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  Descendants of William Sinclair
Archibald SINCLAIR (William) was born in 1824 in Latheron, Caithness, GB.
William Aenas Gunn SINCLAIR was born on 4 DEC 1862 in Watten, Caithness, GB at 7 p.m..
Archibald SINCLAIR was born on 7 JUN 1873 in Watten, Caithness, GB at 5 a.m..
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 Genealogical Quest III - stc15.htm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
William SINCLAIR Earl of Rosslyn (Henri SINCLAIR, Henri 'The_Crusader' SINCLAIR, William 'The_Holy SINCLAIR, Walderne of_St_Clair, Malger of_St_Clair, Richard_II 'The_Good' of_Normandy, Richard_I 'The_Fearless' of_Normandy, William_I 'Longsword' of_Normandy, Robert (Rollo) "the_Ganger", Jarl Orkney "The_Mighty" ROGENVALD, Eystein 'The_Noisy' IVARSSON, Ivar of_the_UPLANDS, Halfdan_II 'The_Old', Eystein of_Westfold) was born 1130.
William married Agnes of_Dunbar DUNBAR, daughter of Patric DUNBAR Earl of Dunbar and Ada_of_Scotland.
Henry SINCLAIR Earl of Rosslyn was born 1160.
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 William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness, 3rd Earl of Orkney, Baron of Roslin (1410-1484) was a Scottish nobleman and the builder of Rosslyn Chapel.
He was the grandson of Scottish explorer Henry Sinclair, 1st Earl of Orkney.
William Sinclair of Orkney, a descendant of the first William Sinclair of Roslin and of Henry Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, was born in 1766 in Harray Parish, Orkney Islands, a chain of islands which has played a major role in the Sinclair family since the 13th century.
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 William ``the Seemly'' Sinclair, First Baron of Roslin
In the instance you quote, William 'the Seemly' was fighting against William 'the Conqueror' who was annoyed that Malcolm III (Canmore) of Scotland had given refuge to the Saxon Princess, Margaret and to Edgar 'the Atheling' who was the rightful heir (in some eyes) to the English throne.
William 'the Seemly' St Clair had been given the task of defending the border against the possibility of an English attack.
She made William 'the Seemly' St Clair her cup-bearer (which has far greater significance than that name would seem to imply) because he was (and I quote) 'perfect in all his members'.
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 The Sinclair Lineage
Although Caithness became the stronghold of the Sinclair family, it was Rosslyn that was the cradle of the family in Scotland.
It was this William Sinclair who married the daughter of Malise II, the 'jarl’ of Orkney, which resulted in the 'jarldom' of Orkney eventually coming to the Sinclairs of Rosslyn.
As you will already know I am sure, the name CLYNE is a sept of the Clan Sinclair and clan septs were of two classes: clansmen of the clan who were related by blood and formed separate branches, and individuals and groups who sought and obtained the protection of the clan chief.
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 Rollo the Viking
William Sinclair, second Earl of Caithness and progenitor of the Sinclairs of Caithness, was also the son a Celtic mother.
Before a Sinclair, a Macleod or a Gunn talks about his Scandinavian origins, it would be wise for him to calculate with some degree of care to what extent his blood is Scandinavian blood.
The Sinclairs of Caithness are thus a Highland Clan just as much as the Sutherlands, Gunns and Macleods are Highland Clans; but they are not Celts to the same extent.
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 Sinclair photographs
Sinclair was awarded A Silver Star for Gallantry in Action "against the Boxer forces at Yang-tsun, China, August 6, 1900, while serving as second lieutenant, 14th Infantry, United States Army." Awarded, pursuant to Act of Congress approved July 9, 1918, by the President of the United States of America, 15 June 1927.
William Henry Sinclair), her wedding photo, married November 23, 1864 to William Henry Sinclair (note his photo on the wall).
William Henry Sinclair (husband of Loraine Phoebe Bartholomew), grandfather of Buzz, Albert, Van and Loraine SINCLAIR (ca.
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 Descendants of William Sinclair
Annie SINCLAIR (George SINCLAIR, Archibald, William) was born on 12 DEC 1907 in Dunn, Watten,Caithness, GB.
Helen SINCLAIR [image : Helen as a young woman] "Nana" for her grand-children (George SINCLAIR, Archibald, William) was born on 28 SEP 1909 in Dunn, Watten,Caithness, GB at 4 p.m.
Janet SINCLAIR (George SINCLAIR, Archibald, William) was born on 12 MAY 1915 in Toftingall, Watten,Caithness, GB at 8 a.m.
perso.wanadoo.fr /catherine.sinclair/wsinclair/pafg04.htm   (461 words)

  
 Penn Special Collections-Keffer-Thomas S. Sinclair
By 1833 Sinclair was in Philadelphia where he drew a dancing scene for the firm of Kennedy & Lucas before the company went out of business that same year.
Sinclair acquired the press of John Collins in 1838 and started his own firm at 79 South Third Street.
From 1854 to 1859 Sinclair was joined in the firm of Thomas Sinclair & Co. by his brother, William B. Sinclair.
www.library.upenn.edu /collections/rbm/keffer/sinclair.html   (890 words)

