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ROBERT WEDDKRHURX. 95
Robert Wcildeibiirn, together witli liis cousin, the cleik (D.I! U. 30t, 305). He Partti.
was expressly declared son lawful to his father. 8 Mav 1(51)1) (l).C.B. 32). Rirhani
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Wedderhmii ratified her will 12Sei,t. 1C07 (D.P.B.'sOy ), uiid probably dieil soon
after. She may, perlia[.s, have been living 8 .Nbiv I GOO. as she is not named us
deceased ut that date (D.C.B. 32), but was certainly dead before IS Muy IG15
(S.W. ISO). She is again named tis deceased 26 Mny lib. 190) and 23 Sent 1016
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(D.r.H. 4US).i
2. Janet Wedderburn- m. Jame.-^ Thomson, also called Ueyky or Retry. She is
named with her husband 9 Juno 157.5 (D I'.B. 182), u'.id "again as" his relict
17 Dec. in that year, so that the date of his death is appro.\iMi7itelv ti.\ed (D.IM!.
168, 181). On the latter occasion her children, .lames and M.irgar"et, are naniedi
and her son -lames is also mentioned in the will (1611) of his uncle, Robert W'cii'
derburn, the notary, who leaves a lega:y to ' .lames Thomsone, his sister's son' "'
(Br.T. 2). The date of .lanot Wedderbum's death is not ascertiined, but as she is
not named as deceased in the will of her b: other Robert, she may have been
then alive.
3. Elizabeth Weddei-burn* m. John Couslouu or Cowstone, sometimes called G'nii"-
toun. This marriage took place before 17 Oct. 15G3, as u[)j.eai-s from a .sasino
of that date (transumed 8 July 1.59-3) to Coustonn and his wife (D.ll.U. 301 r).
A few days later, 2G Oct., there is n settlement of a North Sea-ait jiroperty
made by John Coustonn on himself and his wife, and their son WilTi.Hin (i ).!'.!;.
113). Other properties acquired by them are named 21 Aug. l.^G.'J (|» I'll. ]22\
and 23 Nov I.t67 {ib. 139), and they arc also both named 29 .\pril, 21 .Mav I5G9
(i6. 142). They are constantly mentioned with .Mark I'.arric and his wife. .Ma;}(lalcne
Wedderburu,-' chiefly in regard to a property in Dundee called the " I.adie Wark
Stairs," about which they seem to have litigated. Thus, 10 -lune l.')70, tlicv "ct
an annual rent from the Ban-ies (D.P. B. 150); 14 Awj.. 1571, thev enter into a
contract with them (D.H.R. 198) ; 18 May 1573, Magdalene Wcdderburn protest's
that she is not to be prejudiced by the failure of John Coustonn to povnd the Lady
Warkstairs for her annual rent {ih. 208), while, 12 Oct. 1580, she, as life-rentri.x of
that property, is sued by the Coustouns (W). 25G), ami, 14 .N'ov. 15S0. protests
against Robert Kyd being a judge in the action on the ground that he is maternal
uncle to Elizabeth (ib 258). On 24 Feb. 1581 the CiMistouns enter a complaint v.
Magdalene Wedderburn for failure to repair a North Marketgait tenement (D.l'.B.
198), and 10 July 1583 there is a decree in another suit against John CmiLTtoun
(sic.) and his wife (D.B.R. 2G5 b). Coustonn is named as livini: 5 .M.iv 15H7, when
he settles a South Seagait tenement on his wife for lifean