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Families covered: Hamilton of Ballymacoll, Hamilton of Bangor, Hamilton of Clanbrassill, Hamilton of Hamilton's Bawn (Baun), Hamilton of Killyleagh, Hamilton of Monella

Hans (John) Hamilton (b 1536, d 30.05.1608, vicar of Dunlop)
m. Margaret Denham (dau of James Denham of Weshiels)
1. Sir James Hamilton of Killyleagh and Bangor, Viscount Claneboye (d 1643)
  m. Jane Philips (dau of Sir John Philips, Bart of Picton)
  A. James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Clanbrassill (d 20.06.1639)
  m. Anne Carey (d 15.01.1688/9, dau of Henry Carey, 2nd Earl of Monmouth, m2. Sir Robert Maxwell of Waringstown, 2nd Bart)
  i. Henry Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Clanbrassill (dsp 12.01.1675, 2nd son)
  m. (05.1667) Alice Moore (dau of Henry Moore, 1st Earl of Drogheda)
  The next Earl of Clanbrassill, a kinsman below, obtained his earldom as a new creation.
  ii.+ other issue - James (b 07.09.1642, d unm 08.05.1658), Hans, Jane (d unm)
2. Archibald Hamilton of Halcraig or Haleraig or Harrage
  m1. Rachel Carmichael
  A. John Hamilton
i. Rachel Hamilton
  m. John Stevenson
  B. James Hamilton of Neilsbrook
  m. Agnes Kennedy
  i. Rose Hamilton (dsp)
  m. William Fairlie
  ii. Rachel Hamilton (d unm)
  iii. Anne Hamilton
  m. Hans Stevenson of Ballyrott
  a. James Stevenson of Killyleagh
  m. Ann Price (dau of General Nicholas Price of Hollymount)
  (1) Dorcas Stevenson, Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye (b 1726, d 08.02.1808)
  m. (22.05.1751) Sir John Blackwood, 2nd Bart of Ballyleidy (b 1722, d 27.02.1799)
  C. Gawen Hamilton of Killyleagh (d 1703)
  m. Jane Hamilton (dau of Archibald Hamilton)
  i. Archibald Hamilton of Killyleagh (d 25.04.1747)
  m. Mary Johnstone (dau of David Johnstone of Tully)
  a. Gawen Hamilton of Killyleagh, Sheriff of co. Down (b 1729, d 09.04.1805)
  m. (08/28.05.1750) Jane Rowan (dau of William Rowan)
  (1) Archibald Hamilton, later Hamilton-Rowan of Killyleagh Castle (b 12.05.1752, d 01.11.1834)
  m. (06.10.1781) Sarah Anne Dawson (dau of Walter Dawson of Carickmacross)
  (A) Gawen William Rowan Hamilton (b 1783, dvp 17.08.1834) had issue
  m. (1817) Catherine Cockburn (dau of Gen. Sir George Cockburn)
  (B) Sydney Hamilton (b 1789) had issue
  m. _ Jackson (dau of Henry Jackson of Carricknacross)
  (C) Elizabeth Hamilton
  m. Rev. Sidney Beresford
  (D) Mildred Hamilton
  m. Sir Edmund Ryan
  (E) Harriet Hamilton
  m. Crofton Fitzgerald
  (F) Frances Hamilton (d 1861)
  m. William Fletcher (son of judge)
  (G)+ other issue - Archibald, Frederick (b 1793, d1811), Dawson (b 1801, had issue), Jane
  (2) Sidney Hamilton
  m. Rev. Benjamin Beresford
  b. William Hamilton of Killough
  m. Elizabeth Cadell
  (1) Mary Hamilton
  m. (1798) William Logan of Woodlands
(2)+ other issue (dsp) - William, David
  c. Susanna Hamilton
  m. Hamilton Traill (rector of Killinchy)
  d. Jane Hamilton
  m. Peter Fitch of Ballymackney
  e. Mary Hamilton
  m. Acheson Johnston of Tallyho (son of Sir William of Gilford)
  ii. Mary Hamilton
  m. (23.03.1708/9) James Traill (b 05.04.1690, d 05.04.1743)
Mary, daughter of Gavin Hamilton, was married in the dining room in Killyleagh Castle and so is presumed to be daughter of this Gawen of Killyleagh (Castle).
