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Kirkbean
Kirkbean is a small village and civil parish near the Solway Firth in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. , the Parish of Kirkbean - which comprises four small villages - has just 643 residents in total.
==Prominent residents==
Among its most famous sons was John Paul Jones, the founder of the United States Navy, who was born in Arbigland, Kirkbean on July 6, 1747. A memorial font exists in the church, by sculptor George Henry Paulin. This illustrates USS ''Bonhomme Richard''. Also born at Arbigland was the novelist and poet Helen Craik in 1751. The Kirkbean cemetery is the burial place of Jean Thurot (1755–1833), son of the famous Francois Thurot, French naval commodore and privateer.
Kirkbean is also the birthplace of another great seafarer, John Campbell, who was born in 1720. He went on to become a British naval officer, navigational expert and colonial governor of Newfoundland, today part of Canada.
The parish was the departure point for thousands of Scots seeking a better life in the American and Australian colonies during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Convicts were also transported to Australia from here, making the parish a rich source of genealogical history with many hundreds of thousands of people worldwide having a connection to this beautiful part of Scotland.
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