When John Thomas Sinclair was born in 1844, in Louisiana, United States, his father, John Barney Sinclair, was 27 and his mother, Sarah McNeese, was 23. He married Martha Mattie Elizabeth Barnett on 30 October 1865, in Panola, Texas, United States. He lived in De Soto, De Soto, Louisiana, United States in 1850 and De Soto, Louisiana, United States in 1860. He died on 31 January 1866, in Panola, Texas, United States, at the age of 22.
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Over 7,000 German immigrants arrived in Texas. Some of these new arrivals died in epidemics; those that survived ended up living in cities such as San Antonio, Galveston, and Houston. Other German settlers went to the Texas Hill Country and formed the western portion of the German Belt, where new towns were founded: New Braunfels and Fredericksburg.
Historical Boundaries: 1846: Panola, Texas, United States
On February 1, 1861, Texas seceded from the United States. On March 2, 1861, they had joined with the Confederate States of America.
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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