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KATHARINE, DAUGHTER OF THE OLD CLEUK. 121
bond registered some yciirs later (R.D. 31). Willhmi Duncan died in May 1C08, Part ir.
set. 52, iind \vas buried iu tlio Houft' of Dundee (see below), having,' had is.sue by ^^^P- "
Katharine Wetlderburn two sous, William and Jauies Duncan, ^ and two diuij,'liters,
Helen wlio married William Ferguson, son (by his first wife, Kupham Kiidoeli), to
her mother's second husband (see below), "and .Man.'aret who married, about
Nov.-Dec. 16i9, James Kyd (D.P.I5 401 ; I'.W.S. 8).
(ii.) 160910, WiUinm Fayiison, bailie and dean of -ilaughter, Helen Duncan,
on whom he settled some propeity iu Dundee (\) I'. H. 4U9j and the whole estate of
Balbeucldie, subject to his own and his wife's life rent ami to the above charge
(D.P.B. 417-18). He also settled, 23 Jan. 1622, a South .Mnrraygait land on his
wife for life, and on their daughter Magdalen heritalily ( P.15.X. 10;. He is named,
28 Jan. 1625, iu a decree to him and his wife for the m.iills of their South
Argylegait house (D B.R. 410), but died before 26 .May 1029, the date of u bond
made by Catharine Wedderburn, '• relict of .Mr. Willi.im Fcrgn.son,'' to Jlobert Clayhills
(R.D. 107). Catharine herself is named in a bond to her, lO.'tl, by Sir John
Ogilvy of Innerquharitie (R.D. K'6) ; in a claim, I0:i3, ngain^t her by Robert
Clayhills, no doubt in regard to the bond of 1629 (D.C. 62), and in ii discharge,
1639, b}- her daughter, Magdalen Ferguson, "relict of A'e.Nandcr Lyne and now
wife of John Duncan" (D.B.R. 440). She is named 14 Sept. 10 10, when she got
a decree in her favour (D.B.R. 421),^ and was living in A]iril 10 I 4, as her lirother
James, in his will of that date, leaves a legacy to "niy sister C'athariue" (llr.T. 13).
She died, however, before 10 Jan. 1649 when there is a decree v. James Kyde,
"executerof his mother-in-law, Catharine Wedderburn, deceased" (D.li.ll. 4o0).
She was buried, according to what seems to have been u common custom, with her
first husband, in the Howfi' of Dundee, in a tomb on which the following in.seriptiou
is still legible* :
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There is a curious memorial of Catharine Wniderburn's first marriage in the
form of a small pewter bo-X or casket, which once bclon-ea to in r, and of whiclj
an illustration is given at the end of this cb.ipter. This box is in the form of a
sphere with a raised moulding running round its greatest cireumfermee. 'i'lie
names of the months are on one hemisphere, and on the other are thirty-one radial
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Mr. A. }I. Millar iu hi.s /?. 11 of the Eminent ilvrnntrs ot Dun'trt «iv» iluil tlicrc w,w i»...,tl.rr iu,n. J..I.11
I.uiiGui («-e pust, .s. tl.e.acuount of tl.e ILiUli "f Du.i.l.-vl. .\!r. .M.l'.ir »N.. .Ul.-. lint fn.1.1 W dh.ni
Duncan and Catliariiie Wedik-rbuni draLciidtd ll.c Uuuc.uii. i
« A similar i;oniplaint by her v. Davi.i Sfwldin^' is rciri'torini 2.'. Oa. lO] J (U.I .t. *'}}.
* She i.s only designed as in South Aigylefait ill tlii.i entry.
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« For a fuller account an.l iilu.stration of this in.iaim.nl «* I— t, the cl.*pt