John Heron

John Heron was the second son of James Heron and Mary Ninian. He was christened at Ayr in Scotland in 1772. He had four brothers and three sisters. He became a watchmaker in Greenock, where his older brother had been christened in 1768 and married Janet Laurie there in 1795. His eldest daughter Mary was our ancestor. We saw an exhibition of John Heron's silverware in the gallery in Greenock in 2004, but unfortunately we have not yet found any surviving among family members. I have also heard from the owner of a marine chronometer made by him.

John Heron died at Greenock in 1837, age 64 [Greenock Advertiser 2.1.1837]