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A chronological list of all the Weatherburns & Wedderburns (& the few Wetherburns & Widderburns) in the Northumberland & Durham, Lancashire & Yorkshire, the even fewer in Cumberland, Westmorland, Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire & Staffordshire between 1701 and 1750 and duplicates of the entries of some of the Wedderburns & their ancestors in Dundee and Gosford and from Berwickshire & Roxburghshire.

1701

James Weatherburn, of So. Shields, b. ‘abt. 1701, @ Spouse: Mary Longstall.   [See m. 1726 - A James W. was b. at S. Shields in 1708 (q.v.).]

1701

Robert Weatherburn, of So. Shields, b. ‘abt. 1701’,  Spouse: Jane Grundle.   [See bap. 1706 & m. 1726]

 

1701

Issable Wetherburne, d. of Joseph W. & Issable [Drover (m. 1697)], bap. 6/3/1701 at St. Nicholas Parish Reg. & Nonconf., Newcastle upon Tyne.  

1701

William Watherburn (sic), [3rd] s. of William W. [?m. 1694], bap. 30/3/1701 at South Shields.   

1701

John Wetherburne, [?2nd] s. of John W. [unidentified] & Dorothy [?Bewicke (m. 1693 at Rothbury)], bap. 11/5/1701 at St. Nicholas Parish Rec. & Nonconf., Newcastle upon Tyne.  [John Weatherburn & Dorothy Bewicke had a s. Gabriel bap. 1694 at Rothbury.- See also this John’s siblings: Ann (1702) & Dorothy (1705).]

1701

Johanna Wetherburne, [7th] d. of Joh. W. [& Ann Milbourne (m.1686)], bap. 12/6/1701 at Saint John’s, Newcastle upon Tyne.  (Same child as next entry.)

1701

 Johanna Wetherbyrne, [7th] d. of Jn. W. [& Ann Milbourne (m.1686 at Newcastle)], bap. 12/6/1701 at Saint John’s, Deansgate, Manchester.  (Bap. also at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, same date. - See entry above.)  

1701

Jane Wetherburn, [elder] d. of Michll. W. [m. not found], bap. 30/11/1701 at Gateshead.  [See Jane’s (probable) siblings: John (1695); William (1698) & Isabell (1704).]

1702 Jane Weatherburne, [5th] d. of Ralph W. [b. 1662 (Probably 3rd d. by his 2nd wife Ellinor Ditchborne, m. 1693 at Edlingham)], bap. 1/2/1702 at Alnwick.  [It may be this Jane who m. Edmund Gair in 1723 (q.v.).]

1702

Margaret Widerburn (sic), d. of William W. [unidentified] & Helen Anderson [m. 1695], bap. 13/5/1702 at Coldingham.  [Another entry-  the 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

Ann Wetherburne, [elder] d. of John W. [unidentified] & Dorothy [?Bewicke (m. 1693 at Rothbury)], bap. 18/10/1702 at St. Nicholas Parish Rec. & Nonconf., Newcastle upon Tyne.  [John Weatherburne & Dorothy Bewicke had a s. Gabriel bap. 1694 at Rothbury. - See also Ann’s siblings: John (1701) & Dorothy (1705).]

1702 Elizabeth Wedderburn, [3rd] d. of George W. [see Janet W. bap. 1697] & Alison Fleming [m. not found], bap. 13/12/1702 at Coldingham [Berwickshire]. - [Another daughter was named Elizabeth in 1717.]

1703

Mrs. Gabriel Weatherburn @ Spouse: Gabriel Weatherburn, of So. Shields, b. ‘abt. 1703’.  [See marriages in 1721 & 1724.]

1703

Ann Wetherburne, d. of Thomas W. [?bap. 1675 at S. Shields - m. not found], bap. 10/5/1703 at Gosforth.  Ann was buried at St. Nicholas, Gosforth, Northumberland, on 17/71705. (NBI) - [See Ann’s siblings: William (1700) & Luke (1706).]  

1703

William Weatherburne, s. of John W. [& Jane Reed (m. 1699)], bap. 7/6/1703 at Whickham.  [It may be this William who m. Ann Story at Ryton in 1728 (q.v.).]

1704 John Weatherburn ‘s. of Robert’ was sworn as a Freeman of Berwick on Tweed on 4/1/1704. [He is probably John ‘Wetherburn’ bap. at B-on-T on 6/6/1682 & the John Wedderburn who m. Ann Ferguson at Berwick upon Tweed on 6/1/1706 (q.v.).]  

1704

Margaret Wedderburn [b. 1684, d. of Robert W. (b. 1651) & Ann (?Crosby, m. 1681)] m. John Hackitt at Berwick upon Tweed on 18/6/1704. [Margaret’s father Robert was admitted a Freeman in 1670 (q.v.). He was struck off the Freeman’s Roll on 24/2/1709, ‘accused of stealing corn from the mill’, but was readmitted, as Robert Wedderburn, on 23/1/1712.] - John [Hackwith (sic)], Margaret’s & John Hackitt’s son, was cared for by his grandfather ‘who had been convicted of theft in 1711’. - John Hackwith apparently became a Butcher, having been apprenticed to his grandfather, but gave up the trade. - He may be the John Hackwith who m. Margaret Trotter at Norham on 2/6/1727. - In David Brenchley’s book  about life in 18th century Berwick-on-Tweed, it is stated that ‘John Hackwith was a violent man who was often in debt and attacked his wife…and had also assaulted Margaret Ferguson with whom his wife took refuge. In 1741 Hackwith stole a purse….and was sentenced to be transported. His wife Margaret, left to fend for herself, was often in trouble, and was reported for keeping a disorderly house on several occasions.’     

1704  

Henry Weatherburn [?b. 1685 at Newburn, 4th s. of Robert W.] m. Ellenor Richyson [Richardson] on 27/6/1704 at Longhoughton.  

1704

Isabell Wetherburn, [yngr.] d. of Michll. W. [m. not found], bap. 16/7/1704 at Gateshead. [See Isabell’s (probable) siblings: John (1695); William (1698) & Jane (1701).]  

1704

 Jane Watherburn (sic), d. of William W. [? m. 1694], bap. 20/7/1704 at South Shields.  

1704

 Hanney (sic) [?Henry or Annie] Watherburn, [e.] ch. of Thomas W. [m. not found], bap. 10/8/1704 at South Shields.  [See ‘Hanney’s’ siblings: John (1705); Mary (1706); Thomas (1708); William (1710); a second John (1713) & Ann (1716).]

1704

Anne Wetherborne [unidentified] m. Thomas Benson on 10/10/1704 at Newburn.  

1704

Elizabeth Wedderburn (an adult) was buried on 22/7/1704 at Coldingham, Berwickshire.

 

1705

John Watherburn (sic), [?2nd] s. of Thomas W. [m. not found], bap. 3/3/1705 at South Shields.  [See John’s siblings: ‘Hanney’ (1704); Mary (1706); Thomas (1708) William (1710 ); a second John (1713) & Ann (1716).]

1705

 John Wederburn (sic) [unidentified] m. Agnes Turner on 20/3/1705 at Kelso.

 

1705

James Wedderburn (an adult) was buried on 26/5/1705 at Coldingham, Berwickshire. [Is he James of ‘Ryckelsyde’? (See 1643)]

1705

 Dorothy Wetherburn, [younger] d. of John W. [unidentified] & Dorothy [?Bewicke (m. 1693 at Rothbury)], bap. 10/6/1705 at Newcastle upon Tyne, St. Nicholas Parish Reg. & Nonconf.  [John Weatherburne & Dorothy Bewicke had a s. Gabriel bap. 1694 at Rothbury. - See also Dorothy’s siblings: John (1701) & Ann (1702).]

1705

 An Weatherburn [Mrs. An Weatherburn], of Greensfield, parish of Alnwick [b. c1681, e.d of John W. (‘of Greansfield’, d. 1712) & Grace Alder (m. 1676)] m. Thomas Wardhaugh, freemason, on 2/7/1705 at Longhoughton.  (Another entry gives date as 24/7/1705.)- When Ann’s father John Weatherburn died in 1712 he left his elder son Thomas half the lease of his land in Greenfield but Thomas was to pay £40 to Thomas Wardhaugh that John had borrowed from his account. To his daughter Ann he left £30 ‘over & above what she has already rec’d.’ . - When her mother Grace died in 1727 she she bequeathed to her three daughters, Ann, Grace & Isabel [Elizabeth], her household goods and furnishings to be divided equally between them.

1705

 Ann Wetherburn [(probably) bap. 1703, ‘d. of Thomas’] was buried at St. Nicholas, Gosforth, Northumberland. on 17/7/1705.

1705

Elizth. Wetherburne [?bap. 1679, d. of Robert W.] m. Wm. Moor on 20/7/1705 at Newburn.   

1705

Mary Weatherburn [unidentified] was buried at St. Michael, Alnwick, Northumberland, on 17/9/1705.  

1705

Nicholas Weatherburn [? a s. of Nicholas W. & Isabell Dixon (m.1675)] m. Mary Taylor on 14/10/1705 at Heworth [SE of Gateshead]. [They appear to have had 3 sons: Robert (1706, who m. Jane Grundle in 1726); James (1708) & Nicholas (1712).]

1705

Susanna Weatherburn, [6th] d. of Ralph W. [b. 1662( Probably 4th d. by his 2nd wife Ellinor Ditchborne, m. 1693 at Edlingham)], bap. 11/11/1705 at Alnwick.   

1705

Ann Weatherburn [unidentified] m. Michael Gill on 12/11/1705 at Lamesley, Durham.  

1705

Jon Watherburn (sic) [John Weatherburn, b. 1679, afterwards ‘of Greenfield’, younger s. of John W. (‘of Greansfield’, d. 1712) & Grace Alder (m. 1676)] m. Margrate Pearson on 27/12/1705 at Eglingham [5m NW of Alnwick].  The following children, bap. at Alnwick, are probably theirs: John Weatherburne (b. 1707 - who must be the ‘s. of John Weatherburn of Greenfield, Co. Northumberland, Gentleman’, who was indentured as Apprentice to George Burnett of Berwick upon Tweed, Burgess, Merchant, at Berwick on 11/10/1723 for £5, & who may be the John W. buried at B-on-Tweed on 18/12/1791); Jacob Weatherburn (b. 1709 - who m. Anne Horseley at Alnwick in 1737, had a son John , ‘s. of Jacob W. of Hawkhill’, b. 1738, & was buried at Alnwick in 1739); Thomas Weatherburn (b. 1712 - who is probably the Thomas W. ‘of St. Giles Fields’  apprenticed in 1725, and who m. Jane Sheppard at Alnwick in 1737 & was buried at Alnwick in 1760); Henry Weatherburn (b. 1714, q.v., who may be the Henry W. ‘of Alnmouth’, 4m SE of Alnwick - his m. not found - who had 3 daughters bap. at Lesbury & who was buried at Alnwick in 1743); Joseph Weatherburn (b. 1717) & Mary Weatherburn (b. 1719, ?d. 1791). - ‘Jon’ would seem to be the ‘John Wedderburn, merchant in Budal, co. Northumberland, named in various Scottish records’ [who is not John Wedderburn, b. 1717 in Dundee, as suggested by A.W.]. - He is named in a submission and decreet arbital between him and Alexander Christie, merchant in Falkirk on 24 March 1741 and again in a bill protested by him v. James Dundas of Edinburgh on 11 Aug. in the same year. - [The Estate Records of the Earles Grey & Lords Howick show that on 1/8/1742 John Weatherburn of Greensfield, parish of Alnwick, signed a lease with Henry Grey of Howick on a farm at Hawkhill alias Hawkswell. The Scottish records show that John Wedderburn was described as of Greenfield when he obtained a decree v James Dundas on 4 Nov. 1745 ...[and] on 24 Aug. 1747 he granted a factory to John Watson, W.S., to manage his affairs in Scotland. In this document he is described as ‘late of Greenfield, now of Hankey’  He would also seem to be the John Weatherburn, elder, Malster, ‘of Hawkwell, otherwise Hawkhill’ who was declared bankrupt in January 1756’. (Whitehall Evening Post, 10/1/1756) - John Weatherburn, the elder, was the same John Wedderburn, merchant, shown in 1747 as late of Greenfield, now of Hankey”, and also the John Wedderburn whose son, ‘John Wedderburn of Greenfield, younger’, pursued John Keith through the English & Scottish Courts 1752-1761 in connection with a disputed debt owed to his father John, dating back to1737. The death of Margaret Weatherburn on 9/5/1755, aged 72, is commemorated inside St. Michael’s Church, Alnwick, Northumberland, where she was buried. - John Weatherburn, who died on 10/5/1757 aged 79, is also buried there.  A newspaper article, published in 1873refers to John’s gravestone: “The family of Weatherburn is of old date. At one time they owned a considerable amount of property about this town. Descendants of the same family resided for many years at Snab Leazes in the adjoining parish of Longhoughton. The Plough Inn public house in Bondgate Street, with the quaint inscription above the doorway, is still kept by a descendant of them.”

1706

Mrs. Elizabeth Weatherburn @ Spouse: John Weatherburn, of Fellside, b. ‘abt. 1706’.  [See m. of John Weatherburn & Elizabeth Swainstone on 30/11/1725 at Ryton.]

1706

John Wedderburn [John Wetherburn, bap. 1682] m. Anne Ferguson on 6/1/1706 at Berwick upon Tweed.  [John Weatherburn (a Butcher) was admitted a Freeman of Berwick-on-Tweed on 4/1/1704. (See first extract from the Berwick Freemen’s Roll under 1727, below.)] - John  & Anne had 4 sons & 2 daughters (all bap. at B-on-T): Anne Wedderburn (1708); James Wedderburn (1710); Robert Weatherburne (1713); Isabella Wedderburn (1715); John Wedderburn (1717); & William Weatherburn (1720). - [See other extracts from Freemen’s Rolls 1730-1842, below.] - Ann Weatherburn, wife of John, was buried at Holy Trinity, Berwick, on 1/4/1732 & John is probably the John Weatherburn buried there on 20/5/1744.

1706

Mary Watherburn (sic), [?2nd] d. of Thomas W.  [m. not found], bap. 17/3/1706 at South Shields.  [See Mary’s siblings: ‘Hanney’ (1704); John (1705); Thomas (1708); William (1710); another John (1713) & Ann (1716).]

1706

Alison Wedderburn, [4th] d. of George W. [see Janet W. bap. 1697] & Alison Fleming [m. not found], bap. 28/4/1706 at Coldingham [Berwickshire].  

1706

Luke Wetherburn, [yngr.] s. of Thomas W. [?bap. 1675 at S. Shields - m. not found], bap. 30/4/1706 at Gosforth.   [See Luke’s siblings: William (1700) & Ann (1703).] - It may be this Luke who m. Mary Bell at Gosforth on 20/5/1736 (q.v.) - unless he is the Luke who was buried at Gosforth in 1708.]

1706

John Weatherburn [unidentified] m. Jane Thompson on 6/5/1706 at Gateshead.  John & Jane had 3 daughters & 2 sons: Ann (1706); Jane (1707); John (1711); Thomas (1713) & Anne (1717).

1706

 Robert Watherburn (sic), [e.] s. of Nicholas Weatherburn [& Mary Taylor (m. 1705 at Heworth)], bap. 2/6/1706 at South Shields.   [It is probably this Robert who m. Jane Grundle at S. Shields in 1726 (q.v.).]

1706

Ann Watherburn (sic) [unidentified] m. John Longstaff on 30/6/1706 at St. Hilda’s, South Shields.   

1706

Ann Weatherburn, [e.] d. of John W. [& Jane Thompson (m. 1706)], bap. 15/7/1706 at Gateshead.    

1706

Ralph Weatherburne [b. 1662, husband of i) Jane Turner (d. 1691) & ii) Ellinor Ditchmorne (m. 1693 at Edlingham)] was buried at St. Michael, Alnwick, Northumberland, on 12/8/1706. (NBI) - Ralph Weatherburn, skinner, glover, of Alnwick; also spelt Wetherburne, Weatherburne. Date of Probate: 4 November 1707, Inventory, 29 October 1707, Administration bond, penal sum £300, 4 November 1707. [Ralph’s widow Ell. Wetherburne (sic) signed the Adminstration Bond setting out her obligations on 4 November 1707.)

