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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT size=3>FYI</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT size=3>"Malcolm" is the Earl of
Caithness.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT size=3>Researching the story of David
Thomson can be a lot of fun!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT size=3>Genevieve</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=chief@clansinclair.org href="mailto:chief@clansinclair.org">Malcolm
Caithness</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=gcfraser@peoplepc.com
href="mailto:gcfraser@peoplepc.com">gcfraser@peoplepc.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, March 08, 2009 1:13 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> RE: permission request & Templar/Masonic
research</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=078424616-08032009><FONT color=#0000ff>Dear
Genevieve</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=078424616-08032009></SPAN><FONT color=#0000ff>A<SPAN
class=078424616-08032009>pologies for not replying earlier. I would be
delighted for you to use the two etchings of the castle with the
appropriate accreditation.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=078424616-08032009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN class=078424616-08032009>What an interesting
link. between the Thompsons, Forresters and Sinclairs which I did not
know.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=078424616-08032009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=+0><SPAN class=078424616-08032009><FONT color=#0000ff>As to the
Zeno saga there are those who swear by it and those that don't. Have a look at
</FONT>
<P><A
href="file:///C:/Program%20Files/Common%20Files/Microsoft%20Shared/Stationery/www.users.zetnet.co.uk/ahamilton/sinclair.htm"><U>www.users.zetnet.co.uk/ahamilton/sinclair.htm</U></A><FONT
color=#0000ff> <SPAN class=078424616-08032009>and see what you think. I
would like to think his fleet did reach the New World but as far as I am
concerned the jury is still out.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN class=078424616-08032009></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN class=078424616-08032009>Best
wishes</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN class=078424616-08032009></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=078424616-08032009>Malcolm</SPAN></FONT></P></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=078424616-08032009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=078424616-08032009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> gcfraser@peoplepc.com
[mailto:gcfraser@peoplepc.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> 09 February 2009
23:59<BR><B>To:</B> chief@clansinclair.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> permission request
& Templar/Masonic research<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>211 Dana Road</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Orange, Massachusetts USA </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>01364</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<P><FONT size=4>Castle Sinclair Girnigoe<BR>Wick<BR>Caithness<BR>KW1
4QT</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=4>Dear Rt Hon The Earl of Caithness,</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=4>I was deeply impressed by the Sinclair-Girnigoe website and
request permission to use the two etchings of the castles for a book I am
writing, "In Search of David Thomson (died 1628) and the Alchemy of American
Democracy." (see attached Thomson seal) </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=4>To date, I have had four articles published by the Scottish
Genealogical Society entitled, "DAVID THOMSON, THE SCOTTISH FOUNDER OF NEW
HAMPSHIRE... A GENTLEMAN, AND A SCHOLAR." The book will be an expansion of
the theories documented in the articles plus additional research conducted over
the past several years. David Thomson was named Governor of the
Massachusetts grant (1623) under the Council for New England. He was also
granted 6,000 acres in Piscataqua (now New Hampshire).</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=4>After extensive research (including many primary source
documents) in the USA, Scotland, and England, I have come to the conclusion that
David Thomson was of Corstorphine, Midlothian and of a family that had
married into the Forresters of Corstorphine. David was born about 1588,
and his grandmother from the previous century would have been Jean Sinclair
married to Sir John Forrester. According to Sinclair genealogies I have
had access to, Jean Sinclair Forrester's brother, William, was the builder of
Rosslyn Castle.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=4>There is a three page letter written by David Thomson to Thomas
Howard, the Earl of Arundel - <A
href="http://www.wellswooster.com/tommies/arundel_letter.html">http://www.wellswooster.com/tommies/arundel_letter.html</A> - that
the Duke of Norfolk granted me permission to have photographed and use.
The Earl of Arundel was a member of the Council for New England, along with King
James I's cousin, Ludvick Stuart, the Duke of Lennox. Arundel was
believed to have been a grandmaster of an early Freemasonic order in London,
succeeding in the title following the death of his brother-in-law, Philip
Hebert, Earl of Pembroke. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=4>If you examine the Thomson seal, you will note the Templar Cross
and the ouroboros in chief. David's closest friend in New England was
Samuel Maverick who married his widow, Amias Cole. Maverick was later
named Royal Commissioner under Charles II. He used the Thomson seal in
that capacity and also a seal with an engrailed cross with roses between the
extensions. Maverick's actual heraldic arms were three hatchet. I
wondered if the engrailed cross was also one held by David Thomson.
(Maverick was from Exeter, England.)</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=4>There is one additional element in the story with a possible
Sinclair connection. Thomson's Island in Boston Harbor was held by David,
not through the Council for New England, but from an earlier claim.
According to Miles Standish of the Plymouth Pilgrims fame, David Thomson had
shown him an "ancient map" with the Isle Thomson on it.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=4>Whether or not the Zeno saga is truly about Earl Henry
Sinclair, the Earl's travels to North America might have been fact or
perhaps others of the Sinclair family might have embarked on such a
voyage. Alexander Thomson (reputed to be the grandson on Sir Thomas
Stewart , the Earl of Mar's son according to Thomson of Corstorphine
genealogy) married Margaret Forrester in the later part of the 15th
century. Are there archives of other voyages taken by the Sinclairs?
If they are hidden away in a charter chest, I would be delighted to
have access to them through the National Archives, and/or would be happy to
follow through with any other source/suggestion you might have.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=4>Thank you for your kind indulgence.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=4>Sincerely,</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=4>Genevieve Fraser</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=4>a.k.a. G. Thomson Fraser</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=4><A
href="mailto:gcfraser@peoplepc.com">gcfraser@peoplepc.com</A></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=4>978-544-1872 (Massachusetts, USA)</FONT></P>
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