  
 SIR WILLIAM SINCLAIR - Online Information article about SIR WILLIAM SINCLAIR
WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. Ger.
Edward I. One of his sons was William Sinclair (d.
Bruce; and Sir Henry's son was Sir William Sinclair, who was slain by the See also:
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 Genealogy - pafg2138 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
William Sinclair 6th Baron of Rosslyn [Parents] was born in 1245.
Annabel Sinclair [Parents] was born in 1290 in Scotland.
William De Stuteville [Parents] was born in 1133.
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 George Sinclair - Hugh V Sire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Malcolm Sinclair was born in 1545 in of Quendale.
Sir William Sinclair was born in of Caithness.
William Sinclair Parents: Malcolm Sinclair and Margaret Sutherland.
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 Iain Sinclair at the Complete Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
So purely is he a stylist that he returns prose to a state of decadence: that is to say, one can find Sinclair's mind limited, his leftish politics babyish, his taste for pulp writing tiresome, his occultism untrue, and forgive all of this because the prose, gorgeously amoral, is stronger than the world it inhabits.
Sinclair employs extravagant metaphors and conceits, vertigo-inducing catalogues and countless half-quotations.
Sinclair has become fairly prolific, without necessarily broadening his reach to justify so many words.
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 Rosslyn Chapel -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The chapel was designed by (Click link for more info and facts about William Sinclair) William Sinclair of the St. Clair family, a Scottish noble family descended from Norman knights and, according to legend, linked to the (Click link for more info and facts about Knights Templar) Knights Templar.
The chapel is actually the (The area occupied by singers; the part of the chancel between sanctuary and nave) choir of what was intended to be a much larger cruciform structure.
Construction of the larger structure was halted in 1484 after the death of Sinclair, who is buried in the chapel's foundation.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ro/rosslyn_chapel.htm   (265 words)

  
 SINCLAIR HISTORY AND GENEALOGY
Toni Sinclair of Ontario, Canada, reports in an entry to the Guest Book that in the autumn newsletter of Clan Sinclair Association of Canada, there is a request by an Anthony Partridge who was the navigator/bomber of an airplane that was shot down over Holland in 1944.
Sinclair and his friend John Bean were among some 200-300 Scottish soldiers captured by the English in battles waged by Oliver Cromwell against Scotland during the religious reformation.
Sinclair and Bean were captured during the Battle of Worcester in England in 1651 and were placed as indentured servants on the ship "John and Sara".
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 Courtly Lives ... The Sinclair Family
William was the son of Robert St. Clair of Normandy, and many think they are of the same lines as the Haddington Sinclairs.
Their were two Henry Sinclairs: Henry Sinclair, the First earl of Orkney, and his son, Henry, who was an attendant to Prince James (later known as James I).
William Sinclair was accompanied by Sir James Gunn, and Antonio Zeno on his trans-Atlantic voyage.
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 New World Celts
Prince Henry Sinclair was the son of Sir William Sinclair.
In 1398 Prince Henry Sinclair was the commander of a fleet of ships that explored the North Atlantic Coast of North America (as yet unproven, but with unauthenticated evidence) Henry took the fleet in search of timber to begin a ship building trade.
The vault actually contains the remains of the Sinclair ancestors, interred in full armour as was customary until one of their wives objected to the practice in the 1700's.
www.newworldcelts.org /prince_henry_sinclair.htm   (647 words)

  
 Jarl Henry Sinclair (c.1345 - c.1400)
Henry Sinclair was the Baron of Roslin near Edinburgh.
The Clan Sinclair Society of Nova Scotia organized various celebratory events and built a memorial, whose inauguration was attended by the current Earl of Caithness, who is a descendant of Jarl Henry and Chief of Clan Sinclair.
Earl William Sinclair brought Nature into his Chapel at Rosslyn because he believed that God and Nature was ONE.
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Arthur St. Clair was born Arthur Sinclair most likely and during his early years (or his father's) they decided to change the name back to what it had been originally since 1054 when the first St. Clair arrived from Normandy.
That William the Seemly of St. Clair sur Elle (Normandy) was also a cousin of William the Conqueror but we do not think he fought with the conqueror since there was bad blood between them.
Arthur continued to pronounce his name as if it were Sinclair with the the accent on the first syllable as in Scotland would have sounded like Sink'ler.
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 Modern-Day Knights Templar in the Holy Land - Part 1
Sinclair was unmarried, his parents weren't alive and he had been living a rather rootless life in Amsterdam dealing in vintage guitars and strumming them at local pubs.
Alisdair Rosslyn Sinclair, whose surname is derived from Saint-Claire, is a descendant of one of the original Knights Templar who captured the city of Jerusalem during the first Crusade of 1099.
The Sinclairs are recognized as "hereditary grand masters of Scottish Masonry" and rank high among the "sacred" Merovingian families deemed worthy to assume the throne of Jerusalem.
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 MyTETemplateResults
Clan Sinclair was the honored Clan and the Chief was, of course, the Honored Guest.
The Clan Sinclair Trust was established in March 1999 with the purpose of acquiring and maintaining Sinclair and Girnigoe Castles in Caithness in particular and of promoting the Clan in general.
The name Sinclair is of Norman origin from "Saint-Clair-sur-Elle" and was established in Scotland in 1162 when Henry de St Clair of Roslin was granted lands in Lothian.
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 William W. Sinclair's September 28, 1836 letter sent from Attala County, Mississippi to his brother and mother in ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
William W. Sinclair's September 28, 1836 letter sent from Attala County, Mississippi to his brother and mother in Robeson County, North Carolina.
The writer of the letter, William W. SinclaIr was a young man with limited formal education due to the fact that his father, Andrew Sinclair died at a relatively young age leaving a large family and a large farm to work.
Andrew J. Bain, son of Murdock and Nancy Sinclair married Martha Browning and they are both buried in the Browning Cemetery which is along the old Natchez Trace, north of Kosciusko (approximately one mile behind the Early Standard home).
www.usgennet.org /usa/ms/county/attala/1836letter.htm   (1161 words)

