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Jane Aitken
Jane Aitken (July 11, 1764 – August 29, 1832) was an early American printer, publisher, bookbinder, and bookseller.
== Early life ==
Aitken was born in Paisley, Scotland, on July 11, 1764. She was the first of four children (two girls and two boys) that grew to adulthood in the family.〔AncestryLibrary.com/Ancestry Family Trees of Robert Aitken (1062236441) and Jane Aitken (1062242472): ''Clements, Jeffrey William Family Tree''〕 Her father was Robert Aitken (1734–1802), a Scottish stationery and book merchant who later became a Philadelphia printer and bookbinder. Her mother’s maiden name was Janet Skeoch. Aitken and her family were among several Scottish families that emigrated to Colonial America in 1771. The Aitken family settled in Philadelphia, their port of importation.
Aitken was involved with her father's Philadelphia publishing business, which consisted of a print shop and bindery. Her handwritten bookkeeping shows the print shop printed a newspaper, journals, books, and stationery. She inherited the printing business from her father's estate after his death in 1802 when she was thirty-eight years of age. The publications were thereafter in her own name as ''Printed by Jane Aitken'' from her printing business, which she ran on Third Street in Philadelphia. Her father's estate came with a heavy debt that was incurred from notes he had signed for. The debt was $3,000. Her brother, Robert Aitken Jr., who was a year younger than she and had been disowned by their father, was financially incapable to assist in this debt. Jane, being the oldest child, assumed the responsibility of caring for her two younger sisters, as her mother had previously died. She never married.
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