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224 THE WEDDERBURN BOOK.
Part in. Isobel Wedderburn was born at Alloa 19 March, and baptized there 23 March
Chap. in. 1777 (Alloa Par. Reg.). She also must be one of the seven children who
died young.
Margaret Wedderburn, who is not named in J.W.'s memoir but in his MS.,
is said to have " married and had issue." J.W. does not give her husband's
name, but speaks of an only surviving daughter in 1825, in which case there
must be an error of name, as
" Mary Anne (Wedderburn) widow of D r John Robertson," and " daughter
of Charles Wedderburn and Elizabeth Imbrie, both deceased," died at
Edinburgh, set. 60, 21 Dec. 1862 (Reg. Deaths, Edin.).
2. John Wedderburn [1748 — 1822], second son of John Wedderburn 1 (second son of
Peter Wedderburn and Catharine Man), was "born at Echt in 1741, became a
farmer at Camno, near Meigle in Angus; married, 13 Dec. 1771, Agnes Neill,
by whom he had issue a son, Robert, and four daughters ; and died at Arthurstone,
co. Forfar, 21 Jan. 1S22 " (J.W.'s memoir and MS.)-
Here again the accuracy of the account is not certain, as according to the
inscription on the family tomb, " revised in 1876," he was 74 in 1822, and was born
therefore in 1748, while the day of his death is given as 31 Jan.
By his wife, Agnes or Ann Neill, who died in 1827 and was buried at Meigle,
John Wedderburn had issue a son,
Robert Wedderburn. See below,
and four daughters,
1. Jean Wedderburn, bora at Meigle 28 Sept., baptized there 4 Oct. 1772 ;
married " clandestinately " at Dundee, 18 Aug. 1790, John Wilson (D.M.
32), shipmaster in Dundee, and had issue, baptized at Dundee, 9-14 Oct.
1792, Duncan Wilson, to whom Helen Duncan, "great grandmother," was
name-mother; 22 June 1794, Jean Wilson; 11 Aug. 1796, Elizabeth
Wilson; and 16-18 June 1798, John Wilson, to whom John Wedderburn,
"grandfather," was name-father (Dundee Par. Reg., orig. record, s.dd.) I
have not ascertained the date of her death, but the late Mr. A. C. Lamb
of Dundee had notes of two sasines from the Dundee records, 17 June 1809
and 30 Oct. 1845, which showed her to be living at these dates.
2. Catharine Wedderburn, born at Meigle 29 Jan., baptized there 5 Feb.
1776. She married twice, (i.) at Dundee, 11 July 1793 (by banns 24 June),
James Waddle, or Waddel, brewer of Dundee (D.M. 32), by whom she had
issue, baptized at Dundee, 15-18 May 1794, Anne, to whom Ann Neill,
grandmother, was name-mother; 19 Aug. 1795, Christian; 26, 29 May
1797, Margaret, to whom Margaret Wedderburn, aunt, was name-mother ;
and 4, 10 Sept. 1799, James (Dun. Par. Reg., s.dd.). They all died before
1806 (ex rel. Mrs. Smart). She married (ii.) William Cowborough, ship-
master, of Falkirk, by whom she also had issue.
3. Margaret Wedderburn, born at Meigle 12 Feb., baptized there 17 Feb.
1782. She married Alexander Kaye, merchant in Dundee, and died 10 Jan.
1821, having had issue four sons, who all died in infancy before 1813. I
do not know if she had any other children. 2
4. Anne Wedderburn, born at Meigle 6 March, baptized there 14 March 1788.
Died num. 18 May 1802.
Robert Wedderburn [1778 — 1855J, only son of John Wedderburn and Agnes
Neill, was born at Meigle 1 Aug., and baptized there 5 Aug. 1778. He was tenant farmer
1 John Wedderburn and Margaret Westland may, of course, have had other sons besides Charles
(b. 1739) and John (b. 1748), but these would seem to have been the only two who survived. Mrs.
Smart (Jane Wedderburn), who has given me much information as to her father's family from her
grandfather's time, says that he came from Aberdeenshire to Camno, and that he had a brother, Charles.
2 It is doubtful if any survived her. She was buried in the Howff of Dundee, where an upright stone
(No. 825) bears this inscription : — " 1813 : Erected ■ By Alexander Kay ■ merchant in Dundee ■ and
Margaret Wedderburn " his spouse ■ In memory of their four sons ■ who died in infancy ■ Margaret
Wedderburn • Their mother ■ Died 10 th January 1821 ' Aged 38 years." On the back of the stone is
a coat of arms, showing a bend between an annulet in chief and in base a sea-urchin holding in its mouth
a key. Crest, a flower. Motto, " In Deo solo spes mea." Alexander Kay was clerk to the kirk-session
of Dundee (elected 2 May 1827), and aburgess and dean of Gild. Oct. 1827. Margaret Wedderburn's
burial, 14 Jan. 1821, is also entered in the Dundee Register of Burials, 1801 — 1829, voL ii.