David Guthrie, Burgess of Dundee

The majority of information on DAVID GUTHRIE is sourced from 'The Wedderburn Book' written by Alexander Wedderburn in 1898. The book is focused on the Wedderburn family containing genealogical and evidentiary information.

What information is available on DAVID GUTHRIE must be gleaned from reading the biographical sketch for his wife, BARBARA WEDDERBURN, the eldest daughter of ROBERT WEDDERBURN and JANET KYD. Barbara's paternal grandfather was Robert Wedderburn, the progenitor of the lines of Kingennie, Easter Powrie, and Wedderburn, Blackness, Balindean and Gosford.

The dates of birth for Barbara's three brothers are listed as estimates with the eldest, Alexander, being born in 1530 and the youngest brother in 1546. Barbara was the eldest of three daughters whose birth dates are not listed in the book.

DAVID GUTHRIE's birth year is also not listed, but would presumably be approximate to that of his wife, likely between 1530 - 1540.

Their marriage occurred before the year 1560 when David Guthrie and his wife Barbara Wedderburn get saline of a North Marketgait property. Note that this location is in Dundee.

By this marriage Barbara Wedderburn had issue two sons, David and Robert (m. Efface Jackson, and died bef. 1603), Christina (m 1575 William Kynloch, surgeon, Catharine m. John Leslie; and Margaret who m. Thomas Wallace. (Wedderburn, p.94)

BARBARA WEDDERBURN is "first named 10 Jan 1560 when she and her husband get sasine of a North Marketgait land and there is a similar entry 24 Nov 1562." (Wedderburn Book, p94).

DAVID and BARBARA made a settlement on their son DAVID, 13 Nov 1564.

DAVID GUTHRIE died sometime between 11 March 1574 and 11 Nov 1575 when BARBARA is named as a relict (widow) of DAVID GUTHRIE.

On 11 Nov 1575, Barbara Wedderburn, relict of David Guthrie, and her children sue Thomas Dow, who objects to Alexander Wedderburn, the clerk, acting as clerk in the cause because he is brother german to Barbara, an objection disallowed by the court. (DBR 226 - Wedderburn)

David's widow remarried sometime before 29 Feb 1581 to Peter Imbrie/Imrie.

The Wedderburn Book clearly identifies that DAVID GUTHRIE was alive in the latter half of the 16th century (1500s) and died in 1574 or 1575. Although his ange nor his birth year are stated in the book, they can be inferred from the data for his wife. There are no OPR birth or baptismal records dated in the early 1500s.

Note that David and Barbara's children are documented as follows (birth order unknown):
Sons: Robert and David
Daughters: Christina, Catharine, and Margaret

Barbara had one son by her second marriage to Peter Imbrie/Imbrie also named Peter.