caption death_date death_place birth_place birth_date image article_title name occupation
ellen hyslop 's gravestone and inscription 8 march 1852 , aged 87 moffat , scotland langholm , scotland march 1766 helen hyslop - gravestone , moffat.jpg helen hyslop
 helen hyslop housewife
helen hyslop

helen hyslop , also nelly or ellen hyslop was a ` noted local beauty ' in moffat and a strong local tradition maintains that burns was for some time a great admirer of her and she had an affair with robert burns -lrb- 25 january 1759 -- 21 july 1796 -rrb- .
a daughter helen is said to have been born as a result of the liaison .
parish records show that a helen hyslop was born in the area in 1766 , her parents being john hyslop and janet howatson of langholm .
