SIMSON, Isabel
- Born: 20 July 1770 1
- Baptised: 22 July 1770, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
- Marriage (1): TAIT, John Labourer in Henmuir, then in Penston and Gladsmuir on 16 January 1796 in Edinburgh, Scotland
Other names for Isabel were SIMPSON, Eliza,2 SIMPSON, Elizabeth, SIMPSON, Helen, SIMPSON, Isabel, SIMPSON, Isabella, SIMPSON, Isobel and SIMSON, Bell.
User ID: R34
General Notes:
"SIMPSON
ISABEL
THOMAS SIMPSON/ELDER
F
22/07/1770
709
40 / 204
Haddington"
from Births and Baptisms
Old Parish Registers
Haddington parish East Lothian
Baptisms
"1770
Simpson
Thomas and Elder Smail had a Daughter born the 20th of July 1770 and Baptised the 22d Do called Isabel Witnesses Thomas Stirling & Andrew Smaill"
Research Notes:
NAMES
The mother of all the children born to John Tait noted here is Simpson or Simson. However the first names vary as follows:
1797 child unnamed mother Elizabeth Simpson in Henmuir
1800 child Helen mother Helen Simpson in Henmuir
1803 child Andrew mother Helen Simpson in Penston
1806 child Graham mother Isabella Simpson at Gladsmuir
1808 child Margaret mother Bell Simpson in Gladsmuir
1810 child William mother Bell Simson in Gladsmuir
The death certificate of 1869 of her daughter Helen or Eleanor recorded Helen's mother as deceased by then. Her mother's full name recorded in the death certificate was Isobel Simpson, but the baptismal record noted her mother's name as Helen Simpson. The baptismal records of Graham and Margaret Tait in Gladsmuir in 1806 and 1808 noted their mother's name as 'Isabella Simpson' and 'Bell Simpson' respectively. Their mother's marriage record noted her name as Isabel.
Isabel married John TAIT Labourer in Henmuir, then in Penston and Gladsmuir on 16 January 1796 in Edinburgh, Scotland. (John TAIT Labourer in Henmuir, then in Penston and Gladsmuir was born about 1770.)
Marriage Notes:
"TAIT
JOHN
ISABEL SIMSON/FR2140 (FR2140)
16/01/1796
709
60 / 371
Haddington"
from Index of Marriages
Old Parish Registers
Haddington parish East Lothian
Marriages
"1797
5(th Novr)
Tait
John and Isabel Simson, both in this parish, irregularly married at Edinburgh 16th Janry 1796 came before the session this day and acknowledged their marriage."
Note:
"Irregularly" married in this context means that the marriage did not take place within the authority of the National Church of Scotland. The original marriage was by mutual consent and legal and binding, but occurred without the traditional religious ceremony. 3
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