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PUBLIC RECORDS—SCOTLAND. 4833. 1580. Sept. 6.—Will of the late Margaret Wedderburn (wife of Robert Luvall, Edinburgh1burgess of Dundee,',who d. Dee. 1575, given up by her said husband, (vni.) Testaments.The date of her death is wrongly entered as 1575. She was certainly alive in June—Aug. 157S.See ante s. Burgh Records, D.P.B., 201 and D.B.R., 240. Probably she died in Dec. 1578.4. 1582. March 13.—Will of the late Grissell Wedderburn (wife of James Anderson,burgess of Dundee), who d. July 1572, given up by her only daughter MargaretAnderson, wife of Alexander Scrymgeour, burgess of Dundee, (xn.)See ante s. Burgh Records, Dundee Protocol Books. No. 200, where this will is mentioned, andGrissell Wedderburn wrongly described as relict (instead of wife), of James Anderson.5. 1587. May 13.— Will of Alexander Wedderburn, clerk of Dundee, who d. 28 June1585, given up by David Wedderburn, his second son, for himself and Robert,James, Peter, William, and Katrene, his bairns and executors. A debt due by himto the estate of his late wife, Janet My In, is named, (xvn.)6. 1587. May 13.—Will of the late Janet Myln (wife of the said Alexander Wedderburn),who d. 19 June 1582, given up by David Wedderburn, her second son, for himselfand his said brothers and sisters, (xvn.)7.* 1607. Jan. 31.— Will of the late Katharine W T edderburn (wife of Thomas Blair,skipper, burgess of Dundee), who d. Aug. 1606, given up by him. It is dated atDundee 28 Aug. 1606, and contains a legacy of £20 to the poor of Dundee, (xlii.)[It seems curious that from 1607-1725 the register contains no material entry, but it is probablydue to the fact that from 1610 on the Forfarshire family registered in the Brechin Commissariot. Itwill be observed that all the later Edinburgh wills, with one exception, are those of members of theGosford branch.]8. 1725. Oct. 27.— Will of the late Sir John Wedderburn (only son of the late SirAlexander W T edderburn of Blackness, and ensign in Colonel John Midleton's regimentof Foot) who d. in Ireland 1723, given up by John Melville of Cairny, hisexecutor, and creditor for£l,400 stg. under bond dated 6 October 1 725, of Mrs. RachelWedderburn, sister gernian and next of kin to Sir John, and " daughter and onlychild on life of the said Sir Alexander." The sum of the debts due to the deceasedis named as £16,800. (xc.)9. 1734. Nov. 28.—Will of Alexander Wedderburn, collector of excise at Linlithgow,who d. 8 Feb. 1734, given up by Mr. Peter Wedderburn, advocate, his brother german,nearest of kin and executor, (xcvi.)10. 1756. Sept. 15.—Will of Charles Wedderburn of Gosford, who d. there 1755,given up by his eldest son and executor, John Wedderburn, now of Gosford. (cxvi.)Also eik thereto of £50 stg., being one-third of a bond by the said Charles Wedderburn,Mr. Robert Wedderburn, merchant in Dunfermline, and another, to W T illiamClifton, dated 14 Nov. 1747. (ib.)11. 1756. Nov. 16.—Will of Mr. Peter Wedderburn, senator of the College of Justice,who d. at Edinburgh 11 Aug. 1756, given up by Mr. Alexander Wedderburn, advocate,eldest son and only executor, (cxvi.)12. 1761 April 29.—Will of Janet Wedderburn (daughter to the late AlexanderWedderburn, one of the commissioners of excise in Scotland), who d. Dec. 1759, givenup by Henry Baton, wright in Edinburgh, creditor and executor, (cxvm.)13. 1780. June 9.—Will of Alexander Wedderburn of S. Germain's, parish of Tranent,who d. there 11 Dec. 1779, given up by William Ramsay, W.S., only executordecerned as creditor (1 May 1780) for certain sums contained in a decreet obtainedby him against Mrs. Elizabeth Hallyburton or Wedderburn, widow of the deceased,and Rachael and Janet Wedderburn, his nieces and next of kin. Sir James Ramsayof Banff is cautioner, (cxxv, pt. i.)14. 1780. Dec. 20.—Will of Elizabeth Fletcher (daughter of Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun,senator of the College of Justice, and wife of John Wedderburn of Gosford, now Sir JohnHalkett of Pitfirran, Baronet), who d. in Edinburgh given up by ElizabethHalkett, her only child and executrix, (cxxv, pt. i.)