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Simpson - Jones Cemetery, 65-3 Summary Report, page 21
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CTMPSON. alio fin*ll*d __
fro"? the Province of Anjou. Simon's father ~ o *‘""T d* Fr,t*1 un living In 1030, was the first known Fr*t**> “ho
WHY IS YOUR NAME SIHPSON INSTEAD OF FRASER?
In the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries people in Scotland and the British Isles were not particular about their surnames Many Frasers, who were children of a Simon Fraser chose tc cake the name Simon's Sons or Stmson. This sense of pride was a result of the patriarch of the Fraser Clan having been named Simon, with many of his successors bearing the same name.
About the fifteenth century the Scots started to adopt the Welsh custom of placing a "p" between the name of father and son, as in the Welsh name Thompson. It tcok almost 200 years for most of the Simeons to become Simpson, and it is today very rare to find a family still using the name Simeon.
THE CLAN FRASER OF LOVAT
Simpson descendants should be aware of the Scottish Clan ■ (filiations of their ancestors who lived and worked under th. Clan system for several hundred years, between the arrival of Simon De Frezel in 1066 with William The Conqueror until our particular ancestor's departure for Ulster in the 1600 s, “ en ■hey left the Clan protection.
In addition to the Fraser family, the following Scottish families ■re also members of this Clans
•* Lovat was one of these.
SIMPSON AND ALLIED FAMILIES, compiled by Dtnrai William Simpion, 1985
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