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DAVID SCRYMGEOUR OF BIRIvHILr. 175
depute of the county of Inverness.' an office which he held till 17G8, when his health Partii.
failed (S.W. vi., v., 28), and he retired.- His p(irtrait and that of his wife are at Birkhill. ^^^- ^
Oa 19 Nov. 1753, he made a disposition and nomination of tutors and curators to
his children, Alexander, John, and David (S.W. .')87),-' and ten years later, 20 Ajiril 1763,
executed a bond of provision to his younger sons, John, David, and lieurv, and his
daughter Janet, as well as to his sister .Marion (i'j. 613, and see above"). He is' named, in
the 1760-69 entail of her estate by (Jrizel Wedderbuni of Wedderhiu-n (//. G:i7 ; G.S.U.
144), and would have succeeded to them had he survived her, but died at Dirldiill, 1 1 July
1772.
He had married, 12-13 Auc;. 1739, Katharine Wedderbum, sixth daughter of
Sir Alexander Wedderburn, fourth baronet of Blackness, 'i'he marriage contract is dated
at Dundee, 11 Aug. (S.W. 568), and is signed by the spouses and otiiers (see facsimile of
her signature opp. p. 72, of vol. ii.). The marriage took place inunediatcly after, but
whether on the 12th or 13th, and at Ealmeriuo or Dundee, is not clear, for it is entered
iu the register of both parishes. * Her husband soon after, 8 Oct 1 7.'!9, cliarged Newgrange
with an annuity in her favour, and she is often named with liim, e.;/., in tlio
entails of 1766-69. Upon the marriage of their .son, Alexander ScrymgeoMr. in 1771, iier
husband (20 Feb.) made a general conveyance of his estate to him subject to certjiin
annuities payable to himself and, should she survive liim, to his wife, Katiiarino
Wedderburn (S.W. 644-45). Thus, tiiere are several receipts, 17S7-92, fr..iu her to iicr
son Alexander for her annuity (S.W. 6S2\ She died at Birldiill 19 March 1796, and was
buried at Balmerino on the 2"3rd (S.W. 082 ; J.W. 12).=
By her, David Scrymgeour had issue four sons and five dauirhters :
1. Alexander Scrymgeour (afterwards Wedderburn). .Sec ])ost, p. 170.
2. John Scrymgeour, baptized at Edinbur.'ii, 30 Xov. 1710 (E 1311. Sec s the accmnt of Tli..i.wi.f \\"i-.l.l.-rl.iim. |.-.t, r.irt III., rliap. x.
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