Re: Andrew COTTINGHAM please contact me.

[Toni Sinclair <asflwr@cujo2.icom.ca>]

Hi Andy

I've been having problems sending out mesages, and I don't know if you got the
one I sent this morning.  Anyway, I've checked all my Islay information.
Unfortunately,
records for Kilchoman Parish don't start until 1821.  However, I checked the
other 2
parish records going back into the 1700s, and can't find a Daniel Sinclair,
either in
birth/baptisms, marriages or deaths.  Neither can I find the birth of a
Catharine to Daniel
S. and Flora McKenzie.  I've also checked for any Sinclairs marrying a
McKenzie, and
still cannot come up with any of them.

I have a copy of the book"Day Book of Daniel Campbell of Shawfield" which is a
great history of the island between 1767, when he acquired most of the island,
to 1798.  It
shows many lists of tenants on the various farms, and although Daniel Sinclair
is not
listed as one of them, there is a Daniel Sinclair who signed as a witness to a
lease in
1769, and another in 1773, as a servant to Shawfield.  "Servant" could mean
clerk, or
other type of employee.  The fact that he could sign his name, when most of the
tenants
only made their marks, might indicate that he was better educated than most.

I have a few questions for you:

1.  Daniel was born 1794, do you know where?
 2.    Did he emigrate to South Carolina with his daughter?
3.    He died in 1855, do you know where?

If your Daniel isn't the one in the book, I don't know if I can help you any
further.  Although I have hundreds of Sinclair names listed on Islay, none of
them are a "Daniel"!

Rebecca - do you have any Daniels in the Carolina Sinclairs?

Toni S.
Andrew J. Cottingham Jr wrote:

> Toni, Sorry it took me so long to respond.  I was away for a while and then
> had the flu and finally too many things to catch up on.  I am not really a
> researcher of Genealogy but more of a collector.  My Great-grandmother was a
> Sinclair born on Islay.  I will share anything I have with you and would
> love to know anything I can about my Sinclairs.  Andy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-sinclair@mids.org [mailto:owner-sinclair@mids.org]On Behalf
> Of Toni Sinclair
> Sent: Thursday, December 30, 1999 9:01 AM
> To: sinclair@mids.org
> Subject: Re: Andrew COTTINGHAM please contact me.
>
> Andy Cottingham
>
> You are a popular man today!  I just saw your message on the Argyll bulletin
> board. and
> noticed you are researching Sinclairs from Islay.  Can we compare notes?
>
> Toni Sinclair
> (researching Neil Sinclair and Christian Campbell - Islay)
>
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