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98 THE WEDDERBURN BOOK.
Part ii. council, and, Oct. 2, Peter Wedderburn, younger, as collector of unlaws (D.C.B.
Chap. i. 50 a b), imply that at that date two of the name were living, one of whom is he,
and he may have survived much later. 1 The Dundee Records, however, contain no
reference to any marriage or descendants of his, and it may be taken that he died
unmarried or s.p. 2
2. George Wedderburn [1586 1 — 1G10 1\. He is named in the Compt Buik of David
Wedderburn (D.W. 21 e), when a settlement is made, 7 March 1609, and David and
his brother, the clerk, agree to make an annual payment to "Petir Wedderburnis
twa sons, Petir and George, after his (i.e. Robert's) deceis." 3 He is, no doubt, the
George Wedderburn who matriculated at S. Andrew's in 1602, and was thus born
about 1586 (S.A.R. 16). There is no other mention of him in the records, and he
also may be taken to have died unm. or s.p.
Of the three daughters of Peter Wedderburn and Margaret Kinloch,
1. Margaret Wedderburn, is first named 25 May 1584, when her parents settle a
North Quaygait tenement on her and her sister, Janet (D. P.B. 245). She is then
not named till 18 June 1597, at which date she had lately married George Blah,
shipmaster, son and heir of George Blak, who makes a settlement on her and her
son in implement of their marriage contract (ib. 312). She and her husband are
again named, 5 Dec. 1597, as resigning an annual rent out of a Spalding's Wynd
laud (ib. 325); 27 June, 17 Nov. 1601 as resigning parts of the land itself in
favour of her sister Janet (ib. 342, 345), and again in another such resignation,
31 May 1605 (ib. 357). George Blak died before 24, 31 May 1609, when his wife
is spoken of as his relict in a decree in her favour (D.B.R. 362). She is also
named with her brother Teter and her sister Margaret as legatees under the will
(1611) of their uncle Robert Wedderburn, the notary (Br.T. 2). 4 She married
secondly before 17 June 1614, Andrew Blah, who is named as her husband in a
decree of that date (D.B.R. 390) ; and was living 2 Jan. 1622, when Peter Blak,
her son by her first marriage, is entered as heir of George Blak, his grandfather,
and George Blak, mariner, both deceased, in a South Flukergait land which he
then resigns with the consent of his mother, Margaret Wedderburn, and Andrew
Blak, now her spouse (D.P.B. 427) ; an entry which identifies the widow of George
Blak with the wife of Andrew Blak. The date of her death is not ascertained.
2. Barbara Wedderburn, first named in a decree, 26 Aug. 1595 (D.G.R. 3), and
next in the will (161 1) of her uncle Robert Wedderburn, as already noted (Br.T. 2).
She is no doubt to be identified with Barbara Wedderburn, wife of Edward
Cristone, skipper, burgess of Dundee, in an obligation made by her and him,
17 Nov. 1612 (D.B.R. 387); and also with Barbara Wedderburn, wife of Edward
Frislo or Fraser, merchant, who is named with her husband, 8 Oct. 1617 (D.P.B.
296) and 21 July 1618 (ib. 419), as acquiring property in Dundee. 5 She thus
appears to have married twice, but I have not found whether she had issue by
either marriage. The date of her death is also not ascertained.
3. Janet Wedderburn, 8 first named in the settlement on her and her sister Margaret,
already mentioned 25 May 1584 (DPB. 245). She is then not referred to till
19 May 1595, when William Davidson? merchant, burgess, settles a North
Argylegait land on himself and on her as his wife (ib. 302 d). Her parentage is
* See D.P.B. 456 a, where the lands of Peter Wedderburn, shipmaster, are named as a South Argylegait
boundary, 1 Feb. 1649 ; and D.B.R. 461, when, 4 July 1653, Peter Wedderburn gives in a revocation
by Helen Wedderburn, relict of Andrew Boyd. These entries are not clear evidence, because the
first is consistent with the person named being then dead, while the second may refer to Peter,
afterwards Sir Peter, of Gosford.
2 A James Wedderburn, son of Peter Wedderburn, burges; of Dundee, is a witness 7 Feb. 1609 (D.P.B. 337),
but is nowhere else mentioned, and I question if there is not some error of name in the entry.
3 See also Br.T. 1 quoted above, where his brother Peter is expressly called eldest son of his father.
* Margaret Wedderburn named in the Glover's Records (D.T.G. 2 n), 22 Jan 1622, may be either she or the
daughter of Kingennie (post, chap. iii.).
1 There are two references in the Dundee Records: — (a) 5 June 1615, to Barbara Wedderburn and
Mr. William Ferguson, her spouse (D.B.R. 390), and (6) 7 Nov. 1617, to Barbara Wedderburn, wife of
Alexander Halyburton (D.P.B. 397), both of which are due to errors; the name Barbara being a
mistake in the first case for Catharine, and in the second for Margaret. These errors are corrected in
the entries as given in Vol. ii.
« Synopsis of References. D.W. 14 h, 15 h ; D.C. 53 ; D.P.D. 245, 302 d, 306, 326, 336, 345, 357 ; D.B.R.
367, 374, 378, 380, 404; R.D. 7, 25, 66, 67; R.A.D. 55. 58 ; Br.T. 1, 2 ; P.B.N. 3.
7 J.W. says he was ancestor o£ the Davidsons of Balgay, but I have no proof of this.