2. George, second son of John Sinclair, settled at Lochaber, Antigonish County, in January 1863.
He married, 20 December 1865, Maria, daughter of John Inglis in Lochaber and his wife Cecilia Maclachlan, and had by her eight children:
John Franklin lives in Bisbee, Arizona.
He married Grace Isabel, daughter of Robert Stewart, Lochaber, and his wife, Christy Stewart. He has one child,
He entered the Theological Hall of the Presbyterian Church, Halifax, in 1863, and in the same year attended the Chemistry and Political Economy classes in Dalhousie College and University, which had then been just opened.
He completed his course in theology in April 1866. He was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Pictou, 2 May 1866. He was ordained, and inducted into the pastoral charge of the congregation of Springville and Sunny brae, East River, Pictou, 25 July 1866. He was inducted into the pastoral charge of the united congregation of East River, Pictou, 10 November 1875. He was translated to Belfast, Prince Edward Island, 16 May 1888.
He published "The Anglo-Israel Folly" in 1880; "Clarsach na Coille" in 1881; "Gaelic Hymns by John Maclean and others" in 1881; "The Glenbard Collection of Gaelic Poetry" in 1890; "The Gaelic Bards" in three volumes, in 1890-1896; "The Peoples and Languages of the World" in 1894; "John Lom's Poems" in 1895; "The Maclean Bards" in two volumes, in 1898-1900; "The Clan Gillean, or History of the Macleans" in 1899; "Mactalla nan Tur" in 1901, and "Filidh na Coille" in 1901.
He married, 1 August 1882, Mary Ann, only daughter of John Macrae Campbell, East River, Pictou, and his wife, Margaret Ann Fraser, and has by her five children:
Mrs. Sinclair was born 25 February 1861.
John Maclean, the poet, was born in Tiree, Argyleshire, 8 January 1787. He was fourteenth in descent from Lachlan Bronnach Maclean, Lord of Duart and chief of the Macleans.
He married, 19 July 1808, Isabel, daughter of Duncan Black and his wife, Elizabeth Mackenzie, with issue:
Christy, Charles, Archibald, John, Allan and Elizabeth
He published his poems in 1818, and came to Nova Scotia in 1819.
Christy, the eldest of his children, was born 25 December 1809, and baptized 26 Dec. Charles was born 7 July 1813, and baptized 13 July, Archibald was born 11 May 1815, and baptized May 13th.
These dates show quite clearly that as a general rule children were baptized in Scotland a few days after their birth. [Note - this does not indicate "a general rule" at all !].
4. Janet, only daughter of John Sinclair, was married in March 1853, to Robert Polson, Altamore, South River, Antigonish, and had by him eleven children:
William Polson was born in Caithness in 1788.
He married Elizabeth Sutherland about 1804, and had by her Ellen, William, John, Margaret, Alexander, Peter, Robert, Hugh, James, and Eliza.
He came to Nova Scotia in August 1820, and settled at Altamore, or Big Brook, in the county of Antigonish. He died 15 December 1848.
3. Alexander Maclean, third son of John Sinclair, was educated at the common school, Beaver Meadow, the Pictou Academy, the Free Church College, Halifax, the Normal School, Truro, and the Presbyterian Seminary, Truro.
Charles and John were born at Springville, Pictou County. Christy, George and Donald were born in the Manse, Belfast.
He died 1 August 1878. His wife died 5 June 1896.
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