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Wedderburn History

Wills

This list of wills includes Weatherburn, Wedderburn and also some names related to these families.   Margaret Evans recorded all of those she had explored, her records showing that she had copies of many and had transcribed a number of them. We do not have copies of all those listed but  if any document is of interest, please ask and we will send as much detail as we have.


Alexander Wedderburn, Shipmaster in London, d. between 30/3/1747 & Feb. 1749.  

Alexander Wedderburn, Col., d. in Glasgow in 1839.

Alexander Wedderburn ‘of Exeter’, d. at Exeter 1853.

Alexander Weatherburn, furrier, d 1898

Andrew Colvile, (born as Wedderburn)d. in London in 1856.

Ann Weatherburn of Berwick upon Tweed, d. in 1813.

Barbara Weatherburn (widow of Ralph), d. at Bishopwearmouth, Durham, in 1833.

Charles Wedderburn of Pearsie, d. at Pearsie in 1829.

Charles Francis Webster-Wedderburn, d. at St. Leonard’s on Sea in 1886.

Christopher Wedderburn, d. in Islington in 1882.

David Webster, Druggist, d. in London in 1787.

David Webster (aka Wedderburn, of Pearsie), d. at Bath in 1801.

David Wedderburn, Sir, 1st Bt. of Balindean,d. at Inveresk in 1858.

Elizabeth Wedderburn, nee Smith - d 1829

Elizabeth Wedderburn; d 1876 in Meredith, Gloucestershire

Elizabeth Margaret Weatherburn, wife of Robert, died Acton 1902.

Elizabeth Kenyon Wedderburn, widow of Lancelot, d 1906

Euphemia Scrymgeor-Wedderburn Scott ; d 1881.

George Wedderburn of Edinburgh; d 1865.

George Gordon Webster-Wedderburn, d Newcastle under Lyme, 1875.

Grace Weatherburn, widow, d 1727.

Henrietta Louisa Wedderburn, Dame, widow of Sir John, d 1839 in Meredith, Gloucestershire.

Henry Allen House, yeoman of Mark, Somerset, 1861

Henry Wedderburn ‘of Gosford’, d. at Calcutta in 1777.

Henry Weatherburn, engineer, d Surrey, 1873.

Isabel Edward, Mrs., alias Wedderburn of Pearsie in 1787, Renunciation of Land.

Isabella Weatherburn, d. in London in 1845. (Admon. not granted until 1865.)

James Stewart, b. 1782 - drawn up in 1804 - Interdiction.

James Webster (also known as Graham), d. in London in 1841.

James Webster, d. in London in 1789.

James Wedderburn, of Inverness, d. in Jamaica in 1797.

James Weatherburn, Glass Maker of South Shields, d. there in 1805.

James Wedderburn, d. in France in 1815.

James Wedderburn, Solicitor-Gen. for Scotland, d. in Kirkcudbrightshire in 1823.

James Wedderburn, of Spring Garden, d. in London in 1831.

James Weatherburn, engineer, d 1881

James Wedderburn-Colvile, d. at Inveresk in 1807.

Jane Weatherburn of Greenfield, widow of Thomas, d 1772

Jane Weatherburn, Mrs., widow, of South Shields, Durham, d. there in 1867.

John Halkett, d. at Richmond, Surrey, in 1852.

John Kellerman Wedderburn, d.  in 1891.

John Webster, d. in London in 1793.

John Weatherburn of Alnwick, d 1712

John Weatherburn, butcher, 1762.

John Weatherburn, yeoman of Gosforth, d 1766.

John Wedderburn, d. in Calcutta in 1787, administration

John Wedderburn of Pearsie, d 1788

John Wedderburn, Sir, of Balindean, d. at Balindean in 1803.

John Wedderburn of ‘Spring Garden’ Jamaica  d. at Chigwell, Essex, in 1820.

John Weatherburn, Farmer & proprietor of the Plough Inn in Bondgate St., Alnwick, d. at Alnwick in 1822.

John Weatherburn d. Bishopwearmouth in 1839.

John Wedderburn, of Aberdeenshire d. in London in 1846.

John Wedderburn, Cloth Merchant,  d. Dunbar in 1848.

John Wedderburn, Sir, 2nd Bt. of Balindean, d. at Brighton in 1862.

John Wedderburn, Major General, d 1879

John Wedderburn, died West Derby, 1884.

John Weatherburn, Customs Officer d 1889.

John Weatherburn, marine engineer fitter, d 1889.

John Wedderburn, joiner, d 1905

John Kellerman Wedderburn, d 1891.

John Stapleton Weatherburn of Berwick on  Tweed, d 1926.

John Thomas Weatherburn, knife manufacturer, d 1929.

Katherine ‘otherwise Catherine Stewart otherwise Steward otherwise Wedderburn’,  d. in Dundee in 1793.

Luke Weatherburn of Canongate, Alnwick, d 1783.

Margaret Weatherburn of Alnwick, d 1688 (Inventory only).

Mary Ann Wedderburn, late of Somerset, d 1883.

Mary Jane Wedderburn, widow of William Thomas, d 1893.

Peter Alexander Halkett, d at Torquay, 1852

Ralph Weatherburn, of Alnwick,  administration granted to his widow, 1706

Ralph Weatherburn, Innkeeper of Alnwick, d 1777

Ralph Weatherburn, of Bishopwearmouth (husband of Barbara Hodgson), d. in late 1830 or early 1831.

Robert Stewart, Dr., Surgeon in Dundee, husband of the late Katharine Wedderburn of Pearsie , d. in Dundee in 1804.

Robert Wedderburn of HMS Devosnhire, d abt 1696

Robert  Weatherburn, Innkeeper, at Berwick upon Tweed in 1871.

Sarah Weatherburn, Mrs., widow, of South Shields, Durham, d. there in 1839.

Thomas House (father in law of Alexander of Exeter) d 1827

Thomas Weatherburn, Alnwick, d 1673 (Inventory)

Thomas Weatherburn, Farmer, Longhoughton, Alnwick, d. at Longhoughton in 1832.

Thomas Wedderburn, Yeoman, of Elwick Lane End, Hood, Durham, d. in 1837.

Thomas Weatherburn, of Snableases, d. in Edinburgh in 1882.

Thomas Weatherson of Tosson, Northumberland, probate 1873

Thomas Webster, Rev. Dr.,d. at Bath in 1816.

William Weatherburn, Northumberland, d 1631.

William Wedderburn, mason of Aberdeen, d 1819

William Weatherburn, Customs Officer,  d. 1870.   

William Thomas Wedderburn, GPO Chief Clerk, 1886.

William Wilson Weatherburn, former Oil Merchant, d 1912