Hi Ian,
where do the Murkles fit in?
Regards Lena
Niven Sinclair wrote:
>
>
> There are many many Sinclairs from Orkney.
>
> There are:
>
> The Sinclairs of Warsetter (Sanday)
> The Sinclairs of Tohop and Saba
> The Sinclairs of Ethay
> The Sinclairs of Essenquoy
> The Sinclairs of Greenwall,
> Flottay, ( Gyre, Holm and Orphir)
> The Sinclairs of Clumlie, Towquoy,
> (Sandwick, Westray and Birsay)
> The Sinclairs of Gorne and Burwick
> The Sinclairs of Overbrough (Harra)
> The Sinclairs of Craya (Stromness)
> The Sinclairs of Rapness (Westray)
> The Sinclairs of Estaquoy (Harra)
> The Sinclairs of Nethergarth (Harra)
> The Sinclairs of Camston
> The Sinclairs of Damsay
> The Sinclairs of Conyar (Harra)
> (from which branch Roland William
> St Clair, the author of the
> "St Clairs of the Isles" emanates
> although, like many Orcadians,
> his family emigrated to New Zealand).
>
> Names in brackets denote nearest town or, in some cases, island. Where no
> name appears in brackets, the
> name itself is sufficient to establish the whereabouts of the particular
> branch of the family.
>
> If you let me know the name of your most distant ancestor (preferably the
> one who was the first to emigrate)
> we might be able to trace which branch of the family you belong to - not
> that that is necessarily important -
> being a Sinclair is enough.
>
> Niven Sinclair
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