Kennedy Family Tree » John Sinclair Master of Caithness (1543-1576)
Personal data John Sinclair Master of Caithness
Source 1Source 2- He was born in the year 1543 in Girnigo Castle, Caithness, Orkney Islands, Scotland.
Attention: Was younger than 16 years (9) when child (George Sinclair) was born (??-??-1552). - He died on March 25, 1576 in Sinclair Castle, Grinigoe, Caithness, Scotland, he was 33 years old.
Attention: Died 9 months (March 25, 1576) prior to the birth (??-??-1589) of child (James Sinclair) .
Household of John Sinclair Master of Caithness
He is married to Jean /Hepburn Lady Morham Mistress of Caithness.
They got married at Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 2
They got married at Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 2 They got married on December 10, 1565 at Crichton, Midlothian, Scotland, he was 22 years old.Child(ren):
- George Sinclair 1552-1620
- James Sinclair 1589-1631
Ancestors (and descendant) of John Sinclair Master of Caithness
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Sources
- Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=108831291&pid=25878
/ Ancestry.com - Scotland, Extracted Parish Records, 1571-1997, Ancestry.com, Extracted Church of England Parish Records; Title: Various publications of parish and probate records / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Day of death March 25, 1576
- Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
- In the year 1576: Source: Wikipedia
- February 5 » Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion.
- May 1 » Stephen Báthory, the reigning Prince of Transylvania, marries Anna Jagiellon and they become co-rulers of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
- July 11 » While exploring the North Atlantic Ocean in an attempt to find the Northwest Passage, Martin Frobisher sights Greenland, mistaking it for the hypothesized (but non-existent) island of "Frisland".
- August 8 » The cornerstone for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory is laid on the island of Hven.
- November 4 » Eighty Years' War: In Flanders, Spain captures Antwerp (after three days the city is nearly destroyed).
- November 8 » Eighty Years' War: Pacification of Ghent: The States General of the Netherlands meet and unite to oppose Spanish occupation.
Same birth/death day
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