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This is all very interesting to me, and would love to learn more. Perhaps
your source. My grandfather was a John Sinclair, and my father was Amos.
Maybe there is a connection.
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From: GDSinclair@aol.com <GDSinclair@aol.com>
To: sinclair@jump.net <sinclair@jump.net>
Date: Saturday, February 20, 1999 4:57 PM
Subject: Found Records
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>While going through some old family papers, I came across an interesting
>research document. It was compiled by The Media Research Bureau in
Washington
>D.C. and dated Sept 12, 1941. Some of it follows:
>
>The name of Sinclair, formerly St.Clair, is derived from the residence of
its
>first bearers at St.Cler, in Normandy, and was originally recorded in the
>Latin form of Sancto Claro. It is found in ancient English and early
American
>records in the forms given above, as well as in the forms of Sinkler,
>Sayntclear, Saintealare, Seinteclere, Seyncler, St. Clere, St. Clare,
>Sinclare, Sinclaire, Sinclear, Sinclar, Sincler, Sinckler Sincklair,
>Sincklare, and several others.
>
>Records indicate that the first to bear the name was Clare of Rochester, in
>the County of Kent, who suffered martyrdom in 884 A.D. and so became Saint
>Clare. Prior to that time he made his hermitage on the banks of the River
>Epte, in France, which place received the name St. Clair or St. Clere.
>
>There were at least nine Sinclairs in the forces of William the Conqueror
at
>the time of the Norman Conquest in the eleventh century. One was Hubert
>Sinclair, Earl of Rye, who was accompanied by his four sons, Radulph,
Hubert,
>Adam, and Eudo. The Earl of St.Clare, Walderne, brother of the Earl of Rye,
>had with him his sons, Richard, Britel, and William, the last of whom is
>sometimes referred to as "Sir William Sinclare" in English records.
>
>Radulph, son of Hubert of Rye, was made castelian and Earl of Nottingham.
>Young Hubert, son of Hubert, became Governor of Norwich. Adam, son of
Hubert
>of Rye, received lands in Kent, and the youngest of the brothers, Eudo,
>remained with the Conqueror and was made mayor of the palace, a hereditary
>position of great trust and honor.
>
>Richard, son of Walderne, joined his cousin Hubert in Norwich and was the
>owner of large landed estates in that vicinity. Britel, son of Walderne,
was
>given Devonshire and finally settled in Somersetshire and Cornwall.
William,
>youngest son of Walderne, went to Scotland and became steward to Queen
>Margaret Atheling.
>
>(So far this has been interesting reading and available in other forms,
books
>and records. What follows however, is VERY interesting. GDS)
>
>The first of the name in America were Margaret Sinckler, of Charles City
>County, VA, in 1638; Morrice Sinckler, of Charles City County, VA, in 1653;
>Jean and John Sinckler or Sinclear, of Surry County, VA, in 1655; and
Abraham
>or Abrahm Sincler, of James City County, VA in 1656.
>
>One of the first of the name in New England was John Sinkler/Sinclair, who
>came from England to Exeter, NH. in 1658. He is said to be descended from
the
>Sinclairs of Essex, England. His children by his wife Mary were James,
Mary,
>Sarah, Maria, John, and Robert.
>
>Robert Sinclair, son of John of Exeter moved to Wells, ME, in the late 17th
>century. He had issue of his wife Elizabeth a son, John, who married Mary
>Wakefield and was the father of two children, Adoniram and Mary. Most
>Sinclairs of Maine are ancestors of Robert.
>
>In 1677, Robert Sinclair, a descendent of the Earls of Orkney and
Caithness,
>came to New York. It is believed that he returned to Scotland.
>
>William Sinclair came from County Down, Ireland, to America before 1729 and
>settled at Leicester and Spencer, MA. By his wife Mary, he was the father
of
>Anna, Mary, Agnes, and Elizabeth.
>
>A John Sinclear, died in Fauquier County, VA, between 1707 and 1711,
leaving
>issue of 10 children, William, John, James, Robert, Daniel, Charury,
Jimime,
>Sarah, Mary and Elizabeth.
>
>In 1745, Arthur Sinclair, native of Scotland, settled in Surrey County,
>Virginia and was the father by his wife, Susanna Phillips, of an only son,
>Arthur.
>
>Father of many of the Sinclairs was John Sinclair, who came to America as a
>political exile in 1747. He settled near Leesbury, Virginia of his wife,
>unknown, of Amos, John, Samuel, Geaorge, Sally, Jemima, and Jane.
>
>Peter Sincleare or Sinclair, born in Germany in 1719, came to America in
1753,
>landing at Philadelphia, PA. He later went to Holland, NJ. By his wife,
>Elizabeth, he was the father of John, Peter, and Mary. John married Anna
>Ahlbach in 1799 and had one son Samuel.
>
>This is only some of the information. I have no idea where it came from. I
had
>an uncle that was doing research on the family in the 1970's, but nothing
this
>far back. It is certain that the information is not perfect and further
>studies have shown that some of this is inaccurate. It is interesting that
>this was done in 1941.
>Gary D. Sinclair, Concord, CA
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