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THE SINCLAIRS OF COLUMBIA, MINNESOTA

THOMAS SINCLAIR (1), farmer, said to have been born in New Hampshire was probably an offshoot of the Vermont branch of the New Hampshire family. About 1800 he settled in Robinston, Minnesota, where several of his children were born. He removed to Columbia, Minnesota, and was killed there about 1830 while stoning up a well. He married Dolly, or Martha, daughter of Gideon Allen, who died in that town. They attended the Baptist Church. It is said he was a soldier in the war of 1812-15. Issue: -
  1. DANIEL
  2. ISAAC, lived in Columbia, Minnesota; married Rebecca Foss; died with no issue
  3. MARTHA, married James Hinkley; resident Jonesport, Minnesota
  4. ANNA, married Alexander Tenney; resident Columbin, Minnesota
  5. SUSAN, died young
  6. WILLIAM
  7. JUDITH, married Pierpont Smith, of Indian River, or Addison, Minnesota
  8. HANNAH, married William or Amaziah Bracey, of Cherryfield, Minnesota
  9. HULDAH, married David Floyd; resident Centreville, Minnesota
DANIEL SINCLAIR (2), farmer, born Robinston, Minnesota, June 1803; resident Columbia Falls, Minnesota, and died there in September 1887. He married Lovicy Leighton. Issue: -
  1. THOMAS JEFFERSON
  2. ANNA JERUSHA, born 1839; resident Sandwich, Massachusetts.
  3. AMANDA HATHAWAY, born 1843; resident 24 Central Street, Salem, Massachusetts.
  4. ALMOND ROWELL born about1845; drowned Columbia Falls, about 1869.
  5. GEORGE LEMUEL, born 1848; resident 24 Central Street, Salem.
  6. ISORA THELMA, born 1841; resident 7 Central Street, Salem.
WILLIAM SINCLAIR (7), farmer, born Columbia, Minnesota, and resident there the greater part of his life, but is now residing in Harrington, Minnesota He was a member of the 1st Maine Heavy Artillery. He married Mary Phillips, now deceased. Issue: -
  1. MARY, married; resident Harrington, Minnesota
  2. JOSEPH; resident Harrington, Minnesota
  3. GEORGE, resident Columbia, Minnesota
  4. ARVILLA.
  5. WILLIAM.
  6. ADELA
THOMAS JEFFERSON SINCLAIR (11), farmer, born 24th April 1838, Columbia Falls, Minnesota, where he resides; married, 25th March 1860, Margaret A. Cummings. Issue born Columbia, Minnesota: -
  1. BREMEN ELIOT, born 2nd July 1861; teacher; educated at Bates' College, Lewiston, Minnesota
  2. WILLIAM LANDER, born 22nd May 1864; resident Columbia Falls, Minnesota
  3. KATE LOVICY, born 7th November 1865; graduate of Normal School, Salem, Massachusetts; resident Colorado Falls.
  4. IRVING LESLIE, born 11th February 1868; at home.
  5. AMANDA HATHAWAY, born 9th June 1871; resident Columbia Falls.
  6. THOMAS JEFFERSON, born 29th June 1873; resident Columbia Falls.
  7. GUY VINCENT, born 10th April 1878; at home.
  8. MAGGIE A. born 7th April 1880; at home.
  9. ROY LEIGHTON, born 15th June 1882; at home.
JOHN ST.CLAIR, of Strafford, Vermont (32), was without question an offshoot of the New Hampshire family. There is strong reason for supposing that he was a son of Ebenezer Sinkler (46), the martyr soldier of the War of Independence, though there is no positive evidence. He had land deeded to him in Strafford by Asael Chamberlain. His date of birth was 18th January 1778, and he died in Burlington, Vermont, 4th July 1817. He married, 18th September 1797, Rhoda Merrill, of Claremont, New Hampshire. Issue: -
  1. JOHN MERRILL
  2. EBENEZER
  3. THOMAS JEFFERSON
  4. HOLLIS
  5. CYNTHIA, born 1804; married Dana Rogers, wheelwright.
  6. ORILLA, born 22nd November 1812; died 9th June 1830.
JOHN MERRILL ST.CLAIR (33), born 13th January 1800, at Strafford, Vermont, where he died, 26th September 1835. He married, 3rd December 1822, Catharine Rogers. Issue: -
  1. ROXANNA MARY SYLVANA, born 1823; died 1851; married Colonel John Pressey.
  2. HARRIET, born 30th March 1825; married Abel Goodrich Pearson.
  3. ANNETTE, born 1827; died 1835.
  4. LORUHAMAH, born 1830; married William H. Pearson; resident Lowell, Massachusetts.
  5. WILBUR FISK, born 1834; died 1835.
EBENEZER ST.CLAIR (34), born Strafford, Vermont, 5th May 1806. First a farmer, later on he was agent of the Copperas Hill Mining Works, and filled the place acceptably for many years. In 1836 he went to New York City, and was connected with the establishment of the Croton Water Works. He returned to his native town, and in 1840 became owner and manager of an hotel at South Strafford, where he died 27th June 1853. He married, 1st September, 1833, Eleanor West. Issue: -
  1. ELLEN LOUISA; born 1834; died 1860.
  2. MARY FRANCES, born 1836; married, 1860, Calvin Aug. Jones; resident Manchester, New Hampshire
  3. WILLIAM MONROE, born 1838; died 1863; Union soldier, member 15th Regiment Vermont Volunteers.
  4. ADELAIDE, born 1840; resident Kalamazoo, Michigan.
  5. HENRIETTA, born 1841; married, 1871, Hale Page Kauffer.
THOMAS JEFFERSON ST.CLAIR (35) born Strafford, Vermont, 8th March 1808; resident in Plainfield, or Marshfield, Vermont, where he died 24th January 1872. He married, 7th May 1833, Finette Roby. Issue: -
  1. ROYAL.
  2. ORILLA, married Mr. Smith, and lives in Marshfield, Vermont

