They settled at Utrecht, where her father pretended to be a Dr Wallace and Julian and her sisters learned to play a Ruckers harpsichord.
Instead, Julian Hume married Charles Billingham, an English soldier with no fortune, whose father was the supervisor of a glasshouse.
John Billingham, known as "Justice Bellingham" (died 1700), had been manager of the Vauxhall glassworks for George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, producing mirrors.
[5] Anne Hume married Hall, who purchased the respectable post of deputy or lieutenant governor of Dumbarton Castle for his impecunious brother-in-law.
[12][13] She attributed a recipe to make fresh soap from "four pecks of wood ashes" to her mother, followed by a method for making lye:My Mother Lady Julian Billinghams receiptTo make Soap LeesTake equil weight of Russia potash and quick lime and throw water upon it by degrees till the Lime is Slaik’t then throw on more water and Stir altogether till the Salt of the ashes is desolved after Some time pour the Liquor (filtered through a paper if needful) into another vessil as true Flanderes wine, pint of this Liquor measured with the greatest Sweetness ought to weigh just 16 ounces of water if it is, However an ounce of Stone & half of water is to be added to each pint of Liquor, but if Lighter it must be boiled till the like quantity of watter is carried of or Else must be throwen upon fresh lime and ashes.
[16] In 1720, her daughter Jean married Charles William Tonyn, a Colonel in the Enniskillen Dragoons based in Berwick who was also a factor for Patrick Hume.