John Sinclair 
John was born about 1495 in Dunbeath Castle, Caithness, Scotland. John's father was Wiliam Sinclair and his mother is Margaret Keith. His paternal grandparents were William Sinclair and Marjorie Sutherland; his maternal grandfather was Gilbert Keith. He was an only child. He died on May 18th, 1529 in Somersdale, Stenness, Orkney Islands, Scotland.General Notes
REFN: 4633AN
REFN: P4634
John Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Caithness, slain at Somersdale 18 May 1 529; m.
Elizabeth, daughter of William Sutherland of Duffus. [Magna Charta
Sureties]
The Sinclairs were invariably unlucky in their military expeditions
beyond the county. Their invasion of Orkney in 1529 was another disaster.
J ohn, 4th Earl, set out to aid William, Lord Sinclair whose family held
the Cr own lands of Orkney and Shetland, and who had been driven out by a
strong fac tion headed by Sinclair of Sanday. Earl John, with 500 men,
landed at Orphir on the shore of Scapa Flow and met the Orkneymen at
Summerdale near Stromness . He and his men were slain, many being stoned
to death by the islanders as t hey tried to hiDe among the rocks on the
shore.
Killed at the Battle of Some rsdale.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1299 in Rosslyn Castle, Midlothian, Scotland d.1358
- b.< 1330 in Rosslyn Castle, Midlothian, Scotland d.~ 1404 in Scotland
- b.1306
- b.1377 in Scotland d.01 Feb 1420 in Scotland
- b.1314 in Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland d.> 1402
- b.~ 1345 in East Dirleton, Lothian, Scotland
- b.~ 1320 in Scotland
- b.~ 1398 in Orkney Island, Scotland d.Mar 1482 in Scotland
- b.~ 1325 in Hermiston, Roxburghshire, Scotland d.<09 Feb 1400 in Threave Castle, Scotland
- b.1362 in Scotland d.1392
- b.~ 1325 in Bothwell, Scotland d.~ 1408 in Hermiston, Roxburghshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1380 in Nithsdale, Dumfrieshire, Scotland d.> 1438 in Scotland
- b.02 Mar 1316 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland d.19 Apr 1390 in Dundonald Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.1358 in Scotland d.~ 1388
- b.~ 1318 in Ross, Ross, Scotland d.1387
- b.~ 1458 in Ravenscraig, Fifeshire, Scotland d.09 Sep 1513 in Flodden Field, Northumberland, England
- b.~ 1360 in Scotland d.1399
- b.~ 1380 in Scotland d.1442
- b.~ 1349 in Scotland
- b.~ 1410 in Scotland d.>15 Nov 1456
- b.~ 1352 in Scotland
- b.~ 1388 in Scotland
- b.~ 1436 in Dunbeath Castle, Caithness, Scotland d.~ 1480
- b.1326 in Finlaggan Castle, Island of Islay, Scotland d.~ 1386 in Artornish, Morven, Argyll, Scotland
- b.~ 1364 in Western Isles, Argyll, Scotland d.1423 in Scotland
- b.1336 in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland d.23 Mar 1418 in Angusshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1409 in Scotland
- b.~ 1321 in Leslie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d.27 Feb 1382 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1375 in Dundonald Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland d.~ 1435 in Tulloch Castle, Dingwall, Ross-Shire, Scotland
- b.1348 in Fearn, Ross And Cromarty, Scotland d.20 Feb 1395
- b.~ 1495 in Dunbeath Castle, Caithness, Scotland d.18 May 1529 in Somersdale, Stenness, Orkney Islands, Scotland
- b.~ 1436 in Inverugie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1456 in Inverugie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d.> 1490 in Inverugie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1370 in Lintrathen, Forfar, Angus, Scotland d.1440 in Lintrathen, Forfar, Angus, Scotland
- b.~ 1410 in Lintrathen, Forfar, Angus, Scotland d.Jun 1489
- b.1390 in Lintrathen, Forfar, Angus, Scotland d.1421 in Lintrathen, Forfar, Angus, Scotland
- b.~ 1438 in Lintrathen, Forfar, Angus, Scotland
- b.~ 1390 in Seton, East Lothian, Scotland d.17 Aug 1424 in Verneuil, France
- b.~ 1414 in Seton, East Lothian, Scotland d.~ 1471
- b.~ 1380 in Cockburn, Berwickshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1477 in Inverugie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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They had two sons and two daughters, named William, George, Margaret and Janet.
Family Notes
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REFNM21539
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Children
George Sinclair
George was born about 1522 in Dunbeath, Caithness, Scotland. He died on September 9th, 1582 in Edinburgh, MIdlothian, Scotland.
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