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INTRODUCTION.
of Wedderbums occupyinj]; a small hoMin- in Coldinjham, for at least three introd. "
successive generations in the seventeenth centurv, and at the pr^^f^nt day there
IS more than one such family settled in and neir Berwick an.l >Vwcastle
The barony of Wedderburn, too. still bears its ancient name, and remain.?
in the hands of the descendants ,'in female line) of its old
proprietors, so that there have been Hoi.ies
I^tufuSmes
of Wedderburn for
orwedder- o^'^r SIS hundred years. To trace their history in any detail
bum. IS beyond the scope of this volume, but as tiie devolution of the
estnte from which, it Is believed, the name a.s a patronymic is
taken, has an interest for those who bear it, I biiefly sketch the hiiitorv
of the Homes.' ^
^^They de.scend from Sir David Home of
^ Wedderburn and his wife Alice
both of whom I have already mentioned. Sir David, who