James Jameson (1739-1760)

James Jameson  - was born September 4, 1739, the son of John and Christian (Hay) Jameson, in South Leith, the port area of Edinburgh, Scotland. He was the fourth son and fifth child of twelve known children. His father was a Wine Merchant in Leith. James was a Surgeon and a soldier of the 88th Regiment who as a volunteer, during the Seven Year War, died in the Battle of Campen, in Germany on Oct. 26, 1760. He is buried there, at Kloster Kamp, Kamp-Lintfort, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

There is an imposing, 5 foot by 3 foot, apparently sandstone monument, with elaborate carved adornments, fixed on the wall inside the south-east porch of the at the South Leith Parish Church in Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland,[1] although it was probably moved here after the last church renovation. Church records show that James' father, John Jameson, was responsible for this monument in 1761 and the script at the bottom of the monument explains that George Jameson of Edin (Edinburgh) created either the inscription or the monument itself.

Inscription: "To the Memory of James Jameson, Late Surgeon to the 88th Regiment. A Youth Adorned with Every Grace Of Body and of Mind Inferior to Few in Skill And Activity in his Profession; Exceeded by None In Spirit, as a Volunteer, Who having distinguished himself, In both these Capacities, During two Campaigns of the German War, At last fell In the Battle of Campen, 26 Oct. 1760, Having that Day exhibited Manifold Proofs of Military Ardor and Address. Aged 21."

The arms associated with this James Jameson are displayed on this memorial plaque as: a shield argent, with three anchors sable, divided by a fessi (tincture unknown). The crest as a ship under sail proper and the motto: Sine Metu ("without fear"). The origins of these arms are unknown, but assumed to be of this family and their ancestors. It is also assumed that this family is probably somehow connected with the family of a different, although contemporaneous, John Jameson, in Port Glasgow, Scotland, with whom they seem to share the same arms design.

Y-DNA test, associated with this family, #: None Known