1706

Ralph Weatherburn, s. of Joseph W. [b. 1669 (who m. Issable Drover in 1697, q.v.)] & Margt., was bap. on 29/8/1706 at St. Nicholas Parish Rec. & Nonconf., Newcastle upon Tyne.  He is probably the Ralph Jos. Weatherburne of Denton, Northumberland, who was indentured as apprentice to Tristram Wilkinson, Tanner, of Newcastle on Tyne, in 1721 (q.v.) and the Ralph ‘Watterborn’ who m. Catherine Row at Chester le Street in 1730 (q.v.). - [See details of a case brought against Ralph Weatherburn in 1737 by his half-sister Isabell Wallas, formerly Richardson (bap. as Issable Wetherburne in 1701 at Newcastle), who m. George Richardson in 1717 at Newburn. Ralph Weatherburn was buried at St. Mary & St. Cuthbert, Chester le Street, Durham, on 8/12/1745.   

1706

 Alice Weatherburn [unidentified] m. Thomas Davison [?Davidson] on 2/10/1706 at Saint James, Shilbottle.   

1706

Margaret Wedderburn, [e.] d. of John W. [unidentified] & Agnes Turner [m. 1705], bap. 14-15/10/1706 at Kelso [Roxburghshire].  

1707

Jane Weatherburn, [2nd] d. of John W. [& Jane Thompson (m. 1706)], bap. 8/6/1707 at Gateshead.  

1707

Michaell Weatherburn, [3rd] s. of Michaell W. [Michael bap. 1671, s. of William W. & Jane Corrie (m. 1665)], bap. 8/6/1707 at Gateshead.  

1707

 John Weatherburne, [e.] s. of John W. [‘of Greenfield’, b. 1679, d. 1757 - & Margrate (sic) Pearson (m. 1705 at Eglingham, d. 1755)], bap. 22/6/1707 at Alnwick.  John Weatherburn ‘s of John Weatherburn of Greenfield, Co. Northumberland, Gentleman’, was indentured as Apprentice to George Burnett of Berwick upon Tweed, Burgess, Merchant, at Berwick on 11/10/1723, for £5. “He is one of the John W’s shown in the Berwick Freemen’s Rolls of the 1700s but it must be him first identified by trade in the 1774 Roll as John W., senr, Clerk. In a later Roll he is shown with the number 98, equating to a seniority date of 1731/2.” John would seem to be the ‘John Wedderburn of Greenfield, younger, who was the Pursuer in a case brought against John Keith, Merchant in Eyemouth, on 23 Jan. 1760, relating to a disputed debt owed to John’s father John, dating back to1737.  (See entry for ‘Jon Watherburn’s’ m. to Margrate Pearson in 1705.) - It is perhaps this John Weatherburn who was buried at Berwick on Tweed on 18/12/1791.  

1707

Ann Wetherburn [unidentified] was buried at St. Nicholas, Gosforth, Northumberland, on 7/12/1707. [Another Ann was buried there on 17/7/1705 (q.v.).]

1707

 Grizle (sic) Wedderburn, [2nd] d. of John W. [unidentified] & Agnes Turner [m. 1705], bap. 17-21/12/1707 at Kelso [Roxburghshire].  

1708

 Luke Wetherburn [?b. 1706] was buried at St. Nicholas, Gosforth, Northumberland, on 18/1/1708.

1708

 Anne Wedderburn, [elder] d. of John W. [?John Wetherburn, bap. 1682, & Anne Ferguson (m. 1706)], bap. 22/1/1708 at Berwick upon Tweed.  [She may be the Ann Weatherburn who m. John Carr on 24/12/1745 (q.v.).]

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

 James Watherburn (sic), [2nd] s. of Nicholas Weatherburn [& Mary Taylor (m. 1705 at Heworth)], bap. 11/7/1708 at South Shields.   [James is probably the James Weatherburn who m. Mary Longstall (sic - ?Longstaff) in 1726 (q.v.).]

1708

 Thomas Watherburn (sic) [?3rd] s. of Thomas W.  [m. not found], bap. 7/11/1708 at South Shields.   [See Thomas’s siblings: ‘Hanney’ (1704); John (1705); Mary (1706); William (1710); a second John (1713) & Ann (1716).]

1709

George Weatherburn, [e.] s. of John W. [& Jane Thompson (m. 1706)], bap. 17/1/1709 at Gateshead.   

1709

George Wedderburn (an adult) was buried on 12/5/1709 at Coldingham, Berwickshire.

 

1709

Jacob Weatherburn, [2nd] s. of John W. [?’of Greenfield’, b. 1679, d. 1757 - & Margrate (sic) Pearson (m. 1705 at Eglingham, d. 1755)], bap. 28/8/1709 at Alnwick.  [Jacob W. ‘of Hawkhill’, m. Anne Horseley at Alnwick in 1737 & died in 1739 (having had a s. John, b. 1738).]  

1709

 Elizabeth Wedderburn, [3rd] d. of John W. [unidentified] & Agnes Turner [m. 1705], bap. 10-11/12/1709 at Kelso [Roxburghshire].

 

1710

James Wedderburn, [e.] s. of John W. [John Wetherburn, bap. 1682, & Anne Ferguson (m. 1706)], bap. 7/5/1710 at Berwick upon Tweed.  James Weatherburn (sic), a Blacksmith, ‘s. of John’, was admitted a Freeman of B-on-Tweed in 1730. In 1736 James & his brother Robert (b. 1713), with William Suddis, were involved in a case seeking confirmation of a Pew at Berwick. Outcome unknown. James Weatherburn m. Jean Hay in 1744 (q.v.). - [They apparently had 3 daughters & 2 sons.] - In 1762, James’ brother John (bap. 1717) left him property in B-on-T in his Will. - In “A History of Berwick-upon-Tweed”, by Dr. John Fuller (pub. 1799) it says that James Widderburn  (sic), ‘born in or before 1710’, was made a Freeman in 1731 [sic], and  was “the father of the corporation of Berwick. He was living in Castlegate, a suburb of B-on-T situated without the walls, near the north west part of the town, which consists of one broad street running nearly north, being the outlet to the great north road; and a long range of houses stretching from the further end of Castlegate eastwards, called ‘Greenses’, principally inhabited by fishermen & labourers”. ] - He is probably the James Weatherburn who was buried at Holy Trinity Church on 22/10/1797.

 

1710

James Wedderburne, [2nd] s. of George W. [see Janet W., bap. 1697] & Alison Fleming [m. not found], bap. 30/7/1710 at Coldingham [Berwickshire].  

1710

William Watherburn (sic), [?4th] s. of Thomas W.  [m. not found], bap. 3/12/1710 at South Shields.  [See William’s siblings: ‘Hanney’ (1704); John (1705); Mary (1706); Thomas (1708); another John (1713) & Ann (1716).]

1711

 John Weatherburn, [e.] s. of John W. [& Jane Thompson (m. 1706)], bap. 12/2/1711 at Gateshead.  

1711

Henry Wetherburne (sic) [?bap. 1685 at Newburn] m. Elisabeth Bee on 17/9/1711 at Saint John’s, Newcastle upon Tyne.  

1712

Margret (sic) Weatherburn [unidentified], ‘servt. here’, m. Wm. Wilson, ‘carryer, of Longhoughton’, on 15/6/1712 at Longhoughton.  

1712

 John Wedderburn, s. of Alexander W. [bailie] & --- Watson, bap. 27/8/1712 at Dundee.  On W.B. p.  228, ‘A.W.’ says that this John is the 3rd s. of Alexander W. & Grizell Watson, bap. 17/8/1712. In a footnote on p. 228, ‘A.W.’ suggests that John may be the John Wedderburn ‘Merchant in Budal and later in Greenfield and Hankey, Northumberland’, but it now seems much more likely that the John W. in Greenfields was John Weatherburn bap. 1679 at Alnwick (q.v.).  

1712

Thomas Weatherburn, [3rd] s. of John W. [‘of Greenfield’, b. 1679, d. 1757 - & Margrate (sic) Pearson (m. 1705 at Eglingham, d. 1755)], bap. 12/9/1712 at Alnwick.  [Thomas may be the Thomas W. ‘of St. Giles Fields’ who was apprenticed to Jn. Woodward, Carpenter, in 1725 (q.v.). - When Grace Weatherburn (née Alder, m. 1676) wrote her Will in 1725, she left ‘£5 to her Grandchild Thomas Weatherburn’. - Thomas is probably the Thomas Weatherburn who m. Jane Sheppard at Alnwick in 1737 (q.v.) and the Thomas Weatherburn, saddler, of Alnwick, who was buried at St. Michael, Alnwick, Northumberland, on 23/12/1760. Date of Probate: 17 February 1761, Administration bond, penalty sum £200, 17 February 1761, certificate of oath, 17 February 1761.  

1712

 John Weatherburn [‘of Greansfield’ - ?e.s. of Thomas W. ‘of Greensfield’, Yeoman, d. 1673, q.v., & ?Margrett Weatherbourn, d. 1688, & husband of Grace Alder (m. 1676)] was buried at St. Michael, Alnwick, Northumberland, on 14/10/1712. John Weatherburn, yeoman, of Greansfield in the county of Northumberland; also spelt Weatherburne. Date of Probate: 5 May 1713, Will 12 October 1712, Will bond, penal sum £600, 5 May 1713. (‘Clearly a very wealthy man…as Bonds were usually set at half the estimated value of the deceased’s estate, and were placed to encourage executors to meet deadlines in the completion of their obligations’  In his Will John bequeathed half his Leashold Land in Greenfield to his widow Grace and the other half to his elder son Thomas, with the stipulation that Thomas must pay £40 to Thomas Wardhaugh. He left £30 to his daughter Ann (‘over & above what she had already rec’d’), & £40 to his daughters Margt., Grace & Issabell, & £30 to his daughter Mary (‘over & above what she had already rec’d’). His younger son John was to continue the moiety of the Farm of which he was ‘now in possession’ during the terms of the lease being at & under the yearly rent of £25, ‘allowing taxes usually’. His widow Grace was the sole Executrix. - [Grace Weatherburn of Greansfield was buried at Alnwick on 22/1/1727. (q.v.) - She, too, left a Will.]

1712

 Nicholas Watherburn (sic), ‘s. of Mrs. Watherburn’, bap. 19/10/1712 at South Shields.  [Perhaps a 3rd s. of Nicholas Weatherburn (?& Mary Taylor, m. 1705 at Heworth)?]

1712

Mary Wedderburn, [5th] d. of George W. [see Janet W., bap. 1697] & Alison Fleming, bap. 28/12/1712 at Coldingham [Berwickshire].  

1713 James Wedderburn, “assumed to be the youngest child” of Alexander Wedderburn & Mary Daes [m. 1692], was b. c1713. - “The place and date of the birth of Alexander & Mary’s third son James are not ascertained”. - James died unm. between 3 Dec. 1743 and 11 Feb. 1745.  

1713

Robert Weatherburne, [2nd] s. of John Wedderburn [John Wetherburn, bap. 1682, & Anne Ferguson (m. 1706)], bap. 5/2/1713 at Berwick upon Tweed.  Robert Weatherburn, ‘s. of John’, was apprenticed to his father (a Butcher) on 7/3/1728 and admitted a Freeman of B-on-T in 1735-1736.  Robert & his brother James (b. 1710), with William Suddis, were involved in a case in 1736 seeking confirmation of a Pew at Berwick. Outcome unknown. When Robert’s brother John (bap. 1717) died in 1762 he left Robert 1/- in his Will. - He is probably the Robert Weatherburn who was buried at B-on-T on 8/11/1770 - and is likely to be the Robert Weatherburn whose name is in the Freemen’s Roll of 1769 but with ‘dead’ appended in brackets. - [No marriage of Robert found and he seems not to have left any descendants who became Freemen of B-on-T.]  

1713

 Isabella Weatherburn [unidentified] was buried at Holy Trinity, Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, on 15/2/1713.

1713

 Thomas Weatherburn, [2nd] s. of John W. [& Jane Thompson (m. 1706)], bap. 22/6/1713 at Gateshead.   

1713

John Watherburn (sic), [?5th] s. of Thomas W.  [m. not found], bap. 13/9/1713 at South Shields. [See John’s siblings: ‘Hanney’ (1704); John (1705); Mary (1706); Thomas (1708); William (1710) & Ann (1716).]

1714

Robert Wetherburn, s. of (blank) Wetherburn, bap. 24/3/1714 at Heworth [SE of Gateshead].

  

1714

 Anne Weatherburne [?bap. 1692] m. John Pile on 9/10/1714 at Newcastle upon Tyne, St. Nicholas Parish Reg. & Nonconf.   [Another entry as: Ann Weatherburn m. John Pike on 9/10/1713 at Newcastle upon Tyne.]  

1714

Henry Weatherburn, [4th] s. of John W. [?’of Greenfield’, b. 1679, d. 1757 - & Margrate (sic) Pearson (m. 1705 at Eglingham, d. 1755)], bap. 10/12/1714 at Alnwick.   [Henry may be the Henry Weatherburn ‘of Alnmouth’ who had 3 daughters: Mary, ‘born at sea’, bap. 12/4/1738 at Hawkewell, Lesbury [Hawkhill - 3 m. E. of Alnwick] & died on 24/7/1738 aged 3mths; Margaret, who died at Lesbury on 10/9/1738 & was buried there on 20/9/1738, and another Margaret, bap. 11/10/1741 at Lesbury.] - Henry is perhaps the Henry Weatherburn buried at Alnwick on 10/5/1743 (q.v.).

1715

 Isabella Wedderburn, [ygr.] d. of John W. [?John Wetherburn, bap. 1682, & Anne Ferguson (m. 1706)], bap. 26/4/1715 at Berwick upon Tweed.  

1715 Anne Weatherburn m. Mungoe Lowis on 28/6/1715 at Alnwick.  

1715

 Eleanor Weatherburn [?b. 1698, 2nd d. of Ralph W. (b. 1662, m. 1693, d. 1706) by his 2nd wife Ellinor, née Ditchborne - or 2nd m. of Ralph’s widow Ellinor?] m. Robert Patterson on 28/11/1715 at Alnwick.   

1716

Isabella Weatherburn [unidentified] was buried at Holy Trinity, Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, on 12/1/1716.  

1716

Ann Watherburn (sic) [?3rd] d. of Thomas W.  [m. not found], bap. 22/1/1716 at South Shields.  [See Ann’s siblings: ‘Hanney’ (1704); John (1705); Mary (1706); Thomas (1708); William (1710) & a second John (1713).]

1716

Margery Weatherburn [m. 1685] was buried at Holy Trinity, Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, on 20/2/1716.  

1716

Luke Wetherburn [no doubt Luke Weatherbourn, bap. 1696] m. Francis (sic) Shepherd on 9/7/1716 at Alnwick.Luke & Frances apparently had 4 sons & 4 daughters (the first 3 bap. as Weatherburns and the others bap. as Wetherburns): Ralph (b. 1717, d. March 1770); Isabel (b. 1719, d. 1723); Thomas (b. 1720); John (b. & d. 1722); Mary (b. 1724, ?d. 1724); Sarah (b. 1725, m. William Newett in 1746); another John (b. 1728) & Jane (b. 1730). - Frances Weatherburn was buried at St. Michael, Alnwick, on 22/3/1759. - Luke Weatherburn, ‘formerly Bayliff to the Duke of Northumberland’, died on 10/5/1783, aged 88. In his Will, written on 5 June 1780, Luke Weatherburn of Canongate, Alnwick, bequeathed his two freehold properties firstly to his daughter Sarah Newett. After her death the properties were left In Trust to Luke’s friends Wm. Elder of Cotewalls, Farmer in the parish of Allinton, Northumberland, and Ralph Elder of Allinton, Merchant, and their Heirs ‘for and during the whole life of Luke’s granddaughter Ann Waite, now wife of James Waite’.  After Ann’s death, they were to pass to Luke’s grandson Luke Weatherburn, ‘son of my late son Ralph Weatherburn, dec’d’. - However, young Luke (b. 1761) died in 1781, thus also predeceasing his grandfather and the properties eventually came into the possession of Luke senior’s grandson John Weatherburn (Ralph senior’s 3rd son, bap. 1748, q.v. - i.e. young Lukes’ half-brother). - On John’s death, in 1822, he left the premises in Bondgate St. known as the ‘Plough’ In Trust to John Thirlwall, Esq., of Alnwick, and his Heirs [but] ‘to the use of my son Ralph (b. c1776) and immediately after his decease to the use of Ralph’s two daughters’.  The ‘newly-erected dwelling-house behind the Plough’ John left to Ann Waite [Luke senior’s granddaughter] and he stipulated that immediately after her death, that, too, was to go to John’s granddaughters, Mary & Jane, to whom use of the Plough passed when their father Ralph died in 1831.  

