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PART I.
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, Chaptek III.
David Wedderburn in the Murravgait and uis desce.vhants.
His son David Weilhrhurn of Craigie (m. Helen Law.vm) ami his two sons James ami William, Part I.
with an account of their families. Their male line extinct. (See pedijree at p. G5^. CUap. III.
David "Wedderburn^ [1440 1—1496 ?] in the Murraygait of Dmnlco. The earliest
references to the name of WeJderburn in connection with Dundee are to a pei-son of the
name of David. Thus, one of an inquest, Itj April 14Gt, for tlio retour of .Marjorie do
Strazawquliyn as heir to her sister Elizabeth in tlie lands of Kviiijennv is David Wedderbuni,
whose seal, bearing the aruis of the family, is still attached" to tlie document
(S.W. 1).- He is named again as a witness to a grant made at Aljernetiiy 7 Aug.
1476, and is tlien designed " scutifer " (G.S.R. 6)-'; to another grant, also made at
Abernethy, 9 March 1481 (G.S.R. 5); to an obligation, 22 April 1 481 (The Dowilas
Book III, 1 17 ); to a sasine 27 April 1 484 (S.W. 2) ; to another grant witnessed at I Juiideo
7 Jan. 1485, in which he is again designed "scutifer" (G S.R. 7) ; to another obli'.,'atioii
12 May 14S7 {The Douglas Book III, 120) ; and to four other grants, 3 Fe!i. (a charter
to the church of Dundee), 17 July 1490, and 26 Oct. 149'), all made at Dmidee and confirmed
1491-96 under the Great Seal (G.S.R. 8-10) He is also named in the so-called
""Book of the Church" as being on the council of Dundee in 1400 (D.B.R. 1). Tint all
these references are to the same David is not certain, but it is lu:;lily probable, as we know
him to have died before July 1497, and the name drops out of the rccord.s until the time of
his son. He was the owner of property in the Murraygait of Dunde-,", which is often
referred to in the records. Thus the lands of the late David Weddcrliuru are named as
the Eastern boundary of certain otlier North .Murraygait lauds, .'W July 1001 (U A.I). 4)
and "the heirs of the late David Wedderburn in South Murravgait " arc named .'i Xov.
1518 (D.P.B. la). He died between 26 Oct. 14'J5 (G.S R. 10) and 8 July 1497 when
sasine of an annual rent out of the South ^lurraygait property is k'^'^-'" to Cri-^tian
And(erson),^ relict and e.xocutri.'i of the late David Wedderburu, liurgess (D.C. 1).
By his wife, Cristian Anderson, he left two sons and possibly some daughters.*
The sons were James and I 'avid, but there is notliing to show which was tiic elder. This
is, however, immaterial as it is clear that James d. s.p. Of them
1. David Wedderburn, who carried on the line of his fauiily. See next pi-jo.
2. James Wedderburn'' [1435?— 1524] is named with his brother David 12 Xijv. 1521
(D.P.B. 6), but died before 28 Oct. 1524, when David Wedderburn, son of the lata
David Wedderburn, and brother and heir of the late James Wedderburn, rc:>igns a
South Ergadie street property to John Low (iL. 9 a). He is pmbably one This is a charter bv ArcliibaLl, Ei^vl of Angus, to Robert Graham of Fintry, an.l it oxt.iut in tl;o Url