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102 THE WEDDERBURN BOOK.
Partii. 4. Alexander Wedderbum [1587—1608-9?], not named in the above register, and
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bpru theivfoie after 15SG. He is only four times named in the Dundee Records,
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viz., (a) 1G05, Maj- 18, when Robert Wedderbum, notary, and Alexander, his .son,
witness a precept (I) P.B. 339 c) ;
(i) 1606, Sept. 18, when Robert Wedderbum,
elder, and Margaret .Myin, his wife, settle the "Creneland" on their son and heir
apparent, Alexander Wedderbum, and on their two daughtei-s, Janet and Elizabetli
(i6. 364); (c) 1G07, June 14, when Robert Wedderbum, elder,burgess, and Alexander,
his sou, are witnesses (ib. 3G8) ; and ((/) 1G08, April, 28. when Alexander, son of
Robert Wedderbum, notary, is a witness (i'6. 370 c). He is also named once in
the Vcmtpt Duik of his cousin, David Wedderbum, as witness with his father
24 May 1G08 (D.W. 17/). This is the last mention of him, and it is clear, from
the fact that his cousin Peter was heir to his father (ut sup.) that he died s.p., and
no doubt unmarried, in his father's life. Probably he died 1608-9, as 7 March
1609 we find his father settling his North Argylegait property on his greatnephews
Peter, son to the clerk, and Alexander, son of David of the C'ampt
Buik (D.W. 21 e, D.P.B. 374).
and two daughters,
1. Janet Wedderbum. Fii-st named in a bond, 4 Nov. 1603, by her parents to her
(l).B.R. 351), and again in an obligation to her and her father, 26 July 1605
{ib. 365 a). See also the settlement on her brother Alexander, 18 Sept. 1606
(D.P.B. 364). She died uum. before 1611.
2. Elizabetli Wedderburn, named in an obligation to her parents and herself,
20 May 1605 (D.B.R. 365 6), and in the settlement {ut sup) of 1606 (D.P.B. 364).
She also died unm. before 1611.1
• With regard to the de.^tli of all Robert's cliildren in his life, reference may be made to the fact that the
plapue came to Dundee from " St Bartillid merket in Franchland " early in 1605 and was still ragin"
in Xov. 1608, four thousand deaths hariug occurred up to that time (see D.P.B. vol. 262, post, ii, p 236)'