1716

John Weatherburn [unidentified] was buried at St. Michael & All Angels, Houghton le Spring, Durham, on 28/7/1716. [A William Wetherburne was buried there in 1676 (q.v.).]

1716

James Weatherburn [unidentified] was buried at St. Nicholas, Guiseborough, N/R Yorks., on 29/12/1716.

1717

 Isabell Wetherburne, d. of Joseph W. [b. 1669] & Isabella Drover [m. 1697] m. Geo. Richardson on 20/2/1717 at Newburn. They had (at least) three children: Joseph, Margaret & Jane Richardson. - Isabell’s father Joseph Wadderburn (sic) died in 1730, leaving a Will: Joseph Weatherburn, house carpenter, of West Denton in the county of Northumberland. Date of Probate: 28 December 1730, Will 11 February. Will bond, penal sum £200, 28 December, 1730. In 1737, Isabell Wallas, formerly Richardson, late widow of George Richardson, as their Guardian, on behalf of her children, Jane Richardson minor, Joseph Richardson and Margaret Richardson, , in the Consitory Court of Durham Diocese, brought a Case against  Ralph Weatherburn of Chester le Street as executor of the deceased, their grandfather, Joseph Weatherburn of West Denton, house carpenter decased. The allegation in each case is substraction of legacy and the documents listed are, libel, proxy, copy parish register extracts, allegations, affidavits and sentence. The fact that sentence mentioned indicates that the allegations were proven.  

1717

 Joseph Weatherburn, [?5th] s. of John W. [?’of Greenfield, b. 1679 - & Margrate (sic) Pearson (m. 1705 at Eglingham)], bap. 21/2/1717 at Alnwick. [He may be the Joseph Weatherburn who was buried at St. Michael, Alnwick, Northumberland, on 21/1/1756, or the Joseph Weatherburn, formerly of Alnwick, of the ship “Triton”, who wrote his Will on 12/5/1756. - Administration with Will annexed was granted to Thomas Hudson or Hutson, the Sole Executor, on 27/3/1761.]

1717

 John Wedderburn, [3rd] s. of John W. [John Wetherburn, bap. 1682, & Anne Ferguson (m. 1706)], bap. 5/3/1717 at Berwick upon Tweed.  John, ‘s. of John Weatherburn’, was indentured as Apprentice to his father [a Butcher] on 22/3/1733 (q.v.). See Freemen of B-on-T Roll details - first entry 1727. -  John Weatherburn was buried at B-on-T on 1/3/1762.  - He left a Will, written on 21 February 1762, in which his brothers James, Robert & the late William are mentioned, as well as his nephews John and Robert Weatherburn, & the infant children of his late brother William - Elias, William and Ann Weatherburn - as well as his nieces Ann (bap. 1745) &  Margaret Weatherburn (?m. 1/3/1781).  

1717

Hannah Wetherburn [?bap. 1696] m. Ralph Nicholson on 5/5/1717 at Gateshead.   [Hannah may be the 4th d. of John W. & Ann Milbourne (m. 1686).]

1717 Ralph Weatherburn, [e.] s. of Luke W. [Weatherbourn, b. 1696, d. 1783, & Frances Shepherd (m. 1716)], bap. 8/5/1717 at Alnwick.  Ralph m. i) Ann Jopling at Witton Gilbert (Durham) on 17/5/1739 (q.v.). - (Witton Gilbert is a few miles S of Chester le Street.) - [They had 3 sons & (at least) one daughter.] - Ralph, a Carpenter and Joiner-Wheelwright, became Innkeeper of the Plough Inn in Bondgate Street, Alnwick, no doubt one of two properties owned by his father Luke.  - It is not known when Ralph’s wife Ann died but he m. ii) Mary Robson at Witton Gilbert in 1760 (q.v.). - [They had (at least) 1 son and probably two daughters.] - Ralph died in 1770, thus predeceasing his father, so use of the ‘Plough Inn’ was bequeathed by Luke to his daughter Sarah Newett. After her death it was to pass to his granddaughter Ann Waite, and, when she died, was to go to the deceased Ralph’s youngest s. Luke (b. 1761). However, young Luke died in 1681, thus also predeceasing his grandfather, and The ‘Plough’ eventually became the property of Luke’s grandson John Weatherburn (bap. at Witton Gilbert in 1748, q.v. - Ralph’s 3rd son & half-brother of Luke b. 1761). - Ralph Weatherburn was buried at Alnwick in March 1770. - Probate of the Will of Ralph Weatherburn, inn keeper, wheelwright, of Alnwick in the county of Northumberland, written on 18 March 1770, was granted the same year. [Ralph’s e.s. Ralph (b. 1739) was buried at Alnwick in Dec. 1770.]  

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.).]

1717

Joseph Wetherburn [unidentified] was buried at St. Nicholas, Gosforth, Northumberland, on 25/6/1717.

1717

 Anne Weatherburn, [3rd] d. of John W. [& Jane Thompson (m. 1706)], bap. 4/8/1717 at Gateshead.

1717

 Grace Weatherburn [?bap. as ‘Sarah’(perhaps a mistranscription), d. of John W. (‘of Greansfield, d. 1712) & Grace Alder (m. 1676)] m. George Millikin on 6/11/1717 at Alnwick. When Grace’s father John died in 1712 he left her £40 in his Will. - When her mother Grace died in 1727 she bequeathed to her three daughters, Ann, Grace & Isabel [Elizabeth], her household goods and furnishings to be divided equally between them.

1717

George Weather….., s. of George Weather……, bap. 18/11/1717 at Wooler.

1718

Ralph Weatherburn [unidentified] m. Isable Dixson (sic) - [Dixon] - on 7/2/1718 at Gateshead.  [Ralph & Isabel apparently had 5 sons & a daughter bap. at All Saints, N-on-T: William (1721); Ralph (1723); Elizabeth ‘Wetherburne’ (1726); John & Samuel ‘Weatherbourne’ (bap. 3/10/1731); & Joseph ‘Wetherbourne’ (1734).]

1718 Margaret Wedderburne [unidentified] m. John Hall on 6/11/1718 at Rothbury.   [Is John a s. of John Hall & Mary Weatherburn who m. at Rothbury in 1693?]  

1718 John Weatherburne [unidentified] m. Mary Rennison on 2/12/1718 at Tynemouth.   

1718

Henry Weatherburn ‘or Johnson’, s. of Henry W. & Mary Johnson, bap. 15/12/1718 at Gateshead.  

1718

Anne Weatherburne m. Robert Wilson on 21/12/1718 at Tynemouth.  

1719

Charles Wedderburn ‘of Gosford’ [b. 1696, 2nd s. of Sir Peter W., 1st Bt. of Gosford & Janet Halkett (m. c1694)] m. his first cousin Mary Wardlaw [d. of Sir Henry Wardlaw, Bt., of Pitreavie, Fife, & Elizabeth, 2nd daughter of the late Sir Charles Halkett of Pitfirrane, Bt. - W.B. p. 382, footnote¹] ‘probably about 1719’. - “By her, Charles had 5 sons and 5 daughters.” [Their e.s. John (b. 1720) became Sir John Wedderburn-Halkett ‘of Pitfirrane’, 4th Bt. of Gosford, in 1779.]

1719

Isabel Weatherburn, [e.] d. of Luke W. [?Weatherbourn, b. 1696, & Frances Shepherd (m. 1716)], bap. 19/1/1719 at Alnwick.  Isabel died at Alnwick in 1723 (q.v.).  

1719

Mary Weatherburn, d. of John W. [?’of Greenfield’, b. 1679, d. 1757 - & Margrate (sic) Pearson (m. 1705 at Eglingham, d. 1755)], bap. 1/2/1719 at Alnwick.  [She may be the Mary Weatherburn, Spinster, who was buried at St. Michael, Alnwick, on 19/7/1791.]

1719

William Weatherburn m. Elizabeth Crawford on 30/3/1719 at Gateshead.  

1719

William Wedderburn, [3rd & ygst.] s. of George W. [see Janet, bap. 1697] & Alison Fleming [m. not found], bap. 5/4/1719 at Coldingham.   

1719

Luke Wetherburne m. Mary Brown on 4/7/1719 at All Saints, Newcastle upon Tyne.   

1719

Jane Weatherburn m. Nicholas Jackson on 29/8/1719 at Houghton le Spring.   

1719

 Anne Weatherburne, d. of John W. [m. not found], bap. 3/11/1719 at Tynemouth.  

 

1720

John Weatherburn [unidentified] m. Ann Coldcole on 1/2/1720 at Tanfield.  

1720

Ann Weatherburn was buried at St. Margaret, Tanfield, Durham, on 9/4/1720. [Perhaps daughter of John & Ann in preceding entry?]

1720

William Weatherburn, [4th] s. of John Wedderburn [John Wetherburn, bap. 1682, & Anne Ferguson (m. 1706)], bap. 30/5/1720 at Berwick upon Tweed.  [William, ‘s. of John Weatherburn’, was indentured as Apprentice to ‘James his brother’ (bap. 7/5/1710, q.v.), a Blacksmith, on 4/6/1736. It appears to be this William who m. Elizabeth Coltrop at Berwick on Tweed on 10/11/1746 (q.v.).  [They had 2 sons & a daughter.] - William was ‘deceased before the end of 1753’. (Berwick Freemen’s records) - William Weatherburn was buried at Holy Trinity, Berwick on Tweed, on 9/9/1753.  

1720

George Weatherburn, s. of Robert, was buried at Holy Trinity, Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, on 23/7/1720.

1720

John Wedderburn [Sir John Wedderburn-Halkett ‘of Pitfirrane’, 4th Bt. of Gosford in 1779], e.s. of Charles W. of Gosford [b. 1696] & Mary Wardlaw [m. c1719], was b. 6/8/1720 at Pitfirrane & bap. Aug. 1720 at Dunfermline.  (W.B. p. 382, footnote³) - John entered the army and on his father’s death, in 1754, he 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 their ‘second son’). - The estates of Pitfirrane had passed to John’s cousin, Francis Halkett, under a settlement made by his father 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.  He was appointed ‘curator’ to Sir Peter (who and was adjudged ‘incompos mentis’ on 20/2/1761), and took over the running of both 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 (b. 1721 - a ‘free mariner’ who spent many years in the East Indies) - and a contract was drawn up on 18/1/1768, between John and Henry, 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 3rd Bt. of Gosford.   

1720

Thomas Weatherburn, [2nd] s. of Luke W. [?Weatherbourn, b. 1696, & Frances Shepherd (m. 1716)], bap. 19/12/1720 at Alnwick.   

1720

Thomas Wetherburne m. Isab. Hasley [?Isabella Horsley, ‘dau. of George’, bap. 2/12/1694 at St. John, Newcastle] on 27/12/1720 at Saint John’s, Newcastle upon Tyne.  Thomas & Isabel seem to have had 4 sons & a daughter: Jacob (1722); Catherine (1723); Thomas (1727); William (1730) & Joseph (1732).

1721

Ralph Weatherburn [?b. 1706, q.v.] of Denton, Northumberland, was indentured as Apprentice to Tristram Wilkinson, Tanner, of Newcastle in 1721, for £30.

1721

Michaell (sic) Weatherburn, s. of William W. [presumably William, bap. 1698 at Newburn , as‘s. of Michael W.’], bap. 8/5/1721 at Gateshead.

 

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. (On W.B. p. 383, the year of Henry’s birth is given incorrectly as 1722.) - Henry was ‘bred to the sea’ and settled at Bengal as a free mariner soon after 1740. - He is said to have m. his first wife, Alice,  c1747, “but no-one could mind Alice’s surname”.   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, b. 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] but she died 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. “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”.  “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 but nothing was done until after his death”.  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 in 1781 sold it to an Edinburgh accountant, Alexander Farquharson. - In 1784, Mr. Farquharson sold Gosford to Francis, 5th Earl of Wemyss.  The present (rebuilt) Gosford House still belongs to his descendants.  [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, who m. Peter Wedderburn in 1694 (q.v.).]   

1721

Gabriell Weatherburn [?b. 1694] m. Elizabeth Wailes on 16/10/1721 at South Shields.  [Gabriel & Elizabeth had a d. Elizabeth bap. 1722. - Gabriel’s wife probably died & he m. Alice Twedle in 1724 (q.v.).]

1721

William Weatherbourn, [?e] s. of Ralph W. [?& Isabel Dixon (m. 1718 at Gateshead)], bap. 20/11/1721 at All Saints, Newcastle upon Tyne.   

1721

Margt. Weatherburn [b. 1683, 2nd d. of John W. ‘of Greenfield ‘, d. 1712) & Grace Alder (m. 1676, d. 1727)] m. Ralph Elder at Alnwick on 2/12/1721.  When Margaret’s mother Grace died in 1727 she left the remainder of her personal Estate, after other bequests had been fulfilled, to be divided equally between her 4 daughters, and 10/- to her son-in-law Ralph Elder.  

1721

Elizabeth Wetherburn (sic), d. of Henry W. [m. not found], bap. 31/12/1721 at Newcastle upon Tyne, St. Andrew Par. Reg. & Nonconf.   

1722

Jacob Wetherburne (sic), [e.] s. of Thomas W. [& Isab. Hasley (?Horsly), (m. 1720)], bap. 19/2/1722 at Saint John’s, Newcastle upon Tyne.  [Jacob’s m. not found but he had 3 sons & 4 daughters bap. at St. John’s, N-on-T: Mary (1754); William (1757); Joseph (1758); Ann (1761); Elizabeth (1764); Thomas (1768); & Sarah (1771).]  

1722

Elizabeth Watherburn (sic), d. of Gabrith (sic - ‘Gabriel’) W. [& Elizabeth Wailes (m. 1721)], bap. 8/7/1722 at South Shields.    

1722

Ralph Wetherburne, s. of John W. [m. not found], bap. 16/8/1722 at Christchurch, Tynemouth.   

1722

Mary Wetherburn [unidentified] was buried at Christchurch, Tynemouth, Northumberland, on 16/8/1722.

1722

Ralph Weatherburn [probably Ralph bap. 16/8/1722] was buried at Christchurch, Tynemouth, Northumberland, on 14/12/1722.

1722

Eliz. Weatherburne m. James Tennant on 4/11/1722 at All Saints, Newcastle upon Tyne.   

1722

John Wetherburn, [3rd] s. of Luke W. [?Weatherbourn, b. 1696, & Frances (Shepherd, m. 1716)], bap. 12/12/1722 at Alnwick.  - See next entry.

1722

John Weatherburn [no doubt John in preceding entry, as Luke had another son John bap. 1728] was buried at St. Michael, Alnwick, Northumberland, on 17/12/1722.

1722

Thomas Wetherburn [?Thomas Weatherburn bap. 1677, e.s. of John W. ‘of Greenfield’, d. 1712, & Grace Alder (m. 1676)] was buried at St. Michael, Alnwick, Northumberland, on 30/12/1722.  

1722

George Wedderburn, s. of Robert W. [?b. 1651, d. 1727] was b. c1722/3, no doubt at Berwick upon Tweed. - George Wedderburn, ‘son of Robert Wedderburn, dec’d’, was apprenticed to Edward Cook on 9/6/1737. - He is probably the George Weatherburn, Butcher, who m. Isabel Henderson at Berwick in 1743 - and is likely to be the George Weatherburne buried at Holy Trinity, Berwick, on 4/2/1767, as no George W appears on the 1774 Freemen’s Roll.  

1723

John Weatherburn [bap. 1707 at Alnwick], s. of John Weatherburn of Greenfield, Co. Northumberland, Gentleman [bap. 1769 at Alnwick’], was indentured as Apprentice to George Burnett of Berwick upon Tweed, Burgess, Merchant, at Berwick on 11/10/1723, for £5. It is perhaps this John who was buried at Berwick on Tweed on 18/12/1791.

1723

Isabel Wetherburn [probably Isabel Weatherburn bap. 1719] was buried at St. Michael, Alnwick, Northumberland, on 14/3/1723.  

1723

Ann Weatherburn [unidentified] was buried at Christchurch, Tynemouth, Northumberland, on 15/5/1723.  

