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PEIVATE RECORDS. 101coleadge of justice, and William Ayton of that ilk. The husband settles 9000 merks, and declares Blacknessthe value of his stock to be 17000 merks. The document is signed by the spouses and witnessed by PapersMr. Thomas Auchiulek, minister in Anstruther Wester, by Mr. James Auchiulek, merchant in Dundie,and John Dick, writer there.(Two pieces of paper joined together to form one strip. The signature shows that this PeterWedderburne is the same as the one who m. Helen Lyon. He was half brother of AlexanderWedderburu, fourth of Kingennie.)29. 1723. Dec. 1.—Extract of the registration of the above contract of marriagebetween Peter Wedderburne and Barbara Auchiulek. Registered in the books ofthe Council and Session at Edinburgh. (Mack: Deeds, vol. 134, pt. ii.)(According to this document it would seem as if both spouses were then alive and appeared by theircounsel, but this cannot be, as she died 1721-22. See the account of her husband given in vol. I.)30. 1690. /June 20.—Contract of marriage betwixt Mr. Andrew Balfour and Mrs. MargaretWedderburn.Dated at Edinburgh and made between Mr. Andrew Balfour writer to the signet and MargaretWedderburne, eldest lawful! daughter to John Wedderburne of Blackness, clerk of the bills, with theadvice and consent of her said father. The husband settles 25,000 merks and the bride's tocher is5000 merks. Signed by the spouses and the bride's father, and witnessed by Thomas Dunbar ofGrange, Mr. David Dunmure, Mr. Colin McKenzie, Mr. William Baillie, advocates, George Dallas of St.Martines, and John Davidson and John Richardson, servitors to Mr. Andrew Balfour, the husband. Ttis also endorsed " On the back of this is a discharge of the tocher be Mr. Andrew Balfour to Blackness."The discharge is dated at Edinburgh 31 July 1691, and witnessed by the said John Richardson andby David Wedderburu. (Three pieces of paper joined together in one long strip.)31. 1720. Feb. 19.— Contract of marriage, Doctor Wedderburn with Margaret Balfour.Dated at Dundie and made between " Doctor John Wedderburn, phisieian in Dundie, and MargaretBalfour, relict of the deceast Henry Eccles, merchant in Ediuburgh." It recites that the partiesmarried in January 1716 but without any contract, and that Margaret Balfour having assigned to Dr.Wedderburn 10,000 merks, he for his part adds another 10,000 to it, and thus settles the sum of20,000 merks. It refers to the contract of marriage between Margaret Balfour and her first husbandHenry Eccles, dated 13 January 1713, and to Doctor William Eccles, physician in Edinburgh, the fatherof the said Henry Eccles, and Dr. James Eccles, also physician iu Edinburgh, brother german and heirretoured to the said Henry Eccles. Execution is to pass on this contract against the husband at theinstance of James Haliburton of Pitcnrr and David Campbell of Kethick. The document is signedat the end and at the foot of each page by the spouses, and witnessed at the end by AlexanderWedderburu, sheriff clerk of Forfar, and David Brisbane.(Sixteen pages of foolscap, sewn bojkwise, of which the first two and last four, but for the endorsement,are blank.)32. 1715. Aug. 20.—Contract of marriage betwixt Alexander Read and ElizabethWedderburn.Dated at Dundie 20 August 1715, and made between Alexander Read of Turfbeg and ElizabethWedderburn, eldest lawfull daughter to Alexander Wedderburn, clerk of Dundie, with the advice andconsent of her said father. The husband settles on the wife an annuity of 800 merks to be increasedto 900 merks afier the death of his mother Margaret Thomson, charged on his lands of Turfbeg lyingin the parochine and sheriffdome of Forfar. The bride's tocher is 4,000 merks. Written by DavidBrisbane writer in Dundie, and sigued at the foot of each page and at the end by the spouses and thebride's father. It is witnessed at the end by Thomas Scott, merchant and late bailie of Dundie, Dr.JohnWedderburu, Patrick Balneaves. Thomas Read, merchant in Dundie, Thomas Read, brother germanto the said Alexander Read, James Tailzeour, writer iu Dundie, aud the said David Brisbane.(Sixteen pages of foolscap, sewn bookwise. The four pages forming the cover and the last pageare blank, but for the endorsement.)33. 1766. June 2.—Articles of marriage betwixt John Smyth aud Miss Agatha Wedderburn.Signed at Perth, 2 June 1766, by the said John Smyth and James S., his father,James Carnegie, and Richard Duudas, before John Drummond of Logie-almond, JamesPaterson of Carpow, and Patrick Duncan, junior, writer of the contract, and atDundie, 4 June 1766, by Agatha Wedderburn and Dame Jean Fullarton, her mother,before Robert Wedderburn of Pearsie, and Charles Wedderburn, his son. Jamesand John Smyth, James Carnegy, Richard Duudas, and Agatha Wedderburn alsosign at the foot of each page.Made between John Smith, writer in Edinburgh, only son aud child as yet procreate of themarriage between James Smyth, younger, of Balharry, parish of Alyth, co. Perth, and Mrs. CiciliaKinloch his wife, and Miss Agatha Wedderburn, youngest daughter of the deceast Sir John Wedderburu,Baronet of Blackness, procreate between him and Dame Jean Fullarton his wife, now his widow,with advice and consent of James Carnegie of Bosack, and Richard Dundas, Esq. of Blair, commissionersfor John Wedderburn, Esq. of the island of Jamaica, her eldest brother. The husbandand his father charge the lands of Balharry, Wester Liffie, Powder-wells, and St. Ninians, all in the/^