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THE WEDDEllBURN BOOK.
Parti- 1. Andrew Wedderburn [16-20 ?— 3!)], Iwrii about 1G20. when the (ihovo
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settlement wiis niudc oil him (D P.U. 42r»). Named us his father's only (siirvivim,')
child 18 July 1629 (K.D. 95). Educated at S. Aiidrcu'.s, whyro he matiiculated 1635
(S.A.ll. 24). Also mentioned as a witness 31 May I6.'5G (D.D. 7). Admitted burgess
of Dundee 7 Nov l(i:t7 (D L.B. 52). Was also a burgess of Dumtisland, being so
designed in his will, dated 17 July 1639, and confirmed at S. Andrew's 1 April 1640
(S A.T. 9). By this document he leaves all his property to his motiier, except a sum
to his natural son, Francis, to be paid to him on his reaching 14 years of age.i
2. Alexander Wedderburn, [
I G2 1?— 28] Named in his father's will, ul mj,.
His "testament dative," or the administration of his estate, was confirmed at
S. Andrew's (S.A.T. 8) ; the confirmation reciting his death in 1628. The testament
is given up by his brother and executor dative, and names his father's natural son
Robert as then alive.
— Robert, natural son, living 1627-28 (S.A.T. 7, 8).i
We have already seen that on the failure of the lawful issue of her brother
David and on the death s.p. of her brother John, Elizabeth WedderbuiTJ, their sister,
was returned heir to David 31 Dec. 1642 (K. H. 21).
Tabular Pedigree of the account given in the foregoing section.
Robert We.lderburn. Vicar of Duiulee 1551, probably llie ||IsobeU Lovell, who m. David Cant.
author of "TUe Cnuiplavnt of ScotUuid." Died 1555-60.
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1580. Died before 1587.
David, legUimatised 1552. Died RobertWeiUlerburn, legitimatized 1552,=i=Euphame. d. to John Cousunmar.
1583-85, liis brother Ro- burgess 1580. A merchant iu Dundee. I
toiin, and relict of Robert
Died (?). | Scott. Died 1612.
bert being his heir. c. 1630
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David \Vedderburn,=pAlison Watson. John Wedderburn, a mer- Elizabeth m.
burgess of Burntis- 1639. chant in Dundee. Died 1. Robert Murray. Died 1634.
land. Died 1627-28. c. 1640-41. 2. Thomas Moncur of Seggieden.
3. 1647,Jame3LovellofKinneuchie.
Living 1654. Retoured heir to her
brother David 1642.
Andrew Wedderburn, born c. 1620. Alexander Wedderburn, Robert ("natural son)
Burge.«3 of Dundee 1637. Died born c. 1621 ; died unm. Living 1639.
unm. 1639. 1628.
Francis (natural son).
Sect. IV.— His eldest son, James Wedderlnmi, and his descendants in Dundee and in iforavia.
His grandson, John Wedderburn (m. Margaret Liyidsay), and his two sons (a)
John Wedderburn, protumedicus in Moravia, aiul his descendants there ; (b) James
Wedderburn, Bishop of Dunblane.
James Wedderburn [1495?— 1553J,-
eldest son of James Wedderburn (ante p. 5),
and Janet Barry, was born probably a little before 1500. The exact date cannot be fixed,
but he matriculated at S. Andrew's in 1514, although he seems not to have proceeded to
take any degree there (S.A.K. 7). He was entered heir to his father in an annual rent
28 Sept. 1521 (D.P.B. 5), and is named as sitting on the same assize with James
Wedderbura, elder and younger, tiO Dec. in that year (D.B.R. 12). Ten years later,
29 Nov. 1531, again as his father's heir, ho got sasine of a land in S. JMargaret's
close, North Marketgait {ib. 42). He had been admitted a burgess of Dundee,
17 Oct. 1517 (D.L.B. 3), and thereafter is often named in the records of the burgh
* The registers of the parish of Burntisland have been searched from their earliest date 1672 down to 1750,
but contain no Wedilerburn entries. If, therefore, either Francis or Robert Wedderburn had
descendants, they must have settled elsewhere. I find a reference to a Francis Wedderburn, who
very probably is this son of David of Burntisland, in a volume of the Calendar of State Papers
(Colonial Series, America and the West Indies 1675-76, published in 1895, § 1217) where there is
recorded 10 Feb. 1672 the " Relation of Major Beaton, captain of the Assistance, frigate of
Commander Francis Weatherljourne and his man of war Charily, captured at Campeachy (Jamaica)."
Synoi«isof references. S.A.R. 7: D.C. 14, 17; D.L.B. 3; D.P.B. 5,22,42,47, 267/; D.B.R. 6 o 6, 7,
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10a, 18 b c, 20 c, 21 c, 25 a, 46; G.S.R. 15, 19, 20, 21. Rey. Episc. Brech. ii, 319.