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Sir John Sinclair, 4th Baronet of Stevenson
 
d.Abt 1726
  1. Sir John Sinclair, 4th Baronet of Stevenson - Abt 1726
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Name Sir John Sinclair, 4th Baronet of Stevenson
Gender Male
Marriage to Martha Lockhart, of Castlehill
Death[1][3] Abt 1726

Sir John Sinclair, 4th Baronet of Stevenson

  • Douglass, Robert. The Baronage of Scotland: Containing, An Historical and Genealogical Account of the Gentry of that Kingdom. (London: Cadell & Davies, 1798), Page 90.
V. Sir John Sinclair, fourth baronet of Stevenson, who married Martha, daughter and heiress of John Lockhart of Castlehill in the county of Lanark, one of the senators of the college of justice, and widow of Cromwell Lockhart of Lee, by whom he had eight sons and five daughters.
1. Sir Robert, his heir.
2. John, who, in virtue of a settlement of the estate of Castlehill made by his mother, assumed the name of Lockhart, succeeded to that estate, and married Charlotte, daughter of James Boyle, Esq; clerk to the signet, by whom he had three daughters.
3. George, who was bred to the law. In the year 1747 he was appointed sheriff of the county of Lanark, and in 1751 one of the senators of the college of justice, by the title of Lord Woodhall; and, upon the death of his brother John, without issue male, succeeded to the estate of Castlehill, but dying unmarried, that estate devolved upon his nephew James, as will be shown hereafter.
Sir John’s other sons, James, Charles, William, Thomas, and Patrick, all died unmarried
His other daughters, Katharine, Helen, Martha, and Margaret, all died unmarried.
Sir John died anno 1726, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Sir Robert Sinclair VI.
References
  1. Douglass, Robert. The Baronage of Scotland: Containing, An Historical and Genealogical Account of the Gentry of that Kingdom. (London: Cadell & Davies, 1798)
    Page 90.

    V. Sir John Sinclair, fourth baronet of Stevenson, who married Martha, daughter and heiress of John Lockhart of Castlehill in the county of Lanark, one of the senators of the college of justice, and widow of Cromwell Lockhart of Lee, by whom he had eight sons and five daughters.

    1. Sir Robert, his heir.
    2. John, who, in virtue of a settlement of the estate of Castlehill made by his mother, assumed the name of Lockhart, succeeded to that estate, and married Charlotte, daughter of James Boyle, Esq; clerk to the signet, by whom he had three daughters.
    3. George, who was bred to the law. In the year 1747 he was appointed sheriff of the county of Lanark, and in 1751 one of the senators of the college of justice, by the title of Lord Woodhall; and, upon the death of his brother John, without issue male, succeeded to the estate of Castlehill, but dying unmarried, that estate devolved upon his nephew James, as will be shown hereafter.

    Sir John’s other sons, James, Charles, William, Thomas, and Patrick, all died unmarried

    His other daughters, Katharine, Helen, Martha, and Margaret, all died unmarried.

    Sir John died anno 1726, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Sir Robert Sinclair VI.

  2.   Sinclair-Lockhart baronets, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  3. Sir John Sinclair, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.