'Wedderburn2'
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Families covered: Wedderburn of Balindean, Wedderburn of Blackness, Wedderburn of Pearsie
| Sir Alexander Wedderburn of Blackness (b 22.03.1610, d 18.11.1675) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Matilda Fletcher (dau of James Fletcher, Provost of Dundee) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sir John Wedderburn, 1st Bart of Blackness (b 12.02.1641, d 1706) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.04.1667) Rachel Dunsmuir (dau of David Dunsmuir) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir Aelxander Wedderburn, 2nd Bart of Blackness (b 07.04.1672) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.06.1693) Elizabeth Seton (dau of Sir Alexander Seton, Bart of Pitmedden) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir John Wedderburn, 3rd Bart of Blackness (b 02.12.1700, d unm 1723) | ||||||||||||||
| ii.+ | other issue - Rachel (b 1698, d unm 1777), others (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Margaret Wedderburn probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Eccles in Edinburgh, later of Kildonan (d 10.1723, physician) | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Matilda Wedderburn probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.02.1711) David Campbell of Keithock | |||||||||||||||
| D.+ | other issue - David (d Douay 1710, major), other sons (d young), 2 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | James Wedderburn of Dundee (b 1649, d 1696) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1673) Elizabeth Davidson (dau of Robert Davidson of Balgay) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir Alexander Wedderburn, 4th Bart (b 04.11.1675, d 21.09.1744) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (15.11.1697) Katharine Scott (dau of John Scott of Dundee) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir John Wedderburn 'of Blackness', 5th Bart (b 04.08.1704, d 28.11.1746) | ||||||||||||||
| John was attainted and executed for his support of the Jacobite rebellion. | |||||||||||||||
| m. (22.10.1724) Jean Fullarton (dau of John Fullarton of Fullarton) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | (Sir) John Wedderburn of that ilk, 'Bart' (b 21.02.1729, , d 13.06.1803, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (25.11.1769) Margaret Ogilvy (d 23.03.1775, dau of David Ogilvy, 'Earl of Airlie') | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Wedderburn (b 1771, dvp 22.06.1783) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Sir David Wedderburn, 1st Bart of Balindean (b 30.03.1775, d 07.04.1858) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (02.09.1800) Margaret Brown (dau of George Brown of Ellistoun) | |||||||||||||||
| (A)+ | issue - John James (b 10.10.1802, dvp 11.10.1810), George (b 16.11.1804, dvp 23.05.1823) | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Margaret Wedderburn (b 1772, d 1807) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.05.1803) Philip Dundas, Governor of Prince of Wales' Island (d 1807) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Jean Wedderburn (b 31.07.1773, d 24.01.1861) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1805) John Hope Oliphant of Prince Edward's Island | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (27.12.1780) Alicia Dundas (d 24.06.1831, dau of James Dundas of Dundas) | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Sir John Wedderburn, 2nd Bart of Balindean (b 01.05.1789, d 02.07.1862) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.09.1822) Henrietta Louisa Milburn (d 07.04.1881, dau of William Milburn) | |||||||||||||||
| (6) | Alexander Wedderburn of Inveresk (b 18.06.1791, dsp 30.07.1839, Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (28.01.1836) Julia Elizabeth Stratton (d 04.07.1895, dau of John Stratton) | |||||||||||||||
| (7) | Louisa Dorothea Wedderburn (b 08.06.1786, d 16.07.1836) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.02.1803) John Hope of Rankeillour, 4th Earl of Hopetoun (b 17.08.1765, d 27.08.1823) | |||||||||||||||
| (8) | Anne Wedderburn (b 14.02.1788, d 17.03.1867) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (17.06.1805) Sir John Hope, 11th Bart of Craighall (d 05.06.1853) | |||||||||||||||
| (9)+ | other issue (d unm) - James (b 19.01.1782, dvp 20.07.1815), Mary (b 18.09.1783, d 12.04.1858), Susan (b 18.09.1783, d 03.02.1840) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | James Wedderburn, later Wedderburn-Colvile of Inveresk & Ochiltree (b 28.08.1730, d 14.12.1807) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.1774) Isabella Blackburn (d 14.01.1821, dau of Andrew Blackburn) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Andrew Wedderburn-Colvile, later Colvile (b 06.11.1779, d 03.02.1856) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (27.12.1802) Elizabeth Susannah Wedderburn (dsp 22.12.1803, dau of John Wedderburn of Clapham) @@ below | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (26.06.1806) Mary Louisa Eden (d 02.12.1858, dau of William Eden, 1st Lord Auckland) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Peter Wedderburn, later Wedderburn-Ogilvy of Ruthven (b 23.09.1781, d 30.03.1873) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.04.1811) Anna Ogilvy (d 05.1853, dau/heir of James Ogilvy of Ruthven) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | James Wedderburn (b 12.11.1782, d 07.11.1822, Solicitor General) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (28.10.1813) Isabella Clerk (d 02.11.1865, dau of James Clerk, sister of Sir George Clerk-Maxwell of Penicuik, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| One of their sons inherited Middlebie and assumed the name Wedderburn-Maxwell. | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Jean Wedderburn or Wedderburn-Colvile (d 10.06.1871) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (24.11.1807) Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk (b 20.06.1771, d 08.04.1820) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Margaret Wedderburn | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Dundas of Blair (d 06.10.1790) | |||||||||||||||
