James (Sinclair) Sinclair Master of Caithness (1567 - 1604)

Born 1567 in Caithness, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Stewart) Sinclair — married 1595 in Scotland

Descendants

Died 26 Oct 1604 at about age 37 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland

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Biography

James (Sinclair) Sinclair Master of Caithness is a member of Clan Sinclair.

James Sinclair, First of Murkle was the second son of John SInclair, Master of Caithness and his wife Lady Jean hepburn , and grandson of George, fourth Earl of Caithness.^[1]

He was granted he one-half of the lands of Barland of Murkill by his brother, George Sinclair, Earl of Caithness in 1587.^[2]

James Sinclair married Elizabeth Stewart, daughter of Robert, Earl of Orkney, a natural son of King James V.^[1]

James and Elizabeth had two sons and a daughter:^[1]

1. Sir James Sinclair, his successor, who had a natural son, John Sinclair, first of Assery.
2. Francis Sinclair, who served in the German wars, and in 1621married Janet, daughter of Alex ander Sutherland of Forss
3. Agnes, who married John M'Kay of Dirlot and Strathy.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} The Scots Peerage; Vol 2; Page 340
2. ↑ National Regords of Scotland; Moir Bryce collection; Charter by George, Earl of Caithness, granting to James Sinclar [Sinclair], Master of Caithness, his brother, the one-half of the lands of Barland of Murkill-bewest and others lying in the earldom of Caithness; GD100/52

See Also:

• http://www.graven-images.org.uk/library/henderson/page24.htm
• Roland William Saint-Clair, The Saint-Clairs of the Isles being a history of the the Sea-Kings of Orkney and their Scottish Successors of the sirname of Sinclair (Auckland, New Zealand, H. Brett, General Printer and Publisher, Shortland and Fort Streets, 1898)
• http://www.fionamsinclair.co.uk/genealogy/Caithness/Murkle.htm

• Adm: Kari Lillian. Undbekken