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viii. THE WEDDERBURN BOOK.
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Contents. Chapter IV. — Robert Wedderburn (m. Janet Froster) and his family,
OTHER THAN HIS SON ROBERT, PROGENITOR OF THE FAMILY OF
Kingennie. (See Part II.) - - - - 66
With an account of the descendants of two of their sons :
(i. ) James Wedderburn, m. Janet Logan. (See pedigree at
p. 69) - - - 69
(ii.) Alexander Wedderburn, elder (m. Isobell Anderson),
father of Richard Wedderburn of Elsinore in Denmark,
and Patrick Wedderburn of Dundee. (See pedigree
at p. 82) - - - - 74
Chapter V. — Notices of various persons, chiefly in Dundee, unidenti-
fied IN THE PRECEDING CHAPTERS - 83
Part II. — The Wedderburns of Kingennie, Easter Powrie, and
THAT ILK, WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE SCKYMGEOUHS, PROGENITORS,
IN MALE LINE, OF THE SCRYMGEOUR-WEDDERBURNS OF WEDDERBURN.
Chapter I, — Robert Wedderburn (son of Robert Wedderburn and
Janet Froster), m. Janet Kyd. With an account of their children,
and of the issue of their two youngest sons, Peter and Robert. (See
pedigree at p. 105) - - - - - 93
Chapter II. — Alexander Wedderburn (eldest son of Robert), town
clerk of Dundee, 1557-82, and his wife Janet Myln. With an
account of their children and the descendants of their younger
sons. (See pedigree at p. 105) - 103
Chapter III. — Alexander Wedderburn, first baron of Kingennie
(eldest son of Alexander Wedderburn and Janet Myln), town
clerk of Dundee, 1582 — 1626. With an account of his children,
other than his two eldest sons, Alexander (post, chapter iv.) and
James (post, part hi.). (See pedigree at p. 131) - - 123
Chapter IV. — Alexander Wedderburn, second baron of Kingennie.
With an account of his descendants, showing their extinction in
male line on the death of David Wedderburn of that ilk in 1761,
and their representation in female line by the Scrymgeour-Wed-
derburns on the death of Grizel Wedderburn of that ilk in 1778.
(See pedigree at p. 131) ----- 142
Chapter V. — The Scrymgeour-Wedderburns of Wedderburn and
Birkhill. With a sketch of their male descent from the Scrymgeours
of Dudhope. (See pedigrees at pp. 171 and 177) - - 169
Appendix. — The Scrymgeours of Dudhope - - 185
Part III. — The Wedderburns of Blackness and their younger
lines.
Chapter I. — James Wedderburn (second son of Alexander Wedder-
burn, first of Kingennie, ante, p. 129), clerk of Dundee, b.
1589, d. 1627, and his family. (See pedigree at p. 200) - 197
Chapter II. — Sir Alexander Wedderburn of Blackness, Knt. (eldest
son of James Wedderburn), clerk of Dundee, b. 1610, d. 1675,
and his family. (See pedigree at p. 200) - - - 201
Chapter III. — Peter, George, and Alexander Wedderburn (youngest
surviving sons of Sir Alexander of Blackness, Knt.), and
their descendants, now extinct in male line. (See pedigrees at
pp. 200, 225 and 230) - - - - - 217