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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Page xxxv
... born 1585 , died 1639 . It James Wedderburn , bishop of Dunblane , was born in 1585 , and was educated at S. Andrew's , where he graduated in 1608. He then came south and was for some time ( 1612-13 ) tutor to the children of the great ...
... born 1585 , died 1639 . It James Wedderburn , bishop of Dunblane , was born in 1585 , and was educated at S. Andrew's , where he graduated in 1608. He then came south and was for some time ( 1612-13 ) tutor to the children of the great ...
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... ( born 1667-68 ) , who was long a merchant in Dundee , but who , though twice married- ( 1 ) to Helen Lyon ; ( 2 ) to Barbara Auchinlek - had no issue . His second wife died in 1721 ; he himself in 1723-24 , when his heir was his great ...
... ( born 1667-68 ) , who was long a merchant in Dundee , but who , though twice married- ( 1 ) to Helen Lyon ; ( 2 ) to Barbara Auchinlek - had no issue . His second wife died in 1721 ; he himself in 1723-24 , when his heir was his great ...
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... born 1711 , and Margaret Ker , born 1714 , of whom I have no account , but their father may possibly be the son of Peter . I have come to the conclusion , however , that Peter's son was the husband of Grizell , and his career and the ...
... born 1711 , and Margaret Ker , born 1714 , of whom I have no account , but their father may possibly be the son of Peter . I have come to the conclusion , however , that Peter's son was the husband of Grizell , and his career and the ...
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... born in 1641 , was admitted an advocate , and at one time was standing counsel to his native burgh . I do not know if he ever had a large practice , but in 1683 , after eighteen years at the Bar , he was appointed one of the principal ...
... born in 1641 , was admitted an advocate , and at one time was standing counsel to his native burgh . I do not know if he ever had a large practice , but in 1683 , after eighteen years at the Bar , he was appointed one of the principal ...
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... ( born 1677 ) , of whom I have little information beyond his having been a ship - owner in Dundee , who married in 1704 Margaret Arnott of Perth , and had a son James ( born 1705 , died 1720-21 ) , John , afterwards of Idvies , to whom I ...
... ( born 1677 ) , of whom I have little information beyond his having been a ship - owner in Dundee , who married in 1704 Margaret Arnott of Perth , and had a son James ( born 1705 , died 1720-21 ) , John , afterwards of Idvies , to whom I ...
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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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Page xiii - For that is the mark of the Scot of all classes : that he stands in an attitude towards the past unthinkable to Englishmen, and remembers and cherishes the memory of his forebears, good or bad ; and there burns alive in him a sense of identity with the dead even to the twentieth generation.
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