I appreciate your information and it possible that she may have been their
daughter. However, I am very skeptical that she was due to the fact that
according to my family Nancy Sinclair, My gg grandmother was Lutheren in
Religion. Is there a site that helps with genealogy regarding Lutherens or
do you know anyone that may know a way to trace the genealogy of Lutherens.
I appreciate any and all information you are able to provide. \
Sincerely, Wanda Knotts porkchop@troycable.net
----- Original Message -----
From: Niven Sinclair <niven@niven.co.uk>
To: <sinclair@matrix.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 1:27 PM
Subject: Re: Sinclair
> At 12:04 27/03/01 -0600, you wrote:
> >I am truly wondering if anyone can help me in my search for my GG
> >grandmother's parents. Her Name was Nancy Sinclair and she was born in
> >North Carolina according to the 1900 and 1920 Census. Please anyone with
> >information please help. She was born approximately 1878.
>
>
> From the St Clairs of the Isles, I note a Reverend John Campbell
Sinclair,
> who was born in Tiree
> Scotland, who was educated at Edinburgh and Glasgow Universities.
>
> In 1838, he and his family came to Nova Scotia where he became a Minister
> in the
> Presbyterian Church. In 1858 he moved to North Carolina and, after 1870
he
> laboured
> amongst the Freedmen until 1869 when his voice suddenly failed. He died
in
> 1878
> which is the date of your grandmother's birth.
>
> He may have been a Minister at the Presbyterian Church at Smyrna in North
> Carolina
> where another Sinclair, the Reverend James Sinclair, was also known to
have
> been a
> Minister. In 1851 he was made Chaplain of the 5th N.C.Infantry by
> Jefferson Davis.
> He commanded half of the Reigment at Bull Run and in December 1861 was
made
> Coloinel in Chief of the 35th N.C. Regiment (a strange occupation one
might
> think for
> a pastor). He married in 1846 (Mary, daughter of a Samuel McPherson) and
> again in
> 1860 another Mary, the daughter of Dr Edward McQueen of Lumberton, N.C.
They
> had 10 children:
> James John
> Julia
> Alexander
> Edward
> Cunningham
> Mary Ellen
> Sarah Elizabeth
> Annie
> Margaret
> Alexander
>
> There was also a Rev. Alexander Sinclair of Charlotte, North Carolina who
also
> married twice and had 8 children:
>
> B revard Davidson
> Mary Duart (b.1861)
> John Campbell (b.1864)
> Alex McLean (died at birth)
> Alex Peter (b.1867)
> Laura Virginia (b.1870)
> Richard Springs (b.and d. 1873)
> Annie Harley (b.1875)
>
> Again, there doesn't seem to be a Nancy Sinclair amongst them. The above
> information
> was obtained by Rold St Clair, the author of "The St Clairs of the Isles"
> from "An Historical
> Account of the Children and Grandchildren of the Reverend James Campbell
> Sinclair"
> which was written by the Reverend Brevard Davidson Sinclair (listed above
> as the son of
> the Reverend Alexander Sinclair).
>
> Wanda, I hope this helps to point you in the right direction. As this
> branch of the Sinclair
> family seemed to be men of the cloth and staunch Presbyterians, I am sure
> the Church
> records in North Carolina will have some record of your g.g.grandmother's
> parents.It may even be possible that one of the above names has been
> incorrectly recorded. Annie Harley seems to
> have been the nearest to the date of your g.g.grandmother or, perhaps,
they
> had another child
> after Annie Harley who wasn't listed at the time the Reverend Brevard
> compiled the family tree
>
> Good luck
>
> Niven Sinclair
>
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