HOLLIS ST.CLAIR (36), born Strafford, Vermont, 13th June 1810, and lived on a farm till he was 16, after which be was employed for nine years in the Copperas Mining Works, during which period he attended the primary school, and had two terms in the academy at Thetford, Vermont He taught country schools for three winters. In 1835 he went to Jewell's Island, in Casco Bay, Minnesota, and had charge of the copperas and alum works, where he remained six years. In 1840 he purchased a farm in Cumberland, Minnesota. He has been a Justice of the Peace and quorum for the State for forty-seven years. In 1844-45 he was commissary for parties engaged in establishing the north-eastern boundary between Canada and the United States. He was inspector of customs in the custom-house at Portland, Minnesota, during the four years of President James Buchanan's administration. He married, first, 15th October 1840, Jane Sturtevant, and secondly, 2nd November 1882, Jane Sturtevant Merrill. Issue: -
  1. FRANCES GERTRUDE, born Portland, Minnesota, 18th March 1842.
  2. HERBERT, born 5th February 1860, Cumberland, Minnesota; farmer there.
JOHN SINCLAIR (53) was first called Peter, His mother died when he was quite young. His father's Christian name is not known; married again, and they had one daughter. Peter Sinclair was bound out when young, but, being unkindly treated, ran away, and to escape detection changed his name to John, by which he was ever after known. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. Tradition says he was born in New Hampshire, that his father's name was John, and came with a brother from Scotland, and lived in New Hampshire, and that his father served in or through the War of Independence. Appearances (but not proof) indicate that he was a descendant of John Sinkler, of Exeter, New Hampshire, and it is not improbable that he was an offshoot of one of those New Hampshire Sinclairs that migrated to Essex, Vermont, and vicinity, of some of whose sons we have no account. Mr. Sinclair was a farmer, lived in Allegheny County, New York, and in Seneca County, and other places, and died in Allegheny County. He married Phebe, daughter of Major Quigley, of the Revolutionary army, and had nineteen children. Issue: -
  1. THOMAS
  2. CATHERINE, married Marquis Hatch.
  3. POLLY, married first, Samuel, and secondly, Daniel, Sisson.
  4. DANIEL
  5. ANNA, married Mr. Harris.
  6. JANE, married Mr. Perry.
  7. BETSEY, married Mr. Perry.
  8. JOHN
  9. AMANDA, married Mr. Burlingame.
  10. RHODA ANN, married Mr. Hill.
  11. SALLY, married Mr. Mackay
  12. PETER
  13. ELISHA
  14. CORNELIUS
  15. BENONI, married; had children.
  16. LORENZO.
  17. FLORA.
  18. ISAAC.
  19. PHEBE.
  20. TOCA.
  21. MARY.
THOMAS SINCLAIR (54), married, and had three children:
  1. MARIA
  2. Another child
  3. Another child
DANIEL SINCLAIR (57), farmer, born near Seneca Lake, New York, May 10, 1801; died in Waverley, Ohio, June 1871. He married Harriet R. Fowler, in Rochester, New York, 4th July 1835. Issue: -
  1. DANIEL M.
  2. HARRIET A. born 1837; married, 1858, Truman Allen.
JOHN SINCLAIR (61), married, and had a son:

