Background
Jean was born in Saint Ouen, Jersey, the son of Nicholas Jean and Marie Grandin.
Jean was born in Saint Ouen, Jersey, the son of Nicholas Jean and Marie Grandin.
He was at first in the English Royal Navy, but later devoted himself to painting. He was chiefly a miniaturist, yet also worked with oils. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1787 to 1802.
Jean was married twice.
They had two children. Roger, who also became a miniaturist, and Anne Marthe.
Jean remarried after Anna"s death, to Marie de Ste Croix (1763 Jersey - 1820, married 1788 in Saint Saviour, Jersey) and they had 4 children (Mary, Harriot, Philip and Henriette Elizabeth). He died in Hempstead, Kent.