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John Master of Caithness Sinclair 1543–1576 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1543

Birth Location: Gringo Castle, Caithness, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1576

Death Location: Gringo Castle, Caithness, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: George Caithness

Mother: Elizabeth Graham

Spouse(s): Lady Hepburn

Children(s): John Rattar, James Sinclair, George Sinclair, Francis Bothwell

John Master of Caithness Sinclair was born in 1543 in Gringo Castle, Caithness, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of George Sinclair Earl Of Caithness And Elizabeth Graham. John Master of Caithness Sinclair married Lady Jean Janet Hepburn, and had children including Francis Stewart Hepburn Earl Of Bothwell, George Sinclair, James Sinclair, John Sinclair 1St Of Greenland And Rattar. John Master of Caithness Sinclair passed away in 1576 in Gringo Castle, Caithness, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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  • John Master of Caithness Sinclair was born in 1543 in Gringo Castle, Caithness, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of George Sinclair Earl Of Caithness And Elizabeth Graham.
  • John Master of Caithness Sinclair married Lady Jean Janet Hepburn, and had children including Francis Stewart Hepburn Earl Of Bothwell, George Sinclair, James Sinclair, John Sinclair 1St Of Greenland And Rattar.
  • John Master of Caithness Sinclair passed away in 1576 in Gringo Castle, Caithness, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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John Sinclair's Ancestors

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John Sinclair
1543–1576
Birth Place: Gringo Castle, Caithness, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
George Sinclair Earl of Caithness
1527–1582
Duffus, Moray, Inverness-shire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Graham
–1576
Grandparents
Sir (JOHN SINCLAIR, 3rd Earl of Caithness, 13th Earl) Roslin
1500–1529
Dunbeath Castle, Caithness, Scotland
Elizabeth Sutherland
1488–1535
Duffus, Morayshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Johanna Keith
1500–1547
Perth and Kinross, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
William Sinclair
1430–1513
Margaret Keith
1465–1542
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Sinclair's Descendants

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John (Master of Caithness) Sinclair (1543–1576) m. Lady (Jean Janet) Hepburn (1540–27 July 1599)
  1. 1. John (Sinclair, 1st of Greenland and) Rattar 1568–1622 m. Janet Sutherland 1580–1642
    1. 1. James (ll of Ratter Sinclair 10th) GGF 1597–1634 m. JANET (Bruce Sinclair) Lady 1595–1642
    2. 2. Isabelle Grinelaw 1603–1628
    3. 3. Henry Sinclair 1600–
    4. 4. Jean Sinclair 1600–
    5. 5. Andrew Sinclair 1600–
    6. 6. Elizabeth Sinclair 1600–1680
    7. 7. Agnes Sinclair 1516–1575 m. Patrick (Third Earl of Bothwell) (Hepburn) 1512–1556
      1. 1. James Hepburn 1535–1578 m. Mary (Stuart \ Stewart, "Queen of) Scots" 1542–1587 m. Jean Gordon 1546–1629
        1. 1. James (Charles Stuart) VI 1566–1625 m. Anne (of) Denmark 1574–1619
        2. 2. Jean Swinton 1575–
        3. 3. William (Hepburn,) Betoun 1561–
      2. 2. Johanna (Hepburn Lady) Morham 1540–1599
  2. 2. James Sinclair 1589–1631
  3. 3. George Sinclair 1552–1620
  4. 4. Francis (Stewart Hepburn Earl of) Bothwell –1624

John Sinclair's Timeline

2 Records

1543
1543
Birth of John Master of Caithness Sinclair in Gringo Castle, Caithness, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom
Gringo Castle, Caithness, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom
1576
1576
Age 33
Death of John Master of Caithness Sinclair in Gringo Castle, Caithness, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom
Gringo Castle, Caithness, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1543
    Event Place: Gringo Castle, Caithness, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1576
    Event Place: Gringo Castle, Caithness, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

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