When Katherine Sinclair was born about 1628, in Shetland, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, George Sinclair, was 39 and her mother, Martha Stewart, was 39. She married Laurence Stewart in 1646, in Bigton, Mainland, Shetland, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. She died in 1658, in Dunrossness, Shetland, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 31.
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Scottish and English: of Norman origin, a habitational name from Saint-Clair-sur-Elle (Manche), so called from the dedication of its church to Saint Clarus (see Clare 3).
Americanized form of some similar (like-sounding) Jewish surname.
History: The Scottish family Sinclair (see 1 above) came to southern Scotland in the twelfth century from Huntingdonshire with the de Morvilles. Descendants of these Sinclairs became earls of Caithness in the 15th century. The frequency of the surname in Caithness and Orkney is largely due to the adoption by tenants of the name of their overlord.
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