Jean Adam was born in Greenock Apri 30th 1704 into a maritime family. Jean was a Scottish poet and her most famous  work is "There's Nae Luck Aboot The Hoose,"

It is reported that Robert Burns remarked on its quality in 1771 after her death. Jean had limited education in reading, writing. Her first encounter with poetry is when she read extracts from the work of Sir Phillip Sidney's romance The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia 1590.

She worked in domestic service at the West Kirk, Greenock. Her fist works didn't sell well. Her situation worsened after savings she had used to ship substantial number of copies to Boston USA. In a bid for success there. She died pennyless in a Glasgow workhouse on the 3rd April 1765.