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Dorothea HUNTER

17201,2,3 - 30th Sep 18061,2,3,4,5

Life History

1720

Born in Scotland, Lanarkshire.1,2,3

1757

Married James BAILLIE.8

5th Dec 1757

Licence obtained for marriage to James BAILLIE in London Diocese.7

Appeared personally Rev. James Baillie, Clerk and made Oath, that he is Minister of Shotter in the County of Lanark in North England and a Bachelor of twenty one years and upwards and intendeth to marry with Dorothy Hunter of the Parish of St James Westminster in the County of Middlesex Spinster aged twenty one years and upward and that he knoweth of no lawful Impediment, by reason of any Precontract entered into before the Twenty-fifth Day of March, one Thousand seven hundred and Fifty-four, Consanguinity, Affinity, or any other lawful Means whatsoever to hinder the said intended Marriage, and prayed a Licence to solemnize the same in the Parish Church of St James Westminster aforesaid and further made Oath, that the usual place of Abode of the said Dorothy Hunter had been the said Parish of St James Westminster for the Space of four Weeks last past.

24th Sep 1760

Birth of daughter Agnes BAILLIE in Scotland, Lanarkshire.1,3

27th Oct 1761

Birth of son Matthew BAILLIE in Scotland, Lanarkshire, Shotts Manse.2,1

11th Sep 1762

Birth of daughter Joanna BAILLIE in Scotland, Lanarkshire, Bothwell, The Manse.1,3

1778

Death of James BAILLIE.1,2

30th Sep 1806

Died in Hampstead.1,2,3,4,5

From the Scots Magazine :-
"Sept. 29. At Hampstead, aged 85, Mrs. Baillie, widow of the Rev. James Baillie D.D. Professor of Divinity in the University of Glasgow, and sister to the late Dr. William Hunter, and of John Hunter, Esq."

From the Caledonian Mercury :-
"At Hampstead, on the 29th ult. in her 86th year, Mrs. BAILLIE, widow of the Rev. James Baillie, D.D. Professor of Divinity at Glasgow University, and sister to the late Dr. William Hunter, and John Hunter, Esq."

7th Oct 1806

Buried in Hampstead, St John at Hampstead.1,6

Buried alongside daughters Agnes and Joanna Baillie

after 1861

Memorial or Grave Stone in Hampstead, St John at Hampstead.3

"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."

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