James Smith^[1]

1763 - 1848  (85 years)

• Name	James Smith
  Born	1763	Ochiltree, , Ayr, Scotland   [2]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188100030
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-169654
  Died	1 Jan 1848	Monkwood Grove, Minishant, Ayshire, Scotland   [2]
  Buried	Auld Kirk Burying Ground, Ayr, , Ayr, Scotland   [2]
  Person ID	I169654	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Doak,   b. Oct 1764, Ochiltree, , Ayr, Scotland ,   d. 19 Mar 1849  (Age ~ 84 years)
  Children	1. Margaret Ballantyne Smith,   b. 21 Sep 1791, Ayr, , Ayrshire, Scotland ,   d. 21 Feb 1878, Greenfield (Reidsville), North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)   2. Elizabeth Smith,   b. 1802, , Scotland ,   d. 30 Mar 1886, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F49280	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Monument to James Smith & family Erected by his friends and admirers, in memory of Mr. James Smith, botanist, Monkwood Grove, who died 1st January, 1848 aged 88 years. This simple monument to the father of Scottish botany, will direct the many students who profited by his kind, gratuitous instructions in the science of botany, where the tear of fond remembrance may mingle with the dust of a real and true friend. Ground, Auld, South Ayrshire, and Auld Ground. 1763. " James Smith (1763-1848) - Find A Grave Memorial". Findagrave.Com. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188100030/james-smith. __________________________________________________ "In the early part of the nineteenth century James Smith of Monkwood Grove at Minishant was one of Scotland's greatest botanists. He gave much valuable information on botanical subjects to Sir William Hooker which Sir William incorporated in his famous books on botany. James Smith died in 1848 and was buried in Ayr old churchyard where his friends erected a monument to him. He was the tenant of the gardens and orchard at Monkwood and was a simple and unworldly man but his knowledge of botany was unsurpassed by any in the whole of Scotland at that time and people came from many countries to listen and learn from him and many old gardens throughout Scotland today owe their beauty to the humble Minishant gardener who advised on what should be be planted in them. Excerpt from Maybole, Carrick's Capital Facts, Fiction & Folks by James T. Gray, Alloway Publishing, Ayr.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2190] Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1864-1950. Name:Margaret Smith Gender:Female Birth Date:21 Sep 1791 Birth Place:Ayr,Ayr,Scotland Father:James Smith Mother:Elizabeth Doak FHL Film Number:1041330 [S3231] Find A Grave, Ground, Auld, South Ayrshire, and Auld Ground. 1763. " James Smith (1763-1848) - Find A Grave Memorial". Findagrave.Com. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188100030/james-smith.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1763 - Ochiltree, , Ayr, Scotland Died - 1 Jan 1848 - Monkwood Grove, Minishant, Ayshire, Scotland Buried - - Auld Kirk Burying Ground, Ayr, , Ayr, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth