Children
Simpson sired at least eleven children by at least seven women, only one of whom was his wife. While in London he produced two daughters by two unknown women. When he left for Canada they were sent to Scotland to be cared for by his relatives. The eldest, Mary Louisa Simpson, was given a £500 dowry on her marriage and moved to Canada. She has at least 111 descendents, including Shelagh Rogers. The other daughter died early. In 1817 he produced a daughter by this half-Cree "washerwoman" Betsy Sinclair. Betsy Sinclair was soon passed to an accountant whom he promoted. The daughter married an English botanist and died in a canoe accident on her honeymoon. James Keith Simpson (1823-1901) is poorly documented. Ann Simpson, born in Montreal in 1828, is known only from her baptismal record. By Margret Taylor, his servant's sister, he had two sons born in 1827 and 1829. The sons have at least 423 descendents in Western Canada and California. By his legal wife between 1831 and 1850 he had five children. After his wife's death he impregnated a servant and married her off to his manservant.
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