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About Anna Sinclair

Hi. Annas, who married John Sinclair of Brims, Caithness, 29th December, 1618. They both had Sas. on a contract of wadset of the lands of Eibigill, 14th February, 1657. John Sinclair died before 16th August, 1666, and was survived by Annas, as the Reay Papers show. They had known issue Captain John Sinclair of Brims, progenitor of the Ulbster Sinclairs, who was retoured son and heir of his deceased father, John, and resigned the wadset of Ribigill 13th March, 1702. An Annas Sinclair, whom we take to have been a daughter of Captain John, married Angus Mackay of Eibigill, son of Donald of Borley, and grandson of Donald Balluch of Scoury, as is shown in our account of the Scoury Mackays. pg. 123

THE BOOK OF MACKAY BY ANGUS MACKAY, M.A. (St. Andrews University) Minister at Westerdale, Caithness EDINBURGH : NORMAN MACLEOD, -25 GEORGE IV. BRIDGE CANADA : EDWARD MACKAY, ST. PETER'S MANSE, MADOC, ONT. M DCCCC VI
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In the beginning of the year 16 19, Anna and Mary Mackay, Sir Donald's sisters, were both married at the same time at Tongue ; the former to Alexander Sinclair of Brims, and the other to Hector Munro of Clyness, only brother of Robert Munro of Fowlis. pg. 205 HISTORY THE HOUSE AND CLAN MACKAY,BY ROBERT MACKAY, 1829


ANNA MACKAY

Genealogy

  1. The Saint-Clairs of the Isles; being a history of the sea-kings of Orkney and their Scottish successors of the sirname of Sinclair. Arranged and Annotated by Roland William Saint-Clair. (H. Brett, Auckland, New Zealand, 1898), 558 pp.
  2. Stirnet: Sinclair 14