Segue a ascendência dos Escócio Drummond da Madeira pela linha Sinclair.

Estes Sinclair, os tais templários que fugiram de França para a Escócia, fundadores da capela templária ou maçonica de Roselin, da qual deriva o "Rito Escoces Antigo e Aceite" da maçonaria.







SINCLAIR

I. Robert de Saint Clair, in Normandy, married Eleanor de Dreux, relict (widow) of Hugh, Lord Chateauneuf and daughter of Robert, second Count de Dreux, in France, by Joland de Coucy, his wife. Sir Robert had issue:

• Sir William, shown next.

II. Sir William Sinclair was Sheriff of Edinburgh 1266, 1288-90; of Haddington 1264-90; Linlithgow 1264-90; Dumfries 1288; and Justiciar of Galwythie 1288-89. He was guardian to Alexander, Prince of Scotland, 1279-81 who predeceased his father in 1283-84. Was granted a Charter by King Alexander III, on April 8, 1280, of the baxter (border) lands of Innerleith, and a charter of the lands and barony of Roslin, on September 14, 1280. He was one of the garrison who defended the Castle of Dunbar in 1296 against Edward I, and on its surrender , on March 25, 1296, was sent a prisoner in the Tower of London.

Sir William Sinclair is said to have married Agnes, who may have been a daughter of Patrick, Earl of Dunbar. Agnes may or may not be the same person as Amicia, described as a "widow of William St. Clair, dwelling in the county of Edinburgh" who had a two years protection from Edward I. on April 7, 1299. Sir William had issue:

• Sir Henry, shown next.

• William, who succeeded Matthew do Crambeth as Bishop of Dunkeld in 1312.

• Annabel, who married first to Sir Robert Bisset, and secondly to Sir David Wemyss.

• Gregory (perhaps) who is said to the be the ancestor of the Longformascus family.



Note: Thanks to W. Darcy McKeough who has shared a report by James Dinwoodie, Scots Ancestry Researcher, which states: "In 1162, in the reign of King Malcolm IV, the Norman knight Sir Henry de Sainte Claire settled in Lothian. It was not until 1280, in the reign of Alexander III that Henry's great great grandson Sir William de St. Clair was granted the lands of Rosslynn or Roslin in Lothian five miles south of Edinburgh."

III. Sir Henry St. Clair of Roslin swore fealty to Edward I on 13 June 13, 1292. However, he was one of the garrison of Dunbar Castle, where he was taken prisoner in 1296 and sent to England. He was exchanged in 1299; and about September 15, 1305 was appointed Sheriff of Lanark by Edward I. Sir Henry appears to have switched sided frequently; he eventually supported the Bruce, and fought against the English at Bannockburn.

On October 21, 1314, Sir Henry had a Charter from King Robert, of all His Majesty’s lands on the Muir of Pentland, and a further Charter from Edward de Gourton of the part of the lands of Gourton, tenanted by Roger de Hauewood, dated the Friday after the feast of St. Bartholomew, August 28, 1317. He was one of the Barons of Scotland, who signed the letter dated April 4, 1320 to Pope John XXII, asserting the independence of Scotland.

Sir Henry married Alice de Fenton who survived him. He died before January 28, 1335/36; and left issue:

• Sir William, shown next.

• John, who accompanied his brother Sir William on the expedition to the Holy Land with the heart of Bruce. He was murdered, as was his brother, by the Saracens in Andalusia, Spain, on August 25, 1330.

IV. Sir William St. Clair had a grant of a pension of £40 in anticipation of his services in the Holy Land 1329, being one of the knights chosen to accompany Sir James Douglas to Palestine with the heart of Bruce, but was murdered, as was his brother, by the Saracens in Andalusia, Spain on August 25, 1330. He left issue:

• William, shown next.

• Margaret, who married first to Thomas Stewart, Earl of Angus who died in 1361 and secondly to Sir John Sinclair of Hermandston.

• Thomas (perhaps) who was Bailie of Orkney for the King of Norway and left a son:

o Alexander

• John (perhaps) who was a witness in 1367.

Note: According to Florence Van Rensselaer: The Livingston Family in America and Its Scottish Origins: New York, 1949, page 26; Sir William St. Clair was "a Baron of Normandy" who "married a daughter of Richard, Duke of Normandy."

V. William Sinclair of Roslin was a minor when his father died, and succeeded to the pensions of his father and his Uncle John. He had a Charter from King David II of the lands of Morton and Merchamyston in Midlothian, on the resignation of William Bisset on February 10, 1357/58. He had a safe conduct to go to England on May 6, 1358 on his way abroad to Prussia to fight in foreign wars. On September 17, 1358 King David II confirmed to him an annuity granted to his grandfather Sir Henry S. Clair.

William married Isabella, second daughter of Malise, 8th Earl of Strathearn, Earl of Orkney and Caithness and his wife Marjorie, a daughter of Hugh, 4th Earl of Ross and Lady Maud Bruce, a sister of Scotland's national hero, King Robert the Bruce. Marjorie was a sister of William, 5th Earl of Ross. William Sinclair left issue:

• Henry, shown next.

• David, who had a charter under the Great Seal of the lands of Newburgh and Auchdale in Aberdeenshire in exchange for any rights which he had in Orkney and Shetland, derived from his mother, dated April 23, 1391.

VI. Henry Sinclair, 1st Earl of Orkney, the main subject of this page. He was born circa 1345 and died (slain) circa 1400 - 1404. He married circa 1370-74 to Jean Haliburton, daughter of either Sir Walter Halyburton of Dirleton or Sir John de Halyburton of Dirleton and his wife Margaret Cameron. (please see below)

Henry was invested Earl of Orkney and Lord Zetland, by King Haakon of Norway, at Marstrand, Norway on August 2, 1369. According to legend, he visited Greenland and North America in 1390's.

Regardless of Jean's exact parentage, she and Henry had the following children:

• Henry Sinclair, 2nd Earl of Orkney, born circa 1375, died on February 1, 1420. Henry married Egidia Douglas, a daughter of Sir William Douglas of Nithdale who was a son of Archibald "the Grim", 3rd Earl of Douglas. Egidia Douglas was a grand daughter of King Robert II of Scotland. Henry and Egidia had a son:

o William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney who married Elizabeth Douglas, a daughter of Archibald Tyneman, 4th Earl of Douglas who was a son of Archibald "the Grim", 3rd Earl of Douglas. Thus, William (3rd Earl of Orkney) and his father Henry (2nd Earl of Orkney) both married granddaughters of Archibald "the Grim", 3rd Earl of Douglas.

• John Sinclair who is said to have married Ingeborg, a natural daughter of Waldemar, King of Denmark by Jova Little.

• William Sinclair.

• Elizabeth Sinclair who married Sir John Drummond, of Cargill. (pais do João Drummond “0 Escócio”, que foi para a Madeira, genearca dos Escócio Drummond, da dita ilha)

• Margaret Sinclair who married James of Cragy, Laird of Hupe in Orkney.

• Jean Sinclair who married Sir John Forrester of Corstorphine.

• a daughter who married Cockburn of Skirling.

• a daughter who married Heron of Marieton.

• Mary Sinclair who married Thomas Somerville of Carnwath.

• Marjory Sinclair who married Sir David Menzies of Weem.

• Beatrix Sinclair.