. (W.B. pp. 492-93)
1729
Alison Wedderburn [?bap. 1668 or 1706 - m. not found] spouse of John Forman [?] was buried at Chirnside [Berwickshire] in 1729. - [John Forman (?) was buried there in 1728.]
1730
James Wedderburn [afterwards James W-Colvile ‘of Inveresk’], 3rd [but 2nd surv.] s. of [Sir] John W. [b. 1704, 5th Bt. of Blackness in 1744] & Jean Fullarton [m. 1774], was b. 28/8/1730. - James & his elder brother John b. 1729, q.v.) escaped to Jamaica after their father’s execution in 1746. At first the brothers practised as Surgeons but afterwards they acquired a number of sugar-planations there. James returned to Scotland in 1773 and bought ‘Inveresk Lodge’ in Midlothian, as well taking sasine of the lands of Barnyards, Netherhill & Kirktoun of S. Fergus in Banffshire. - He m. Isabella Blackburn ‘or Colvile’ in 1774 (q.v.). - [They had 4 sons & 2 daughters.] - James died at Inveresk on 4/12/1807, leaving a Will. (W.B. pp. 305-07) - [In his Will, James left an annuity to his “natural or reputed daughter Lydia Graham, lately residing with me, now spouse to Thomas Stevenson, Grocer in Mussleburgh”.]
1730
Ann Wedderburn, 5th d. of Charles W. [b. 1696, ‘of Gosford’ from 1746] & Mary Wardlaw [m. c1719], bap. 17/10/1730 at Dunfermline, Fife. - “Ann died unm.” (W.B. p. 383) - [In footnote³, ‘A.W.’ wonders whether Ann is the Ann W. who ‘died & was buried at Dundee on 4/12/1795’. (This death is shown in ‘Misc. Refs. Scottish Records, on W.B. p. 497.)]