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ANDREW, SON OF ALEXANDER. 81
before 5 Nov. 1640, when his brother Andrew is retoured heir to him in this very Part I.
property (D.P.B. 451), which is again referred to as having once been his, 10 June cha P- Iv -
1643 (D.P.B. 470) ; and see also D.M.D. 2, note.
2. John Wedderburn, named 13 April 1617 in the above settlement (D.P.B. 393),
and as deceased 5 Nov. 1640, when his brother Andrew is returned heir to him also
(D.P.B. 450). He is also named in a transumpt of the 1617 sasine (D.B.R. 442 a ;
and see again D.M.D. 2, note.)
3. Andrew Wedderburn. See below.
4. William Wedderburn. There are only two references to him in the Dundee
records, viz. (a) 5 Feb. 1640, when William Wedderburn, mariner, son of Alexander
Wedderburn, elder, merchant, is admitted burgess of Dundee (D.L.B. 50). The
entry adds that his "accidents" were paid, and there is another and later note,
(b) 12 Nov. 1641, in which he is named as having paid his accidents (D.G.R. 9). 1
The third- son,
Andrew Wedderburn [1609-83]. 3 The earliest reference to him is to a sasine
of a North Marketgait land made in his favour 14 March 1609 transumed 25 Dec. 1640
(D.B.R. 442 b), made probably soon after his birth. He was admitted a burgess of Dundee
22 April 1634 (D.L.B. 51), though he is named as living at S. Andrew's in June of the
following year (D.P.B. 435 6). 4 He is also named as a witness 3 June 1635 (ibA35 a) and
20 Jan. 1637 (R.D. 122). He was. as we have seen, entered heir to his brothers Patrick and
John, 5 Nov. 1640 (D.P.B. 450-51), in certain North Marketgait lands in regard to which
he is often named. He was a long merchant in Dundee, and there is a note among
the papers of the Skinners or Glover's Craft, " 1644-45, To Andro Wedderburn for libbins
to our sojers 40s." (D.T.G. In). He took his part in burgh affairs, and was for some
time collector of duties or "stentar." Thus, 12 March 1649, he is on an inquest
(D.B.R. 451); 11 Dec. 1650, he is chosen "stentar" (D.C.B. 94) ; 10 May 1664, he is
continued in the excise, and 26 Dec. renders his accounts, which are passed (ib. 107,
109); 1669-70, often named as stentar" (ib. 115); 25 July 1676, he acts as bailie
(F.S. 64), and, 13 June 1683, shortly before his death, is on an inquest (D. Dec. 12).
His properties in Dundee are often mentioned. Thus, 13 July 1650, he is named as
occupying a North Marketgait tenement (D.P.B. 457); 3 June 1651, lands of his father,
now his, are mentioned (ib. 475) ; 1653, there is a disposition by him to Robert Douglas of
a Dundee property (D.Dec. 56); 25 May, 30 Nov. 1659, a South High Street and a South
Murraygait tenement, once his, are named (ib. 483 a b) ; 18 Sept. 1666, his lands in North
Marketgait (ib. 501); 22 Jan. 1670, 17 Dec. 1671, 2 Nov. 1676, in North Argylegait (ib.
513, 518, 527) ; and, 3 May 1682, the South High Street land, once his (ib. 533). After his
death these lands continue to be named for some years as having once been his, e.g.,
5 June 1685 (D.P.B. 536) ; 13 Nov. 1723 (D.P.B. 571 ; D.D. 93); and 10 Aug. 1726
(D.D. 96). 5
He is often named as witness, attorney, or as party to bonds, &c, and generally designed
"merchant, burgess of Dundee." Such references to him maybe found 20 Nov. 1848,
when he is named as the owner of some timber from Norway (D.R.S. 34) ; 21 March 1649
(D.P.B. 4566); 1 June 1649, attorney for David Ogilvy of Kynaltie (F.S. 20); 1651-52,
bonds by him (R.D. 140, 151, 174); 13 March 1655,. witness (ib. 467) ; 25 Jan. 1667,
witness (D.D. 14) ; 18 May, 2 Sept 1657, named (D.B.R. 468 b) ; 10 Feb., 4 July 1658,
procurator and witness (D.P.B. 503) ; 28 May 1672, witness (F.S. 57). 6 He died between
1 This entry is placed out of date in the Gildrie Record, with entries of 1631-32.
2 I place Andrew as third and eldest surviving son. Had the order of priority been Andrew, Patrick,
John, William, the heir of Patrick and John would have been William not Andrew (see post, p. 96,
n. 2). This further accords with the inference that Andrew was William's senior to be drawn from
the dates of their admission as burgesses.
a .Synopsis of References:— D.L.B. 51; D.P.B. 435 ab, 450, 451, 456 6, 457, 470, 475, 483 a A, 501,503,
518, 527, 533, 536, 571 ; D.B.R. 442 6, 451, 455, 467, 468 b ; D.C.B. 94, 107, 109, 115. 122 a; D.D.
14, 26. 27, 93, 96 ; D.Dec. 12, 56 note; D.T.G. 2 n ; D.M.D. 4, 8, 15 ; F.S. 20, 57, 64 ; R.D. 122, 140,
157, 174.
4 He may be the person of his name who matriculated at S. Andrew's in 1635 (S.A.R. 24), but I think the
entry more probably refers to the son of Mr. David Wedderburn of Burntisland, ante, p. 21.
= There is an entry (D.C.B, 122 a) recording the admission of Andrew Wedderburn as conjunct writer,
1 March 1677, which seems to refer to this Andrew, although it is singular that he, a merchant,
should late in h'fe become a writer, There is, however, no one else of his name to whom it can refer,
as his only contemporary namesake was Mr. Andrew Wedderburn, minister of Liff (ante, p. 50), and
it is at least equally difficult to refer the entry to him.
11 He is also named as witness or godfather some sixteen times, 1646-75, in the Dundee Register of Baptisms.
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