Re: Wayman Sr. and Mary Shirley Sinkler/St Clair
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Wayman Sr. and Mary Shirley Sinkler/St Clair
Robin Bush 3/09/08
Very interesting that I found this post.I was searching for info on my 7th g-grandfather Isaac Cundiff, who died in Prince William County in 1744.I searched a known variant of Cundiff, "Conduff", which resulted in this find (Cundiff itself is a variant of Conduit.Further, Cundiff is probably actually a variant of Cunditt, which is how Conduit was pronounced back in the 1600-1700's (think the cond- of condition crossed with the -uit of biscuit).
Isaac's wife Mary and Wayman Sinkler Sr. paid the administrative bond when Isaac died.It seems to be consensus that Mary is Wayman's sister, and they are children of Alexander Sinclair.This is the first I've seen that Wayman married a Mary Shirley Cundiff.I would wager that Mary Shirley Cundiff is Isaac's sister, which is a new revelation to me.
You might have noticed that Wayman Sr. had a son named Isaac, who was born and named that very shortly after Isaac Cundiff died.Knowing that Wayman married a Cundiff increases the chances that his son Isaac was named after his father-in-law, who had just died.Also, it would appear that Mary Shirley Cundiff was at least partly named after her mother, Mary Sinclair.
My 6th g-grandfather Richard Cundiff (who would move to Bedford County in 1764) and his brother Isaac Jr. (who stayed in Prince William/Fauquier) are on a list of Hamilton Parish, Prince William County taxpayers for 1751, along with Wayman Sinclair.
Further, in 1783, in Bedford County, a deed from Daniel Huddleston & Rachel his wife of Bedford to Edward Watts, mentions land "on branch of Enoch's Creek, adj. Sinclair & Cundiff, part of a patent to Jonathan Cundiff in 1774".Jonathan Cundiff is Isaac Cundiff and Mary Sinclair's son, Wayman Sinclair's nephew.He died at the Battle of Point Pleasant on Oct. 10, 1774, and the land that is mentioned was given to his family by Lord Dunmore after he died.