Scottish domestic worker & mistress of Robert Burns (1766-1792)
Jenny Clow
Born
1766
Newburgh,[1] Scotland
Died
1792
Scotland
Occupation
Domestic Servant
Janet, Jennie or Jenny Clow was a domestic servant to Mrs Agnes Maclehose, née Craig (1759-1841), the Clarinda to Robert Burns' Sylvander.[2] She was the daughter of Andrew (or Alexander[3]) Clow and Margaret Inglis[3] from Fife and was the youngest of eight children.[3][4] Her mistress sent her to deliver a letter to the poet and he seduced her.[5]
Janet, Jennie or JennyClow was a domestic servant to Mrs Agnes Maclehose, née Craig (1759-1841), the Clarinda to Robert Burns' Sylvander. She was the...
seduced her. The twenty-year-old JennyClow gave birth in November 1788 to Robert Burns's child, Robert Burns Clow. Whilst he was in Dumfries in November...
relationship, Burns moved on to JennyClow (1766–1792), Nancy's domestic servant, who bore him a son, Robert Burns Clow, in 1788. He also had an affair...
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