Born in Portsoy, Fordyce, Banffshire, Scotland
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
William Thurburn
— married
19 Nov 1839 in Keith, Banffshire, Scotland
Descendants 
Mother of
Alexander Thurburn, Anna (Thurburn) Wilson, Jessie (Thurburn) Scott, Helen Thurburn, Eliza (Thurburn) Barry, Barbara Thurburn, Margaret Janet Thurburn, Isabella Jane Thurburn and Helen Wilson Thurburn
Died
at age 39
in Keith, Banffshire, Scotland
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Mar 2015
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Biography
Jessie Johnston Knight was born on 12 October 1814 and baptised on 16 October 1814 at Portsoy, Fordyce, Banffshire, Scotland. [1]
She was married to William Thurburn on 19 November 1839 at Keith, Banffshire, Scotland. [2] They had 9 children: 2 died young and 3 never married.[3]
She died on 16 April 1854 at Keith, Banffshire, Scotland. [4]
Sources
- ↑ Source: Old Parochial Registers - Fordyce, Banffshire, Scotland
- ↑ Source: Old Parochial Registers - Fordyce, Banffshire, Scotland
- ↑ Source: A Family Biography, 1662 to 1908 Drawn Chiefly from Old Letters. 462 pp. Authors: Isabella & Catherine Scott. Publisher: James Nisbet & Co, Ltd., London, UK. publ. 1908.
- ↑ Source: #S57 Memorial stone to William Thurburn and Family: Old Cemetery, Keith, Banffshire, Scotland [Transcribed by Gil Croome, 1997]
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jessie by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jessie:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jessie by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jessie:
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~25.00%
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