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Malcolm of Quendale Sinclair 1544–1618 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1544

Birth Location: Brew, Dunrossness, Shetland Islands, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 6 January 1618

Death Location: Dunrossness, Shetland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: James Brew

Mother: Janet Sinclair

Spouse(s):

Children(s): James Scalloway

In 1544, Malcolm of Quendale Sinclair entered the world in Brew, Dunrossness, Shetland Islands, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to James Sinclair Of Brew And Janet Sinclair. Malcolm of Quendale Sinclair had children including James Sinclair Of Scalloway. Malcolm of Quendale Sinclair passed away in 1618 in Dunrossness, Shetland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • In 1544, Malcolm of Quendale Sinclair entered the world in Brew, Dunrossness, Shetland Islands, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to James Sinclair Of Brew And Janet Sinclair.
  • Malcolm of Quendale Sinclair had children including James Sinclair Of Scalloway.
  • Malcolm of Quendale Sinclair passed away in 1618 in Dunrossness, Shetland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Brew
1515–1627
Birth Location: Brew, Dunrossness, Shetland, Scotland
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Janet Sinclair
1530–1590
Birth Location: Sandness, Shetland, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

James Scalloway
1577–1637
Birth Location: Scalloway, Shetland, Scotland
JS

Malcolm Sinclair's Ancestors

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Malcolm Sinclair
1544–1618
Birth Place: Brew, Dunrossness, Shetland Islands, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
James Sinclair of Brew
1515–1627
Brew, Dunrossness, Shetland, Scotland
Janet Sinclair
1530–1590
Sandness, Shetland, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (JOHN SINCLAIR, 3rd Earl of Caithness, 13th Earl) Roslin
1500–1529
Dunbeath Castle, Caithness, Scotland
Elizabeth Sutherland
1488–1527
Duffus, Morayshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Laurence Sinclair
1515–1565
Houss, Burra, Shetland, Scotland
Janet Strang
1515–
Great-Grandparents
William Sinclair
1430–1513
Margaret Keith
1465–1542
Henry Sinclair
1487–1545
Jean Sinclair
1488–1518
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Malcolm Sinclair's Descendants

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Malcolm (of Quendale) Sinclair (1544–6 January 1618)
  1. 1. James (Sinclair Of) Scalloway 1577–1637 m. Margaret Smailholm 1580–
    1. 1. Arthur (Sinclair Of) Aith 1595–1678 m. Grizel Sinclair 1635–1680
      1. 1. Charles Sinclair 1667–1710 m. Katherine Bruce 1670–1740
        1. 1. Colonel (Robert Sinclair of) Scalloway 1702–1741 m. Philadelphia (Charlesson) Dalmahoy 1704–1732 m. Philadelphia (Charlesson) Dalmahoy 1704–1732

Malcolm Sinclair's Timeline

2 Records

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

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1544
    Event Place: Brew, Dunrossness, Shetland Islands, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 January 1618
    Event Place: Dunrossness, Shetland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
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