James Simpson

1786 - 1859  (73 years)

• Name	James Simpson  [1]
  Birth	1786	County Down, Northern Ireland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Marriage Contract	8 May 1832	Goulbourn Township, Carleton County, Canada West
  	Memorial between James Simpson and Eleanor Lancaster (Willoughby) at the time of their marrige directing property ownership in the event of his death.
  	Book 3, Page 431 Memorial #537 ?b?Certified to have been recorded at their home at 10 AM 3rd Jul 18 1832?/b? A Memorial to be Registered pursuant to the Statute of the Province of Upper Canada in that case made and provided of an Indenture Bearing date ?b?the eighth Day of May in the year of Our Lord One Thousand eight Hundred and Thirty Two?/b? made between James Simpson of Goulbourn in the County of Carleton in the province of Upper Canda yeoman of the one part and Elinor Lancaster of the same place Widow of the other part Whereby the said James Simpson for and in consideration of a Marriage intended to be shortly had and solemized between the said James Simpson and Elinor Lancaster he the said James Simpson covenants and agrees and hereby binds himself his heirs, executors, administrators and asigns to the full and entire fulfilment of the grants and conditions therein after written, (that is to say) the said intended marriage having been duly held and solemized and thereafter should the said James Simpson depart this life before the said Elinor then and in that case the said Elinor is to have, hold occupy and enjoy during her life (having a reference to the conditions therin after stated) The one fourth part or Twenty Fve Acres of Lot no. four in the ninth concesion of the Township of Goulbourn of which he the said James Simpson was then possesed in fee simple subject neverless to the following conditions "that is to say" should the said Elinor (after the death of the said James Simpson) again marry or without other marriage of the said Elinor at her death the said land to revert as follows. That is to say & in the event of issue from the said marriage of James Simpson and Elinor then and in the cases before mentioned the said lands are to revert and become the property of such issue in portion or portions as may be further decided upon by the two nearest relatives (then over age) but in the event of no issue from the said marriage then and in the cases afore mentioned the said lands are to revert to and become the property of the children of the said James Simpson by a former marriage in the proportions and positions as the said James Simpson may will and direct. Which Indenture is witnessed by Geo T Burke of Richmond Esquire Notary Public WC and by Nicholas Garland of Goulbourn yeoman and this memorial thereof is hereby required to be registered by me the said Nicholas Garland and the Trustee and Keeper of the said Indenture and by me the said Elinor now the wife of the said James Simpson the grantee therin named. ?b?The witness whereof we have set our names and seals this second day of July in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Two. ?/b?Signed and sealed in presence of Nicholas Garland X G T Burke N Public Elinor Lancaster X
  Name	Jas Simpson
  _FGLINK	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/189836206
  _FGRAVE	189836206
  _FSFTID	M1ZD-GB7
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/M1ZD-GB7
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  _TAG	Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)
  Burial	1859	Dewar Cemetery, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Address: 459 Glenashton Road Ashton, Beckwith Township, Lanark County,, Ontario Canada
  		James Simpson 1786-1859
  Death	2 Jan 1859	Goulbourn Township, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I3623	The Family History of Robert Duncan a Lanark Society Settler
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2023

  
  

  Father	Ireland Simpson,   b. Abt 1750, Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland d. Abt 1815, Ireland (Age ~ 65 years)
  Mother	Mrs Simpson,   b. Abt 1755, Ireland d. Ireland
  Family ID	F4450	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Jane Dunfield,   b. 1787, County Down, Northern Ireland d. Abt 1831, Goulbourn Township, Carleton County, Canada West (Age 44 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1817	County Down, Northern Ireland
  Children	1. Simpson   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Thomas Simpson,   b. 1817, County Down, Northern Ireland d. 1895, Manitoba, Canada (Age 78 years)   3. Michael Simpson,   b. 1819, County Down, Northern Ireland d. 14 Aug 1874, Goulbourn Township, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada (Age 55 years)   4. Simpson   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Robert Simpson,   b. 1823, Goulbourn Township, Carleton County, Canada West d. 13 Aug 1891, Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (Age 68 years)   6. John Simpson,   b. 1826   d. 18 Aug 1901 (Age 75 years)   7. Mary Ann "Molly" Simpson,   b. 10 Jan 1829, Goulbourn Township, Carleton County, Canada West d. 18 Mar 1909, Smiths Falls, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F4422	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Feb 2020