  D.+ other issue - William of Killyleagh (dsp 1716), Hugh in Dublin
  m2. ??
  F. Jane Hamilton
  m1. Archibald Edmonstone of Braiden Island, of Redhall and Duntreath (d 1637)
  We presume that Jane was the 'Lady Duntreath' who also married ...
  m2. Sir William Mure of Rowallan (b c1594, d 1657)
3. Gawen Hamilton of Ballygally
  m. Helen Dunlop
4. John Hamilton of Coronary and Monella (b c1576, d 04.12.1639)
  m. (1617) Sarah Brabazon (dau of Sir Anthony Brabazon of Ballinasloe)
  A. Sir Hans Hamilton, Bart of Monella (dspm 14.02.1681)
  Monella was later known as Hamilton's Bawn (or Baun).
  m. Magdalen Trevor (dau of Sir Edward Trevor of Rose Trevor)
  i. Sarah Hamilton (dvp c1680)
  m. Sir Robert Hamilton, 1st Bart of Mount Hamilton (d 1703)
  a. Sir Hans Hamilton of Hamilton's Bawn, 2nd/last Bart (b 1673, dspm 1729/30)
  m. (c1705) Jane Skeffington (dau of Clotworthy Skeffington, 3rd Viscount Massereene)
  B. James Hamilton of Baillieborough (b c1610)
  m. (1639) Jane Baillie (dau of William Baillie, Bishop of Clonfert)
  i. ?? Hamilton we suspect that there is a missing generation here
  a. James Hamilton (b c1685)
  m. Ann Hall
(1) James Hamilton of Sheepshill amd Holmpatrick (b c1720, d 1800, 3rd son)
  James had 36 children in total. We presume that Henry was by his first marriage.
  m1. (1750) Hannah Phillipps
  (A) Henry Hamilton of Ballymacoll (b 16.07.1760, d 11.1844, 2nd son)
  m. Mary Wetherall (dau of John Wetherall of Dublin)
  (i) James John Hamilton of Ballymacoll (b 1788, d 1842) had issue
  m1. (c1810) Margaret Carter (dau of Thomas Carter of Castle Martin by Catherine Butler)
  m2. (1821) Anne Geraldine de Courcy (d 20.02.1855, dau of 26th Baron Kingsdale)
  (ii) Henry Hamilton (b 1795, d 16.09.1844, rector of Thomastown) had issue
  m. (1840) Frances Margaret Peters (dau of Ralph Peters of Platbridge)
  (iii) John Hamilton of Grove (b 1798, d 1847) had issue
  m. (1819) Katherine Elizabeth Smythe (d 1878, dau of William Smythe of Barbaville)
  (iv) Hans Henry Hamilton of Dublin (b 1800, d 1855) had issue
  m. (1833) Augusta Wetherall (d 1875, dau of Gen. Sir Frederick Augustus Wetherall)
  (v) Mary Hamilton
  m. Frederick Wetherall (d 1856, Rear Admiral)
  (vi) Isabella Hamilton
  m. (06.06.1818) Rev. Charles Taylor Woods
  (vii) Harriett Hamilton (d 1880)
  m. (03.1828) Sir Erasmus Dixon Burrowes, 8th Bart (d 27.05.1866)
  (viii)+ other issue (d unm) - Robert, Sophia, Charlotte
(B)+ other issue
  m2. Alice Hamilton (dau of John Hamilton of Derby)
  (C)+ other issue
  m3. Jane Candler (dau of Rev. William Candler)
  (D)+ other issue
  (2)+ other issue - Hans of Carlow and Summer Hill, John of Straw Hill (dsp)
  ii. John Hamilton of Hulmpatrick or Holmpatrick had issue
  C. Francis Hamilton of Tullybreck (Tullybrick or Tullybreech, also known as Middletown)
  m. Elizabeth Echlin (dau of John Echlin)
  D. Mary Hamilton
  m. (1647) James Traill of Tallachin (b 10.12.1597/1600, d 18.05.1663, Colonel)
E. Ellinor Hamilton
5. William Hamilton of Bangor (d 1627)
  m. Jane Melville (dau of Sir John Melville)
  A. James Hamilton of Newcastle and Bangor (b c1617, d 05.06/7.1646)
  m. Margaret Kynaston (dau of Francis Kynaston of Laule)
