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Peter Sinclair 1740–1782 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1740

Birth Location: Brunswick, Virginia, United States

Death Date: 1782

Death Location: Hillsborough, Chatham, North Carolina, United States

Father: Wayman StClair

Mother: Mary Shirley

Spouse(s):

Children(s):

Peter Sinclair was born in 1740 in Brunswick, Virginia, United States, the child of Wayman Stclair And Mary Shirley. Peter Sinclair passed away in 1782 in Hillsborough, Chatham, North Carolina, United States.

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Biography

  • Peter Sinclair was born in 1740 in Brunswick, Virginia, United States, the child of Wayman Stclair And Mary Shirley.
  • Peter Sinclair passed away in 1782 in Hillsborough, Chatham, North Carolina, United States.

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Peter Sinclair's Ancestors

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Peter Sinclair
1740–1782
Birth Place: Brunswick, Virginia, United States
Parents
Wayman StClair
1708–1762
Stafford, Stafford, Virginia, United States
Mary Shirley
1707–1760
Fairfax, Fairfax, Virginia, United States
Grandparents
Alexander Sinckler
1688–1751
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, , Scotland
Mary Wayman
1684–1733
Virginia
Richard Shirley
1707–1750
Fairfax, Fairfax, Virginia, United States
Mary Graham
1700–1763
Franklin, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
James Sinclair
1644–1682
Jean Spotswood
1648–1676
William Wymane
1638–
Sarah Nash
1642–1714
Richard Shirley
1669–1728
Ann
1676–1712
Edward Graham
1675–1749
Patience Hull
1682–1750
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Sinclair
1620–1684
MARGARET MacKENZIE
1620–1650
Henry Spottiswoode
–1644
WILLIAM WYMAN
1615–1650
Margaret Symonds
1617–
William Nash
1620–1693
Maria Tyler
1620–1686
Thomas Shirley
1636–1696
Martha Piper
1812–1880

Peter Sinclair's Timeline

2 Records

1740
1740
Birth of Peter Sinclair in Brunswick, Virginia, United States
Brunswick, Virginia, United States
1782
1782
Age 42
Death of Peter Sinclair in Hillsborough, Chatham, North Carolina, United States
Hillsborough, Chatham, North Carolina, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1740
    Event Place: Brunswick, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1782
    Event Place: Hillsborough, Chatham, North Carolina, United States

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