  
  

  Family 2	Elinor "Ellen" Willoughby,   b. 18 Nov 1810, Coen, Mothel, County Kilkenny, Ireland d. Bef 1848, Goulbourn Township, Carleton County, Canada West (Age 37 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1832
  Children	1. Mary Jane Simpson,   b. Oct 1832, Goulbourn Township, Carleton County, Canada West d. 30 Sep 1921, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 88 years)   2. William Willoughby Simpson,   b. 8 May 1833, Ashton, Goulbourn Township, Carleton County, Canada West d. 7 Jul 1922, Smiths Falls, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 89 years)   3. Joshua John Simpson,   b. Aug 1834, Goulbourn Township, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada d. 7 Dec 1905, Goulbourn Township, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 71 years)   4. Samuel Simpson,   b. 1837, Goulbourn Township, Carleton County, Canada West d. 28 Jan 1870, Goulbourn Township, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada (Age 33 years)
  Family ID	F4613	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Oct 2021

  
  

  Family 3	Margaret McGregor,   b. 1790, Scotland d. Aft 1852 (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	6 Aug 1849	Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4]
  		Ontario marriage 1849 James Simpson to Margaret McGregor
  Family ID	F1241	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Oct 2021

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1786 - County Down, Northern Ireland Marriage - Abt 1817 - County Down, Northern Ireland Marriage Contract - Memorial between James Simpson and Eleanor Lancaster (Willoughby) at the time of their marrige directing property ownership in the event of his death. - 8 May 1832 - Goulbourn Township, Carleton County, Canada West Marriage - 6 Aug 1849 - Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Burial - Address: 459 Glenashton Road Ashton, Beckwith Township, Lanark County,, Ontario Canada - 1859 - Dewar Cemetery, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Death - 2 Jan 1859 - Goulbourn Township, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  1851 census,Goulbourn James Simpson 65 Margaret Simpson 50 Richd. Simpson 31 Wm. Simpson 19 Mary Simpson 22 Joshua Simpson 17 Samuel Simpson 15 Jane Simpson 6 Mary Simpson 4 ========================

  
  

• Sources

  [S98] Jim Tipton, Find a Grave, (www.findagrave.com, 1955), 7 Aug 2018, James Simpson (Reliability: 3). James Simpson BIRTH?tab?1786 DEATH?tab?2 Jan 1859 (aged 72'9673) BURIAL?tab? Dewar Cemetery Beckwith, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Show Map MEMORIAL ID?tab?189836206 [S98] Jim Tipton, Find a Grave, (www.findagrave.com, 1955), 7 Aug 2018, James Simpson (Reliability: 3). James Simpson BIRTH?tab?1786 DEATH?tab?2 Jan 1859 (aged 72? 73) BURIAL?tab? Dewar Cemetery Beckwith, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Show Map MEMORIAL ID?tab?189836206 [S157] Ontario, Canada. Bathurst District (Lanark County)., Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1938 (A), (Digital images. Ancestry, \i Ancestry\i0 . https://ancestry.ca : 2010.), marriage, 1850: 281, Simpson-McGregor, 1849; accessed 16 Mar 2019. (Reliability: 3). Name?tab?James Simpson Gender?tab?Male Marriage Date?tab?06/08/1849 Marriage Place?tab?Bathurst Ontario Canada Spouse?tab?Margaret McGregor Witnesses John McKay, Robert Scott Minister Rev John Smith of Presbyterian Church [S68] Robert Sergeant and J.R. Ernest Miller, Ontario, Lanark County, Some Early Lanark County Marriages 1830-1869, (Kingston, Ontario: Ontario Genealogical Society, Kingston Branch, 1993.), 1 MS 248 Reel 1: 25., ISBN #1-55075-249-9. (Reliability: 3). Marriage: James Simpson, Goulbourn to Margaret McGregor, Ramsay on 6 Aug 1849 by Rev. John Smith.