Jean Fenton
Bef. 1727 - aft. Nov 1744
Jean was Calum's and Jamie's seven times
great grandmother.
Although Jean raised her family in the parish of Trinity Gask, it is not known when or
where she was born. A strong contender is the
Janet Fenton born on 11 FEB 1722 in the adjacent parish of Auchtergaven, to David Fenton
and Janet Barnet:
Janet
Daughter to David Fenton and Janet Barnet in Easter Kirktown was baptised the 11th of February Jajvijc and twenty two
This would fit the bill in that her first daughter
was indeed named Janet, which fits with the Scottish naming pattern, in which the first daughter is traditionally
named after the mother's mother.
A Jean Fenton is also found to
have been baptised in the adjacent parish of Muthill on 31 MAR 1710, as noted in that parish's episcopal church
baptismal register - if so she was the daughter of John Fenton and Jean Buchanan:
Mar.31. Jean daughter to John Fenton and Jean Buchanan at Abercarney born
March 29.
This seems less likely in that she would have
been aged 29 when she married in 1739, which would be quite late in the period.
An even more remote possibility is that she may
be the Jean Fenton christened in Perth on 13 JUN 1725. If true, her father would have been Robert
Fenton, and her mother Janet Coldstream, which also certainly fits in with the fact that she called
her first daughter Janet. However, this would mean that she would have been fourteen when she married - not impossible though,
as the law actually permitted marriage for girls from the age of 12.
Our Jean married John Leich on 27th July 1739 in Trinity Gask, Perthshire, Scotland.
June 24 received from Jean Fenton 01 04 00
John
Litch and Jean Fenton both in this parish proclaimed.
July 2nd the minr was at the Sacrament of Gask. John Litch and
Jean Fenton proclaimed pro 2do (?)
July 8th...John Litch and Jean Fenton both in this parish proclaimed pro 3ho.
July
27 John Litch and Jean Fenton were married.
CHILDREN of JEAN FENTON and JOHN LEITCH:
Janet Leitch
b:
18/4/1742
Calum's and Jamie's great great great great
great great grandmother - see McEwan page.
Isobell Leitch
b: 30/11/1744
Born in Muirmonth
in Perthshire (hence Jean and John obviously lived there).
