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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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