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156 THE WKDDEUBUliy HOOK.
Part II. 467). She murrieil, S Oct 1(;84 Cafter contract of 2 Sejit.) the Rev. Robert Rait
Chap. IV.
(D.M. 13), minister in Diuulei', and died before 3 .\pril l"Ot, when her brother Peter
ia named one of the inothLi's kin to their oulv and orpiian son .\lexander Ilait'
(D.Dec. 5:J), and became ono of his curatoi-s .5 May 1704. 10 Jan. I70G (D.D. 63).
There is, 1 Dec 1741, a translation of £3,030 scots contained in a 1694 bond by
Lord Kinnainl to Mr. Robert Rait, narratini; a disposition thereof in 1714 by
Alexander Rait, lieii' served and retoured to his father, in favonr of Peter Wedderburn.
his nncle (R.D. 349).
2. Janet Wedderburn, baptized in Dundee 17 Jnly 1663 (D B. 12), and certainly
dead before 27 July 1681, when, as we have seen, her sister is called the only
surviving daughter of their ])arents (S.W. 4.53). It is probablv she who is named
as " Kingennie's daui^htcr," buried in Dundee. 1679-80 (D.M I). 9), though this
entry may refer to one of the elder daughters of her brother Ale.xander, who was,
inasecse, "of Kiugennie " at this date."
[Easter Powric Iiad also a natural son,
John Wedderburn [1G44 !— 167.5?],^ who is named 14 Out. lG-53. when John
Wedderburn, " ualurall sono " to Kingennie, witnesses the marriage contract of
Marjory Wedderburn and James Thomsone (S.W. 307 ; ante, p. 146)' ; 1 Nov. 1655,
when, again called "natural son," he is apprenticed for seven years to the deacon
of the baxtars (D.T.G. 4 e), and, 15 July 1658, as "son to Kingennie," when
he is a witness to the protest against the removal of turf from tlie moor of
Kingennie (S.W. 3"J3). At the end of his apprenticeship he was examined by the
craft, and being declared a sufficient craftsman was admitted a free master of the
gild 28 Oct I6G2 (D.T.G. 4i. After this, he is generally called " baxter," e.y
2 Nov. 1661-62, when there is a decree for him (D.B.R. 473), and again 14 Aug.
1663 when he is admitted a burgess by his father's privilege (D.L.B. 54). and
20 March 1605, when he is a witness (D.P.H. 494). He is named on several
occasions in the records of his craft up to Nov. 1670 (D.T.G. 4/', note), and
continues to be designated "baxter," f.f)., 27 Jan. 1666, when he is again a
witness (D.P.B. 49 6); 11 May 1668, when he is grantee of a bond (D D. 16);
12 Nov. 1669, when he takes an apprentice (ib. 17) ; and, I'! Jan. 1671, when he
- - gets a decree (D.B.R. 4f*0), and also dis[)ones to Alexander Wedderburn, younger
> of Kingennie, a North Nethergait laud, which he and his wife had .acquired from
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Catherine and GrisscU Tyrees, 6 Oct. 1668. He is also named as " maltman " in
the records of the Maltmen of Dundee, 27 April 1670, when there is a payment to
him(I).T G. 8). Perhaps he died soon after .Ian. I 671, as there is no later mention
of him as living, though there is no mention of him as dead till 1690 (26 Nov.),
the date of the marriage contract of his daughter Margaret (S.W. 491).
He married at Dundee 27 June 1666 (by banns, 16 May preceding) Helena
Rodger (D.M. 10\ and by her h.ad i.ssue two daughters:
1. Margaret "Wedderburn,-^ baptized in Dundee, 29 April 1667, her father's
father, Easter Powrie, and his son, Kingennie, being witnesses (D.B. 14).
She married at Dundee. 29 Jan. 1691, John Pearson, baxter (D..M. 15), the
marriage contract (S.W. 491) being dated. 26 Nov. 1690, and made with
the advice and consent of Alexander Wedderb\u-n of Easter Powrie (her
natural uncle), who provides a small tocher in satisf iction of any legacy left
to Margaret by his father.'' John Pierson died early in 1695 (D.Dec. 59),
' According to the Dundee registers she had issue, William Rait, bapt 24 Aug. ]6S.t ;
Janet, 21 Aug. 16S6 ;
Alexander, 26 March 1088 ; Margaret, 2:3 May 16S9. Her brother Patrick {aic for Peter) was a witnes.^
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