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'Sinclair05'
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Families covered:
Sinclair of Caithness, Sinclair of Durran, Sinclair of Mey, Sinclair of Olrig
| Sir William Sinclair of Mey and Canisbay (d c1643) | |||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 23.04.1600) Katherine Ross (d 05.07.1603, dau of George Ross of Balnagown) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sir James Sinclair, 1st Bart of Canisbay and Mey (dvp 02.06.1631) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 26.07.1628) Elizabeth Leslie (dau of Patrick Leslie, 1st Lord Lindores) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir William Sinclair, 2nd Bart of Mey | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 04.10.1648) Margaret Mackenzie (d 1692, dau of George Mackenzie, 2nd Earl of Seaforth) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir James Sinclair, 3rd Bart of Mey | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Sinclair (dau of Francis Sinclair of Keiss and Northfield) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir James Sinclair, 4th Bart of Mey (d 1736) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Sutherland (dau of James Sutherland, 2nd Lord of Duffus) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir James Sinclair, 5th Bart of Mey (b 26.04.1715, d 04.10.1760) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Sinclair (dau of John Sinclair of Barrock) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir John Sinclair, 6th Bart of Mey (d 26.03.1774) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Charlotte Sutherland (dau of Eric Sutherland, 'Lord Duffus') | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir James Sinclair, 7th Bart of Mey, 12th Earl of Caithness (b 31.10.1766, d 16.07.1823) | ||||||||||||||
| James inherited the Earldom from his kinsman the 11th Earl. | |||||||||||||||
| m. (02.01.1784) Jane Campbell (d 02.04.1853, dau of Alexander Campbell of Barcaldine) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | John Sinclair, Lord Berriedale (b 20.07.1788, dvp unm 01.06.1802) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Alexander Campbell Sinclair, 13th Earl of Caithness (b 24.07.1790, d 24.12.1855) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.11.1813) Frances Harriett Leigh (d 23.08.1854, dau of William Leigh of Rushall Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | James Sinclair (b 24.10.1797, dsp 18.01.1856, Lt. Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1818) Elizabeth Tritton (dau of George Tritton of Westhill) | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Patrick Campbell Sinclair (b 14.07.1800, d 13.03.1834) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Isabella McGregor (d 03.03.1853, dau of Maj. Gen. McGregor) | |||||||||||||||
| (e) | Eric George Sinclair (b 19.08.1801, d 26.09.1829) | ||||||||||||||
| (f) | John Sinclair (b 04.07.1808, d 08.01.1861) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.10.1833) Maria Petronella Church (d 26.02.1878, dau of John Church) | |||||||||||||||
| (g) | Janet Sinclair (d 24.02.1867) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.05.1805) James Buchanan of Craigend Castle (d 21.12.1860) | |||||||||||||||
| (h) | Helen Sinclair (d unm 01.10.1803) | ||||||||||||||
| (i) | Charlotte Ann Sinclair (d 07.04.1854) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.05.1810) Alexander Murray MacGregor (d 18.07.1823, Maj. General) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Margaret Sinclair | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.09.1782) William Leslie of Darkland (minister) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | William Sinclair | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Sinclair (dau of Richard Sinclair of Dun family) | |||||||||||||||
| (i)+ | issue (d unm) - John (d Waterloo 18.06.1815), Williamina | ||||||||||||||
| (3)+ | other issue (dsp - William, Kenneth, Margaret) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Margaret Sinclair | ||||||||||||||
| m. Francis Sinclair of Stirkoke | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | George Sinclair (b 02.08.1653) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Moncreiff | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Margaret Sinclair (b 15.11.1687) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Elizabeth Sinclair | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Sinclair of Ratter (d 1714) | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Barbara Sinclair | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1696) David Sinclair of Freswick (dsp 1712) | |||||||||||||||
| v. | Mary Sinclair (b 29.03.1660) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | John Sinclair of Stangerhill (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Robert Sinclair of Durran (d c1709) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 01.03.1678) Anne Sinclair (dau of William Sinclair of Ratter) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John Sinclair of Durran (d 1728) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Sinclair (dau of George Sinclair of Barrock) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | James Sinclair of Durran (b 1718, d 1793, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1744) Elizabeth Dunbar (dau of Sir Patrick Dunbar, 3rd Bart of Northfield) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | James Sinclair (bpt 19.07.1745, d young) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Patrick Sinclair of Durran (bpt 28.06.1747, d 1794, Captain RN) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Sutherland (dau of Robert Sutherland of Langwell) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Patrick Sinclair (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | James Sinclair (d unm 21.07.1801, Lt. RN) | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Catherine Sinclair of Durran (d 1849) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Worth of Oakley (Captain RN) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | George Sinclair (bpt 11.02.1749, d 06.12.1779, WS) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (19.09.1775) Elizabeth Sutherland (dau of John Sutherland, 13th of Forse) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | John Sutherland Sinclair (b 1778, d 12.04.1841, Lt. Col) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (22.06.1802) Marianne Gamble (dau of John Gamble) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (23.01.1817) Frances Ramsay (d 20.01.1823, dau of David Ramsay, Captain RN) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. (13.10.1824) Euphemia Buchan (d 19.12.1872, dau of Thomas Buchan of Auchmachoy) | |||||||||||||||
| By this third marriage, John had a son James who became 16th Earl of Caithness. | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Robert Sinclair (d unm 1793, Major) | ||||||||||||||
| (5) | Margaret Sinclair (bpt 19.05.1744) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Patrick Honyman of Graemsay and Armadale | |||||||||||||||
| (6) | Catherine Sinclair | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1788) Alexander Robertson (Lt, of Bishopmiln family) | |||||||||||||||
| (7) | Elizabeth Sinclair | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1775) William Robertson of Auchinroath | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Dorothea Bruce | |||||||||||||||
| (8) | John Sinclair (d before 1789) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Jean Sinclair (bpt 10.12.1724) | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Sutherland of Swinzie (cousin) | |||||||||||||||
c.+ |
other issue - Robert (dvpsp 1725), John (dvpsp 1727), George (dsp, Major) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Anne Sinclair | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Sutherland | |||||||||||||||
| D. | George Sinclair of Olrig | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Sinclair (dau of Alexander Sinclair of Latheron) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Alexander Sinclair of Olrig (d 1710) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Katarine Budge (dau of Donald Budge of Toftinghall) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Donald Sinclair of Olrig | ||||||||||||||
| m. Finella Sinclair (dau of Charles Sinclair of Bilbster) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Charles Sinclair of Olrig | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Sutherland (dau of Eric Sutherland of Duffus) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Donald Sinclair of Olrig (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Finella Sinclair of Olrig | ||||||||||||||
| m. Archibald Cullen | |||||||||||||||
| E. | Anne Sinclair (d 1699) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1654) Sir George Mackenzie of Tarbat, 1st Earl of Cromarty (b 1630, d 27.07.1714) | |||||||||||||||
| F. | Elizabeth Sinclair (d 1722) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1656) Sir William Sinclair of Dunbeath (d 1690) | |||||||||||||||
Main sources: BP1934
(Caithness)
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