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Francis Sinclair 1597–1666 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1597

Birth Location: Thurso, Caithness, Scotland

Death Date: 1666

Death Location: Murchil, Scotland

Father: John Rattar

Mother: Lady Sutherland

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The story of Francis Sinclair began in 1597 in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland. Francis Sinclair passed away in 1666 in Murchil, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Francis Sinclair began in 1597 in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland.
  • Francis Sinclair passed away in 1666 in Murchil, Scotland.

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Francis Sinclair's Ancestors

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Francis Sinclair
1597–1666
Birth Place: Thurso, Caithness, Scotland
Parents
John Sinclair, 1st of Greenland and Rattar
1568–1627
Girnigo Castle, Caithness, Scotland
Lady (Janet) Sutherland
1570–1642
Duffus, Moray, Écosse, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
John ("Garrow" (Graham) Lord Berriedale, Master of Caithness Sinclair \ St. Clair \ Saint) Clair
1543–1576
Caithness, Scotland
Lady (JEAN \ Janet of Aubigny (xxx) Lady Bothwell HEPBURN (m1. Stewart) (m2. Sinclair) (m3. Douglas)) 11GGM
1543–1599
Crichton Castle, Bothwell, Midlothian, Scotland
William (Sutherland - 9th Earl of Duffus) (11thgg)
–1618
Duffus, Moray, Scotland
Margaret (Mary Sutherland of Brugh) (11thgg)
1547–1619
Caithness, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
George Sinclair
1527–1582
Dame Caithness
1516–1576
Patrick Bothwell
1512–1577
Agnes, Sinclair
1509–1572
Alexander Duffus
1527–1570
Janet !
1534–1600
George Sinclair
1527–1582
Dame Caithness
1516–1576
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William ll
1501–1543
Lady Methven
1513–1580

Francis Sinclair's Timeline

2 Records

1597
1597
Birth of Francis Sinclair in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland
Thurso, Caithness, Scotland
1666
1666
Age 69
Death of Francis Sinclair in Murchil, Scotland
Murchil, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1597
    Event Place: Thurso, Caithness, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1666
    Event Place: Murchil, Scotland

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