Family
In 1810, at Quebec City, Roger Hale Sheaffe married Margaret, daughter of John Coffin (1729-1810) and Isabella Child, a relation of his mother's from Boston. Lady Sheaffe's sister was the mother of Mrs Benjamin Joseph Frobisher, half-sister of Mrs George Hamilton. They had six children, all of whom predeceased their parents:
- Frances Julia Sheaffe, b. 1812 in Canada, d. 1834 in Edinburgh.
- Agnes Isabella Sheaffe, b. 1814 in London, died in infancy.
- Agnes Emily Sheaffe, b. 1817 in Worcester, d. 1832 in Edinburgh.
- Percy Sheaffe, died as a young man.
- Another son and daughter both died in infancy.
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