Jean Grahame

From Scotland's People - Old Parish Registers - Births and Baptisms

• 10 February 1773 birth or baptism of Jean Graham, daughter of Thomas Graham and Jean Robertson [child 8], in the parish of Glasgow

From Biographical Sketches of the Hon. The Lord Provosts of Glasgow by John Tweed Published 1883 Page 12

Mr. [Correction: Thomas] Grahame left three sons and two daughters: Robert, the subject of this notice; James, advocate in Edinburgh, afterwards incumbent of Sedgefield in England, author of "The Sabbath" and other poems; Thomas, manufacturer in Glasgow; Margaret, who died unmarried; and Jane, married to Archibald Grahame of Dalmarnock, a partner and cashier of the Thistle Bank, who had previously been partner with his father-in-law as a writer.

From Scotland's People: Old Parish Records - Marriages and Banns NOTE "Jane" not "Jean"

• 30 August 1789 marriage or banns of Jane Grahame to Archibald Grahame, in the parish of Glasgow

From The Scots Magazine, Volume 51 Published 1789 Page 465

31 August 1789 At Glasgow, Mr. Archibald Grahame, of the Thistle Bank, [was married] to Miss Jean Grahame, daughter of Mr Thomas Grahame, writer.

From Scotland's People - Old Parish Registers - Births and Baptisms

Possible list of 10 children of Archibald Grahame and Jean Grahame from first: 22 November 1790 John Grahame to last: 14 September 1804 Margaret Grahame

• 22 November 1790 birth or baptism of John Grahame, son of Archibald Grahame and Jean Grahame [child 1], in the parish of Glasgow
• 21 December 1792 birth or baptism of Thomas Grahame, son of Archibald Grahame and Jean Grahame [child 2], in the parish of Glasgow
• 17 July 1794 birth or baptism of James Grahame, son of Archibald Grahame and Jean Grahame [child 3], in the parish of Glasgow
• 19 February 1796 birth or baptism of Robert Grahame, son of Archibald Grahame and Jean Grahame [child 4], in the parish of Glasgow
• 8 July 1797 birth or baptism of Jean Grahame, daughter of Archibald Grahame and Jean Grahame [child 5], in the parish of Glasgow
• 22 December 1798 birth or baptism of Archibald Grahame, son of Archibald Grahame and Jean Grahame [child 6], in the parish of Glasgow
• 20 November 1800 birth or baptism of Barbara Grahame, daughter of Archibald Grahame and Jean Grahame [child 7], in the parish of Glasgow
• 5 May 1802 birth or baptism of John Grahame, son of Archibald Grahame and Jean Grahame [child 8], in the parish of Glasgow
• 7 July 1803 birth or baptism of Catharine Grahame, daughter of Archibald Grahame and Jean Kelvie [child 9], in the parish of Campbeltown
• 14 September 1804 birth or baptism of Margaret Grahame, daughter of Archibald Grahame and Jean Grahame [child 10], in the parish of Glasgow

From Early records of an old Glasgow family - Hill family, 1520-1901, by William Henry Hill, Published 1902 Page 75

Jean Robertson, the younger daughter, was born on [blank] 17--. She married on 1758, Thomas Grahame, Writer in Glasgow, and died [blank] leaving issue, [5 children]

From William Henry Hill handwritten manuscript, p28 84 Ninian Jane Hill 85 John Millar Thomson 86 Thomas Grahame 87 Robert G of Whitehill 88 James G.jpg

[WHH-REF:86] Thomas Grahame, writer in Glasgow, who married 1758 Jean Robertson [WHH-REF:44] one of the two grand-daughters of Helen Hill [WHH-REF:41] and Robert Robertson. He died on [blank] 1791 leaving issue: Robert [WHH-REF:87], James [WHH-REF:100] Thomas [WHH-REF:107], Jean [WHH-REF:109], and Margaret [WHH-REF:86a]

From Delphi Complete Works of Kenneth Grahame (Illustrated) By Kenneth Grahame NOTE incorrect age of Archibald at marriage

The "Sabbath Bard" had a pretty sister called Jean. She married at the age of sixteen, her cousin Archibald Grahame of Drumquhassle, Barrowfield and Dalmarnock, a man then over sixty. Jean's yellow hair was her crown and her glory. It is told that her husband, anxious to have a portrait of his young wife, approached Henry Raeburn on the matter, who it is said, declared that he had not sufficient gamboge to do her justice. And, for that reason or another, Mistress Jean did not get her portrait painted.