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Malcolm Sinclair 1544–1618 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1544

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

Death Date: 6 January 1618

Death Location: Crosskirk, Highland, Scotland

Father: JANET WEMYSS

Mother: James Brew

Spouse(s): Margaret Sutherland

Children(s): Isobel Sinclair, William Sinclair

The story of Malcolm Sinclair began in 1544 in Quendale, Shetland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom. Malcolm Sinclair married Margaret Sutherland, and had children including Isobel Margaret Quendale Sinclair, Malcom Sinclair, William Sinclair. Malcolm Sinclair passed away in 1618 in Crosskirk, Highland, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Malcolm Sinclair began in 1544 in Quendale, Shetland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  • Malcolm Sinclair married Margaret Sutherland, and had children including Isobel Margaret Quendale Sinclair, Malcom Sinclair, William Sinclair.
  • Malcolm Sinclair passed away in 1618 in Crosskirk, Highland, Scotland.

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Spouses(s)

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Malcolm Sinclair's Ancestors

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Malcolm Sinclair
1544–1618
Birth Place: Quendale, 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

Malcolm Sinclair's Descendants

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Malcolm Sinclair (1544–6 January 1618) m. Margaret Sutherland (–6 November 1619)
  1. 1. Isobel (Margaret Quendale) Sinclair 1578–1622 m. Andrew Bruce 1576–1625
    1. 1. Elizabeth Bruce 1609–1645 m. Alexander Fordyce 1604–1664
      1. 1. Andrew Fordyce 1640– m. Elizabeth Henderson 1640–1676
        1. 1. Hugh Fordyce 1668–1724 m. Dorothy Blance 1684–1727
    2. 2. Alexander Bruce –1612
    3. 3. Alexander Bruce 1602–1612
    4. 4. Andrew Bruce 1605–1671
    5. 5. Elizabeth Bruce 1590–1672
    6. 6. Lauarence Bruce 1614–
    7. 7. Marjory Bruce 1592–1636
  2. 2. William Sinclair –1628

Malcolm Sinclair's Timeline

2 Records

1544
1544
Birth of Malcolm Sinclair in Quendale, Shetland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
Quendale, Shetland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
1618
6 January 1618
Age 74
Death of Malcolm Sinclair in Quendale, Dunrossness, Shetland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
Quendale, Dunrossness, Shetland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1544
    Event Place: Quendale, Shetland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 January 1618
    Event Place: Quendale, Dunrossness, Shetland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Crosskirk, Highland, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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