Alexander
Simpson
Born about in Scotland
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Janet Gall
— married
about 1780 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Susanna Simpson
Died before
before about age 57
in King Edward Parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Dec 2021
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Biography
Born about 1758, Alexander married Janet Gall about 1780. They ran a family farm at Keilhill, now a hamlet on A947 about five km south of Banff.
Their seven boys and four girls were all baptised at King Edward parish in Aberdeenshire, as listed in a search of Scotlands People.
Alex passed away before 1815, as indicated on the marriage record of his daughter Susanna.
Sources
- Baptisms of 11 children on ScotlandsPeople.
- 1815 marriage record of dau. Susannah.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Alexander by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Alexander:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Alexander by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Alexander:
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~0.78%
M. Scott Manning
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A394365 [compare], Ancestry member msm1081
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