Hart Sinclair Family
Thank you for putting wonderful information on the internet. My great grandfather, Hart Sinclair, was listed among soldiers of the Civil War. His year of death was listed as 1821, when in fact, it was 1921. Riegelsville, PA, was the retirement place for him and his wife, the former Lydia Catherine Bellis. He farmed in Holland Township, NJ, until his retirement. The Sinclairs were lifelong members of the Holland Presbyterian Church. Lydia had two sisters with ties to Riegelsville, Mrs. Adam Bigley ( the former Mary Bellis) and Mrs. Edward Freer ( the former Susan Bellis). My mother, the former Della Parker, was raised in Riegelsville by Hart and Lydia Sinclair following the death of her mother, Jennie Sinclair Parker. My mother was raised by the Sinclairs from ages two to fifteen. Upon the death of her grandmother, my mother lived with her aunt, Ella Brotzman. My mother was raised in St. John UCC. She should be included in the membership records. On May 25, 1935, she was married to my father, Alfred Wertz, in the parsonage of that church by Rev. Samuel Kirk. Hart and Lydia Sinclair are buried next to their daughter, Jennie Parker, in the Riegelsville Union Cemetery. There should be a flag on the grave of Hart Sinclair. My parents, Alfred and Della Parker Wertz, are also buried in that cemetery. Charlotte Garcia