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John Sinton¹

(circa 1767 - 3 August 1841)

BMDB data

     John Sinton was born cir. 1767 ?SCT which year is consistent across the following sources: dth cert implies 1768; 1841 census rounded aged implies between 1766 thru 1771; and his 1841 burial is indexed as born about 1767 "NI or NS".^2,3,4
     John Sinton married Mary Wilson on 7 Jun 1800 Muggleswick, Dist of Lanchester, DUR, ENG, (transcribed) entry shows John Sinton labourer of Lanchester married Mary Wilson. Wit: James Sinton, William Turnbull, George Raw.^1,5
     John Sinton died on 3 Aug 1841 Shotley Bridge, Benfieldside, Dist of Lanchester, DUR, ENG; cert. shows that John, a labourer, died aged 73, of debility, inf. son Joseph, also of Shotley Bridge, present at dth (reg. Durham Sep qtr 1841.)^2,6 He was buried on 6 Aug 1841 Muggleswick, Dist of Lanchester, DUR.⁷

Census/Where lived/Occupations

John Sinton appeared on the census of 1841 Shotley Bridge, Benfieldside, Dist of Lanchester, DUR, ENG, as the Durham Records Online transciption shows: SINTON/LINTON: John 70 ag lab N (I) or N (S); Peter 30 coal miner; Joseph 25 coal miner; Mary 15; SHORT: George 30 quarryman N; SINTON/LINTON: Joseph 25 N (I have taken the "N" to mean not born census county, and the N(I) or N(S) to mean John was likely to have been born in Scotland.
Indexed on ancestry as LANTON and SENTON, the actual image shows: SINTON: John 70 ag lab b S(cotland); Peter 30 , Joseph 25 both miners, Mary 15, all b cty; George SHORT, quarryman, not b cty; Joseph Sinton 25 not b cty; ( ie no mention of coal, John clearly b S(cotland)) (NB enumerators were instructed to round ages down to the nearest multiple of 5.)^3,8 He was a labourer (when son Joseph married) in Jul 1845 ?Shotley Bridge, DUR, ENG.⁹

All the other info

John Sinton is a potential duplicate of John Sinton; the Durham John is nearly of an age to be the John christened in 1774 as s/o Patrick aka Peter Sinton of Southdean, this Patrick being highly likely to be the Peter who married Janet Donaldson. In addition he has a son Peter, and descendants married descendants of Peter Sinton and Janet Donaldson. All of this is however conjecture, and given the timeframes, unlikely to be proven.
However one consistently indicates a birth around 1766 thru 1771, and the other was bap. 1774, which is a bit of a stretch unless it was a delayed baptism.
Assuming all children have been identified/found, the naming pattern of John and Mary's children supports a John and Mary Sinton as parents, not that I have any candidates in mind - yet.
Regardless of John's parentage, I do believe that a connection with the Southdean Sintons is highly likely as descendants intermarry, and they weren't that far away. So, my usual plea applies, I'd love to hear from any descendants, and particularly from any direct male line Sintons willing to represent this family in the Sinton Surname DNA Project to see if science can prove something records cannot. A subsidy may be available.¹⁰

Family

Mary Wilson (say 1775 - bet. 1826 - 1841)

Children

Jane Sinton^11,12 (Mar 1801 - Sep 1840)
John Wilson Sinton^11,13 (Jul 1803 - )
Peter Sinton^11,14 (Dec 1805 - Dec 1866)
Joseph Sinton^11,9 (Sep 1812 - Jul 1887)
William Sinton¹⁵ (cir. 1821 - cir. Mar 1830)
Mary Sinton^3,16 (cir. 1825 - bet. Jan 1880 - Mar 1880)

Charts

John & Mary (WILSON) SINTON

Last Edited

28 Jan 2013

Citations

SINTON - my download, International Genealogical Index (IGI), Batch7214618-9-820374.
Various, BDM Certified copy, Dth 1841 John SINTON, Shotley Bridge, Benfieldside, reg. Lanchester, copy rcvd Sep 2005.
Www SINTON searches & misc. correspondence 1841 Census Shotley Bridge family 17536.4 from Durham Records Online (http://www.durhamrecordsonline.com/searchresults.php) extracted Sep 2005.
Durham Records Online online at http://www.durhamrecordsonline.com/, Burial 1841 John SINTON, aged 74, Dist of Lanchester, DUR, index searched May 2008.
Durham Records Online online at http://www.durhamrecordsonline.com/, Marr. 7 Jun 1800 John SINTON & Mary WILSON, Muggleswick Ch, Anglican, from Marriages, Lanchester Dist, Record #196122.1, extracted Nov 2008.
Www FreeBMD ENG online at http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl, Dth 1841 John SINTON, reg. Durham, Sep qtr 24/39, extracted Sep 2005.
Durham Records Online online at http://www.durhamrecordsonline.com/, Bur. 6 Aug 1841 John SINTON, of Shotley Bridge, aged 74, Muggleswick Ch, Anglican, from Burials, Lanchester Dist, Record #315731.2, extracted Nov 2008.
1841 Census (images for ENG, transcriptions for SCT), UK, Shotley Bridge, Benfieldside, Chester (West Div) Hundred, Dist Durham & Lanchester, DUR HO107/301/3 ED 4 F 22 Pg 6, hsehold of John SINTON, extracted Nov 2008.
Certified copy, Mar. 1845 Joseph SINTON and Sarah CLEMITSON, Medonsley Chapel, Durham Northen, Dist of Lanchester, copy rcvd Sep 2005.
"Lorna's Family History Musings", Sep 2005, updated Nov 2008.
SINTON - my download, International Genealogical Index (IGI), Batch P001261-?-942.81/M1.
Durham Records Online online at http://www.durhamrecordsonline.com/, Birth 14 Mar 1801 Bap. 26 Jul 1801 Jane, 1st d/o John SINTON (labourer, native of Scotland) and Mary (nee WILSON, native of Lanchester), Muggleswick Ch, Anglican, from Baptisms, Lanchester Dist, Record #345723.0, extracted Nov 2008.
Durham Records Online online at http://www.durhamrecordsonline.com/, Birth 10 Jul 1803 Bap. 2 Oct 1803 John Wilson 1st s/o John SINTON (labourer, native of Scotland) and Mary (nee WILSON, native of Lanchester), Muggleswick Ch, Anglican, from Baptisms, Lanchester Dist, Record #353402.0, extracted Nov 2008.
Durham Records Online online at http://www.durhamrecordsonline.com/, Birth 18 Dec 1805 Bap. 12 May 1806 Peter, 2nd son of John SINTON (labourer, native of Scotland) and Mary (nee WILSON, native of Lanchester), Muggleswick Ch, Anglican, from Baptisms, Lanchester Dist, Record #367650.0, extracted Nov 2008.
Durham Records Online online at http://www.durhamrecordsonline.com/, Bur. 26 Mar 1830 William SINTON, of Shotley Bridge, aged 19, Muggleswick Ch, Anglican, from Burials, Lanchester Dist, Record #315641.2, extracted Nov 2008.
Certified copy, Mar. 1855 Mary SINTON and Edward SCOTT, Benfieldside, Dist of Lanchester, DUR, copy rcvd Sep 2005.

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