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SIMPSON, John
(About 1769-1815)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. WILSON, Margaret

SIMPSON, John 2 3

  • Born: About 1769 3
  • Marriage (1): WILSON, Margaret on 16 May 1796 in Rathven parish, Banffshire, Scotland 1
  • Died: 2 January 1815, Rathven parish, Banffshire, Scotland 3

  General Notes:

"(100) In memory of John Simpson, late farmer of Mill of Rathven and Snobhead, who died 2nd Jany. 1815, aged 46 years - much regrated by Margaret Wilson, his affectionate spouse, and numerous family."

John Simpson was recorded as a farmer on the death certificate of his daughter Elizabeth in 1888. 2 3


John married Margaret WILSON on 16 May 1796 in Rathven parish, Banffshire, Scotland.1 (Margaret WILSON was born about 1775.)


  Marriage Notes:

This couple had fourteen children born between June 1796 and November 1814. 1

Sources


1 LDS Family Search, IGI.

2 GRO Scotland, Rathven district Banffshire Deaths 1888.

3 Internet Site, http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/sheena_charles/RathvenMI Rathven Old Kirkyard Source: Wm. Cramond, A.M. L.L.D., Schoolmaster of Cullen, The Church and Churchyard of Rathven, 1885.

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