  i. James Hamilton of Bangor (d before 26.02.1706)
  m. Sophia Mordaunt (dau of John Mordaunt, 1st Viscount of Avalon)
  a. James Hamilton of Bangor (dsp)
  b. Anne Catherine Hamilton
  m. (1709) Michael Ward (b 1683, d 19.02.1759, judge)
  c. Margaret Hamilton (d 05.1743)
  m. (06.07.1713) Thomas Butler, 6th Viscount Ikerrin (b 1683, d 07.03.1719/20)
  ii. Catherine Hamilton
  m1. Vere Essex Cromwell, 4th Earl of Ardglass (d 26.11.1687)
  m2. Nicholas Price of Hollymount
B. John Hamilton (dsp, Captain)
  m. Jane Echlin
  C. Hans Hamilton (d 28.12.1655)
  m. Margaret Kenney (sister of David Kennedy)
  i. James Hamilton of Carnesure (b 1654, d before 10.08.1691)
  BE1883 identifies James's wife as Christian, daughter of William Hamilton of Erinagh, but TCP (Desart) identifies her as ...
  m. Christian Hamilton (dau of James Hamilton of Tollymore)
  a. Margaret Hamilton (dsps)
  m. (02.09.1707) John Cuffe, Lord Desart (b 1683, d 26.06.1749)
  b.+ other issue (dsp) - Christian, Anne
ii. Ursula Hamilton possibly of this family
  m. George Ross of Portavo
  a. Mary Ross
  m. Hugh Hamilton of Ballybrenagh (d 16.11.1728)
  D. William Hamilton (d 26.01.1680)
  m1. Ellen Magennis (dau of Phelim Magennis)
i. James Hamilton of Tollymore (d by 1700)
  m. Anne Mordaunt (dau of John Mordaunt, 1st Viscount of Avalon)
  a. James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Clanbrassill (b 1690, d 17.03.1758)
  This earldom was a new creation, separate from that obtained by James's kinsman above.
  m. (15.10.1728) Henrietta Bentinck (d 10.06.1792, dau of William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland)
  (1) James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Clanbrassill (b 23.08.1730, dsp 06.02.1798)
  m. (21.05.1774) Grace Foley (b 01.01.1743, d 09.01.1813, dau of Thomas Foley, 1st Lord of Kidderminster)
  (2) Anne Hamilton (b 05.1730, d 16.04.1802)
  m. (11.12.1752) Robert Jocelyn, 1st Earl of Roden (bpt 31.07.1731, d 21.06.1797)
  (3) Caroline Hamilton (d unm 13.10.1762)
  b. Sophia Hamilton (d 06.05.1748)
  m. (01.09.1707) Frederick Hamilton, younger of Boyne (dvp 10.12.1715)
  c. Elizabeth Hamilton (d 12.08.1756)
  m. Thomas Fortescue of Randalston (b c1686, d 02.1769)
d.+ other issue - William (d young), John (d young), Cary
  ii. Elinor Hamilton
  m. _ Matthews
  m2. Christian Ussher (dau of Joselin Ussher, son of Mark, son of Henry, Archbishop of Armagh)
  iii. Joselin Hamilton (dsp 1689/90)
  iv. Christian Hamilton (d 1691/2)
  m. James Hamilton of Carneyshthen
  E. Ursula Hamilton
6. Patrick Hamilton
  m. Elizabeth Glen
  A.+ 3 sons and 1 daughter
7. Jean Hamilton
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  m. William Mure, 2nd of Glanderston (d 1640)
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Main sources:
(1) For Hamilton of Bangor and Clanbrassill - BE1883 (Hamilton of Clanbrassill) with support from TCP (Clanbrassill).
(2) For Hamilton of Killyeagh - BLG1886 (Hamilton of Killyleagh), BLGI1952 (Rowan-Hamilton of Killyleagh)
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(3) For Hamilton of Ballymacoll - BLGI1952 (Hamilton formerly of Ballymacoll)
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