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James Bain
(1776 - 1855)
James Bain was
born on 28 April 1776 in Tranent, East Lothian. He was the only
child of James
Bain and Ann Turcan. James Snr had died tragically
prior to James birth.
He was christened shortly
after his birth on 28 April 1776 in Tranent. Whilst his grandfather
William Bain was present at his christening, not long after his
birth he and his mother moved back to her family in Dysart, where
the boy was was brought up by his maternal relatives. He had little
to do with the his fathers family after this.
He suffered from pulminory
ailments (the same thing that killed his father) from an early age
and was recommended to adopt an active profession. When he was 19
he was appointed to the charge of the Dysart Estates, on the recommendations
of his distant cousin, Lord Robertson, a Senator of the College
of Justice and the eldest son of Principal Robertson.
The following
year, on 23 December 1796 he married Margaret Thompson at Kirkcaldy
in Fife. Banns were read in Dysart, Fife on 8 December 1796.
Margaret was
born on 14 October 1776 in Dysart, Fife, the eldest daughter of
James Thompson and Margaret Rait. She was christened
4 days later.
James and Margaret, continued
the family tradition of birthing in Tranent, East Lothian. They
12 children (4 daughters and 8 sons), all notated as being born
in East Lothian and christened in Fife.
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James
Bain - b. 31 August 1797 ; d. 13 February 1854 ; married
Letitia Lloyd |
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Margaret
Bain - b. 9 March 1799 ; ch. 13 Mar 1799 ; married William
Wood |
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John
Bain - b. 11 March 1801 ; ch. 17 March 1801 ; d. 4 September
1849 ; married Jean Smith on July 26 1824 |
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Janet
Bain - b. 26 February 1803 ; ch. 1 March 1803 ; d.
31 May 1827 |
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Joseph
Bain - b. 18 May 1805 ; ch. 22 May 1805 ; married Ann
Hill ; d. 1 September 1856 |
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Christian
Bain - b. 6 Dec 1807 ; ch. 17 Dec 1807 ; married William
Muir on 15 April 1828 ; d. 18 Jan 1846 |
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Harriet
Bouverie Bain - b. 26 Jan 1810 ; ch. 6 Feb 1810 ; d.
10 Dec 1823 |
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William
Bain - b. 6 March 1814 ; ch. 15 March 1814 ; married
Catherine Potter on 12 September 1838 |
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Henry
Bain - b. 30 January 1816 ; ch. 9 February 1816 ; 19
Oct 1823 |
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George
Bain - b. 19 Jun 1818 ; ch. 1 August 1818 ; married
to Ann Brown in November 1845 |
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Erskine
Bain - b. 25 November 1820 ; ch. 8 December 1820 ;
d. 23 January 1845 |
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Alexander
Bain - 26 January 1823 ; 6 February 1823 |
The family continued
to live in Dysart for many years. Margaret passed away in Dysart
on 10 February 1830 at the age of 53, leaving James with 4 children
under the age of 20.
James held the office
of Chamberlain to the Earl of Rosslyn for a long time, and was stll
living in Dysart at the time of his death on December 28 1855 at
the age of 79.
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