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Adam Sinclair 1543–1627 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1543

Birth Location: Quendale, Dunrossness, Shetland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1627

Death Location: Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: JANET WEMYSS

Mother: James Brew

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Adam Sinclair was born in 1543 in Quendale, Dunrossness, Shetland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Janet Wemyss And James Sinclair Of Brew. Adam Sinclair passed away in 1627 in Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Adam Sinclair was born in 1543 in Quendale, Dunrossness, Shetland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Janet Wemyss And James Sinclair Of Brew.
  • Adam Sinclair passed away in 1627 in Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Adam Sinclair's Ancestors

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Adam Sinclair
1543–1627
Birth Place: Quendale, Dunrossness, Shetland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
JANET WEMYSS
1530–1590
Sandness, Shetland, Scotland
James (Sinclair of) Brew
1515–1627
Brew, Dunrossness, Shetland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Olave ((Olivere)) Sinclair
1496–1580
Dunross, Shetland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaret Baird
1511–
Brew, Dunrossness, Shetland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Jean Sinclair
1485–1518
Henry Havera
1488–1549
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Adam Sinclair's Timeline

2 Records

1543
1543
Birth of Adam Sinclair in Quendale, Dunrossness, Shetland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
Quendale, Dunrossness, Shetland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
1627
1627
Age 84
Death of Adam Sinclair in Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1543
    Event Place: Quendale, Dunrossness, Shetland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1627
    Event Place: Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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