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Dear Margaret--Well, actually, they have always been
Presbyterians--floating on a sea of Quakers and others, whether they were
living in Maryland or Pennsylvania. The family is still living in Kennett
Square, PA, and I can remember walking in the town there as a small child
and having a complete stranger stop me and say "You MUST be a
Sinclair--with that nose!" they were quite right, of course. However,
how, when and why my Sinclair ancestors left Scotland and WHO the two small
boys were is still not clear.--Kay
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> From: Margaret Rintoul/Neil Sinclair <rinsin@globalserve.net>
> To: sinclair@zilker.net
> Subject: Re: Starting to trace my Sinclair branch
> Date: Monday, August 24, 1998 12:16 PM
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> Dear Kay;
> I am amazed that there are so many Sinclair names used as
> second or middle names to say nothing of some first names.
> Your information on the quakers puts a bit of a spin on the
> story because it is a clue to your ancestors adopting
> another faith in Scotland quite different from the
> Protestant and Church of Scotland who were less than
> friendly with the Catholics. Hence the search for religious
> freedom may be a big part of your story and may have tied
> into Culloden and perhaps not. You may want to read about
> the campaigns from Bonnie Prince Charlie who was a bit more
> successful before Culloden. The aftermat of the wars though
> gave many individuals reason to flee. The English were less
> than foregiving and took the opportunity to outlaw the clans
> and the Gaelic language following this period. For your
> ancestors to jump from the pot into the frying pan with
> Maryland is quite a story. Have fun.
> Neil/Argyll/PEI/Toronto.
> Kay Garrison wrote:
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> > Neil--Thanks for your reply about the Sinclairs. The
> > Eastern Shore of
> > Maryland, tho, was not a Catholic, but a Quaker
> > stronghold...The Berrys
> > were tobacco farmers there, and there was always a threat
> > of warships from
> > across the Chesapeake Bay trying to claim the territory
> > for the Catholic
> > settlement on the west side of the Cheapeake.
> > There is a story that the Sinclair who was my
> > ancestor was later pardoned
> > and invited back to Caithness (or was it Inverness?) but
> > since he had
> > married a farmer's daughter (albit fairly well off)
> > believed that she would
> > not be accepted back there, and so stayed in theDelMarVa
> > area. It is
> > difficult without definite dates and with just family
> > traditions to get
> > started on this!
> > Thank you for the clue about Culloden, that may be
> > a starting point back
> > in Scotland. My family was quite proud of its roots, all
> > my uncles and my
> > father were St. Andrews Society members and Masons, and
> > some of them had
> > full dress kilts and the whole outfit. However, they were
> > not record
> > keepers but good storytellers.--Kay Sinclair Garrison
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> > > From: Margaret Rintoul/Neil Sinclair
> > <rinsin@globalserve.net>
> > > To: sinclair@zilker.net
> > > Subject: Re: Starting to trace my Sinclair branch
> > > Date: Thursday, August 20, 1998 9:26 PM
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> > > The only battle that was in Scotland during 1745 was the
> >
> > > Battle of Culloden with Bonnie Prince Charlie. Maryland
> > is
> > > an interesting connection in that it was initially a
> > > Catholic settlement and state. I am not aware of the
> > > Sinclairs being in the Battle, this is one they sat out
> > as a
> > > clan in so far as I am aware.
> > > Neil Sinclair Argyll/PEI/Toronto
> > > .
> > > Kay Sinclair Garrison wrote:
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> > > > Please help! All we have are family stories...that
> > the
> > > > first of our line came to the Eastern Shore of
> > Maryland
> > > > about 1745, two little boys were smuggled out in a
> > barrel
> > > > from Scotland after a big battle, so they would not be
> >
> > > > killed by the English.
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