James Boswell's uncle John was a member of a sect known as the Glasites.
Isabella Mitchelson
Isabella Mitchelson
Died 1774Biography:
Daughter of John Mitchelson and Margaret Brisbane. Married (1761) to Robert Hepburn.
Life with Boswell:
Boswell met her at her father's on October 28, 1762. He described the marriage between her and Robert Hepburn thus: "I was somewhat hurt to see a young fellow of twenty, possessed of twelve hundred a year, tied down to a woman elder than himself, not pretty and low bred".
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