THE SINKLERS OF BARBADOS

1. THOMAS SINKLER.
2. WOODROFFE SINCKLER, married a Miss Howard, and died in 1807.

THE SINCKLERS OF BARBADOS, WEST INDIES

2. JAMES.
3. WILLIAM.
4. ELIZABETH

5. MARY ELIZABETH, baptised 8th October 1786; married, 26th October 1805, John Mapp, and has issue resident in America.
6. JAMES WILLIAM
7. GEORGE EDWARD

8. ELIZABETH JANE, born 13th July 1811; married John Walcott, M.D.; both died in England, where they left issue sons and daughters.
9. JAMES WILLIAM.
10. ANNE, baptised 11th November 1815; died without issue 1889, in America; married 1838, Anthony Archer.
11. JOHN GEORGE.
12. FREDERICK AUGUSTUS.
13. EDWARD GRIFFITH.
14. MARY WALCOTT, born 13th February 1828; died in America 1884: married, 1853, Robert McAlpine, and has issue sons and daughters resident in America

15. GEORGE EDWARD, died during father's lifetime
16. MARGARET ELIZABETH baptised 23rd March 1822, died during father's lifetime
17. THOMAS EDWARD.
18. CAROLINE JANE, born 4th March 1826

19. JAMES WILLIAM SINCKLER, died without issue
20. GERTRUDE; resident in England
21. ALICE resident in England

22. LEE, married, first, Mr. McCray, secondly, Mr. Cuckoo; had three daughters
23. ANNIE, born 1850; died 1892; married 1878, John Green, an American lawyer;
24. AUGUSTA, born 1853; died unmarried in America, 11th April 1857
25. JOHN, planter in British Guiana; accounted dead

26. FARR; resident in America
27. ANNA; resident in America

The Rev. E.G. Sinckler was born at Wakefield House, Pinfold Street, Bridgetown, then the property of his father. He received his early education at a private school in Bridgetown, and his classical education from the Rev. G. Duncan Gittens. In 1844 he became a student at Codrington College, where he matriculated; in 1846 he was ordained deacon, in 1847, priest.

His first curacy was at Barrouallie, in the beautiful island of St.Vincent, where he remained from 1846 to 1847. In the latter year he was transferred to the island of St. Lucia, where he resided till the year 1851. Here he made many friends, who welcomed him back and showed him much attention when he revisited the island in 1876. In these islands he worked very hard, and succeeded in greatly improving the Cures committed to his trust. And this was no easy matter, for the means of getting from one place to another was, at that time, chiefly done by means of piroges, and it often happened - as it does now to the traveller when the currents run high - that everyone in the canoe got thoroughly drenched with seawater. On leaving St. Lucia he was presented with an address and a purse by his parishioners.

In 1851 he returned to Barbados and became Curate of St. Lucy's, which curacy he held till the year 1854. It was here that be became introduced to and afterwards married his wife.

It was customary in those days for the officiating clergyman to wear the surplice during the reading of the prayers, etc., but always to preach in a black gown. Mr. Sinckler, some time after he became curate, put away this black gown and commenced to preach in the surplice. This innovation raised a perfect furore of indignation amongst some of his parishioners, the controversy eventually finding its way into the newspapers, where it raged furiously for some time. In these days, when every clergyman preaches in his surplice, it seems absurd to think that the doffing of this "black gown" should have created such a commotion.

While Mr. Sinckler was at St. Lucy's the awful plague of cholera broke out, and that, as everyone knows, was a trying time for the clergy and medical men. Such was the reign of terror in St. Lucy's, that he sometimes had to assist in putting the corpses in the coffins when the terrified relations and friends of the deceased persons had run away from the houses in the hope (perhaps after all a vain one) of escaping the plague.

In 1854 he was appointed Curate of St. Michael's Cathedral. Here he came in contact with the present Dean Clarke, who afterwards on several occasions proved a true friend.

In 1855 he was appointed to the curacy of St. Leonard's, which he held till his death in 1881. Here he worked hard for his church and his people, endeavouring to make the church beautiful in every respect and its services more attractive; and establishing, with the help of the gentry of the district, a soup kitchen (which still exists), and friendly societies and other charitable and benevolent institutions. During his time St. Leonard's had the best organists and one of the finest choirs in the West Indies.

Just before his death he went to the United States of America for the benefit of his health, and Bishop Mitchinson did his work for him during his absence. He died 17th October 1881, and was laid to rest beneath the.shadow of the church he loved so well. He had been offered two rectories, but refused them.

On his death his congregation added an aisle to the church in his memory. The following is the inscription: "St. Leonard's Church, 21st September 1882: The Feast of St. Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist and Martyr: To the Greater Glory of God and in pious remembrance of Reverend E.G. Sinckler: The comer stone was laid by the Right Reverend Herbert Bree, D.D., the first year of his Episcopate, assisted by His Excellency Governor William Robinson, C.M.G." Issue:

28. EDWARD MURRELL, born 30th May 1854; died 3rd June 1854.
29. HENRIETTA BEATRICE, born 12th August 1855; died in London, 9th May 1861.
30. EDWARD GOULBURN, born 19th November 1856.
31. WILLIAM MURRELL HOWARD, born 17th April 1859.
32. LEONARD FRANCIS, born 29th January 1863; in United States of America.
33. HENRIETTA ALEXANDRIA BEATRICE MARY, born 14th April and died 6th December 1864.
34. CYRIL PAGE, born 12th January 1866; is in Colonial Secretary's Department, Barbados

35. FABIAN THOMAS, died without issue
36. SUSAN ADELINE, born 22nd November 1805; married, 4th June 1887, George Whitfield Smith, and has issue resident in Grenada, West Indies.
37. REYNOLD RUSSELL, born 4th October 1857; married, 15th December 1887, Mary Willoughby Clarke; is manager of the Telephone Company, Barbados
38. EDITH EMINA, born 22nd December 1859

Married, December 12th 1883, Eva Douglas (born March 1st 1858), daughter of J.C. Richards, Justice of the Peace (deceased), of "Holder's" Plantation, Barbados (member of Colonial Parliament; high position among the Freemasons - Knight Templar), by Mary Elizabeth (deceased), grand-daughter of James Douglas, [CREST on all the old family silver and buttons: Heart with wings] "of the "Bath" Plantation and of London, who married a Miss Lessingham. Issue: -

39. EVA BEATRICE, born 13th September 1885