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Marjory (Bruce) Sinclair (abt. 1590)

Marjory Sinclair formerly Bruce
Born about in Lyth, Caithness, Scotlandmap
Daughter of and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Biography

Marjory (Bruce) Sinclair is a member of Clan Sinclair.

Marjory was born about 1590. [1]


Sources

  1. First-hand information as remembered by Sir William Arbuthnot, Wednesday, May 28, 2014.
  • The family tree of the Dukes, Earls, Lairds and Chiefs of Clan Sutherland 1100-2015 by John M Sutherland-Fisher, Genealogist of Clan Sutherland
  • The Peerage of Scotland by Sir Robert Douglas (1764) 1st edition within which are found:(Sutherland, Lord Duffus pages 194-196 and Sutherland Earl of Sutherland pages 660-667)
  • The History of the Earldom of Sutherland by Sir Robert Gordon (written 1650) who was younger son of Alexander Gordon 12th Earl of Sutherland and created 1st Baronet of Gordonstoun
  • The Sutherland Books Volumes 1-3 by Sir William Fraser (1892) [presented in 1894 by the Duke of Sutherland to Queen Victoria]
  • A short history of Clan Sutherland , the families of Sutherland, Forse and Duffus 12th -19th centuries by Daniel J J Sutherland, Historian Emeritus of Clan Sutherland. http://www.duffus.com/ashort.htm
  • A Fighting Clan: Officers in Clan Sutherland 1250-1850 by Malcolm Sutherland, Historian Emeritus of Clan Sutherland.
  • Private papers in the collection of James B Sutherland, Historian of Clan Sutherland
  • Private papers in the collection of John M Sutherland-Fisher, Genealogist of Clan Sutherland
  • Memorabilia Domestica by the Rev. Donald Sage, Minister of Resolis, Ross-shire (step-son of Jean Sutherland of Midgarty)
  • Caithness Family History by John Henderson first published in 1882

Notes

The Sinclair and Sutherland families are so intermarried that most Sinclair Lairds pre 1800 are also ancestors of Sutherland families and vice versa.





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Can we please set the current surname as Sinclair for ease in finding her profile and for ease of matching and merging?
posted by Anonymous Wasson

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