1723

Jane Wetherburn [?bap. 1702, ‘d. of Ralph W.’] m. Edmond Gaire on 28/6/1723 at Alnwick.

    

1723

Catherine Wetherbourn, [?only] d. of Thomas W. [& Isab. Hasley (?Horsly), (m. 1720)], bap. 16/9/1723 at Saint John’s, Newcastle upon Tyne.  

1723

John Weatherburn, ‘s of John Weatherburn, of Greenfield, Co. Northumberland, Gentleman’ [bap. 1707, q.v.], was indentured as Apprentice to George Burnett of Berwick upon Tweed, Burgess, Merchant, at Berwick on 11/10/1723, for £5.  

1723

Mary Watherburn (sic) m. Thomas Bosnel [?Boswel] on 22/10/1723 at St. Hilda’s, South Shields.  

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 (q.v.).]  

1723

Ralph Weatherbourne, [2nd] s. of Ralph W. [?& Isabel Dixon (m. 1718 at Gateshead)], bap. 22/12/1723 at All Saints, Newcastle upon Tyne.  Ralph is probably the Ralph Weatherburn who m. Elizabeth Mason by Licence at Longbenton in 1747 (q.v.).

1724

Jane Weatherburn m. John Sharp on 24/1/1724 at Houghton le Spring.   

1724

Mary Wetherburn, [2nd] d. of Luke W. [?Weatherbourn, b. 1696] & Frances [Shepherd (m. 1716)], bap. 30/3/1724 at Alnwick.   [Mary is probably the Mary Weatherburn who was buried at St. Michael, Alnwick on 28/6/1724.]

1724

Gabriel Weatherburn [?b. 1694] m. Alice Twedle on 29/4/1724 at South Shields.   [This is probably a 2nd m. of Gabriell W. who m. Elizabeth Wailes in 1721.] - (See other entries in 1671, 1694, 1696, 1699, 1721.) - [Gabriel (& Alice) had 5 sons & a daughter, all bap. at S. Shields: John (1726); Gabriel (1727- another entry as 23/10/1725); William (1729); Mary (1732); John (1734); & James (b. 20/12/1735 at Horton, S. Shields).]   

1724

Mary Weatherburn [probably b. 1786, 2nd d. of John W. ‘of Greansfield’, d. 1712, & Grace Alder (m. 1676)] was buried at St. Michael, Alnwick, Northumberland, on 28/6/1724.

1724

George Wedderburn, [e.] s. of William W. & Elizabeth Mason [m. 1723], bap. 15/9/1724 at Coldingham [Berwickshire]. George died on 30/4/1727 & was buried on 2/5/1727.

1724

Eleanor Weatherburn, d. of Willm. W. [m. not found], bap. 11/10/1724 at All Saints, Newcastle upon Tyne.   

1724

Hendre (sic) Wetherburn, s. of Hendre [Henry] W. [m. not found], bap. 27/12/1724 at Newcastle upon Tyne, St. Andrew Par. Reg. & Nonconf.  

1725

Thomas Weatherburn of St. Giles Fields was indentured as Apprentice to Jn. Woodward of dº, Carpenter, for £18.  [Thomas is probably the Thomas Weatherburn ‘s. of John Weatherburn’, who was bap. at Alnwick in 1712, and the Thomas who m. Jane Sheppard at Alnwick in 1737 (q.v.).]

1725

John Weatherburn [unidentified] m. Alice Richardson on 5/2/1725 at Gateshead.  

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

Sarah Wetherburn, [3rd] d. of Luke W. [Weatherbourn, b. 1796, d. 1783] & Frances [Shepherd (m. 1716)], bap. 19/9/1725 at Alnwick. Sarah m. William Newett on 26/12/1746 at at John’s, Newcastle-on-Tyne. - In 1783, when her father died, he bequeathed his two freehold properties in Canongate, Alnwick, to two friends In Trust for his daughter Sarah Newett for her whole life and.immediately after her death they were to pass to Luke’s granddaughter Ann Waite. After her death, they were to go to Luke’s grandson Luke Weatherburn (b. 1761), s. of Luke’s deceased e.s. Ralph (b. 1717, d. 1770) and Sarah’s half-brother.

1725

John Weatherburn m. Elizabeth Swainstone on 30/11/1725 at Ryton. [Ryton is W. of Newcastle upon Tyne & John may be the John ‘Wetherburn’ bap. there in 1701 (q.v.). - [John & Elizabeth hd a s. Michael bap. 1726.] - It may be this John who was buried at Ryton in 1748 (q.v.).]  

1726

Thomas Weatherburn [unidentified] was buried at St. Bartholomew, Tweedmouth, Northumberland, on 11/3/1726.

1726

Robert Weatherburn [b. 1706, e.s. of Nicholas W. & Mary Taylor (m. 1705 at Heworth)] m. Jane Grundle on 10/4/1726 at South Shields.  [Robert & Jane had 4 sons & 2 daughters, all bap. at S. Shields: Nicholas (1726); Mary (1728); William (1733); Robert (1736); Benjamin (1738) & Ann (1743).]

1726

John Weatherburn, [e.] s. of Gabriel W. [b. 1694, & Alice Twedle (?his 2nd wife, m. 1724)], bap. 9/5/1726 at South Shields.   [This John probably died young as another son was given the same name in 1734 (q.v.).]

1726

Eliz. Wetherburne, d. of Ralph W. [?& Isabel Dixon (m. 1718 at Gateshead)], bap. 25/7/1726 at All Saints, Newcastle upon Tyne.   

1726

Michael Weatherburn, s. of John W. [& Elizabeth Swainstone (m. 1725)], bap.  Sep. 1726 at Ryton.   [Ryton is W of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.]

1726

John Wetherburn m. Susanna Jeux on 25/9/1726 at Great Yarmouth.   

1726

Jane Weatherbourn m. William Wardle on 2/10/1726 at Seaham.  

1726

Nicholas Weatherburn, [e.] s. of Robert W. [b. 1706, & Jane Grundle (m. 1726)], bap. 9/10/1726 at South Shields.  

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 Cocksburnpath in 1756 (q.v.).]

1726

John Weatherburn, s. of John W. [& Alice Richardson (m. 1725)], bap. 12/12/1726 at Gateshead.   [Son John may be the John Weatherburn who was apprenticed to ‘Wilson of Gateshead, Cooper’, in 1741 (q.v.).]

1726

James Weatherburn [‘Watherburn’ b. 1708, 2nd s. of Nicholas W. & Mary Taylor (m. 1705 at Heworth)] m. Mary Longstall (sic - ?Longstaff) on 26/12/1726 at South Shields.   [James & Mary had 2 sons & 3 daughters bap. at S. Shields: Mary (1727); Nicholas (1728); Robert (1731); another Mary (1733) & Phyllis (1738) - and perhaps Margaret ‘Wetherbourne’ (bap. 1739 at Newcastle upon Tyne).]

1727   

In the Berwick Freemen’s Rolls between 1727 and 1738 four ‘Weatherburn’ Freemen are named; John, James, John, & Robert. - The first John is John Wedderburn (?bap. 1682 as ‘Wetherburn’) who m. Anne Ferguson at B-on-Tweed in 1706,  while James (bap. 1710), & Robert (bap. 1713) are his sons. (His son William (bap. 1720 - who ‘was in the Roll at the beginning of 1753 but not at end - deceased’ - died in Sept. 1753.I)] - The second John is John W. (bap. 1707 at Alnwick) who was indentured at B-on-T in 1723. -. In various Berwick Freemen’s Rolls between 1730 & 1760, James, John, Robert & George Weatherburn are named, George being, probably, the son of Robert (b. 1713, d. 1756).  

1727

Grace Wetherburn [née Alder, wife of John Weatherbourn (‘of Greansfield’, m. 1676, d. 1712)] was buried at St. Michael, Alnwick, Northumberland, on 22/1/1727. Grace Weatherburn of Greansfield in the county of Northumberland. Date of Probate: 3 October 1727, Will, 4 May 1725, Will bond, penal sum £100, 3 October 1727. In her Will Grace bequeathed half of all the Lands & houses at Greenfield left to her by her late husband to her son John Weatherburn, and to her three daughters, Ann, Grace & Isabel [Elizabeth], she left her household goods and furnishings to be divided equally between them. Her implements of Husbandry she left to her son John and cash sums to her grandson Thomas Weatherburn (?b. 1712) and her son-in-law Ralph Elder (?husband of her daughter Margaret) . Her son John was appointed her sole Executor.   

1727

George Wedderburn [b. 1724, e.s. of Wm. W. & Elizabeth Mason (m. 1723)] died on 30/4/1727 & was buried at Coldingham, Berwickshire, on 2? May 1727.  

1727

Mary Weatherburn, [e.] d. of James W. [b. 1708, & Mary Longstall (?Longstaff), (m. 1726)], bap. 20/7/1727 at South Shields.  [Mary probably died young as another daughter was given the same name in 1733 (q.v.).]

1727

Thomas Weatherburne, [2nd] s. of Thomas W. [& Isab. Hasley (?Horsly), (m. 1720)], bap. 14/8/1727 Saint John’s, Newcastle upon Tyne.  

 

1727

Robert Weatherburn [probably Robert Weatherburne bap. 1651, a Freeman 1670 (q.v.)] was buried at Holy Trinity, Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, on 31/8/1727. [See Elizabeth, 1730.]

1727

Elizabeth Weatherburne m. William Cole on 29/9/1727 at Tynemouth.   

1727

Gabriel Weatherburn, [2nd] s. of Gabriel W. [b. 1694, & Alice Twedle (?his 2nd wife, m. 1724)], bap. 23/10/1727 at South Shields.   

1727

John Waderburn m. Elizabeth Laidly [?Laidlaw] on 3/11/1727 at Kelso [Roxburghshire].  

1728

Eleanor Weatherburn, [e.] d. of John W. [unidentified] & Eliz. [m. not found], bap. 3/3/1728 at Whickham.  [See Eleanor’s siblings: Alice (bap. 1730) & Elizabeth (bap. 1734).]

1728

Robert Weatherburn [bap. 5/2/1713] ‘s. of John Weatherburn of Berwick upon Tweed, Burgess’, was apprenticed to his father on 7/3/1728.  

1728

William Weatherburn [?bap. 1703 at Whickham] m. Ann Story on 6/5/1728 at Ryton. [Ryton is W. of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.] William & Ann seem to have had 4 sons & 2 daughters: John (1728); Jane (1731); Ann (1734); Joseph (1737); Jacob (1743) & William (b. & d. 1746).

1728

John Wetherburn, [4th] s. of Luke W. [?Weatherbourn, b. 1696] & Frances [Shepherd (m. 1716)], bap. 15/6/1728 at Alnwick.   

1728

Susanna Weatherburn [ bap. 1705 at Alnwick, 6th d. of Ralph (?bap. 1662) & his 2nd wife Ellinor Ditchborne (m. 1693)] m. George Thomson on 3/7/1728 at Ford - Parish Records & Dissenters.   

1728

Margaret Wedderburn [?b. 1702, d. of William W. & Helen Anderson (m. 1695, q.v.)] m. James Edington [?Edminstone] on 11/7/1728 at Coldingham.   

1728

Elizabeth Weatherburn m. Joseph Weatherley on 10/8/1728 at Heworth [SE of Gateshead].  

1728

John Weatherburn, [e.] s. of William W. [?bap. 1703 at Whickham - & Ann Story (m. 1728)], bap. Oct. 1728 at Ryton.  [Ryton is W. of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.]

1728

Nicholas Weatherburn, [e.] s. of James W. [& Mary Longstall (?Longstaff), (m. 1726)], bap. 13/10/1728 at South Shields.  (Another entry shows ‘Nicholas W., b. 20/7/1728’,]

1728

Mary Wheatherburn (sic), [elder] d. of Robert W. [b. 1706, & Jane Grundle (m. 1726)], bap. 3/11/1728 at South Shields.   

1729

Alison Wedderburn [?bap. 1668 or 1706 - m. not found] spouse of John Forman [?] was buried at Chirnside, Berwickshire, in 1729.  [John was buried there in 1728.]

  

1729

Willm. Weatherbourne, s. of Ralph W. [m. not found], bap. 23/3/1729 at All Saints, Newcastle upon Tyne.   [This William may be the William Wedderburn whose wedding in 1754 “was attended by no less than 5000 persons” - though it might have been the wedding of William Weatherburne ‘s. of Thomas’, b. 1730 (q.v.).]

1729

James Wedderburn, [3rd] s. of William W. [& Elizabeth Mason (m. 1723)], bap. 28/9/1729 at Coldingham [Berwickshire]. [It is probably this James who m. Rachel Bookless at Coldingham on 1/6/1761 (q.v.).  

1729

William Weatherburn, [3rd] s. of Gabriel W. [b. 1694, & Alice Twedle (?his 2nd wife, m. 1724)], bap. 20/10/1729 at South Shields.   

1730

William Weatherburne, [3rd] s. of Thomas W. [& Isab. Hasley (?Horsly), (m. 1720)], bap. 19/1/1730 at Saint John’s, Newcastle upon Tyne.  

 

1730

Joseph Wadderburn [Joseph Wetherborn, bap. 1669 at Newburn, husband of Isabel Drover (m. 1697)] was buried at St. Mary & St. Cuthbert, Chester le Street, Durham, on 2/5/1730. (NBI) - [First mention of the surname at Chester le Street - approx 10 miles south of the then village of Gateshead.] - Joseph Weatherburn, house carpenter, of West Denton in the county of Northumberland. Date of Probate: 28 December 1730, Will 11 February. Will bond, penal sum £200, 28 December, 1730. In 1737 there was a Consistory Court case over the execution of Joseph’s Will. - See details under m. of Ralph Watterburn (sic) to Catherine Row on 9/7/1730 & Isabel’s m. to George Richardson in 1717.

1730

Margt. Wetherbourn m. Thomas Thompson on 18/5/1730 at Gateshead.  

 

1730

Ralph Watterburn (sic) [Ralph Weatherburn, bap. 1706, s. of Joseph W., by ‘Margt.’] m. Catherine Row on 9/7/1730 at Chester le Street.  They had 5 daughters & a son bap. at Chester le Street: Margaret (b. 1731, d. 1732); twins Margaret & Mary (b. 1732); Catherine (b. 1735); Joseph (b. 1737) & Ann (b. 1739). - Ralph’s father Joseph Wadderburn (sic) died just 2 months before Ralph’s marriage, leaving a Will: Joseph Weatherburn, house carpenter, of West Denton in the county of Northumberland. Date of Probate: 28 December 1730, Will 11 February. Will bond, penal sum £200, 28 December, 1730. Durham - In 1737, Joseph’s daughter (Ralph’s half-sister, b. 1701) Isabell Wallas, formerly Richardson, late widow of George Richardson, as their Guardian, on behalf of her children, Jane Richardson minor, Joseph Richardson and Margaret Richardson,  in the Consitory Court of Durham Diocese, brought a Case against  Ralph Weatherburn of Chester le Street as executor of the deceased, their grandfather, Joseph Weatherburn of West Denton, house carpenter deceased. The allegation in each case is subtraction of legacy and the documents listed are, libel, proxy, copy parish register extracts, allegations, affidavits and sentence. The fact that sentence mentioned indicates that the allegations were proven. - Ralph Weatherburn was buried at St. Mary & St. Cuthbert, Chester le Street, Durham, on 8/12/1745.   

 

1730

Alice Wetherburn, [2nd] d. of Jno. W. [unidentified] & Elizabeth [m. not found], bap. 2/8/1730 at Whickham. [See Alice’s siblings: Eleanor (bap. 1728) & Elizabeth (bap. 1734).]

1730

George Wetherbourn [?bap. 1709] m. Fortune Thompson on 1/10/1730 at Gateshead.  George & Fortune had a d. Jane (b. 1731) & a s. George (b. 1734 - who may be the George W. ‘of South Shields, b. about 1733’ who m. Mary Anderson in 1759, q.v.). - [The m. of Fortune Weatherburn to Thomas Carrington at Gateshead on 20/9/1735 may be a 2nd m. of this Fortune. - Is there a connection between her & Elianor (sic) ‘Weatherbourn’ who m. Henry Fortune on 6/11/1666 at Alnwick?  

1730

Jane Wetherburn, [4th& ygst.] d. of Luke W. [?Weatherbourn, b. 1696] & Frances [Shepherd (m. 1716)], bap. 13/12/1730 at Alnwick.  

