Agnes Jean Burness

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Agnes Jean Burness (Brown)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Craigentoun, Ayrshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Death: January 14, 1820 (87)
Grant's Braes, Haddingtonshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Place of Burial: Bothans Chapel at Yester East Lothian, Haddington, Scotland
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Gilbert Brown and Agnes Margaret (Rainie) Brown
Wife of William Burnes and William Robertson
Mother of Mildred Burnes; Robert Burns; Gilbert Burns; Agnes (Burness) Galt; Elizabeth Burnes, 1763 and 7 others
Sister of Jannet M Brown; John Brown; Lawrence Brown; James Brown; Samuel Brown and 4 others
Half sister of Mary Lamb; Absalom Brown; Jean Allan; Christian Brown and Helen Brown

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About Agnes Jean Burness

    Agnes Brown was born on 17 March 1732 in Craigentoun, Ayrshire, Scotland. She was the daughter of Gilbert Brown and Agnes Rainie. She married William Burness, son of Robert Burness and Isabella Keith, on 15 December 1757 in Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland. She died on 14 January 1820 in Grant's Braes, Haddingtonshire, Scotland, at age 87. She was buried in Bolton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland.

Charts

   Descendants of Walter Burness

Children of Agnes Brown and William Burness

   * Robert Burns+ b. 25 Jan 1759, d. 21 Jul 1796

* Gilbert Burns+ b. 28 Sep 1760, d. 8 Apr 1827
* Agnes Burness b. 30 Sep 1762, d. 17 Oct 1834
* Annabella Burness b. 14 Nov 1764, d. 2 Mar 1832
* William Burness b. 31 Jul 1767, d. 24 Jul 1790
* John Burness b. 12 Jul 1769, d. 28 Oct 1785
* Isabella Burness+ b. 27 Jun 1771, d. 4 Dec 1858



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William Browne De Bruin is Agnes Jean Burness' 15th great grandfather. Agnes Jean Burness

  →  Gilbert Broun  her father →  John Brown  his father →  John Brown 1626 – 1685  his father →  Thomas Brown 1600 – 1655  his father → John I Priesthill Brown 1576 – 1630  his father →  Johnne Brown 1553 – 1610  his father →  Sir John Brown 13 1530 – 1558  his father →  Robert Brown 1480 – 1540  his father →  Richard Brown 1440 – 1500  his father →  George Broun 1410 – 1450  his father →  Sir John Brown 19GG 1368 – 1410  his father →  Sir John Brown, VI  his father → Sir John Browne, Lord Mayor of London  his father →  Sir John Browne, I  his father →  Sir John Brown, of Montague  his father →  Sir John Browne  his father → William Browne De Bruin  his father
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Agnes Jean Burness's Timeline

1732
March 17, 1732
Craigentoun, Ayrshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
March 26, 1732
Kirkoswald, Ayr, Scotland
1759
January 25, 1759
Alloway, Ayrshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)

Robert ‘Rabbie’ Burns was born in Alloway, Ayrshire on January 25, in the ‘auld cley biggin’ that is now known as Burns Cottage. He was the eldest of the seven children of William Burnes and Agnes Broun.

Robert Burns in the Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
Name: Robert Burns
Birth Date: 1759
Birth Place: Alloway
Death Date: 1796
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.
Original data: Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed. Dictionary of National Biography, 1921–1922. Volumes 1–20, 22. London, England: Oxford University Press, 1921–1922.
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1759
1760
September 28, 1760
Alloway, Ayrshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1762
September 30, 1762
Alloway, Ayr, South Ayrshire, United Kingdom
1763
1763
Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland
1764
November 14, 1764
Alloway, Ayr, South Ayrshire, United Kingdom

Annabella Burns in the Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
Name: Annabella Burns
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 14 Nov 1764
Baptism Date: 17 Nov 1764
Baptism Place: Ayr,Ayr,Scotland
Father: William Burns
Mother: Agnes Brown
FHL Film Number: 1041330
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
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