Duncan Sinclair Sr. (1805 - 1853)

Born 9 Mar 1805 in Unst, Shetland, Scotland

Descendants

Died 9 Dec 1853 at age 48 in New Brunswick, Canada

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Biography

Duncan was born in 1805. He passed away in 1853.

Marriage

Presumably married Mary Ann Pomeroy Marriage: 22 February 1827 Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada ^[1]

Born about 1810

Census

1851New Brunswick Canada

Children

• Thomas Sinclair m (Hughina) Hanna Bartlett^[2]
• Margaret A ^[3]

Research Notes

*To Hide Notes under "edit" use Hide Text -- at beginning and end No Church Records located at Scotland's People for Duncan Sinclair b 1800-1810 with Father Thomas one likely record is SINCLAIR DUNCAN (parents PETER SINCLAIR/ANN CAMPBELL FR66 (FR66) M 23/11/1805 529/ 10 59 Muckairn

THE DIARY OF THE REVEREND JOHN MILL MINISTER OF THE PARISHES OF DUNROSSNESS SANDWICK AND CUNNINGSBURGH IN SHETLAND 1740-1803 WITH SELECTIONS FROM LOCAL RECORDS AND ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE DISTRICT; Records (Index at 223-224) 1 Thomas Sinclair mentioned on p 187 [1602] DUNROSSNESS DISTRICT COURT 187 . . . .It is fund that Stewin ^ Lowtit lies bled Alex butter vpoun the Sabothe day in thomas sinclairis hows and thairfoir is decernit to pay thrys xP wnder the paine of poynding. No other records for marriage of Thomas or birth of Duncan.

Parents may be in error as info above from unsourced trees - Marriage of Margaret Pomeroy indicates parents may be Alexander Sinclair and Barbara Morrison https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L5D9-7JM

Sinclair Ancestry Posts match to above . . . Sinclairs of Charlotte, New Brunswick (Canada) and the Dewars. in St. James Parish, Charlotte County, NB. [Ref = page 300 in the Whyte book for Thomas Sinclair #11179] ". .. .Thomas St. Clair (Sinclair), is a Scot and was a member of the Reay Fencible Regiment organized by Lord Reay (Clan MacKay) at the request of the King, in 1794; the regiment was mustered out in 1802 at Stirling. Thomas served with many of the men from his district, many of whom would become a part of the emigration of 1803 from Assynt and Eddrachillis in Sutherlandshire, Scotland via Boston to NB. They landed at St. Stephen in 1804 and established the villages of Scotch Ridge, Pomeroy Ridge, Little Ridge and Basswood Ridge. He and many of his neighbors made up the passenger list of the ships Nelly and Fortitude.

• Thomas was listed as St. Clair on the list posted at St. Andrews in 1804, but Sinclair everywhere else.

Thomas Sinclair was granted 315 acres of land located at Lot 4 of the Class Letter D of the First Division of the Chiputneticook Ridge. Today that can be found on the road to Scotch Ridge from St. Stephen. Alexander Sinclair, his son, was awarded 180 acres in the same grant, at lot 2, same class letter and division. This lot is located on the

road to Basswood Ridge from the crossroad at the Scotch Ridge Church.

Thomas (the Father) was married to (Florence) Eory and had the following children (NB-not all confirmed)

• William
• Thomas
• Alexander (Alexander b 1784 m Barbara Morrison (also my family) 6 Dec 1804, buried

in the Scotch Ridge Cemetery)

• Isabella - Possibly m James McKenzie
• Murdock
• Duncan
• (Duncan listed as son of Thomas (b 13 Aug 1755 ^[4] but sourced AFT shows as son of Alexander)

• A dictionary of Scottish emigrants to Canada before confederation by Donald Whyte World Cat; No online versions located

New Brunswick Sinclair Research

SINCLAIR, Thomas, from Assynt or Eddrachillis, Sutherland to Boston, Ma, on the Fortitude, arrived 16 Aug. 1803; settled South Ridge, Charlotte Co. NB 1804. formerly of the Reay Fencible Regiment, children include: 1. William,2,Alexander

Sources

1. ↑ "New Brunswick Marriage Registers, 1789-1889," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9MF-Q9F8-G?cc=2001063&wc=M6P5-8MS%3A284541301%2C284541302 : 21 May 2014), Charlotte > 1789-1854 > image 115 of 560; Provincial Archives, Fredericton.
2. ↑ "New Brunswick Provincial Marriages 1789-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBF-NWS8 : 13 March 2018), Thomas Sinclair and Hughina Bartlett, 03 Jul 1855; citing Saint James, , New Brunswick, Canada, p. 23, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Fredericton; FHL microfilm 845,795.
3. ↑ "New Brunswick Provincial Deaths, 1815-1938," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XGCP-ZXW : 17 August 2019), Duncan Sinclair in entry for Margaret A Pomeroy, 17 Apr 1920; citing Pomeroy Ridge, Charlotte, New Brunswick, certificate 005663, Provincial Archives, Fredericton; FHL microfilm 2,134,615.
4. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XT54-K7J : 10 February 2018), Thomas Sinclair, 13 Aug 1755; citing , reference 2:183C10K, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,066,684.)

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