• Born: Abt 1831, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland ^{6 7 8}
• Marriage (1): Hugh CLARK on 23 October 1861 in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland ^{1 2 3}
• Died: 1865, Ardrossan New, Ayrshire, Scotland about age 34 ⁹

   Other names for Jessie were Janet BRYDEN, Janet BRYDON,⁶ Janet Jaffrey BRYDON, Jessie BRYDON,⁷ Jessie Jeffray BRYDON,^{1 2} Jessie BRYDONE,⁸ Jessie Jeffrey BRYDONE ^{10 11} and Jessie Jaffray CLARK.

  Recorded Events in Her Life

• She appeared on the 1841 Census of Scotland on 6 June 1841 in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland. ⁶
  

John Brydon       30   Ayrshire, Scotland   Baker
Mary Brydon       35   Ayrshire, Scotland
Jean Brydon       11   Ayrshire, Scotland
Janet Brydon       9   Ayrshire, Scotland
Helen Brydon       7   Ayrshire, Scotland
John Brydon        4   Ayrshire, Scotland
Isabella Brydon    2   Ayrshire, Scotland

• She worked as a muslin sewer on 30 March 1851 in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland. ⁷

• She appeared on the 1851 Census of Scotland on 30 March 1851 in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland. ⁷
  

John Brydon       Head       M   42   Journeyman Baker   Irvine, AYR
Jessie Brydon     Daughter   F   17   Muslin Sewer       Irvine, AYR
Isabella Brydon   Daughter   F   12   Scholar            Kilwinning, AYR
Andrew Reddell    Lodger     M   38   Journeyman Baker   Strahaven, Lanark

• She worked as a domestic servant on 7 April 1861 in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland. ⁸

• She appeared on the 1861 Census of Scotland on 7 April 1861 in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland. ⁸
  

Hugh Clark            Head      M   31   Midlothian, Edinburgh   Station Master
John Fraser Clark     Son       M    9   Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Robert Loudon Clark   Son       M    7   Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Jessie Brydone        Servant   F   26   Irvine, Ayrshire        Domestic Servant

• She worked as a domestic servant on 23 October 1861 in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland. ²

• She resided at Railway Station in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland on 23 October 1861. ²

Jessie married Hugh CLARK, son of John CLARK and Mary ATKINSON, on 23 October 1861 in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland.^{1 2 3} (Hugh CLARK was born about 1829 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland ^{2 3 8 12 13 14 15 16 17 18} and died on 20 March 1897 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland ^{3 19 20}.). The cause of his death was Apoplexy, As cert. by Will N. Paterson, M.B. C.M.

  Marriage Notes

At Kilwinning, after Banns according to the Forms of the Established Church of Scotland; by William Pinkerton, Minister of Free Church, Kilwinning; witnesses Hugh Nairn and Isabella Brydon. ²