Christin Wedderburn

Christine wedderburn family and Roots .

One of the Dundee families was that of James Wedderburn.[2] His three sons, James, John and Robert, were among the earliest Scottish Protestant reformers.[2] They united to round the famous Guide and Godlie Ballads which were known as the Wedderburn Psalms.[2]

From the eldest brother James is descended James Wedderburn, Bishop of Dunblane in 1636, who, as the friend of Archbishop Laud and those responsible for introducing a new liturgy to the Church, was driven from Scotland in 1638.[2] He retired to Canterbury and is buried in Canterbury Cathedral.[2]

The third brother was Robert Wedderburn whose grandson was Alexander Wedderburn who was clerk of Dundee from 1557 to 1582.[2] His son was Wedderburn of Kingennie who was a favourite of James VI of Scotland.[2] He accompanied the king to England in 1603 and when he returned the king presented him with a ring from his own hand.[2] This line in the direct male line became extinct in 1761 upon the death of David Wedderburn and the estates passed to the Scrymgeours who there after added the additional surname of Wedderburn to their own.[2]

David Wedderburn's brother, James, had a son, Alexander Wedderburn of Blackness Castle.[2] Alexander Wedderburn was one of the commissioners for the Treaty of Ripon in 1641.[2]

Blackness Castle was held by a branch of the Clan Wedderburn in the 17th and 18th centuries.