1730

Elizabeth Weatherburn, ‘widow of Robert Weatherburn’, ‘asked for relief’. [No marriage of a Robert W. & Elizabeth has been found but Robert is probably the Robert Wedderburn (b. 1651, q.v.) who was admitted a Freeman of B-on-T in 1670 and died in 1727.]  

1731

John Weatherburn, s. of Robert W. [m. not found], bap. 9/1/1731 at Bishopwearmouth.

 

1731

Robert Wheatherburn (sic), [2nd] s. of James W. [b. 1708, & Mary Longstall (?Longstaff), (m. 1726)], bap. 28/2/1731 at South Shields.  

 

1731

Jane Wetherburn, [elder] d. of William W. [?bap. 1703 at Whickham - & Ann Story (m. 1728)], bap. 19/4/1731 at Ryton.  [Ryton is W. of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.] - [It may be this Jane who m. Henry Greener in 1763( q.v.).]

1731

Margaret Wedderburn m. George Bogue on 29/7/1731 at Coldingham.  

1731

Margaret Watherburn (sic), [e.] d. of Ralph W. [Weatherburn (bap. 1706, s. of Joseph W., by ‘Margt.’) & Catherine Row (m. 1730)], bap. 29/7/1731 at Chester le Street. [Margaret was buried on 9/6/1732.]

1731

Henry Wetherburn, Tavern-keeper in Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.A. (whose origins are not known, but who had a nephew named Edward Nicholson), first appeared in Williamsburg in 1731.  Henry was granted an ordinary licence in the city in August of that year, having m. Mary Bowcock, widow of Henry Bowcock, tavern-keeper, between July 1730 and June 1731. In June 1736, “Wetherburn’s Tavern” (probably on the site of his wife’s later husband’s Inn) was well-known and in 1738 Henry bought two further plots of land from Benjamin Harrison, Gent., who had inherited them from his father, Nathaniel Harrison of Surry County in 1727.  By 1742, Henry was keeping the “Raleigh Tavern”. (In connection with Henry’s purchase of the plot on which that stood, a deed gives the names of John Blair, John Dixon, David Meade, Patrick Barclay, Alexander McKenzie and James Murray, merchants.) Henry had left the Raleigh Tavern by 1745-46 and was keeping “Wetherburn’s Tavern”, now located on the two plots he had bought in 1738. On 1/7/1751 Henry’s wife died and 10 days later he m. Mrs. Anne Marot Ingles Shields, widow of James Shields, tavern-keeper, & daughter of John Marot, also a tavern-keeper. On 23/8/1759 Henry & Anne sold part of the plot to James Tarpley, merchant of the city, and Henry died between 15th July and 15th Dec. 1760, leaving a Will.  His nephew Edward Nicholson, who died not long afterwards (leaving a young son Henry), was the reversionary beneficiary. - As well making provision for his widow (leaving her half of his estate forever and one third of his slaves for her life), Henry arranged for ‘the Schooling and Education of Harry Armistead, now living with me’. From 1760-1765 Henry Armitage, from Gloucester, boarded with Henry’s widow. By the latter part of 1765, ‘Harry’ was a boarding student at William & Mary College in Willamsburg. [In 1717 a Hannah Wetherburn m. Ralph Nicholson at Gateshead, Durham. - They apparently had 2 sons named Edward. - One was bap. at Gateshead on 10/11/1723 and the other was bap. there on 23/2/1729. (Whether the latter is Henry’s nephew is not known.)]    

1731

Jane Wetherbourn, d. of George W. [?bap. 1709, & Fortune Thompson (m. 1730], bap. 23/8/1731 at Gateshead.  

1731

John Weatherbourne [?twin with Samuel, below], [2nd] s. of Ra. [Ralph] W. [?& Isabel Dixon (m. 1718 at Gateshead)], bap. 3/10/1731 at All Saints, Newcastle upon Tyne.

1731

Samuel Weatherbourne [?twin with John, above],  [3rd] s. of Ra. [Ralph] W. [?& Isabel Dixon (m. 1718 at Gateshead)], bap. 3/10/1731 at All Saints, Newcastle upon Tyne.  

1731

Alison Wedderburn, [e.] d. of William W. [& Elizabeth Mason (m. 1723)], bap. 19/12/1731 at Coldingham [Berwickshire]

1732

Peter Wedderburn [afterwards Halkett - Sir Peter Halkett ‘of Pitfirrane’, 2nd Bt. of Gosford in 1746 (b. 1695, e.s. of Sir Peter W., 1st Bt. of Gosford, & Janet Halkett (m. c1694)] m. ‘before 1738’ [it was probably in 1731-32] Lady Æmilia Stewart [2nd d. of Francis, 7th Earl of Moray, & the Hon. Jean Elphinstone (2nd d. of John, 4th Lord Balmerino - whose son - like Sir John Wedderburn 5th Bt. of Blackness - was executed in 1746).] - Peter & Lady Æmilia had 3 sons and probably 4 daughters: Jean (b. 1732); Janet (b. 1735); another Jean (b. 1742) & Emilia (b. 1744). - The sons were Peter, Francis & James (although, because the Gosford branch of the Wedderburn family would not permit ‘A.W.’ access to their archives, their dates of birth have not been ascertained.). - Sir Peter, then Colonel of the 44th Regiment, was killed in battle in America in 1755. He was succeeded as 3rd Bt. of Gosford by his e.s. Peter, even though Peter ‘was afflicted from birth with a weakness of mind’.  The 2nd son, Francis, entered the army and was gazetted a captain in Halkett’s foot in 1751. He was later a major in the Black Watch. - Because of Peter’s mental condition, their father (by a settlement dated 14/10/1751) had settled the estates of Pitfirrane on his second and third sons, with their cousin John Wedderburn (b. 1720) as heir to both title and estate in the event of Francis & James dying without male issue. - Francis therefore succeeded to the estates on his father’s death but he died unm. at Naples in 1760. - The remains of both his father and his younger brother James are said to have identified in 1756-57 by Major Francis Halkett, “but, oddly enough, a different year - 1758 - is given for his [James’s] date of death in the Court of Session papers printed in the family law-suit in 1761, in which it is stated that ‘James died in 1758’, and again that ‘Major (Francis) Halkett died at Naples 11 Nov. last (1760) and his younger brother, James, two years before’, both of them unmarried”.  Whichever date is correct for James’s death, both younger brothers predeceased Sir Peter, the 3rd Bt., so when he died, in 1779, it was his ‘curator’, his cousin John Wedderburn (b. 1720, q.v.), who succeeded him and became Sir John Wedderburn-Halkett of Pitfirrane, 4th Bt. of Gosford. - Lady Æmilia Halkett died at Inveresk, co. Midlothian, on 18/5/1781 (another source states that she died on 27/6/1781 at Inverness.)  

1732

John Wetherbourne, s. of John W. [m. not found], bap. 26/3/1732 at All Saints, Newcastle upon Tyne.   

1732

Margrett Watherburn (sic) [Margaret bap. 1731, ‘d. of Ralph’] was buried at St. Mary & St. Cuthbert, Chester le Street, Durham, on 1/4/1732.  [Another daughter was given the same name in November 1732 (q.v.).]

1732

Joseph Weatherburne, [?4th & ygst.] s. of Thomas W. [& Isab. Hasley (?Horsly), (m. 1720)], bap. 17/4/1732 at Saint John’s, Newcastle upon Tyne.

  

1732

Ann Weatherburn, wife of John, was buried at Holy Trinity, Berwick on Tweed, Northumberland, on 1/4/1732. Probably Anne Ferguson, wife of John Wetherburn b. 1682.  

1732

Mary Weatherburn, [2nd] d. of Gabriel W. [b. 1694, ?but e.d. by his 2nd wife, Alice Twedle (?his 2nd wife, m. 1724)], bap. 26/6/1732 at South Shields.   [Mary may be the Mary Weatherburn who m. John More on 29/5/1758 at St. Hilda’s, South Shields.  

1732

Margaret Watherburn (sic) [twin with Mary, below], [2nd] d. of Ralph W. [Weatherburn (bap. 1706, s. of Joseph W., by ‘Margt.’) & Catherine Row (m. 1730)], bap. 29/11/1732 at Chester le Street.   

1732

Mary Watherburn (sic) [twin with Margaret, above], [3rd] d. of Ralph W. [Weatherburn (bap. 1706, s. of Joseph W., by ‘Margt.’)  & Catherine Row (m. 1730)], bap. 29/11/1732 at Chester le Street. - [Was she the Mary Weatherburn who ‘kept the Plough public house for many years’ and died at Alnwick on 18/8/1805, aged 74?]

 

1732

Peter Wedderburn [Advocate (Secretary to the Excise in 1732) -  Lord (Justice) Chesterhall in 1755 (b. c1693, e.s. of Alexander W., b. c1660, & Mary Daes, m. 1692] m. Janet Ogilvy [d. of Capt. David Ogilvy (a captain in the Dragoons, s. of David Ogilvy of Innsto - “not s. of Sir David Ogilvy, 2nd Bt. of Inverquharity, as stated by ‘J.W.’”)] ‘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, who m. Lieut-Gen. Sir Henry Erskine of Alva, Bart. in 1659) & David (b. 1740, who was killed in India in 1772). - Lord Chesterhall died on 11/8/1756 and was buried in Grey Friars’ Cemetery, Edinburgh. - His widow Janet died in London on 2/6/1771.   

1733

George Weatherburn, of So. Shields, b. ‘abt. 1733’ [see George bap. 1734 at Gateshead],[See m. of George W. & Mary Anderson in 1759.] -  [It may have been this George W. who died at South Shields in 1805, aged 76yrs.]

1733

Alexander Wedderburn [afterwards Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (1793) & 1st Earl of Rosslyn (1801)], elder s. of Peter W. [b. c1693, Advocate (Secretary to the Excise in 1732) & Lord (Justice) Chesterhall in 1755] & Janet Ogilvy [m. c1732], was b. 13/2/1733 in Edinburgh & bap. there on 15/2. (Witnesses: Mr. John Drummond, younger of Blair, & George Cheap, Esq. - the latter being the husband of Alexander’s aunt, Mary W. b. 1697.) - By  1754 Alexander was an advocate in Edinburgh but he left the Scottish Bar in late July or early August 1757 and went to London. - He m. i) Betty Anne Dawson [only child & heiress of John Dawson of Morley, Yorks.] on 31/12/1767 at Batley, Yorks.  - By 1771 Alexander was Solictor-General and, in 1773, Attorney-General.  In 1780 he was created Baron Loughborough of Loughborough, co. Leicester. - Betty died on 15/2/1781 (leaving no issue). - Alexander m. ii) on 12/9/1782, the Hon. Charlotte Courtenay [5th d. of William, first Viscount Courtenay of Powderham, Devonshire], by whom he had one son, b. 2/10/1793, who died the following year. On 27/1/1793 Alexander succeeded Lord Thurlow as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain and in 1795 he was created anew Baron Loughborough of Loughborough, co. Surrey.  On 21/4/1801 he was made an Earl of the United Kingdon, with title of Earl of Rosslyn, co. Midlothian. “He resigned the Great Seal in April 1801, after which he resided at Baylis, near Windsor…..”.  The Earl died on 2/1/1805 and was buried at St. Paul’s Cathedral. - His heir was James Erskine, the elder s. of his sister Janet (b. 1736) and her husband, Lieut-Gen. Sir Henry Erskine of Alva, Bt.  [James (b. 1762), had succeeded his father in the baronetcy of Alva in 1765 and in 1769 he took the additional name of ‘St. Clair’ before that of Erskine. On succeeding to the Earldom of Rosslyn, he obtained a further licence, on 14/2/1805, to quarter the arms of Wedderburn with his own. He died on 17/1/1837, leaving two sons.  “Alexander at one time lived a good deal at Harrogate. There is a curious old house on the common here called ‘Wedderburn House’. It was built and the grounds enclosed and planted by Alexander Wedderburn, Lord Loughboro’, about 1775. It was sold, I believe, by his nephew the late (second) Earl of Rosslyn, and oddly enough belongs now to a Mr. Weatherburn of Leeds”.  [Alexander’s first wife would seem to be related to Mr. William Dawson of Kelso, Roxburghshire, a noted agriculturist of his day.  

1733

John Weatherburn, s. of John W., was indentured as Apprentice to his father at Berwick-on-Tweed on 22/3/1733.  [John is likely to be the s. of John Wedderburn (probably a Butcher) & Ann Ferguson (m. 1706), bap. 5/3/1717.] - He is probably the John Weatherburn buried at B-on-T on 1/3/1762 (q.v.).

1733

Mary Weatherburn, [2nd] d. of James W. [b. 1708, & Mary Longstall (?Longstaff), (m. 1726)], bap. 3/6/1733 at South Shields.

  

1733  

Helen Wedderburn m. William Anderson on 15/7/1733 at Coldingham.   [A William Wedderburn m. Helen Andersone at Coldingham in 1695. - Is Helen is their daughter?]

1733

Isobel Wedderburn m. William Anderson on 18/7/1733 at Coldingham.

 

1733

William Wheatherburn (sic), [2nd] s. of Robert W. [b. 1706, & Jane Grundle (m. 1726)], bap. 19/8/1733 at South Shields.   

1733

Janet Wedderburn (an adult) was buried on 8/12/1733 at Rickelside, Coldingham, Berwickshire. Wife of ‘D. Campbell’(?).  

1734

Ann Weatherburn, [younger] d. of William W. [?bap. 1703 at Whickham - & Ann Story (m. 1728)], bap. 20/1/1734 at Ryton.  [Ryton is W. of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.] - [Ann may be the Ann ‘Weatherbourne’ who m. James Newton at Ryton in 1758.]   

1734

Geo. Weatherburn, s. of George W. [?bap. 1709, & Fortune Thompson (m. 1730)], bap. 12/2/1734 at Gateshead. [See m. of George W. & Mary Anderson at Jarrow in 1759. - It may have been this George W. who died at South Shields in 1805, aged 76yrs.]

1734

William Wedderburn (an adult) was buried on 15/2/1734 at Rickelside of Coldingham, Berwickshire. [William may be the William Wedderburn who m. Helen Anderson at Coldingham in 1695.

1734

John Weatherburn, tide-waiter, tidesman, of South Shields in the county of Durham [?bap. 1679, 2nd s. of Nicholas W. & Isabell Dixon (m. 1675)]; also spelt Weatherburne, died in 1734.  Date of Probate, 30 April 1734. Testator devises a messuage in the High Church Choir. Will bond, penal sum £100, 30 April 1734. (Pre-1858 Durham Probate Records from Brian Mountjoy, 12/5/2011)

1734

Janet Wedderburn [2nd] d. of William W. [& Elizabeth Mason (m. 1723)], bap. 1/3/1734 at Coldingham, Berwickshire.

1734

John Weatherburn, [4th] s. of Gabriel W. [b. 1694, & Alice Twedle (?his 2nd wife, m. 1724)], bap. 29/4/1734 at South Shields.   [John may be the John Weatherburn who m. Jane Reed at St. Hilda, South Shields, on 21/11/1757. ]

1734

Joseph Wetherbourne, [?5th] s. of Ralph W. [?& Isabel Dixon (m. 1718 at Gateshead)], bap. 30/6/1734 at All Saints, Newcastle upon Tyne.  

1734

Elizabeth Wetherburn, [3rd] d. of John W. [unidentified] & Elizabeth [m. not found], bap. 22/12/1734 at Whickham.  [See Elizabeth’s siblings: Eleanor (bap. 1728) & Alice (bap. 1730).]

1735

Ann Weatherburn m. Rogr. (sic) Thompson on 29/1/1735 at Gateshead.   

1735

Alice Weatherburn m. Wm. Busfield on 18/4/1735 at Gateshead.   

1735

John Wetherburn, s. of Thomas W. [m. not found], bap. 13/7/1735 at Alnwick.  [Thomas may be the Thomas W. (?b. 1712) who m. Jane Sheppard at Alnwick in 1737 (q.v.).]

1735

John Wetherburn [perhaps John in preceding entry?] was buried at St. Michael, Alnwick, Northumberland, on 16/7/1735.  

1735

Edwd. Weatherburn, s. of Thomas W. [m. not found], bap. 12/8/1735 at Saint John’s, Newcastle upon Tyne.  [An Edward ‘Weatherbourne’ m. Ann Druce at Bray, Berks., on 28/6/1754.

