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Peter Sinton (abt. 1783 - 1866)

Peter Sinton
Born about in Southdean, Par. of Southdean, Roxburghshire, Scotlandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 15 Aug 1806 in Southdean, Roxburghshire, Scotlandmap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 83 in Hounam, Roxburghshire, Scotlandmap
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Biography

Peter Sinton was born 1783-1788 to Peter Sinton and Janet Donaldson. He died in 1866.

Born Southdean, ROX

Notes: 1866 dth cert states 83 (so c. 1783); 1841 census 55 (so 1781 to 1786), 1851 63, (so 1788); 1861 75 (so 1786). No baptismal entry found. Henderson-2297 18:37, 17 October 2015 (EDT)

Died 20 Jan 1866 Hounam, ROX

Notes: Peter Sinton, Farm steward, widower, died 1866 Jan 20th 10:40pm, Hounam, 83 yrs. Father Peter Sinton. Mother Janet m.s. Donaldson. Disease of heart, bronchitis. Informant James Sinton, son [1]

Buried Hounam, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Family

Husband: Peter SINTON
Wife: Jane WIGHT

Married 15 Aug 1806 Southdean, ROX

Notes: "Both in this parish" [2]

Census

1841

Hownam Mains, Hounam, ROX

SINTON: Peter 55, ag lab; Jane, 55; Elspeth, 20 ag lab; James, 15 ag lab; all b. county. [3]

1851 Hounam Mains, Hounam, ROX

SINTON: Peter, head, mar, 63, ag lab, b Southdean; wife Jane, 65, b Bowden; Dtr Isabella unm, 40, b Southdean; Serv. William Fleming, unm, 38, b Dunse, BEW. [4]

1861 Chesterhouse, Hownam, ROX

SINTON: Peter 'formerly a farm servant, 75 b Southdean; Isabella, dtr, unm, 50, b Southdean; Margaret grddtr, 12, born ENG [5]

DNA

paternal relationship from James to father Peter confirmed by yDNA GD1 match (37 markers) between Sinton-154 descendant of James and Peter, descendant of James' brother Peter [6]

Research Notes

1/ In ballot for Southdean Militia (men of age 19-30yrs) Peter Sinton, servant - Southdean (1801) [7]

Sources

  1. Source #S56 Dth 20 Jan 1866 Peter s/o Peter SINTON & Janet DONALDSON, Hounam, ROX #1, copy rcvd Sep 1994
  2. Source #S55: Marr. 15 Aug 1806 Peter SINTON & Jane WIGHT, Southdean, ROX, copy held
  3. 1841 Census: Hounam Mains, ROX, SCT, hsehold of Peter & Jane SINTON, image available ScotlandsPeople
  4. Source #S203 Dist 3 entry #16 hsehold of Peter & Jane SINTON, Hounam Mains
  5. Source #S205 hsehold of Peter & Jane SINTON, Chesterhouse, Hounam, ROX
  6. See Sinton DNA project
  7. https://www.scan.org.uk/VirtualVault/Borders/page248.htm
  • Source S55 ScotlandsPeople OPR entries pre 1855
  • Source S56 ScotlandsPeople BDM certificates 1855+
  • Source S203 1851 census transcriptions for Scotland via Ancestry.com
  • Source S205 1861 census transcriptions for Scotland via Ancestry.com
  • WikiTree profile Sinton-5 created through the import of HENDERSONLornaAncestorsPlus1Desc4WikiTree.ged on Oct 18, 2011 by L Henderson. (Reference: 7782)




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To fix the DB 213 error on this profile, please see Y-Chromosome Confirmation for more details and guidance. The best way is to include a Sources citation of the form:
  • Paternal relationship is confirmed through Y-chromosome DNA testing. Anonymous Roberts and Peter J. Roberts match on 36 out of 37 markers (see YSearch IDs 9WCMS and 97ZDB) thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their MRCA Thomas W. Roberts.

John Kingman, Volunteer Data Doctor with the DNA Project

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