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BURGH RECORDS—DUNDEE. 197103. 1767. Dec. 10.—Extract disposition by members of the Webster family, including DundeeDavid Webster, druggist in London, whose signature is witnessed, 29 Sept. 1757 by S?^r te !3'John Wedderburn, his apprentice. iv, xxv, 1.104. 1781. March 25. Copy Act of Parliament 16 Ceo. Ill, re the beer duties, namingSir John Wedderburn of Balindean, Bart, overseer. i, xvi, 141.This is interesting, because here we have Sir John called baronet in an Act of Parliament, despitethe attainder of his father.105. 1789. Nov. 14.—Copy will of James Webster, of Clapham Common, co Surrey.The executors are his brother, John Webster, David Wedderburn, and John Wedderburnof Leadenhall Street. Legacies are left to the executors, to Catharine Webster,wife of John Webster ; to the five daughters of George Webster, deceased, brother tothe testator ; to 1 'oetor Thomas Webster, his brother ; to James Webster Wedderburn(son of the said David Wedderburn) on his attaining 21 ; to Charles Wedderburn ofPearsie, and his wife Ann Read ; to Elizabeth Wedderburn, wife of James Graham ofBalmuir ; to Catherine Wedderburn, wife of Robert Stewart of Dundee ; to IsabellaWedderburn, wife of the Rev. James Stormonth of Airly. The testator bequeaths toDavid Wedderburn various sums of money, the leasehold houses in Leadenhall Streetand at Clapham, and other property, on condition that he and his issue male shallimmediately on the death of the said James Webster take the surname of Websteronly, in lieu and stead of Wedderburn, and shall forthwith obtain a royal or legallicense so to do. Further legacies are made to Sir John Wedderburn, Louisa I lorotheaAVedderburn, his daughter, .lames Wedderburn of Inveresk, and James Wedderburnof Trelawuy, Jamaica. A sum of £6,000 is also left (after all other legacies are paid)for founding an academy for 30 boys of twelve to sixteen and 35 girls in Dundee,where the testator was born. Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 13 Jan.1790. xv, iii, 6.The clauses in the will relating to the academy are printed at length in Maclaren's History ofDundee, pp. 30S-9. where an account of the charity is also given.[The following is a complete list of references to ail the Dundee Charters, Writs, &c, which referto Wedderburns :—I, 15, 18, 48, 51. 54,57, 61, 72, 72a, 76, 83, 85, 86, 94, 96, 100, 112, 114, 116, 121,131-34, 136-38, 141, 145, 148, 158-59, 161a b. H, 170, 265, 267, 270, 271 (5), 276 (3, 4), 278 (1, 2. 3),•280 (2-5), 282, 287, 288 (1, 2, 3, 6), 289. ill, i, 2-8, 10 ; ii, 1, 6, 7, 9, 14, 17-19 ; iv, 1 ;vi, 1, 3-4 ;vii, 2-4 ; viii, 1 ;ix, 3, 7. IV, i, 1-8, 11 ; ii, 1 (1-3, 5-7, 11, 12, 14-16. 23-25) ; iii, 1, 2, 35 ;iv. 3, 4 ;-v, 1 ; vi, 1, 5; viii, 2 (1-4); ix, 2, 3 ; x, 1 ; xi, 1 (3, 6-8\ 2 ;xii, 1 (1, 8-10, 12), 2(1) ; xiii, 2-4:xiv, 4 ; xvi, 1, 6, 8, 13, 18 ; xxv, 1. v, i, 2-4 ; ix, 1 ; x, 1, 2 ; xii, 1 ; xix, 1. vi, i, 1-2, 4-10, 12-14;ii, 1-6, 9, 14-15, 20 ; iii, 9-13, 15 ; iv, 3, 4, 7 ; v, 1 ; vi, 2 ; vii, 1-5 ; viii, 1-2 ; ix, 5 ; x, 1 ; xi, 1, 5,8, 10; xii, 1-2 ;xiv, 4 ;xviii, 1 ; xx, 1 (2), 2 (J-S\ vn, i, 11-13. lp-16, 18-29, 31, 33; ii, 1-3, 6-10,14 ; iii, 1, 4,8, 11-12, 43, 50-52 ; iv, 1, 6-15, 22-23; v, 1-4, 6, 10-20, 22-24, 26, 30, 32, 34,35, 38, 39,43,49-50. viii, vi, 2-3 ;vii, 1, 8-11, 30, 50; viii, 5 ; x, 1. ix, i, 1, 6. X, v, 1 (1, 2, 6, 7), 2 (21-22),4 (4, 6, 16), 6 (3) ; vi, 1-3, 7, 10, 12, 16-20 ; viii, 1-4 ; xi, XT, i, 1, 3 (1). xii {nil), nil, 1, 2,1. 2,3, 4, 16. xiv, ii, 15, 18 ; iii, 22 (1, 3), 23-25 ; iv, 26-27 ; v, 28 \$, 8, 9, 12, 13, 15, 17, 19) ; vi. 34(4. 8, 11, 15) ; vii, 38 [a 3-10. b 1-3, c 1-2) ; viii, 3, 4, 8-10, 12, 13, 20, 22-29, 31-41 ; ix, 7 ; x, 5, 8,10, 12, 13, 15, 17-18 ;xi, 1-6, 8 ; xii, 1, 2, 12, 13 ; xiii, 1 (6), 2 (1). xv, i, 2-19 ; ii, 1-9 ; iii, 2, 3, 6 ;iv, 4, 6. See also some loose and unnumbered writs, ut ante Nos. 3, 21, 51, 62, 94 and 98.]