Wedderburn Book: A History of the Wedderburns in the Counties of Berwick, and Forfar, Designed of Wedderburn, Kingennie, Ester Powrie, Blackness, Balindean, and Gosford; and Their Younger Branches; Together with Some Account of Other Families of the Name, 1296-1896, Volume 1 |
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... HOWFF OF DUNDEE CHAPTER II . - THE ARMORIAL BEARINGS OF THE FAMILY CHAPTER III . THE WEDDERBURN FIRM AND SUIT 411 423 441 449 CHAPTER IV . - PREVIOUS HISTORIES OF THE FAMILY . With a reprint of the account given in Douglas ' Baronage of ...
... HOWFF OF DUNDEE CHAPTER II . - THE ARMORIAL BEARINGS OF THE FAMILY CHAPTER III . THE WEDDERBURN FIRM AND SUIT 411 423 441 449 CHAPTER IV . - PREVIOUS HISTORIES OF THE FAMILY . With a reprint of the account given in Douglas ' Baronage of ...
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... HowFF OF DUNDEE - THE KINGENNIE MONUMENT , 1891 on 411 412 TOMB OF GRISSELL WEDDERBURN AND JAMES ANDERSON TOMB OF SIR ALEXANDER WEDDERBURN , FOURTH BARONET OF BLACK- NESS , D. 1744 - MONUMENT TO MARGARET OGILVY , LADY WEDDERBURN , D ...
... HowFF OF DUNDEE - THE KINGENNIE MONUMENT , 1891 on 411 412 TOMB OF GRISSELL WEDDERBURN AND JAMES ANDERSON TOMB OF SIR ALEXANDER WEDDERBURN , FOURTH BARONET OF BLACK- NESS , D. 1744 - MONUMENT TO MARGARET OGILVY , LADY WEDDERBURN , D ...
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... Howff of Dundee beneath a monument bearing a Latin inscription which describes her as " sprung from the ancient house of Wedderburn , " and as having , " after some years , " followed Murray to the grave . died 1553 . I have yet to give ...
... Howff of Dundee beneath a monument bearing a Latin inscription which describes her as " sprung from the ancient house of Wedderburn , " and as having , " after some years , " followed Murray to the grave . died 1553 . I have yet to give ...
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... Howff of Dundee were being put in order in 1892 , the workmen came across a fragment of an old tombstone , the sculpture of which showed it to belong to the first half of the seventeenth century . It consists of a framework enclosing a ...
... Howff of Dundee were being put in order in 1892 , the workmen came across a fragment of an old tombstone , the sculpture of which showed it to belong to the first half of the seventeenth century . It consists of a framework enclosing a ...
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... Howff of Dundee , under a tomb bearing , probably , the quaint inscription ( post , vol . ii . , p . 164 ) , which is recorded in the Compt Buik of their second son . I shall deal later with their eldest son , who succeeded his father ...
... Howff of Dundee , under a tomb bearing , probably , the quaint inscription ( post , vol . ii . , p . 164 ) , which is recorded in the Compt Buik of their second son . I shall deal later with their eldest son , who succeeded his father ...
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Aberlady admitted a burgess Alexander Wedderburn Andrew April bailie Balindean baptized baronet of Blackness Birkhill Bishop of Dunblane bond born Br.T brother burgess of Dundee burgh buried Chap charter constable of Dundee cousin Craigie Cupar D.Dec daughter David Scrymgeour David Wedderburn death decree derburn died discharge Dundee Records Earl Easter Powrie Edinburgh elder eldest Elizabeth Wedderburn entry father favour Forfar George Gosford Halkett heirs male Helen Henry Scrymgeour-Wedderburn Howff husband issue James Wedderburn Janet John Halkett July June Katharine Kingennie lands late letter Lord Lord Gosford March Margaret Wedderburn marriage marriage contract married Mary Wedderburn mentioned merchant merks Moonzie Murraygait named notary Patrick Pearsie Peter Wedderburn Pitfirrane Register relict retoured Robert Wedderburn sasine Scotland Scrymgeour Sept Sir Alexander Wedderburn Sir John Wedderburn Sir Peter sister sons surviving Synopsis of References Thomas uncle Wedder wife witness younger
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