Re: Sinclairs in New Zealand

[Niven Sinclair <niven@niven.co.uk>]

At 13:07 21/03/00 -0800, you wrote:
>Niven,
>
>Not forgetting wee Annie Gay who died age two and is buried at Holmes Bay, 
>Pigeon Bay. The property that she is buried on is private land and I have 
>always hoped to visit the grave.
>>There is also a short piece about Captain Thomas Gay who married a Jane
>>Sinclair by whom
>>he had five children: George, Francis, Elizabeth, Charles and Alice - all
>>born in New Zealand
>>with the exception of Alice who was born in Ni'ihau.
>Jenny
>_Was Annie perhhaps the daughter of George, Francis or Charles?  The date 
>would tell us.  Thomas Gay married in 1848 and died in 1865.  His children 
>were obviously born
    around 1850, 1852, 1854, 1856, & 1858.  If Annie was born between 1850 
and 1860
    she would be the daughter of Captain Thomas Gay.  If later, she was 
more likely to
    have been the daughter of one of his sons.

    Incidentally, Captain Gay was a master mariner.  He died in Australia.

   Niven


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