James BAILLIE Agnes BAILLIE Matthew BAILLIE Dorothea HUNTER Mini tree diagram

Joanna BAILLIE

11th Sep 17621,2 - 23rd Feb 18511,8,9,2,10,11

Authoress, Poet & Playwright1,2

Life History

11th Sep 1762

Born in Scotland, Lanarkshire, Bothwell, The Manse.1,2

Father - Revd James Baillie
Mother - Dorothea Hunter
Youngest of three children
Sister - Agnes Baillie (1760-1861)
Brother - Matthew Baillie (1761-1823)

4th Jan 1819

Mentioned in Will.3

of Anne Hunter nee Home
Described as :-
"my nieces Agnes and Joanna Baillie"

1st May 1819

Mentioned in Will.4

of Matthew Baillie
Described as :-
"my sister Joanna Baillie"

6th Jun 1841

Recorded in census in Edmonton (Windmill Hill, St John Hampstead).5

Agnes Baillie - F - 75 - Ind
Joanna Baillie - F - 75 - Ind
Staff x 2

25th Oct 1843

Wrote will.6

1) I Joanna Baillie of the parish of Hampstead
2) in the county of Middlesex ... ... ...

Some names mentioned :-
1) my beloved sister Agnes Baillie
2) my dear nephew William Hunter Baillie
3) my beloved sister in law Sophia Baillie
4) the drawing of her (Sophia Baillie's) daughter Elizabeth
5) my dear niece Elizabeth Milligan
6) my dear nephew Robert Milligan
7) Sophia Milligan the daughter of the said Robert and Elizabeth Milligan
8) my dear niece Henrietta Baillie
9) my kind friend Mary Milligan
10) Joanna Baillie Richardson the daughter of my valued friend John Richardson

"I desire only that my body may be laid in the vault in the Churchyard where my mother is buried"

23rd Feb 1851

Died in Hampstead.1,8,9,2,10,11

From the Morning Chronicle :-
From the Chelmsford Chronicle :-
"On the 23rd inst., at Hampstead, in her 89th year, Joanna Baillie, author of "Plays on the Passions," and other works."

1st Mar 1851

Buried in Hampstead, St John at Hampstead.1,8

Buried alongside sister Agnes and mother Dorothea Baillie nee Hunter
Age - 88
Residence - Hampstead

24th Mar 1851

Signature on Will attested to.6

By Henry Kinder of Windmill Hill, Hampstead

27th Mar 1851

Probate in Prerogative Court of Canterbury.6

Executor - William Hunter Baillie Esq, the nephew

after 1861

Memorial or Grave Stone in Hampstead, St John at Hampstead.2

"Sacred / to the memory of / Dorothea Baillie / sister of the celebrated brothers / William and John Hunter / Relict of the Revd. James Baillie, D.D., / Professor of Divinity / in the University of Glasgow / Mother of the eminent physician / Matthew Baillie / and of two daughters, Agnes and Joanna, / the latter being the distinguished authoress. / All here named were through life highly respected. / Dorothea Baillie was born in Lanarkshire in 1720 / and died at Hampstead, September 30th 1806. / Also to the memory of / Agnes Baillie / eldest daughter of James and Dorothea Baillie / she was born in Lanarkshire, September 24th 1760. / and died at Hampstead, April, 27th 1861 / Also to the memory of / Joanna Baillie / Youngest daughter of James and Dorothea Baillie / She was born in Lanarkshire, September 11th 1762. / and died at Hampstead, February 23rd 1851."

Other facts

 

Research Note.7

There is a blue plaque dedicated to her on the house where she lived in Hampstead.

Notes

  • For further information see .-

    Oxford Dictionary of National Biography :_
    Norma Clarke,
    "Baillie, Joanna (1762-1851)",
    Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
    Oxford University Press, 2004
    Online edn, Jan 2006
    (http://www.oxforddb.com/view/article/1062, accessed 312 July 2012)1
  • A stipple and line engraving of Joanna Baillie can be seen at the National Portrait Gallery and on their website - www.npg.org.uk12

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