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Parti. ---"' aud niiiiiy ilccrnk's later, ^ T Jan. ICS-t, tliere is .1 reference to the Miirraj-gait land once his,
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(S.W. 462) He married twice :—
i. Cristlna Jameson, wiio is named as his wife 9 May 1''28, when she consents to her
husband alienating some North Murrayfrait land to Henry AVedderburn (D.P.R. 26),
aud 7 Dec. 1532 when she apain agrees to iiis res-itrnation of an ainuial rent out of that
property, and her husband settles two North Welgait lands on himself, his wife, and their
heirs (iO. 49). This last transaction is registered in the lifcf. Kpii'c. Brech ,- and in that
record of it l>avid is e.xpressly called "elder," so that we are able to certainly identify
him with the husband of Cristina Janeson. She must have died soon after, as in .July
1534 David was the father of a son by another wife. The fashion of the time seems to
have favoured immediate remarriage^ She had issue one daughter,
Isobell Wedderburn* [
1 .530 ?— 158-") ?] m. 15.08 Alexander Ki/d. She is first named
22 Dec. 1558, when her husband settles a Nortli Marketgait property on himself and
her and their issue (D.P.B. 87). Two days later, 2t Dec . her father acknowledged
that the terms of her marriage contract had been duly fulfilled {ib. 88). She and
herhusband are subsequently mentioned 30 June 15H9 (D.P.H. 141), 20 July, 11 Aug.
1574 {lb. 165a) ; 19 May 1578 {ib. 207 c). An IsobellWedderburn, not' designed,
who is a witness 5 Aug. 1578 (D.B.K. 241 c), and who is named as owning a house
19-24 May 1581 (//*. 260 a), is no doubt she. She and her husband and their son,
Alexander, are named 22 May 1581 (D.l'.B. 213^0, 3 July and 19 Sept. 1584 {ib.
239, 246). Siie died between then and 9 April 1586, when her son John discharges
his father of all that is due to him through the death of his mother (D.B.ll. 278).
ii. Helen Lawson/ first named 30 July 1534, when she consents to the settlement
of a South Seagait land on their son .lames (D.P.B. 52). She is also mentioned in the
charters of Craigie and the mains of Huntlie already dealt with (R.P.S. 6, 7, 20 ; G.S.R.,
26, 30, 31). There are a few separate references to her, e.g.. 19 July 1557, when she was
party to an arbitration (D.B.R. 74), and, 3 April 1559, when she bound herself to provide for
her daughter Magdalen (;6. 86). Bv her, who survived her inisband and was living his
relict as late as 20 April 1568 (D.P.B. 149 rp.; D.li.R. 147), David Wedderbnrn had issue
two sons and two daugiiters^ :
1. James Wedderburn of CraiL^ie. See post, p. 60.
2. WilUam Wedderburn*^ [1536^—1595?]. He is first named 18 April 1543 in the
gift to him and his brother of the escheat of their father's goods (R.P.S. 10), after
whicii there is no mention of him until 5 May 1552, when he witnesses a receipt
signed by his father (D BR. 35). He was concerned with his father ami brother
in a breach of the burgh laws, and in the assault on Robert Merschell, already
mentioned, was convicted 30 Oct., 3 Nov. 1553 (D.B.R. 45). but got a remission
on 14 Dec. following (R.P.S. 21). He was admitted burgess of Dundee, 15 Nov. 1554,
six years before his eld'-r brother, James {ib. 20). In one p'ace, 16 Nov. 1554, he
is called " out-reddar" of liis father's ship the James (D.B.R. 58), but the other
references to him in the Dundee records during his father's life are slight.' In
1560, Oct. 4, he was a councillor of the burgh (D.B.R. 97), and in that year,
1 Seealso D.B.R. 2.37, where, 25 Xov. LI"?, the lands of umquliile Da\-id WecWerburu in South Murraygait
are mentioned, and comjiare the rent roll of 15S2 (post, vol. ii , p. 199. n.)
* Reg. Epi.'^c. Brech. (Bann. Club. Aberd. lS.5fl). p. 185-86. " Cristina Jameson, wife of David Wedderburn,
elder, ajipears before Jame.s Wedderburn, bailie of Dundee, and con.seuts to her husband's resignation
of the Siiid lands to James Spens." Henry Wedilerburn's lands are named.
* See po.