Cornelia Holmes shares her research of the John Sinclair family of Cumberland and Moore Counties, North Carolina. Thanks, Cornelia. Posted by Myrtle Bridges 12/19/99
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN SINCLAIR
Generation No. 11. JOHN1 SINCLAIR was born in Glenorchy, Argyllshire, Scotland, and died in North Carolina. He married MARY SINCLAIR October 13, 1768 in Glenorchy and Inishail parish, Argyllshire, Scotland.
Children of JOHN SINCLAIR and MARY SINCLAIR are:
i. MARY2 SINCLAIR, b. 1769.
More About MARY SINCLAIR:
Fact 1: November 29, 1769, Baptised, Glenorchy and Inishail Parish: Argyllshire Scotland
ii. DONALD SINCLAIR, b. 1770, Glenorchy , Argyllshire, Scotland.
More About DONALD SINCLAIR:
Fact 1: May 20, 1770, Baptised, Glenorchy and Inishail Parish: Argyllshire
2. iii. PETER SINCLAIR, b. 1771, Glenorchy and Inishail, Argyllshire, Scotland; d. December 25, 1843, Moore County, NC.
Generation No. 22. PETER2 SINCLAIR (JOHN1) was born 1771 in Glenorchy and Inishail, Argyllshire, Scotland, and died December 25, 1843 in Moore County, NC. He married MARGARET MURCHISON 1810 in Moore County, NC, daughter of KINNITH MURCHISON and CATHERINE MCIVER.
More About PETER SINCLAIR:
Fact 1: September 04, 1772, Baptised, Glenorchy and Inishail Parish: Argyllshire
Children of PETER SINCLAIR and MARGARET MURCHISON are:
i. CATHERINE3 SINCLAIR, b. January 31, 1811, Moore County, NC; d. June 28, 1845, Moore County, NC; m. DANIEL MACDONALD.
ii. NANCY SINCLAIR, b. April 03, 1813, Moore County, NC; d. 1855; m. JOHN MACDONALD, 1830, Moore County, NC.
iii. MARY SINCLAIR, b. February 19, 1816, Moore County, NC; m. ELI WADSWORTH, June 08, 1837, Moore County, NC.
3. iv. DUNCAN MURCHISON SINCLAIR, b. February 04, 1818, Moore County, NC; d. February 13, 1886, Moore County, NC.
v. JANE BELLE SINCLAIR, b. January 14, 1820, Moore County, NC; d. December 04, 1859, Moore County, NC.
More About JANE BELLE SINCLAIR:
Fact 1: Never married
Generation No. 33. DUNCAN MURCHISON3 SINCLAIR (PETER2, JOHN1) was born February 04, 1818 in Moore County, NC, and died February 13, 1886 in Moore County, NC. He married MARY JANE CAMPBELL 1854 in Moore County, NC, daughter of DANIEL CAMPBELL and ISABELLE MCDONALD.
More About DUNCAN MURCHISON SINCLAIR:
Fact 1: Farmer in Pocket-Carbonton area of Moore County
Fact 2: Captain in the volunteer infantry in Confederate States of America.
Fact 3: Klu Klux Klan
Fact 4: Elder and Clerk of Session of Euphronia Presbyterian Church.
Fact 5: Alternate choice to Presbytery.
Fact 6: Replaced Captain Malcolm P. Morrison as Captain of the 51st Regiment, 13th Brigade, District No. 6, of Moore County, NC Militia (April 12 1862)
Children of DUNCAN SINCLAIR and MARY CAMPBELL are:
i. MARGARET ANN4 SINCLAIR, b. 1856, Moore County, NC; d. October 31, 1861, Moore County, NC.
More About MARGARET ANN SINCLAIR:
Fact 1: Died, age 5, of diptheria
Fact 2: October 26, 1856, Baptised Euphronia Presbyterian Church
ii. CATHERINE ELIZABETH SINCLAIR, b. 1858, Moore County, NC; d. October 20, 1861, Moore County, NC.
More About CATHERINE ELIZABETH SINCLAIR:
Fact 1: Died, age 3, of diptheria
Fact 2: May 16, 1859, Baptised Euphronia Presbyterian Church
iii. DAVID FAIRLEY ST.CLAIR, b. Bef. May 16, 1859, Moore County, NC; d. 1947, South Boston, Virginia; m. HALLIE EASLEY, January 05, 1905.
