Antonia
Could it be that your Catherine Sinclair (Dunbeath) was born
in 1810, and her parents were William Sinclair (b1782)and Margaret Harrow ?
Regards
Mark Anderson
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Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 9:59 AM
Subject: My Sinclair Connections.
> Hi,
> I joined the Sinclair Discussion Group yesterday and in compliance with
your
> 'rules', I am writing to outline my Sinclair connections.
>
> Although having lived in France for the last 25 years, I am New Zealand
born.
> My Great-grandfather Peter Sinclair CLARK, emigrated to New Zealand in the
> early 1860s. He was a cooper from Lybster in Caithness and his father,
> Sinclair Clark owned a fishing boat and fished out of Lybster.
> Sinclair Clark's wife was Catherine SINCLAIR of Dunbeath. Catherine and
> Sinclair's handsome grave is in Clyth Cemetary and is located right next
to
> the Clyth 'standing' stone.
>
> I have another Sinclair connection from Shetland. The above mentioned
Peter
> Clark met and married in New Zealand one Mary RUSSELL (Rusland), from
> Scalloway, Shetland. Her Paternal Grandmother was one Anne SCOTT whose
mother
> (co-incidentally) was also a Catherine SINCLAIR.
>
> There is an interesting reference to this Scott family in Sir Walter
Scott's
> little book "The Voyage of the Pharos", which was written in diary form
when
> he sailed around the North and West of Scotland in 1814 with Robert
> Stevenson, designer of Bell Rock Lighthouse and Grandfather to RLS.
>
>
>
>
> Although our Sinclair connection came through the maternal lines, the
family
> has (at last count) approximately nine boys, including my Grandson, with
> Sinclair as a Christian name. (Lest we forget!)
>
> In my family research, I have not been able to establish why my
Great-great
> Grandfather (born 1800), had Sinclair as a Christian name. I have
concluded
> that perhaps he was given it in honour of Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster,
who
> did so much for the community of Lybster in the late 1700s.
>
> Should you require further details such as dates etc, I would be happy to
> provide these.
>
> Sincerely,
> Antonia Goodland-Clark.
>
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