Re: Relations?

["Helen St.Clair" <hstclair@nemr.net>]

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Thank you.   Do you know who wrote the Morrison's genealogy?   Thank you.  
Helen 

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> From: stclairj@ix.netcom.com
> To: sinclair@zilker.net
> Subject: Re: Relations?
> Date: Saturday, May 30, 1998 5:12 PM
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> Specifically to Helen St. Clair,
> 	It is interesting that your husband is a St. Clair out of New Hampshire.
 You should check 
> Morrison's genealogy (see Sinclair genealogy site bibliography) for a
connection with any of the 
> St. Clairs he has traced.  My grandfather is listed there and so I was
able to trace my descent 
> back up to John Sinkler of Exeter, NH.
> 
> 	At some point, my ancestors changed the spelling of the name to St.
Clair.  It has been a 
> long time since I have seen Morrison, so I can't recall when the change
occurred.  In any case, 
> my branch of St. Clairs moved to Maine in the seventeenth century.  If
you check the on-line 
> genealogies on the Sinclair site, you may find the answer, as well. 
There are many Jameses, 
> Johns and Thomases both as Sinclairs and St. Clairs coming out of NH.  My
great, great 
> grandfather was James Madison St. Clair, born in 1803, if I remember
correctly.  My great 
> grandfather was named, curiously, Thomas Jefferson St. Clair.  He lived
in Rockland, 
> Maine, however, where my grandfather and father were born.  He was
commonly known as Jeff St. 
> Clair.  I don't know where he was born, but all of my family that I know
of were from Rockland 
> and nearby towns (Union, Thomaston, Camden).
> 
> 	I suppose it is possible that your James St. Clair b. 1790 may be a
cousin of my great, 
> great grandfather.  One would need to consult either Morrison or other of
the good sources 
> available on the Sinclair genealogy site to be certain.
> 
> 	Best wishes, John St. Clair
> 
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