More About DAVID FAIRLEY ST.CLAIR:
Fact 1: May 16, 1859, Baptised Euphronia Presbyterian Church
iv. ISABELLE ST.CLAIR, b. December 18, 1862, Moore County, NC; d. January 18, 1900, Mississippi; m. NORMAN FERGUSON, October 28, 1880.
v. ADELAIDE ALSTON ST.CLAIR, b. June 05, 1866, Moore County, NC; d. July 04, 1949, Sanford, NC (Buffalo Cemetery).
vi. PATRICK HENRY ST.CLAIR, b. March 04, 1868, Moore County, NC; d. 1939, Sanford, NC; m. MINNIE HOLDING.
vii. DONALD LAWRENCE ST.CLAIR, b. August 04, 1874, Moore County, NC; d. 1941, Sanford, NC; m. HATTIE ROSS, June 1922.
4. viii. CORNELIA ANNIS ST.CLAIR, b. March 16, 1874, Moore County, NC; d. October 09, 1949, Sanford, NC (Buffalo Cemetery).
ix. MARGARET JOSEPHINE ST.CLAIR, b. 1877, Moore County, NC; d. August 08, 1962, Sanford, NC (Buffalo Cemetery).
Generation No. 44. CORNELIA ANNIS4 ST.CLAIR (DUNCAN MURCHISON3 SINCLAIR, PETER2, JOHN1) was born March 16, 1874 in Moore County, NC, and died October 09, 1949 in Sanford, NC (Buffalo Cemetery). She married ROSCOE EUGENE CARRINGTON September 19, 1901 in St. Clair's home in Sanford, N.C., son of MARK CARRINGTON and RHODA BUTLER.
Children of CORNELIA ST.CLAIR and ROSCOE CARRINGTON are:
5. i. ROSCOE EUGENE CARRINGTON5 JR., b. July 04, 1902, Sanford, NC (Buffalo Cemetery); d. October 26, 1967, Sanford, NC.
6. ii. GERTRUDE KELLY CARRINGTON, b. November 26, 1903, Sanford, NC; d. May 11, 1996, Sanford, NC.
7. iii. MARY ST CLAIR CARRINGTON, b. February 22, 1906, Sanford, NC; d. March 10, 1971, Raleigh, NC.
iv. ANNE BUTLER CARRINGTON, b. September 28, 1908, Sanford, NC; m. JAMES HAZELHURST GILLON, July 1928, Carrington's home, Summitt Avenue, Sanford, N.C..
Generation No. 55. ROSCOE EUGENE CARRINGTON5 JR. (CORNELIA ANNIS4 ST.CLAIR, DUNCAN MURCHISON3 SINCLAIR, PETER2, JOHN1) was born July 04, 1902 in Sanford, NC (Buffalo Cemetery), and died October 26, 1967 in Sanford, NC. He married MADGE L. LEWIS in Methodist preacher's house, Chadburn, N.C..
Child of ROSCOE JR. and MADGE LEWIS is:
i. FRANCES ELIZABETH CARRINGTON6 ., b. August 11, 1939, Sanford, NC; m. LARRY STEDMAN O' CONNELL, June 1962, First Presbyterian Church, Sanford, N.C..
6. GERTRUDE KELLY5 CARRINGTON (CORNELIA ANNIS4 ST.CLAIR, DUNCAN MURCHISON3 SINCLAIR, PETER2, JOHN1) was born November 26, 1903 in Sanford, NC, and died May 11, 1996 in Sanford, NC. She married THOMAS DIGGS WALL in Wadesboro, North Carolina.
Child of GERTRUDE CARRINGTON and THOMAS WALL is:
8. i. THOMAS DIGGS6 WALL, JR., b. March 04, 1927, Sanford, NC; d. 1968, Wadesboro, North Carolina.
7. MARY ST CLAIR5 CARRINGTON (CORNELIA ANNIS4 ST.CLAIR, DUNCAN MURCHISON3 SINCLAIR, PETER2, JOHN1) was born February 22, 1906 in Sanford, NC, and died March 10, 1971 in Raleigh, NC. She married JAMES SCOTT BURCH , JR. June 09, 1928 in Steele Street Methodist Church, Sanford, N.C., son of JAMES BURCH and MARGARET HARDEN.
Children of MARY CARRINGTON and JAMES BURCH are:
9. i. MARGARET CARRINGTON6 BURCH, b. May 12, 1932, Columbia Hospital for Women, Washington, D.C..
10. ii. CORNELIA ST CLAIR BURCH, b. January 02, 1939, Rex Hospital, Raleigh, NC.
iii. JAMES SCOTT BURCH III, b. September 19, 1943, Rex Hospital, Raleigh, N,C.; d. September 19, 1943, Rex Hospital, Raleigh, N,C..
Endnotes
1. FTM Vol 10002 Fam 3, 34.
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