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Summary
- Eileen Watt has found this information on a John Simpson. I wonder if this Simpson ties to William Simpson (1752) or Thomas Simpson (1692).
/// "I finally found my book on the early Scots to Jamaica. John Simpson, a Covenanter from Garieside, Roxburghshire, imprisoned in Edinburg Tolbooth,(that's the spelling in the book), transported from Leith to Jamaica in Aug 1685 landed at Port Royal in Nov. 1685. There is a long reference number in the book." //// Cov·e·nant·erˈkəvənantər,-ənəntər/noun an adherent of the National Covenant (1638) or of the Solemn League and Covenant (1643), upholding the organization of the Scottish Presbyterian Church.///outbreak of civil war in Scotland in 1644–47, as Scottish Royalist opponents of the Covenanters took up arms against them. /// It appears likely imprisoned for his belief or the religious based battle between Scotland and England. (Chris Robinson, December 14, 2014, Facebook).