Family
He had married Sarah Stevenson, daughter of John Stevenson of Albany, New York when stationed in the area, and settled her, their son and two daughters in Montreal. During his time in London in the 1780s, he had taken a mistress by the name of Rachel Plenderleath, and by her was the father of three further sons (Gabriel, George and William) who were fully accepted into the main family and provided for equally - they each received £1,500 and commissions in the King's Royal Rifle Corps, while their eldest legitimate brother, Napier, inherited the bulk of his estate, before passing it to his half-brother.
- General Napier Christie-Burton (1758-1835), M.P., for Beverley, he succeeded his father as Commander-in-Chief of the British troops in the Canadas Educated at Eton, as a complement to his father he was invited to Windsor Castle by George III. He married Mary, daughter and heiress of General Ralph Burton, of Hotham Hall, Yorkshire and assumed the Burton name by license. Their sons died unmarried. Their eldest daughter married first Major-General John Clitherow and second Henry Peters of Betchworth Castle. Their youngest daughter founded at Wakefield a home for discharged female prisoners.
- Katherine Christie, married Major John Robertson (d.1815), of the King's Royal Rifle Corps, son of Colonel Daniel Robertson of Struan.
- Sarah Christie, married Rev. James Tunstall, Rector of Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal.
- Gabriel Plenderleath (b.c.1778)
- George Plenderleath (b.c.1779)
- William S. Plenderleath (1780-1845), inherited his father's Canadian estates from his half-brother, on the condition he took the name 'Christie'. He was married three times, but had no children (1) In 1808, Marie-Marguerite Chaboillez, daughter of Charles Chaboillez and widow of Simon McTavish of the North West Company, (2) Elizabeth McGinnis (3) Amelia Martha Bowman (1805-1898)
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