  1. THOMAS.
PETER SINCLAIR (65), married. Issue: -
  1. GEORGE.
  2. BENONI
  3. WILLIAM.
  4. WARREN.
  5. MARY.
ELISHA SINCLAIR (66), married. Issue: -
  1. PHEBE.
  2. MARIA.
  3. MARION.
CORNELIUS SINCLAIR (67), born Seneca County, New York, 25th January 1822; married, 30th November 1845, Emily Nye. Mr. Sinclair lived in Branch County, Michigan, 14 years and for 36 years in Calhoun County, Michigan, in the town of Partello. He is a farmer, and was a soldier in the late war. Issue: -
  1. MARY ETTIE, born 1847; married, 1868, Edway Page; resident Muskegon, Michigan.
  2. EDGAR LAFAYETTE, born 1851; married, 1874, Gertie Ketchledge; resident Shepherd, Michigan.
  3. MARIA AVASIA, born 1854; married, 1875, E. Clark, farmer, Calhoun County, Michigan.
  4. MAZILLA, born 1859; died 1863.
  5. EMMA MAY, born 1866; married, 1868, Ellsworth Collins, farmer, Partello.
  6. ROLLIE OWEN, born 23rd October 1869.
DANIEL MERRITT SINCLAIR (78). The Rev. D.M. Sinclair was born in Rochester, New York, April 5th 1836; educated at the academy in Clarkson, New York, and at the seminary in Brockport, New York. He is an M.E. clergyman; licensed local preacher in 1857, has been itinerant since 1858. He has filled appointments in various states, and at different times served as presiding elder, 13 years in all, and is a member of the West Wisconsin Conference. He married, 17th April 1860, Mary Ellen Swazev. Issue: -
  1. BENJAMIN R. born 1861; died 1862.
  2. WILLIAM B. born 3rd August 1864; resident Ledgerwood, North Dakota; is station agent; he married 11th April 1889, Eva Stair.
  3. CHARLES S. born 26th December 1866; druggist; resident Dundee, Illinois; he married, 2nd July 1890, Estella L. Morgan.
  4. ELLEN M. born 20th February 1372; resident Roscobel, Wisconsin
GEORGE SINKLER (100). There are indications that this person was of the Exeter family, probably a son of James Sinkler (2), or John Sinkler (6). Born as early as 1707, he was in business in 1728. He first appears on the records of Exeter, New Hampshire, September 17th 1728, receiving from Aaron Morrill of Salisbury, Massachusetts, 10 acres in Nottingham, New Hampshire, in consideration of his settling on Morrill's land there. On January 8th 1733-34, as resident there, he sold 40 acres. He had lots Numbered 38 and 40 in King Street. On May 8th, 1734, "now of Exeter", he bought land there from John McCrelis. He resided Haverhill, Massachusetts, 21st July 1743, when he bought one-third of 200 acres in Nottingham from Aaron Morrill. He was of Kingston, New Hampshire, November 28th 1761, when he bought land in Hampstead, New Hampshire, where he resided till his death, which occurred between 10th April (date of will) and 27th May 1867, when probate was granted. By trade he was called "Tayler". He was survived by Hannah, his wife. Issue: -
  1. SARAH, unmarried at death of father, and was to inherit one-half of his dwelling house at her mother's decease.
  2. HANNAH, married 31st March 1767, in Hampstead, Moses Poor, of Plaistow.
  3. SUSANNAH, probable daughter; married in Hampstead, 2nd December 1784, John Clark.
WILLIAM SINCLAIR (104) of Blue Hill, Minnesota, married October 1789, Polly Carleton of Bradford, Massachusetts. He is thought to have been a son of Edward Sinclair (44).

EDWARD SINCLAIR (105) resided at Blue Hill, Minnesota By Elizabeth, his wife, he had issue there: -

  1. EDWARD DUDLEY, born 1st August 1826; died December 6th 1833.
  2. FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, born March 9th 1828; died in California 30th August 1858.
  3. ELIZABETH, born 1st October 1829; married Mr. Carter.
  4. MARY C. born 9th September 1830; married John Burnham; resident Sherman, Minnesota
  5. ROBERT HASKELL born August 6th 1833; married Lorana D. Bradbury; resident Sargentville, Minnesota
  6. EDWARD, born June 14th, 1835.
  7. FRANCIS, born 3rd April 1838.
  8. ANDREW E.H. born November 1st 1840; married Clara L. Sleeker; resident Sargentville.

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