  
 Honolulu Star-Bulletin Hawaii News
William Wayne Sinclair says he was on the ground floor of the Pentagon, about 50 to 75 feet away from the point of impact on Sept. 11 when terrorists crashed a plane into the building.
Sinclair said he recognized Ho'opi'i's pidgin "accent," while Ho'opi'i said he recognized the words that Sinclair repeated to him as his own.
Because Sinclair is still recovering from 2nd and 3rd degree burns on his arms, Ho'opi'i says he will be cautious to not hug his new friend too hard.
starbulletin.com /2001/10/07/news/story3.html   (622 words)

  
 Major General William Sinclair-Burgess
William Livingstone Hatchwell Sinclair was born in Kirkmanshulme, near Manchester, Lancashire, England on 18 February 1880, the son of a shipping merchant.
His parents later divorced and his mother married George Burgess, a Congregational minister, and William took the surname Burgess.
William worked as a carpenter and engineer and joined the New Zealand Volunteer Force, serving with the Canterbury Mounted Rifles in Timaru.
www.unsw.adfa.edu.au /%7Ermallett/Generals/burgess.html   (1086 words)

  
 Rebecca Hinshaw
Sinclair, Mary E., daughter, age 14, born in Indiana; father born in Ohio; mother born in North Carolina; cannot read or write.
Sinclair, Anna Bell, daughter, age 12, born in Indiana; father born in Ohio; mother born in North Carolina; cannot read or write.
Sinclair, General Grant, son, age 9, born in Missouri; father born in Ohio; mother born in North Carolina.
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 Origins of Freemasonry
He was a direct descent of William de St Clair Last Temple Grand Master of Scotland, who died taking the heart of the dead king, Robert de Bruce on a last crusade to Jerusalem.
He decided to build Rosslyn to house the treasures he had inherited from the Templars and establish a seat of spiritual authority to rival James II who was dabbling in English politics and finally got himself killed during the War of the Roses.
William St Clair of Roslin made First Grand Master Mason of Scotland and signs away his hereditary rights in favour of elected officers.
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 SINCLAIR HISTORY AND GENEALOGY: Guest Book   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
She was the daughter of Sir John Sinclair, 6th Baronet and sister of Sir James, the 7th Baronet and 12 Earl.
Tracing descendants of Chief Factor William Sinclair (1766-1818), of the Hudson Bay Co., and Margaret Nahovway.
My family is a decendant of James Sinclair and Anne Dinet St Clair(she was the Mey branch) Anne was to marry another cousin who inherited the title of Earl of Caithness (and little else.) But she eloped with James instead.
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 New World Celts
Prince Henry Sinclair, Earl of Orkney leads the last Norse-Celtic Atlantic Expedition, landing in New England in 1396, almost one hundred years before Columbus.
Ottawa, Deputy Minister of the Interior of Canada, was born on the 21st of October, 1850, at Strathspey, Inverness-shire, Scotland.
William McMaster,born in 1811 in County Tyrone, Ireland and came to Canada in 1833.
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 Shugborough Hall Monument Identifies A Masonic Altar
William Harvey, J.P., F.S.A. (Scot.) Provincial Grand Master of Forfarshire, reported the name Hiram Abiff was undoubtedly Phoenician, but that there was some confusion, as to its actual form.
The heads found on the top of the Shugborough monument are related to the carvings of the "Master Mason" and "The Apprentice" found in the Rosslyn Chapel, which is likewise associated with the Masonic Society and the Knights Templar.
According to Masonic historical records James II, King of Scotland, had appointed William Sinclair, Baron of Roslyn, head and governor of the Masons "...The king wanted this dignity to be hereditary in his family and to belong to those that succeeded the barons of Roslyn (2).
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 Nova Scotia History Index
William D. Lovitt, Samuel Killam, Abel C. Robbins, Frank Killam, Bowman Corning, Thomas E. Kelley and John Oldfield to be the first directors of the Company...
John Allan was the eldest son of William Allan, one of the earliest settlers of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and was born in Edinburgh Castle, Scotland, Jan. 3, 1746.
The King's Orange Rangers, a loyalist regiment, was raised in December, 1776 by William Bayard, colonel of the militia of Orange County, New York.
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