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| Name |
Beatrix Jonkison |
| Gender |
Female |
| Person ID |
I85495 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
19 Jun 2020 |
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| Notes |
- Beatrix was one of 8 children of John Jonkison (Jenkinson) Minister of the Gospel and Catherine Cunninghame (Cunningham). Beatrix also had two step brothers and two step sisters of whom where from John Jonkison's first marriage to Marion Veitch daughter of John Veitch of Dawyck.
Her youngest brother or sister wasn't named in the baptism record and was born shortly after the death of her father John Jonkison.
Her uncle Charles Cunningham was also a Minister of the Gospel.
Actually there's quite a lot more known about Beatrix Jenkison. Her father Rev John Jenkison was minister at Athelstaneford until his death in 1730, when Beatrix was 7. Her sister was born posthumously in 1730.
Beatrix was staying with her uncle, Charles Cunningham, at the Manse in Tranent during the battle of Prestonpans. Charles Cunningham had married the year before and his wife was pregnant at the time of the battle - their son was born in November 1745.
Beatrix was born in 1723 and married in 1751. Her husband was a tenant farmer at Drem - named Patrick Dudgeon and they had 7 or 8 children and many grandchildren.
Mary married before her, in 1747 to an Edinburgh schoolmaster named Andrew Laurie. Mary's eldest son John married Beatrix's younger daughter Mary and they had 3 children.
The ring that the Bonnie Prince is said to have given to one of the sisters is in the Museum of Scotland in Chamber St. It is a gold ring with 5 diamonds.
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