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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... JOHN WEDDERBURN ( ELDEST SURVIVING SON OF SIR ALEXANDER OF BLACKNESS , KNT . ) , FIRST BARONET OF BLACKNESS , B ... HALKETT ( 1768–1852 ) , AND SIR ALEXANDER HAL- KETT , K.C.H. ( 1773-1851 ) , YOUNGER SONS OF SIR JOHN WEDDER- BURN ...
... JOHN WEDDERBURN ( ELDEST SURVIVING SON OF SIR ALEXANDER OF BLACKNESS , KNT . ) , FIRST BARONET OF BLACKNESS , B ... HALKETT ( 1768–1852 ) , AND SIR ALEXANDER HAL- KETT , K.C.H. ( 1773-1851 ) , YOUNGER SONS OF SIR JOHN WEDDER- BURN ...
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... Halkett of Pitfirrane ) . The proof of the descents and other facts stated ... John , of whom the last seems to have died young , while Thomas married and ... John , and Robert , the three eldest sons of old James Wedderburn and Janet ...
... Halkett of Pitfirrane ) . The proof of the descents and other facts stated ... John , of whom the last seems to have died young , while Thomas married and ... John , and Robert , the three eldest sons of old James Wedderburn and Janet ...
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... John ( of Gosford ) , physician to Charles I. and II . , d . unm . 1678 . 132 Sir Peter , Lord Gosford , a lord of ... Halkett , Alexander , first baronet of Gosford 1697 ; d . d . 1730 . 1746 . 395 in of James , ries , d . young . 222 sic- ...
... John ( of Gosford ) , physician to Charles I. and II . , d . unm . 1678 . 132 Sir Peter , Lord Gosford , a lord of ... Halkett , Alexander , first baronet of Gosford 1697 ; d . d . 1730 . 1746 . 395 in of James , ries , d . young . 222 sic- ...
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... Halkett of Pitfirrane , was born in 1659 , and , like his elder brother ... John , who died young ; and Robert , long a merchant in Dunfermline , who ... Halkett , second Bart . , born 1695 , died 1755 . Sir Peter Halkett of Pitfirrane ...
... Halkett of Pitfirrane , was born in 1659 , and , like his elder brother ... John , who died young ; and Robert , long a merchant in Dunfermline , who ... Halkett , second Bart . , born 1695 , died 1755 . Sir Peter Halkett of Pitfirrane ...
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... John Wedderburn of Gosford , son to the late Charles of Gosford , the second of the sons of the first baronet ... Halkett in 1760 , it was decided by the Courts that John could at once succeed to Pitfirrane . Henry Wedderburn of Gosford ...
... John Wedderburn of Gosford , son to the late Charles of Gosford , the second of the sons of the first baronet ... Halkett in 1760 , it was decided by the Courts that John could at once succeed to Pitfirrane . Henry Wedderburn of Gosford ...
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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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