Re: Curious??

[Myrna Sinclair <myrbil@home.com>]

Title: Re: Curious??

on 3/18/01 10:10 PM, Keith & Ramona Hartley at hartley@kootenaycable.com wrote:

> Hi to all:
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>   A question ....I was at the clan Sinclair website looking at The Earls of Caithness chart and noted this line.
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> "As you follow the line of the Earls of Caithness, you will begin to find where several Earls left no legitimate male heirs"
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> with the word  "legitimate" underlined.
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> So my question is what is known of the illegitamate children??
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>  I am currently following a trail of my own Sinclairs (of Orkney) a predominant family name is Richard Sinclair....I have found this name predominant in every  generation and then lost the trail, finding no more in Orkney.   Where the trail ends in Orkney I find more Richard Sinclairs in Caithness and I find the name associated with the Earls lines.   At this point this is simply a curiosity however as I have a connection to every Richard SInclair in Orkney from 1750 to 1874 and the name disapears from Orkney prior to 1750 ,  but is established in Caithness (Along with some of my Orkney SInclairs marrying Sinclairs of Caithness) I felt perhaps taking a chance at asking a silly question may yeild some clues.
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> Any Ideas?
>  
> Ramona 
> BC Canada

Ramona:
My Sinclair family is also from the Orkneys, as yet, I do not have a Richard. The line goes back so far, to 1761 with a William Sinclair married to Mary Halcro, if I can be of any help, just let me know.
Bill.
BC Canada