Jessie Lewars

Jessie Lewars
Jessie Lewars
Born1778
Dumfries, Scotland
Died26 May 1855
Maxwelltown, Scotland
OccupationHousewife

Jessie Lewars, also known as Mrs. James Thomson,[1] was the youngest daughter of John Lewars, a supervisor of excise. Following the death of her 69-year-old father in 1789, Jessie was only 11 years old,[2] when she and her brother John moved to a house in Millhole Brae (now Burns Street) that lay opposite that of Robert Burns in Dumfries. Jessie was a close Burns family friend and when nearly at the age of eighteen helped the family by nursing Robert in the days leading up to his death and doing the domestic chores.[3][4]

  1. ^ Westwood, Page 1
  2. ^ Hill, Page 143
  3. ^ Mackay, page 624
  4. ^ Westwood (2008), Page 96