| d.+ | other issue (d unm) - Alexander (b 1727, dvp), 3 sons (d young), Katharine, Susanna | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Robert Wedderburn of Pearsie (b 1708, d 1786) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1738) Isobel Edward, heiress of Pearsie | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Wedderburn (b 1744, d unm 1787, Lt. Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Charles Wedderburn of Pearsie (b 1748, dsp 1829) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1787) Anne Read (dau of John Read) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1797) Eliza Rattray (dau of Dr. David Rattray) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | David Wedderburn, later Webster-Wedderburn (b 1766, d 1801) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1785) Elizabeth Read (d 1857, dau of Alexander Read of Logie. she m2. Robert Douglas, 3rd of Brigton) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir James Webster-Wedderburn (b 1789, d 1857) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.10.1810) Frances Caroline Annesley (d 22.01.1837, dau of Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Mountnorris) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Charles Webster-Wedderburn of Harnish (b 1799, d 16.12.1863) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.12.1822 (1826?)) Rebecca Chatterton (d 22.06.1858, dau of Sir James Chatterton, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Anne Webster-Wedderburn (d 1814) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1814) Archibald Muray Douglas (b 17.01.1790, d 1822, captain, son of William of Brigton) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Mary Webster-Wedderburn (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (25.03.1815) George Hawkins | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Elizabeth Wedderburn (b 1746, d 1825) | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Graham of Meathie (b 1741, d 1792) | |||||||||||||||
| Two of their sons inherited Pearsie and took the name Wedderburn. | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Katharine Wedderburn (b 1750, d 1795) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Stewart | |||||||||||||||
| f. | Isabella Wedderburn (b 1753, d 1795) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rev. James Stormonth | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Thomas Wedderburn (b 02.04.1710, d 01.1711) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.09.1740) Katharine Dunbar (dau of Robert Dunbar of Grangehill) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Wedderburn of Clapham (b 19.08.1743, d 1820) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (27.05.1782) Mary Wisdom Bedward (d 1835, dau of George Bedward of Jamaica) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | James Wedderburn (b 02.06.1788, d 23.04.1831) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.07.1817) Isabella Lyon (dau of David Lyon) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | John Wedderburn (b 08.01.1798, d 02.04.1839) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (30.04.1823) Helen Ogilvy (d 27.04.1868, dau of Walter Ogilvy, Earl of Airlie) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Elizabeth Susannah Wedderburn (dsp 22.12.1803) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (27.12.1802) Andrew Wedderburn-Colvile, later Colvile (b 06.11.1779, d 03.02.1856) @@ above | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Mary Wedderburn (d 1858) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1817) Rev. John Wellings | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Catherine Georgiana Wedderburn (d 1863) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1810) Patrick Stirling, younger of Kippendavie (b 25.04.1782, dvp 30.03.1816) | |||||||||||||||
| b.+ | other issue - Alexander (b 1741, d unm 1770), 5 daughters (4 d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| iv. | Alexander Wedderburn (b 1718, d unm 1788) | ||||||||||||||
| v. | Elizabeth Wedderburn | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alexander Read of Torbeg | |||||||||||||||
| vi. | Grizel Wedderburn (dsp before 1741) | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Graham of Meathie (b 1698, d 1777) | |||||||||||||||
| vii. | Katharine Wedderburn | ||||||||||||||
| m. David Scrymgeour of Birkhill | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Robert Wedderburn | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Arnot | |||||||||||||||
| i. | James Wedderburn (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| C. | John Wedderburn of Idvies (b 1679, dsp 1751, MD) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Balfour (cousin) | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Peter Wedderburn (b 1652) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Mann | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Alexander Wedderburn (b 1678) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Grizell Watson | |||||||||||||||
| B. | John Wedderburn (b 1681, d 1744) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| 4. | George Wedderburn in Edinburgh (b 1654) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Sutherland | |||||||||||||||
| A.+ | issue - Rachel (d unm), others (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| 5. | Alexander Wedderburn (b 1658) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Christian Kinloch | |||||||||||||||
| A.+ | 3 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| 6. | Margaret Wedderburn | ||||||||||||||
| m. Patrick Kyd of Craigie | |||||||||||||||
| 7. | Jean Wedderburn | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Kyd of Woodhill | |||||||||||||||
| 8. | Helen Wedderburn | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (mcrt 30.05.1665) David Dickson (d by 02.1688) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Thomas Milne of Muirtown | |||||||||||||||
| 9. | Grizell Wedderburn | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alexander Wedderburn of Easter Powrie (cousin) | |||||||||||||||
| 10. | Cecilia Wedderburn | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Baillie of Littlegill | |||||||||||||||
| 11. | Matilda Wedderburn | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Brisbane | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BP1934 (Wedderburn)
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