Mary Dun Beattie

(b. 1744, Scotland – d. 1807, Aberdeen, Scotland )

Gender: F

Mary Beattie, née Dun, Wife of James Beattie, (baptized 1744- died 1807). Daughter of the rector of Aberdeen Grammar School, Mary married (28 June 1767) James Beattie. She would give birth to two sons who survived infancy: James Hay Beattie (1768–1790), and Montagu Beattie (1778–1796). A few years after her marriage, Mary Beattie began to suffer from episodes of disabling mental illness. mental illness.

Also known as:

Mary Beattie (née Dun)

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