1735

Fortune Weatherburn [unidentified] m. Thomas Carrington on 20/9/1735 at Gateshead.  

1735

Catherine Weatherburn, [4th] d. of Ralph W. [Weatherburn (bap. 1706, s. of Joseph W., by ‘Margt.’) & Catherine Row (m. 1730)], bap. 22/10/1735 at Chester le Street.

  

1735

James Weatherburn, [5th] s. of Gabriel W. [b. 1694, & Alice Twedle (?his 2nd wife, m. 1724], bap. 26/12/1735 at South Shields.  James is probably the James Wetherburn (sic) who m. Elizabeth Green at South Shields on 20/11/1757 (q.v.). - James Weatherburn, Bottlemaker, 70yrs, died on 15/5/1805 and was buried on 17/5/1805 at St Hilda, South Shields. James, described as ‘Glass Maker’, left a Will in which his son John and ‘other sons & a daughter’ are referred to.  

1736

Robert Weatherburne (bap. 5/2/1713) ‘s. of John’ was admitted a Freeman of B-on-T 1735-1736. [‘His name is not on the Roll of 1760 but is on the Roll of 1767. - A Note in the Freemen’s Roll in 1769 shows Robert Weatherburn (dead)’.] - He is probably the Robert Weatherburn who was buried at Holy Trinity, B-on-T, on 8/11/1770.  

1736

Janet Wedderburn, only d. of Peter W. [b. c1693, Advocate - Secretary to the Excise in 1732 & Lord (Justice) Chesterhall in 1755] & Janet Ogilvie [m. c1732], was b. in 1736.  Janet m. Lieut.-Gen. Sir Henry Erskine of Alva, Bt. in 1761 (q.v.). - [It was their e.s., James Erskine (b. 1762) who succeeded Janet’s brother, Alexander Wedderburn (b. 1733), as 2nd Earl of Rosslyn in 1805.]  

1736

Eleanor Weatherburn [unidentified] m. Cornelius Duesbury on 16/1/1736 at Scarborough, Yorks.   

1736

Robert Weatherburn, [3rd] s. of Robert W. [b. 1706, & Jane Grundle (m.1726)] bap. 28/3/1736 at South Shields.  [It was probably this Robert who m. Ann Blagdon in 1761 (q.v.).]

1736

Luke Weatherbourn [?Wetherburn, b. 1706, ‘s. of Thomas W.’] m. Mary Bell on 20/5/1736 at Gosforth.  They had 3 sons & 2 daughters bap. at All Saints, N-on-T. All but the youngest childl were bap. as ‘Widerburns’: Thomas (b. 1740); Anne (b. 1742); Matthew (b. 1744); Margaret (b. 1746); & Luke Weatherburn (b. 1748). - [Jane Weatherburn, aged 22, who m. Percivall Potts at Kirkwhelpington on 1/3/1764 is perhaps another d. of Luke & Mary.]  -  [Mary is probably the Mary Weatherburn who was buried at St. Nicholas, Gosforth, on 20/6/1763 & Luke may be the Luke Wedderburn of Capheaton who was buried at Gosforth on 19/3/1774.]

1737

Joseph Weatherburn, [2nd] s. of William W. [?bap. 1703 at Whickham - & Ann Story (m. 1728)], bap. Feb. 1737 at Ryton.  [Ryton is W. of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.]

1737

George Wedderburn ‘s. of Robert Wedderburn late of Berwick upon Tweed, Burgess, deceased’ [?b. 1651, d. 1727], was apprenticed to ‘Edward Cook of Berwick upon Tweed, Burgess and Butcher’ at Berwick-on-Tweed on 9/7/1737. (George’s baptism not found but he was probably b. 1722-24.) - He may be the George Weatherburn who m. Isabel Henderson in de1743 (q.v.), and is likely to be the George Weatherburn whose name appears on the Freemen’s Roll of 1760. - He is probably the George Weatherburn buried at Holy Trinity, Berwick, on 4/2/1767, as no George W appears on the 1774 Freemen’s Roll.

1737

Jacob Weatherburn ‘of Hawkhill’ [bap. 1709, ‘s. of John W.’ ?’of Greenfield’, b. 1679] m. Anne Horseley on 23/9/1737 at St. Michael’s, Alnwick.  They had a son John (b. 1738) but Jacob died & was buried at Alnwick in 1739 (q.v.).  

1737

Thomas Weatherburn [b. 1712, ‘s. of John W.’ - ?’of Greenfield’, b. 1679] m. Jane Sheppard on 4/10/1737 at St. Michael’s, Alnwick.  [They had 3 sons: Thomas (b. 1738, d. 1739); John (b. 1740, d. 1741); & another Thomas (b. 1746, m. 1774).] - Thomas Weatherburn, saddler, was buried at Alnwick on 23/12/1760 (q.v.). - His widow Jane Weatherburn was buried there on 1/3/1772 (q.v.). - Jane left a Will in which she bequeathed mainly items of her apparel to several friends and relatives and all the rest of her Goods and Chattels and her personal Estate she left to her only (surviving) son Thomas Weatherburn (b. 1746 ).]

1737

Joseph Weatherburn, [e.] s. of Ralph W. [Weatherburn (bap. 1706, s. of Joseph W., by ‘Margt.’) & Catherine Row (m. 1730)], bap. 9/11/1737 at Chester le Street.

   

1738

William Wedderburn, [4th] s. of William W. [& Elizabeth Mason (m. 1723)], bap. 4/4/1738 at Coldingham [Berwickshire]. [It is probably this William who m. Mary Scott at Ayton in 1763 (q.v.).]

1738

Mary Weatherburn, [?e.] d. of Henry W. ‘of Alnmouth’ [?bap. 1714 (m. not found)], bap. 12/4/1738 at Hawkewell, Lesbury.  [Mary was ‘born at sea’. - She died on 24/7/1738, aged 3 mths. [See death, in 1631, of William Weatherburne, Yeoman of Hawckell, parish of Lesbury.]

1738

John Weatherburn, s. of Jacob W. ‘of Hawkhill’ [b. 1709, ‘s. of John W.’ - & Anne Horseley (m. 1737 at Alnwick)], bap. 28/5/1738 at Lesbury.  [‘Hawkhill’ from Bob W’s Notes, p. 89)] - [It may be this John Weatherburn who was indentured as Apprentice to Thomas Strother of Alnwick, Merchant, in 1754 (q.v.).]

1738

Margaret Weatherburn [?2nd] d. of Henry W. ‘of Alnmouth’ [?bap. 1714 (m. not found)] died at Alnwick/Lesbury on 10/9/1738.  Margaret was buried at Lesbury, Northumberland, on 20/9/1738. [Another daughter named Margaret was bap. on 11/10/1741 (q.v.).]

1738

Phyllis Weatherburn, [3rd] d. of James W. [b. 1708, & Mary Longstall (?Longstaff), (m. 1726)], bap. 29/10/1738 at South Shields.   

1738

Benjamin Weatherburn, [4th] s. of Robert W. [b. 1706, & Jane Grundle (m. 1726)], bap. 24/12/1738 at South Shields.   

1738

Thomas Weatherburn, [e.] s. of Thomas W. [?b. 1712, & Jane Sheppard (m. 1737)], bap. 27/12/1738 at Alnwick.  He was buried at Alnwick, Northumberland, on 22/7/1739.  [Another son named Thomas was bap. 1746 (q.v.).]

1739

Jacob Weatherburn [bap 1709, m. 1737] was buried at St. Michael, Alnwick, Northumberland, on 23/1/1739. Jacob Weatherburn, of Hawkle [Hawkhill] in the parish of Lesbury. Date of Probate: 9 January 1749, Renunciation, 22 November 1748, Administration bond, penal sum £200, 9 January 1749.

 

1739

Ralph Weatherburn [bap. 1717 at Alnwick, e.s. of Luke Weatherbourn (b. 1696, d. 1783) & Frances Shepherd (m. 1716)] m. i) Ann Jopling on 17/5/1739 at Witton Gilbert.  They had 3 sons & (at least) 1 daughter: Ralph (b. 1739, d. Dec. 1770); Thomas (b. 1742); Mary (b. 1743); & John (b. 1748). - Ralph, a Carpenter and Joiner/Wheelwright, became landlord of the Plough Inn in Bondgate St., Alnwick - no doubt one of two properties in Bondgate St. owned by his father Luke. - Ralph’s wife Ann must have died as Ralph m. ii) Mary Robson at Witton Gilbert in 1760 (q.v.). - They had a son Luke (b. 1761, d. 1781), probably another son who died young, & (probably) 2 daughters, Frances & Isabel. - Ralph died at Alnwick in 1770. - He was buried in March of that year. - Probate of the Will of Ralph Weatherburn, inn keeper, wheelwright, of Alnwick in the county of Northumberland, written on 18 March 1770, was granted the same year. As Ralph predeceased his father, use of the ‘Plough’ was bequeathed by Luke to his daughter Sarah Newett (b. 1725, m. 1746). After Sarah’s death it was to pass to his granddaughter Ann Waite, and, when she died, it was to pass to Ralph’s youngest son Luke (b. 1761). However, young Luke died in 1781, thus also predeceasing his grandfather, and The ‘Plough’ eventually became the property of Luke senior’s grandson John Weatherburn (b. 1748), Ralph’s 3rd & ygst. s. by his first wife Ann Jopling, i.e. Luke junior’s half-brother. - Mary, ‘widow of the late Ralph Weatherburn’, died on 18/8/1806 and was buried at Alnwick 20/8/1806, aged 79 yrs.

1739

William Weatherburne [unidentified] m. Anne Wilkinson on 25/6/1739 at Houghton le Spring.  [See m. of a Wm. to Mary Harrison at Houghton le Spring in 1746.]

1739

Elizabeth Wedderburn [?b. 1717, 6th & ygst. d. of George W. & Alison Fleming (m. not found)] m. Robert Darling on 28/6/1739 at Coldingham.  

1739

Thos. Weatherburn [probably Thomas bap. 1738 - as another s. named Thomas was bap. 1746] was buried at Alnwick, Northumberland, on 22/7/1739.

1739

Margaret Wetherbourne, [?4th] d. of James W. [?b. 1708, & Mary Longstall(?Longstaff), (m. 1726)], bap. 5/11/1739 at All Saints, Newcastle upon Tyne.  [All James’ & Mary’s other children were bap. at South Shields.]

1739

Ralph Weatherburn, [e.] s. of Ralph W. [b. 1717 at Alnwick, buried there March 1770, & his first wife Ann Jopling (m. 1739 at Witton Gilbert)], was bap. 25/11/1739 at Witton Gilbert.  (Witton Gilbert is a few miles S of Chester le Street.] - Ralph Weatherburn was buried at St. Michael, Alnwick, on 4/12/1770.  

1739

Ann Weatherburn, [5th & ygst.] d. of Ralph W. [Weatherburn (bap. 1706, s. of Joseph W., by ‘Margt.’) & Catherine Row (m. 1730)], bap. 12/12/1739 at Chester le Street.   

1740

Margaret Weatherburn, d. of Joshua W. [unidentified - perhaps actually Jacob or Joseph? - m. not found], bap. Jan. 1740 at Ryton.  [Ryton is W. of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.] - [Margaret may be the Margaret Weatherburn of Ryton for whose (intended) m. to Ralph Jolley a Marriage Bond was sworn on 13/7/1765. The marriage has not been found and it may not have taken place as a Margaret Weatherburn of Ryton m. Henry Gelley there on 1/3/1766 (q.v.).]

1740

David Wedderburn, younger s. of Peter W. [b. c1693, Advocate (Secretary to the Excise in 1732) & Lord (Justice) Chesterhall in 1755] & Janet Ogilvie [m. c1732], was b. March 1740. David entered the army.  In 1760, he wrote to Robert Wedderburn of Pearsie (b. 1708) for help in raising a troop of his own and in 1770 was made colonel and brigadier-general in the East India Co.’s presidency of Bombay. - David died on 14/11/1772, when he was shot through the head by an Arab of the garrison.  

1740

Elisabeth Weatherburn, d. of William W. [unidentified - & Ann Wilkinson (m. 1739)], bap. 2/4/1740 at Houghton le Spring.   

1740

Wm. Weatherburn m. Mary Fairclough on 25/4/1740 at Tanfield. They had a s. William (b. 1741, who may be the William who was buried in 1745, q.v.). - [William (father or son?) was buried at Tanfield in 1782, & Mary was buried there in 1788 (q.v.).]

1740

Thomas Widerburn (sic), [e.] s. of Luke Weatherbourn [?b. 1706, & Mary Bell (m. 1736 at Gosforth)], bap. 29/4/1740 at Newcastle upon Tyne, Groat Market Meeting House -NC. Thomas may be the Thomas Weatherburn who m. Dorothy Grey at N-on-T in 1760 (q.v.).]

1740

John Weatherburn, [2nd] s. of Thomas W. [b. 1712, d. 1760, & Jane Sheppard (m. 1737, d. 1772)], bap. 5/8/1740 at Alnwick.  - John is probably the John Weatherburn buried at Alnwick on 30/4/1741. (When his mother died her son Thomas was her only son then living.)

1741

John Weatherburn was indentured as Apprentice to Jn. Wilson of Gateshead, Durham, Cooper, for £4.  [John may be the s. of John Weatherburn & Alice Richardson (m. 1725), who was bap. at Gateshead on 12/12/1726 (q.v.).]

1741

James Wedderburn in Rickelsyde of Coldingham [see entries on 3/11/1632 & 12/12/1643] got a ‘tack’, registered 17/4/1741 (made in 1739), by Henry Morison of Hiltoun, of the lands [in Rickelsyde of Coldingham] there possessed “by the said James and by his father and grandfather”.   

1741

John Weatherburn [bap. 1740, 2nd s. of Thomas W. (b. 1712) & Jane Shepherd (m. 1737)] was buried at St. Michael, Alnwick, Northumberland, on 30/4/1741.  

1741

John Weatherbourne [?bap. 1695 at Newburn, elder s. of Michael Wetherborne (bap. 1671)] m. Margaret Dixon on 19/5/1741 at Gosforth.  John & Margaret had 3 sons & 4 daughters bap. at Newcastle upon Tyne: Elizabeth ‘Widerbourn’ (b. 1742, m. 1763); Margaret ‘Widerbourn’ (b. 1745, ?m. 1767); William ‘Witherbourn’ (b. 1748, m. 1768, d. 1837); John Weatherbourn (b. 1750); Anne Weatherburn (b. 1753); Hannah W. (b. 1756); & Robert W. (b. 1761, m. 1785).. - John Weatherburn, Yeoman, of Kenton Lane, Gosforth, Northumberland, was buried at St. Nicholas, Gosforth, on 15/2/1766. - He left a Will, written on 12/9/1764. He bequeathed to his 3 sons £300 to be shared between them and £10 to his daughter Elizabeth, wife of Richard Birkley. The rest of his personal estate was to be shared between his wife and his other 3 daughters, Margaret, Ann & Hannah, unless his wife remarried, in which case she would receive just £40.   

1741

Margaret Weatherburn, [?3rd] d. of Henry W. ‘of Alnmouth’ [?bap. 1714 (m. not found)], bap. 11/10/1741 at Lesbury.   [Another daughter named Margaret was buried at Lesbury on 10/9/1738.   

1741

William Weatherburn, s. of William W. [unidentified] & Mary Fairclough [m. 1740], bap. 30/11/1741 at Tanfield.   [He may be the William who was buried in 1745, q.v.]

1742

Jane Weatherburn, of Greener Row, Ryton, b. abt. 1742, @ Spouse: Henry Greener.   [?Jane b. 1731 - See m. in 1763] - [Ryton is W. of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.]

1742

Thomas Weatherburn, [2nd] s. of Ralph W. [b. 1717 at Alnwick, buried there March 1770, & his first wife Ann Jopling (m. 1739 at Witton Gilbert)], bap. 17/1/1742 at Witton Gilbert.  [Witton Gilbert is a few miles S of Chester le Street.] - Thomas was left £20 in his father’s Will.

1742

Thomas Weatherburn, [e.] s. of Henry W. ‘of Hesleridge’ [?Hazelrigg] (& Anne Tindal, m. 3/6/1742, q.v.), bap. 17/3/1742 at Chatton.  “No place-name of ‘Hesleridge’ appears on a map but there is a ‘Hazelrigg’ between Chatton and Belford, ‘a bit towards Lowick’, which seems the likely place”. [A Thomas W. ‘of Horncliffe Staires’ was buried at Norham on 2/1/1831, aged 88.  [It seems likely that he is this Thomas.]  

