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1I1I———526 THE WEDDERBURN BOOK.Heralds' DavidWed-College derburn ofPapers. HiUtown,Esq., mar.Helen, d. ofRobertLawsonof Hum-(a.)bie.J rA lexander 1WedderburnofKingennie.John Ramsayof JordinestownandBrachmont,mar. Isabella,d. of DavidBosvvell ofBalnuto.George Gibsonof Goldingstones,fatherofthe PresidentSir Alexander,of Durie, mar.Mary,d.ofWm.Airth of Airth.:Helen.d.of JohnRamsay of JordinestownandBrachmont.Birth-brief of the Wedderburvs of Gosford, showing sixteen descents.AndrewGoldman ofSandford,mar.Jean,d. of Wm.Stewart ofGrandtully.TRobertJack ofWoodhallmar.Margaret,d.of HenryFoulis ofColinton.James= =pJanet. d.Goldman of Robertof Sandford.Jack ofWoodhall.RobertDicksonof Hartreemar.Anne, d.of JohnEceles ofEccles.—RobertBoog ofStaine m.Mary, d.of Wm.Dudington ofSandford.—John=j=Agnes, d.Dickson of Robertof Har' Boog oftree. Staine.Brachmontmar.Isabella.d. of DavidBoswellBalnuto.ofJohnRamsayof JordinestownandRamsayof Brachmont.Robert-i=Mary, d. ofGeorge Gibsonof Goldingstones.James Wedderburn of=r=Margaret, d. ofBlackness, chief of that James Goldmanancient surname. of Sandford.John Dickson of Hartree,Lord of Session 1 Nov.1649.rpJean, d. of RobertRamsay of Brachmont.Sir Peter Wedderburn of Gosford,=admitted a Lord of Session 17July 166S.=Agnes, d. of John Dicksonof Hartree.John Wedderburn,Esq., apparent heirof Gosford.Sir PeterWedderburnof Gosford.Alexander Wedderburn,one of the Commissionersof Excise in Scotland.[This birth-brief is full of errors, due, no doubt, to Douglas. Alexander Wedderburn of Kingenniewas not the son, nor a descendant even, of David Wedderburn and Helen Lawson ; his wife's fatherwas Alexander Ramsay of Dundee, and her mother a Spens not a Boswell ; their son James wasnever " of Blackness " (though his son was) nor was he chief of his name as his eldest brother's linemale line did not expire till 1761, and lastly his wife's mother's name was Margaret not Janet. These aresome only of the errors, to which a close knowledge of the other families referred to would probably adda considerable number—A. W.](b.) Notes relative to Lord Loughborough's family. 11. 1714. Dec. 9. 1726. Oct, 21. 1727. Nov. 9.—Alexander Wedderburn constituted of the Commissionersof H.M. Eevenues of Excise in Scotland.2. 1730. Jan. 1.—Died at Edinburgh, Alexander Wedderburn, Commissioner of Excise.3. 1733. May 8.—James Wedderburne to be Clerk of the Common Pleas in South Carolina.4. Alexander Wedderburn ob. Jan. 1 1729-30. Peter AVedderburn ob. Aug. 1756. Janet Wedderburnob. June 1771.5. 3 774. Feb. 22.—-David Wedderburn. administrator to Alexander Wedderburn, brother of DavidWedderburn, late Brigadier-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Hon. East India Company'sforces at Bombay, and Major in 27th Regiment of Foot on half-pay at Bombay, Esq., Bachelor,deceased.6. Escutcheon for funeral of John Wedderburn of Gosford in 1688, and for that of Peter Wedderburn ofGosford, his father, who d. between 1671 and 80.7. 1771. April 12.—Administration, James Wedderburn. Administration to Keen Stables, attorney ofJohn Halkett. Esquire, brother and next-of-kin of James Wedderburn, late of Heath, co. York,ensign belonging to Sir William Pepperel's regiment of Foot, a bachelor, deceased.1In addition to the above there are also the following four further pedigrees :1. A rough draft of the above record, adding only the date of Lord Loughborough's birth, "Born13 Feb. 1733," and a note that he " took his seat 19 June 1780." (Peers, Rough, i. 159.)2. A draft of the above record. (H-Z, Vol. 26, p. 278.)3. Another draft pedigree (Peers, Rough, iii. 131), which, being made later, gives certain additions :(a.) Lord Loughborough's later honours, vizt , the second Loughborough patent (31 Oct. 1795)with remainder to Sir James Erskine, John Erskine, and their heirs male, and the Earldomof Rosslyn patent (21 April 1801) with similar remainders.(6.) Lord Loughborough's second marriage to "Charlotte, youngest daughter of WilliamCourtenav, Viscount Courtenay, and aunt of the present Viscount Courtenay, born atPowderham. Baptized 28 Feb. 1750-51, married Sept. 12 1782."(c.) Under the name of Janet, 1 ady Erskine, it adds in pencil, " died June 1797."(d.) It describes Sir James Erskine as of Dysart, and his brother John as of Lincoln's Inn,Barrister-at-law.4. Another copy of No. 3 which adds that Sir James Erskine took the name of St. Clair by RoyalSign Manual, June 9 1789. (Beltz and Pullman, vi. 134.)