Jane SMYTTAN [22772]

  General Notes:

Jane appears to have travelled to India as part of what was called "The Fishing Fleet" to find a husband.
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/02/books/review/the-fishing-fleet-by-anne-de-courcy.html

Name:Jane Smyttan
Start date:24 Dec 1818
Biographical notes:Miss Jane Smyttan,
Bond, Passenger, Bombay,
Amount of security: £400,
Sureties: William Wyllie, Elliot Place, Blackheath, Gentleman. James MacLaren, Cornhill, Bootmaker.,
Authority of Court: 18 Dec 1818
Transcribed by:FIBIS
India Office Records Reference:
Z/O/1/8 No. 1792
Presidency:Bombay

  Other Records

1. Census: Scotland, 1851, 7 Darnaway St Edinburgh SCT. Jane is recorded as a wife aged 50 born Dunkeld PER

Jane married Dandeson Coates BELL [22771] [MRIN: 8187], son of William BELL [22834] and Sarah COTES [22835], on 8 Nov 1822 in Bombay India. (Dandeson Coates BELL [22771] was born about 1793 in Terrington NFK and died on 25 Aug 1854 in Edinburgh SCT.)