1742

Elizabeth Widerbourn (sic), [e.] d. of John Weatherbourn [bap. 1695, d. 1766, & Margaret Dixon (m. 1741 at Gosforth)], bap. 18/3/1742 at Newcastle upon Tyne, Groat Market Meeting House - NC.  Elizabeth m. Richard Birkley of Brenkley (7m. N of Newcastle) at Ponteland on 26/5/1763 (q.v.). - When her father died in 1766 he left £10 to his daughter Elizabeth, wife of Richard Birkley.  

1742

Henry Weatherburn m. Anne Tindal on 3/6/1742 at Belford.  Henry could be the --- Wedderburn, ‘a carrier between Berwick & Edinburgh’, whose elder son Henry is said in the W.B. to have been born in 1744, and whose younger son James is said to have been b. 1745-50. (The elder son Henry would seem to be the Henry Weatherburn bap. at Chatton in 1745, q.v., & the younger s. the James Weatherburn bap. at Norham in 1756, q.v.) - However, if Henry senior is ‘the carrier’, then Henry bap. 1745 is his second (not ‘elder’) son, & James bap. 1756 is his third son, as Henry (& Anne Tindal) apparently had an ‘ante-nuptial’ son Thomas, ‘s. of Henry W. of Hesleridge’ (?Hazlerigg - between Chatton & Belford), bap. at Chatton on 17/3/1742 (who would seem to be the Thomas W. ‘of Horncliffe Staires’ who was buried at Norham on 2/1/1831, aged 88). - ‘The carrier’ is also said to have had 2 daughters, Agnes & ---, and ‘he may have had other issue’.  [No baptism of Agnes can be found but Elizabeth Wetherburn (bap. 1752 at Norham) is probably the unnamed younger daughter.] - ‘The carrier’ probably died in 1782. [The dates in brackets after Henry W.’s name on W.B. p. 500 are 1744-1782, although, in the text, it says that he died in 1832, so it seems likely that it was Henry’s father, the carrier, who died in 1782.] - [See Henry Wedderburn, b. 1744, & Henry Weatherburn, bap. 1745.]  

1742

Anne Widerburn (sic), [e.] d. of Luke Weatherbourn [?b. 1706, & Mary Bell (m. 1736 at Gosforth)], bap. 10/8/1742 at Newcastle upon Tyne, Groat Market Meeting House -NC.   

1742

Benjamin Weatherburn, s. of Ralph W. [unidentified], bap. 27/9/1742 at Gosforth.    

1742

Henry Wetherburn [unidentified] m. Elisabeth Starkin on 23/10/1742 at All Saints, Newcastle upon Tyne.   [14 children (see below) of a Henry W. were bap. at All Saints Church between 1743 & 1762, and an Elisabeth ‘d. of Henry’ (who is no doubt this Henry’s daughter) was bap. at St. Andrew’s in 1744. - It is not known which of the other children belong to Henry & Elizabeth Starkin, or to Henry & Mary Thompson (who were m. at All Saints Church in 1743, q.v.).]  

1742

George Weatherburne,  s. of William W. [& Anne Wilkinson (m. 1739)] bap. 14/11/1742 at Houghton le Spring.  

  

1743

William Wetherburn (sic), s. of Henry W. [?& Elisabeth Starkin (m. 1742) - or Mary Thompson (m. 1743)], bap. 6/3/1743 at All Saints, Newcastle upon Tyne.    

1743

Thomas Weatherburn, s. of Henry W., bap. 17/3/1743 at Chatton.   [See Thomas, e.s. of Henry W. ‘of Hesleridge, bap. 17/3/1742, above.]

1743

Henry Wetherburn [unidentified] m. Mary Thompson on 4/4/1743 at All Saints, Newcastle upon Tyne.   [14 children of a Henry W. were bap. at All Saints Church between 1743 & 1762 (plus Elisabeth ‘d. of Henry’, bap. at St. Andrew’s in 1744, who is no doubt the d. of Henry W. & Elisabeth Starkin, m. 1742, q.v.). - William (bap. 6/3/1743) and the other children could belong to either couple.]

1743

Henry Weatherburn [?bap. 1714, ‘s. of John W.’] was buried at St. Michael, Alnwick, Northumberland, on 10/5/1743.  

1743

George Weatherburn [?George Wedderburn, b. c1722/3, ‘s. of Robert Wedderburn, dec’d’, who was apprenticed to Edward Cook at B-on-T in 1737, q.v.] m. Isabel Henderson on 9/10/1743 at Berwick upon Tweed.  George, a Butcher, & Isabel seem to have had (at least) 2 sons & 4 daughters: Robert Weatherburn (bap. 1748, d. 1750); Elizabeth Wedderburn (b. & d. 1750); Isabel Weatherburn (d. 1751); George Weatherburn (d. 1758); Catherine Weatherburn (d. 1761); & Catherine Wedderburn (bap. 1761, d. 1762). -  In 1756, a case in the Consistory Court Case Papers for the Durham Diocese deals with the excommunication of Richard Henderson & Isabel Weatherburn (?George’s wife), both of the parish of Berwick. George is probably the George Weatherburn who was buried at Holy Trinity, Berwick, Northumberland, on 4/2/1767.  

1743

Jacob Weatherburn, [3rd] s. of William W. [?bap. 1703 at Whickham - & Ann Story (m. 1728)], bap. 5/10/1743 at Ryton.  - [Jacob seems to have m. i) Sarah Parmella at Ryton in 1767 (q.v.) & ii) Mary Stokle at Washington in 1777 (q.v.). - Jacob was buried at St. Mary & St. Cuthbert, Chester le Street, Durham, on 30/10/1799, aged 57, & Mary, ‘widow of Mr. Jacob Weatherburn of Bowes House, died at North Biddis [North Biddick] on 10/3/1811, aged 72. (N.Biddick is a few miles SW of Washington  & NW of Penshaw.) - His widow Mary Weatherburn, 72, of Lumley Park, W. of Jacob, died on 10/3/1811 and was buried at Chester le Street on 13/3/1811.

1743

Allice (sic) Weatherburn m. Wm. Simpson [a Smith] of Stainton/Adgarley, Lancs., on 23/10/1743.

1743

Mary Weatherburn, d. of Ralph W. [b. 1717 at Alnwick, & his first wife Ann Jopling (m. 1739 at Witton Gilbert)], bap. 6/11/1743 at Witton Gilbert.   [Witton Gilbert is a few miles S of Chester le Street.] - Mary was left £20 in her father’s Will.

1743

Ann Weatherburn, [younger] d. of Robert W. [b. 1706, & Jane Grundle (m. 1726)], bap. 11/12/1743 at South Shields.    

1744

Elisabeth Wetherburn, d. of Henry W. [?& Elisabeth Starkin (m. 1742)], bap. 26/3/1744 at Newcastle upon Tyne, St. Andrew Par. Reg. & Nonconf.   [Elisabeth may be the ‘Elizabeth Weatherburn of the parish of St. Nicholas, N-on-T’, who m. Richard ‘Birkley ot Brenkley’ at Ponteland on 26/5/1763 (q.v.).]

1744

Margret Weatherburn [unidentified] was buried at St. Nicholas, Gosforth, Northumberland, on 1/4/1744.  

1744

Alice Weatherburn m. Thomas Benson on 23/4/1744 at Houghton le Spring.   [Alice m. Thomas at Monkwearmouth.]

1744

John Weatherburn [John Wetherburn (b. 1682), whose wife Ann Ferguson (m. 1706, d. 1732)] is probably the John Weatherburn who was buried at Holy Trinity, Berwick on Tweed, Northumberland, on 20/5/1744.  

1744

Matthew Widerburn (sic), [2nd] s. of Luke Weatherbourn [?b. 1706, & Mary Bell (m. 1736 at Gosforth)], bap. 11/6/1744 at Newcastle upon Tyne, Groat Market Meeting House -NC.   [Matthew Weatherburn ‘of the parish of Bolam’, a Farmer at Benridge, m. Mary Tone at Ponteland in 1773 (q.v.). Matthew Wedderburn ‘of Benridge’ [Farmer], died at Ponteland [7m NW of Newcastle on Tyne] on 28/2/1806, ‘aged 64’.  

1744

James Weatherburn [bap. 1710, e.s. of John W., b. 1682, & Anne Ferguson (m. 1706)] m. Jane Hay on 6/12/1743 at Berwick on Tweed. [James Wedderburn  m. Jean Hay on 25/11/1744 at Eyemouth. (This is perhaps the date when Banns were called in Anne’s home parish?) - James Weatherburn was admitted a Freeman in 1730. -  James & Jean apparently had 2 daughters & 2 sons: Ann, bap. 22/10/1745; John, bap. 2/12/1747 ; Robert, bap. 3/5/1751 all bap. at B-on-T as ‘Weatherburn’ - & Margaret, whose bap. has not been found but who is mentioned in her uncle John’s Will in 1762, may be the Margaret Weatherburn who m. James Mills at Berwick on 1/3/1781 (q.v.). -  Jean must be ‘Jane, wife of James Weatherburn’, who was buried at Holy Trinity, B-on-T, on 24/10/1796. [In a History of B-on-T, written by John Fuller in 1799, James Widderburn ‘b. in or before 1710, who was admitted a Freeman in 1731’, is said to be the father of the corporation of Berwick. He was then living in Castlegate: “a suburb of B-on T situated without the walls, near the north west part of the town. It consists of one broad street running nearly north, being the outlet to the great north road; and a long range of houses stretching from the further end of Castle-gate eastwards, called ‘Greenses’, principally inhabited by fishermen & labourers”. ] - James is probably the James Weatherburn who was buried at Holy Trinity, Berwick, on 22/10/1797.  

 1744   

Henry Wedderburn, ‘elder son of --- Wedderburn, probably of Allerdean, co. Northumberland, employed as a carrier between Berwick and Edinburgh’, is said in the W.B. to have been born in 1744.  [See next entry.]  

1745

Henry Weatherburn, [2nd] s. of Henry W. ‘of Hesleridge’ [& Anne Tindal (m. 1742, q.v.)], bap. 5/5/1745 at Chatton.   [‘Hesleridge’ from Parish reg. Bob adds: “No place-name of ‘Hesleridge’ appears on map, but ‘Hazelrigg’ between Chatton and Belford, a bit towards Lowick seems the likely place”.)] - It seems highly probable that Henry’s father, Henry Weatherburn of Hesleridge [?Hazelrigg], is the  --- Wedderburn, ‘probably of Allerdean, co. Northumberland, employed as a carrier between Berwick and Edinburgh’ - the first person mentioned in the account of “The Wedderburns at Allerdean, Horncliff, and Newcastle 1744-1896”. [He appears to be the Henry Weatherburn who m. Anne Tindal at Belford in 1742.] - The carrier’s son Henry is said in the W.B. to have been born in 1744. It is stated that this Henry, a salmon-fisher, “came from Aberdeen to Loanend (but in ‘Corrections & Additions’, says ‘for Aberdeen read Allerdean’) where he died in 1832 and was buried in Norham”. (The dates in brackets after Henry W.’s name on W.B. p. 500 are 1744-1782, although, in the text, it says that he died in 1832, so it seems likely that it was Henry’s father, the carrier, who died in 1782.) - Henry Weatherburn m. Margaret Kirton (m. not found). -  In the W.B. it says that they had 2 sons: Henry, ‘b. about 1775, who went to Horncliffe’ (see bap. 1777); & John, ‘who is said to have been in the service of the United States, and to have died in the China Seas, unmarried’. (No dates are given for John, but see 1780.) - Henry and Margaret apparently also had 2 daughters: Christian (bap. 1772, q.v.) & Agnes (bap. 1774, q.v. - the names ‘Agnes’ & ‘Ann’ were often used interchangeably  - ‘A.W.’), although they are not shown in the W.B. - Margaret (née Kirton) is said to have died at Loanend ‘aged 33’. - Margaret, ‘wife of Henry Weatherburn of Loan End’, was buried at Norham on 11/9/1795 & Henry Weatherburn ‘of Loan End’ was buried at Norham on 21/5/1833, aged 88. [See also James Weatherburn bap. 1756.]

1745

Mary Weatherbourne, d. of Henry W. [?& Elisabeth Starkin (m. 1742) - or Mary Thompson (m. 1743)], bap. 7/4/1745 at All Saints, Newcastle upon Tyne.  

1745 Margaretta Weatherburn [unidentified] m. Duncan McGibbin on 18/6/1745 at Warkworth.  

1745

Margaret Widerbourn (sic), [2nd] d. of John Weatherbourne [bap. 1695, d. 1766, & Margaret Dixon (m. 1741 at Gosforth)], bap. 15/10/1745 at Newcastle upon Tyne, Groat Market Meeting House -NC.  When Margaret’s father died in 1766 he left £300 to be divided between his 3 sons and the rest of his personal estate between his wife & 3 younger daughters. - A Margaret Weatherburn m. William Nicholson at Gosforth on 15/3/1767. [This must be the m. of this Margaret or Margaret bap. 6/8/1746 (2ndd. of Luke W., b. 1706, & ?Mary Bell , m. 1736) - or perhaps a 2nd m. of her mother Margaret (née Dixon)?  

1745

Ann Weatherburn, d. of James Wedderburn [& Jean Hay (m. 1744)], bap. 22/10/1745 at Berwick upon Tweed.  In the Will of her uncle John Weatherburn (bap. 1717, d. 1762) Ann & her sister Margaret were left the residue of his estate. - [Ann is the ‘Ann Wedderburn, an old miser’ who died on 7/7/1813 & is the ‘Ann Weatherburn or Weatherbourne of Castlegate’ who was buried at Holy Trinity Church, B-on-T, on 18/7/1813, ‘aged 70’. - Admon. of her estate was granted to her brother John Weatherburn (b. 1747) in August 1813 (q.v.). - [See entries in July 1813.]

1745

Thomas Wetherburn, s. of Henry W. [?& Elisabeth Starkin (m. 1742) - or Mary Thompson (m. 1743)], bap. 27/10/1745 at All Saints, Newcastle upon Tyne.   

1745

William Weatherburn [?bap. 1741 - or his father William W. (unidentified), who m. Mary Fairclough in 1740] was buried at St. Margaret, Tanfield, Durham, on 8/12/1745.

1745

Ralph Weatherburn [bap. 1706, s. of Joseph W. by ‘Margt.’ - Ralph Watterburn, husband of Catherine Row (m. 1730)] was buried at St. Mary & St. Cuthbert, Chester le Street, Durham, on 8/12/1745.   

1745

Ann Weatherburn [?Ann Wedderburn, bap. 1708, elder d. of John W. & Ann Ferguson (m. 1706)] m. John Carr on 24/12/1745 at Berwick upon Tweed.

 

1745

“Dutch troops were landed at Berwick. They brought a disease with them resembling jail-fever. The infections were communicated to the inhabitants, and swept off numbers, so that in the two months of November and December 1745, 109 funerals appear in the register”.  - The annual average of funerals from 1733-1744, both inclusive, appears, from the parish register to have been 106.  

1746

William Weatherburne, [4th] s. of William W. [?bap. 1703 at Whickham - & Ann Story (m. 1728)], bap. Feb. 1746 at Ryton.  [Ryton is W. of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.] - A William Weatherburn was buried at Holy Cross, Ryton, on 4/10/1746.

1746

Thomas Weatherburn, [3rd but only surviving] s. of Thomas W. [b. 1712, & Jane Sheppard (m. 1737)], bap. 5/3/1746 at Alnwick.   Thomas is probably the Thomas Weatherburn, aged 27, Sadler of Morpeth, who m. widow Hannah Jefferson by Licence at Morpeth on 2/1/1774 (q.v.).  

1746

William Weatherburn m. Mary Harrison on 22/7/1746 at Houghton le Spring.   [This may be a second m. of the William who m. Anne Wilkinson at Houghton in 1739.]

1746

Margaret Widerburn, [2nd] d. of Luke Weatherbourn [?b. 1706, & Mary Bell (m. 1736 at Gosforth)], bap. 6/8/1746 at Newcastle upon Tyne, Groat Market Meeting House-NC. A Margaret Weatherburn m. William Nicholson at Gosforth on 15/3/1767 (q.v.). [She must be either this Margaret or Margaret ‘Widerbourn’ (bap. 15/10/1745, 2nd d. of John W., b. 1695, & Margaret Dixon, m. 1741, q.v.).]

