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John Sinton of Unshinagh
 Born
1764 in Unshinagh, Co. Armagh, Ireland [ s686 ]
 Died
28d 6mo 1835 in West Union, Adams County, Ohio, United States of America [ s686 ]
 Buried
in Village Cemetery, West Union, Adams County, Ohio, United States of America [ s1109 ]
 Father
Born About 1729 - Died About 1785
 Mother
Died About 1785
 Spouse
Born 16 May 1778 - Died 6 May 1866
 Married
23d 7mo 1801 in Friends Meeting House, Moyallon, Co. Down, Ireland, United Kingdom [ s2201 ]
 Child 1
Born 6d 4mo 1802 - Died 18d 6mo 1881
 Child 2
Born 5d 8mo 1804 - Died 1831
 Child 3
Born 19d 9mo 1806 - Died 4d 6mo 1833
 Child 4
Born 26 June 1808 - Died 31 August 1900
Ancestral View
GENERAL NOTES
Quaker.

Emigrated, with his family, to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA in 1811.

1830 Census Tiffin, Adams Co., Ohio, USA.
John Sinton, 1 male 20-30; 1 male 60-70; 1 female 40-50

https://www.bcn.net/~macillus/Allegheny Co Files/ALLEoc.html
Allegheny County Orphans Court Records
McDonnell, John, decd. July 9, 1831
McDonnell, John, Partition, OC2 p.498 No. 27, June 1831
"On petition of William Adams & wife Elizabeth (formerly Elizabeth Mcdonnell), sister of John McDonnell, late of the City of Pittsburgh, decd., who died leaving a widow Sabina & no issue, but three sisters, to wit: Mary, wife of John Linton of the State of Ohio; Elizabeth, the petitioner; and Sarah (spinster), the last two residing in Co. Armagh, Ire.; and seized of lot #251 in Pittsburgh, and a lot (held in common with James Ekin) in the Northern Liberties of Pittsburgh.
Sept. 19, 1831
The property was successfully partitioned into three portions.
page 138, abstracts

McDonald, John, decd. - May 5, 1829
McDonald or McDonnell or McDonell, John, Citation, OC2 p.354 No. 20
"On petition of Robert Burke, attorney for Wm. Adams, Elizabeth Adams & Sarah McDonnell, asking that a citation be issued to Wm. B. Irish & Sabina T. McDonnell, administrators, to file their account." [Sabina wife of John McDonnell, above]
page 102, abstracts

"To the ... Orphans Court in and for the County of Allegheny ... The petition of William Adams and Elizabeth his wife formerly Elizabeth McDonnell and Sarah McDonnell by James Stuart their Agent and Attorney by Warrant duly soustitated[?].

Respectfully Represents:

That John McDonnell late of the City of Pittsburgh in the County of Allegheny aforesaid, died intestate without issue living; and leaving at the time of his decease a widow named Sabina McDonnell or Sabina T. McDonnell and three sisters to wit Mary McDonnell, who is intermarried with John Sinton and resides in the state of Ohio; the said Elizabeth McDonnell intermarried with the said William Adams, and the said Sarah McDonnell spinster; the three latter residing in the County of Armagh, in that part of the United Kingdom of Great Brittain & Ireland called Ireland: That the said John McDonnell died seized in his demean as of fee of a certain lot or piece of ground situate in the aforesaid City of Pittsburgh, and marked in the general plan of said City (formerly Borough) No. 251 containing on Front or First Street sixty feet, and extending back to Second Street the same width or breadth bounded by First or Front Street aforesaid, and Second Street aforesaid, and by lots No. 250 and 252 ... [request to partition the property among the heirs] ... 9 July 1831"

["Too brittle to copy" - not from Diane Regan]
Partition Docket #27, June Term 1832
John McDonell, dec'd (intestate)
Property in Pitt Twp held as tenant in common with James Ekin, dec'd.
(DB 2, Vol 27, p. 170)
[JHJ]

United States Census, 1820
Name: John Sinton
Event Place: West Union, Adams, Ohio
Page Number: 4
Affiliate Publication Number: M33
Affiliate Film Number: 86
GS Film number: 0181392
Digital Folder Number: 004093884
Image Number: 00016
[RFSS Aug 2014]

Headstone of John Sinton 1764 - 1835Headstone of John Sinton 1764 - 1835
Village Cemetery, West Union, Adams County, Ohio
The headstone photograph comes from the Find A Grave website courtesy of Debbie J.
The location is the Village Cemetery, West Union, Adams County, Ohio, United States of America.
Link to the Find A Grave site for John Sinton
[RFSS Aug 2009]
MARRIAGE NOTES
Quaker Records Ireland - Marriage Details
Marriage of: John Sinton and Mary McDonnell
Date of Marriage: 23d 7mo 1801
Place of Marriage: Moyallon, Co. Down
Husband's Residence: Unshinagh, Co. Armagh
Wife's Residence: Mullahead, Co. Armagh
Husband's Parents: James & Isbaella Sinton
Husband's Parents Abode: Unshinagh, Co. Armagh
Description of His Father:
Wife's Parents: Arthur McDonnell
Wife's Parents Abode: Mullahead, Co. Armagh
Description of Her Father:
Reference: Lurgan Meeting, Volume 2, Page 219
Notes:
[RFSS Sep 2012]
SOURCES
[ s686 ] Ancestral File - THE SINTON FAMILY - Page 1-9 Ref 22f - Walter Lyon Sinton / Lulu Bell Sinton / John Ronald Howard Greeves / Robert Francis Speers Sinton / Ann Heacock Sinton - Version 1.01 (Feb 2003]
[ s1109 ] Cemetery Marker - Headstone - Village Cemetery, West Union, Adams County, Ohio, United States of America - H1835-28-06-JS
[ s2201 ] Marriage Registration - Quaker Records Ireland - Marriage of John Sinton and Mary McDonnell on 23 July 1801 in Friends Meeting House, Moyallon, Co. Down, Ireland, United Kingdom - The Religious Society of Friends, Lurgan Meeting, Volume 2, Page 219 - MR1801-23-07-JS-MM
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