1746

William Weatherburn [?bap. 1746,  4th s. of William W. & Ann Story (m. 1728)] was buried at Holy Cross, Ryton, Durham, on 4/10/1746.

1746

Sarah Weatherburn [bap. 1725 at Alnwick, d. of Luke W. (b. 1696, d. 1783) & his first wife Ann Jopling (m. 1739 at Witton Gilbert, Durham)] m. William Newatt on 26/12/1746 at Saint John’s, Newcastle upon Tyne. When Sarah’s father died, in 1783, he bequeathed his two freehold properties in Canongate, Alnwick, to two friends In Trust for his daughter Sarah Newett for her whole life and.immediately after her death to go to Luke’s granddaughter Ann Waite. After her death, they were to go to Luke’s grandson Luke Weatherburn (b. 1761), s. of Luke’s deceased e.s. Ralph (b. 1717, d. 1770) and Sarah’s half-brother.

1746

George Hewett (s. of George Hewett, sometime bailie in St. Andrew’s) ‘was at one time a merchant in St. Andrew’s but afterwards entered the ministry and in 1746 was at Newcastle’.  George m. Marion Scrymgeour [elder d. of Dr. Alexander Scrymgeour (b. 1669, only surv. s. of John Scrymgeour ‘of Kirktoun’ & Maidelene Wedderburn, d. of Alexander W., b. 1615, 3rd of Kingennie & 1st of Easter Powrie) & Janet Falconer] in Scotland in 1722. - George & Marion ‘had issue, of whom, in 1745, only two survived, Alexander (see next entry) and Jean or Jane’. Mrs. Hewett “was certainly alive in 1757”. - Two daughters of Marion Scrymgeour’s sister Jean - Margaret & Janet Watson (‘they must have been born after 1740’) - are named. 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”.  

1746

Alexander Hewett (said to be the only surv. s. of George Hewett & Marion Scrymgeour) ‘was in business in Chester le Street, Durham, in 1746’.  He appears to have had a number of children: “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”. - There was also a Mary Hewett, “named in a note of annuities and legacies left by the settlement of Janet Scrymgeour (‘Mrs. Gillespie, senior’)”.  Mrs. Hewett was deceased by 1777. ‘A.W.’ states also: “Mr. Henry Scrymgeour-Wedderburn (b. 1755), now of Wedderburn & Birkhill, has no knowledge of any living descendants of these two aunts of his grandfather (Marion & Jean Scrymgeour - see preceding entry) and believes their lines to be extinct”.  [On W.B. p. 501 it shows that John Wedderburn ‘b. 1804’ (3rd son of Henry W., ‘b. c1775’ - bap. 1777 - & Agnes Milvin) m. Mary Hewitt (m. not found). - Acc. to the W.B., John died at Norham in 1882, aged 78 (i.e. b. c1804) but the John Wedderburn who was baptised at Spittal United Presbyterian Church in 1804 is shown in the Spittal registers as ‘s. of Henry & Margaret Wedderburn of Loanend, ‘b. 2/12/1780’ (i.e. he is apparently  the John W., s. of Henry b. 1744 - bap. 1745 - & Margaret Kirton, ‘who died in the China Seas, unmarried’ (W.B. p. 500), so there seems to be some confusion! - See ‘John Wedderburn’ 1780 & 1804.]

1746

William Weatherburn [bap. 1720, 4th s. of John Wedderburn & Ann Ferguson (m. 1706)] m. Elizabeth Coltrop on 10/11/1746 at Berwick on Tweed. [William was apprenticed to his brother James on 4/6/1736 and ‘was deceased before the end of 1753’.] - William & Elizabeth had 2 sons & a daughter: Elias (‘Elisha’, bap. 1747); Ann (bap. 1750) & William (b. c1752).] - William (senior) was buried at B-on-T on 9/9/1753.   

1747

Eleanor Weatherbourn [?bap. 1724 or 1728] m. John Morrison on 2/1/1747 at Gateshead.  

1747

Michael Weatherburn [?bap. 1721] m. Jane Younger on 25/5/1747 at Gateshead.  

1747

Sarah Weatherburn [unidentified] was buried at Holy Trinity, Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, on 11/6/1747.

1747

Ralph Weatherburn, 23, Mariner of Long Benton [?bap. 22/12/1723 at Newcastle-on-Tyne, 2nd s. of Ralph W. & Isabel Dixon, m. 1718 at Gateshead] m. Elizabeth Mason, aged 23, of St. Andrew, by Licence, on 2/11/1747 at Longbenton. Elizabeth apparently had a 3 sons named Ralph (one bap. at Longbenton in 1748 & two bap. at Newcastle upon Tyne, in 1753 & 1757); a s. Richard (bap. 1751 at N-on-T) & a daughter Elizabeth (bap. there in 1754).  

1747

John Weatherburn, ‘s. of William or James Weatherburn’, bap. 2/12/1747 at Berwick upon Tweed.   [John is the e.s. of James Wedderburn who m. Jean Hay in 1744 (q.v.).] - In 1762, John was left £100 in the Will of his uncle John Weatherburn (bap. 1717) and was also to inherit property in B-on-Tweed left to his father James by John. - John W. was indentured as Apprentice to Chris Patten of Berwick on Tweed, Carpenter, in 1763. - John, ‘e.s. of James’, was admitted a Freeman of B-on-T on 11/11/1768. John Weatherburn, Carpenter in London, is shown in the Freemen’s Rolls between 1774 and 1817 (as was his brother Robert, b. 1751) but he did not vote in the 1820 parliamentary election at Berwick and was absent from the 1821 Roll, so if, as seems likely, the ‘Widow of John Weatherburn’ shown in the Berwick Freemen’s Roll on 9/5/1818 is this John’s widow, John must have died in 1817 or early 1818. - [Admon. of the estate of Ann W. (bap. 1745) was granted to her brother John in 1813 (q.v.).]  

1747

Elisha Weatherburn [afterwards ‘Elias’], s. of William W., bap. 16/12/1747 at Berwick upon Tweed.   [Elias is the elder s. of William W. (b. 1720, d. 1753) & Elizabeth Coltrop (m. 1746). - In 1762, Elias was left 1/- in the Will of his uncle John Weatherburn (b. 1717). as ‘one of ‘the infant children of his late brother William’. - Elisha was admitted a Freeman of B-on-T on 11/11/1768 (at the same time as his uncle John, b. 1747, in preceding entry), as ‘second oldest son of William Weatherburn (deceased)’. - The Freemen’s records show that in 1774 Elisha was a Cooper. - He is the ‘Elias’ Weatherburn who m. Jane --- (m. not found) and had 3 sons & 3 daughters: William (b. 1777, buried 1788); Jane (b. 1781, d. 1856); Elias (b. 1783, d. 1818); Isabella (b. 1785); George (b. 1788, d. 1794) & Mary Ann (b. 1792). - Elisha was buried - as ‘Elias’ - at B-on-T on 9/12/1792. - In 1793, ‘Jane Weatherburn received monetary relief, while her 3 children were taken into care’. [The Freemen’s Records show that Isabella W., wife of Elias, Freeman 1804, ‘died before 1842’ - but it was Jane, wife of Elisha (aka ‘Elias’) Freeman 1768, who died ‘before 1842’.  She was buried at B-on-T on 2/7/1818, aged 56, but her burial has apparently been incorrectly recorded at Mordington, Berwickshire, as that of ‘Isabella’. (Their son Elias’s wife, Isabella - née White - was buried on 4/10/1850, aged 61.)]  - William Weatherburn (b. c1752, q.v.) would seem to be Elisha’s younger brother, although William was also admitted as a Freeman (in 1776) as ‘2nd son of William’. [William’s e.s. William (b. 1780), was buried on 20/3/1788.]

1748

Balo Weatherbuan (sic) of Newcastle upon Tyne b. ‘abt. 1748’, @ Spouse Susanna Mather.  [See m. in 1773 of Bage Weatherbuan (sic) - & entries for their children in 1774, 1746 & 1778.]  

1748

John Weatherburne [?m. Elizabeth Swainstone in 1725] was buried at Holy Cross, Ryton, Durham, on 11/1/1748.

1748

Ralph Weatherburn, s. of Henry W. [?& Elisabeth Starkin (m. 1742) - or Mary Thompson (m. 1743)], bap. 17/1/1748 at All Saints, Newcastle upon Tyne.  

1748

Robert Weatherburne, s. of George W. [& Isobel Henderson (m. 1743)], bap. 22/5/1748 at Berwick upon Tweed.  He is probably the Robert Weatherburn who was buried in 1750.

1748

Elizabeth Weatherbourn, d. of Michael W., bap. 12/6/1748 at Newcastle upon Tyne, St. Andrew Par. Reg & Nonconf.  

1748

William Witherbourn (sic), [e.] s. of John Weatherbourne [bap. 1695, d. 1766, & Margaret Dixon (m. 1741 at Gosforth)], bap. 22/6/1748 at Newcastle upon Tyne, Groat Market Meeting House -NC. When William’s father died in 1766 he left £300 to be divided between his 3 sons (as well as bequests to his wife & daughters). -William Weatherburn m. Ann Laidler at Gosforth in 1768 (q.v.). - [They had 6 sons & 3 daughters.] - William Weatherburn, Mole-Catcher, died at (?)Chopling of Horton on 12/10/1837, aged 89. (Thomas W., son, Engineman at Cowpen Colliery, was the informant.) - [William may be the (very young) father of William Wedderburn, bap. June 1763 at Newcastle Groat Market Meeting House -NC (q.v.) who was buried at Gosforth in July 1763.]

1748

Jane Weatherburn [unidentified] was buried at St. Michael, Alnwick, Northumberland, on 23/6/1748.  

1748

Luke Weatherburn, [3rd & ygst.] s. of Luke Weatherbourn [?b. 1706, & Mary Bell (m. 1736 at Gosforth)], b. (sic) 18/8/1748 at Newcastle upon Tyne, Groat Market Meeting House -NC.   Luke m. Mary Alder at Newburn on 3/8/1775.  - [They had 5 daughters & a son bap. at Gt. Bavington. & perhaps another, earlier-born, daughter.] - Mary Weatherburn was buried at Whalton in 1804 & Luke was buried there on 25/6/1821. - Luke Weatherburn, farmer, widower, of Nuns Hill in the parish of Whalton in the county of Northumberland. Date of Probate: 18 January 1822, Administration bond, penal sum £400, 18 January 1822.

1748 Ralph Weatherburn, [e.] s. of Ralph W. & Elizabeth [Mason (m. 1747)], bap. 18/9/1748 at Longbenton.  [This Ralph must have died as another son was given the same name in 1753. A third son was given the same name in 1757 (q.v.).]

1748

John Weatherburn, [3rd & yngst.] s. of Ralph W. [b. 1717 at Alnwick, buried there March 1770, & his first wife Ann Jopling (m. 1739 at Witton Gilbert)], bap. 2/10/1748 at Witton Gilbert.  [Witton Gilbert is a few miles S of Chester le Street.) - In his father’s Will, John was left £20 and his father’s working tools and other implements used in his trade, and half of his stock-in-trade as a wheelwright. - John m. Ann Ramsay at Alnwick in 1775 (q.v.). - [They had (at least) 3 sons & a daughter.] - In 1787 (when his son Thomas was baptised.), John’s occupation was given as Cartwright but he later became a Farmer in Alnwick & proprietor of the Plough Inn in Bondgate St. [John’s elder brothers and his younger half-brother Luke  b. 1761) having predeceased their grandfather Luke Weatherburn (b. 1796, d. 1783).] - John Weatherburn died at Alnwick on 14/10/1822, aged 74, leaving a Will written on 24/6/1822 and proved on 26/4/1823 by his sons: Ralph (b. c1776, a Farmer in Alnwick, d. 1831); John (b. 1781, a Farmer at Dunsheugh in the parish of Longhoughton, d. 1863); & Thomas (b. 1787, a Farmer at Snabs Leases, in the same parish, d. 1831). - John’s widow Ann, their 3sons and  their daughter were beneficiaries under John’s Will, as were Ralph’s two surviving daughters  Mary & Jane Weatherburn. - John bequeathed the ‘Plough’ to John Thirlwall, Esq., of Alnwick, and his Heirs [but] ‘to the use of my son Ralph and immediately after his decease to the use of Ralph’s two daughters’. - The newly-erected dwelling-house behind the Plough he left to Anne Waite (granddaughter of Luke Weatherburn, b. 1796, q.v.). Immediately after her death that house was to go to John’s granddaughters, Mary & Jane (Ralph’s daughters). - (See also death of a John Weatherburn at Alnwick in 1757 & death of Mary Weatherburn, ‘who kept the Plough public house for many years’, on 4/8/1805.)  

1749

Jacob Weatherburn, of Hawkle in the parish of Lesbury [bap. 1709. m. 1737, d. 1739, q.v.]. Date of Probate: 9 January 1749, Renunciation, 22 November 1748, Administration bond, penal sum £200, 9 January 1749.

1749

Henry Weatherburn, s. of Willm. W. [& Mary Harrison (m. 1746)], bap. 29/1/1749 at Houghton le Spring.  

1749

Alice Weatherburn, d. of Henry W. [?& Elisabeth Starkin (m. 1742) - or Mary Thompson (m. 1743)], bap. 12/3/1749 at All Saints, Newcastle upon Tyne.

 

1749

Elizabeth Weatherburn, d. of Henry W. [probably the Henry  who m. Mary Thompson in 1743 (q.v.)], bap. 20/8/1749 at All Saints, Newcastle upon Tyne.  

1750

Elizabeth Wedderburn, d. of George W. [& Isabel Henderson (m. 1743)], bap. 21/1/1750 at Berwick upon Tweed.  She is probably the Elizabeth Weatherburn who was buried on 10/71750.  

1750

John Weatherbourn, [2nd] s. of John W. [bap. 1695, d. 1766, & Margaret Dixon (m. 1741 at Gosforth)], bap. 17/4/1750 at Newcastle upon Tyne, Groat Market Meeting House -NC.  He is probably the ‘John Weatherburn  b. at Kenton on 23/4/1750’ who was Bound by Indenture to Robert Milborne, Grocer and Tea Dealer, of Groat Market, Newcastle on Tyne, for 5 years until he was 21. - When his father died in 1766 he left £300 in his Will ‘to be divided between his 3 sons’ (as well as other bequests to his wife and 3 daughters.) - John sailed for America and eventually settled in Baltimore where he had a partnership with John Hetherinton in 1773 and later had his own business. He became a member of the Volunteer Independent Company of Militia in 1775 under Captain Mordecai Gist but never saw action. He married Catherine Littlejohn at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Baltimore, in 1776 and they had six daughters. John took the Oath of Fidelity before a local magistrate in 1778 but financial problems at the end of the war of independence caused him to give up his merchant business. Around 1800, he was a clerk at the Bank of Baltimore and in 1806 he was President of the Mechanical Bank of Baltimore. He died on 21/4/1811.  

1750

Robert Weatherburn, ‘s. of George’ [no doubt Robert Weatherburne bap. 22/5/1748] was buried at Holy Trinity, Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, on 3/7/1750. [A Robert Wedderburne was buried there on 8/1/1756.]

1750

Elizabeth Weatherburn, d. of George [no doubt Elizabeth Wedderburn bap. 21/1/1750], was buried at Holy Trinity, Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, on 10/7/1750.

1750

Ann Weatherburne, d. of William W. [(b. 1720) & Elizabeth Coltrop (m. 1746)], bap. 28/11/1750 at Berwick upon Tweed.  In 1762, Ann was left 1/- in the Will of her uncle John Weatherburn (bap. 1717). as ‘one of the infant children of his late brother William’. - She must be the Ann Weatherburn ‘of Shaws Lane’ who was buried at Holy Trinity, Berwick on Tweed, on 2/3/1819, aged 69 Ann is a sister of Elisha (bap. 1747), and William (b. c1752).  [Another Ann Weatherburn or Weatherbourne ‘of Castlegate’ was buried on 2/3/1813, ‘aged 70’. (She is Ann Weatherburn b. 1745, dau. of James Wedderburn & Jean Hay, as Admon. of her estate was granted to John Weatherburn in August 1813.)]