'Hamilton11'
Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Hamilton of Green, Hamilton of Neilsland (Nielsland), Hamilton of Sandieholme
| John Hamilton, 1st of Neilsland (Nielsland) (d by 1557) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) 'HamiltonHistory' & Anderson spell the estate (which is in the parish of Hamilton) as "Neilsland" whilst TSP (vol 2, 'Belhaven, Hamilton') & HJHeraldry spell it "Nielsland". Most cross-references use the former. (2) Anderson mentioned only 1 wife for John, Elizabeth Hamilton, mother of John, James & Elizabeth. HJHeraldry does not name his wives but shown his sons as (a) James, (b) John. TSP (pp40-1) mentions only that John had issue by Elizabeth Hamilton, naming only John of Udston. 'HamiltonHistory' shows that James was John's eldest son, being by ... |
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| m1. (before 12.11.1539) Janet Hamilton (d before 07.03.1549, dau of John Hamilton of Broomhill) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | James Hamilton, 2nd of Neilsland (d before 22.11.1621) | ||||||||||||||
| Anderson (supported by HJHeraldry) shows James as father of (John &) James father (by Barbara) of (Gawen, Margaret &) John (d 12.1653) father (by Isabella Hamilton) of (John & William &) James (d 1665). 'HamiltonHistory' shows as follows. | |||||||||||||||
| m. Barbara | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Gavin Hamilton of Neilsland (dsp after 07.02.1628) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | John Hamilton of Muirpark, Sandieholme & Neilsland (d 12.1632) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 07.1594?) Isabel Hamilton (a 1631, dau of John Hamilton of Broomhill) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | James Hamilton of Sandieholme & Neilsland (d 03.1665) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (before 30.11.1602) Margaret Cochrane (d 05.1630, dau of John Cochrane of Barabachlaw, relict of Alexander Gillone) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | James Hamilton (a 1649, dsp before 1667) not mentioned by Anderson | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (mcrt 02.05.1634) Jean Hamilton (d by 07.1663, dau of Patrick Hamilton of Hamilton) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Patrick Hamilton of Neilsland | ||||||||||||||
| Patrick is shown by Anderson as son of James's 1st (unnamed) wife. We follow 'HamiltonHistory'. | |||||||||||||||
| m1. (mcrt 28.02.1670) Elizabeth Muirhead (d 02.1671, dau of James Muirhead of Bredisholm) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | James Hamilton (b 1671, d young) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (20.01.1687) Lilias Hamilton (dau of Gawin Hamilton of Raploch) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Grizel Hamilton, last of Neilsland | ||||||||||||||
| m. Walter Gilchrist of Edinburgh | |||||||||||||||
| The following comes from Anderson and is supported by 'Earnock and its early proprietors', the Main Source for the Roberton page. | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | James Gilchrist of Annsfield (Captain RN) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anna Roberton (dau of John Roberton of Earnock) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Grizel Gilchrist | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Boyes of Welhall | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Anne Gilchrist | ||||||||||||||
| m. (17.10.1774) Archibald Cochrane, 9th Earl of Dundonald (d 1831) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Robert Hamilton of Park (a 1679) | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Anna Hamilton | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.02.1721) Walter Mitchell (porter at Holyroodhouse Abbey) | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Margaret Hamilton | ||||||||||||||
| m. (after 26.10.1654) John Hamilton, younger of Blantyrferme | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Jean Hamilton | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.07.1666) John Hamilton (son of James of Glasgow) | |||||||||||||||
| partner unknown | |||||||||||||||
| f. | Janet Hamilton (a 1665) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (23.06.1647) James Neilson in Meikle Ernock | |||||||||||||||
| g.+ | other issue? | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | William Hamilton (a 1636) | ||||||||||||||
| a. | Isobel Hamilton (a 1665) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Margaret Hamilton | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.08.1622?) John Hamilton of Grange of Kilmarnock | |||||||||||||||
| iv.+ | other issue - John in Kilmarnock (d 03.1670), Isobel, Janet (a 1642) | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Margaret Hamilton | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Hamilton of Gilkerscleugh (d c1629) | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Janet Hamilton | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Hamilton in Brumelton (d 03.1618) | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Jonet Hamilton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Hugh Ralston of that ilk (d 05.1613) | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Elizabeth Hamilton | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 03.07.1559) William Mure of Glanderston | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (c1530) Elizabeth Hamilton (dau/heir of Patrick Hamilton, 3rd of Udston, m2. John Hamilton of Broomhill) | |||||||||||||||
| 4. | John Hamilton of Udston (d Langside 13.05.1568) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Dalzell (dau of Sir Robert Dalziel (Dalzell) of that ilk) | |||||||||||||||
| 5. | Patrick Hamilton of Hamilton (d 06.05.1599, bailie) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Wilson (d 09.1584, widow of Quintin Hamilton of Barncleuch) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Patrick Hamilton of Green (d 10.1651) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jean Hamilton (d by 1677) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Patrick Hamilton of Green (d 10.1662, bailie of Hamilton) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.06.1647) Jean Skene (a 02.1674, dau of James Skene of Edinburgh) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Patrick Hamilton of Green (d by 1696) | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Jean Hamilton | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1675) John Fleming of Balloch | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Anna Hamilton | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 30.11.16744) William Cleland, younger of Little Hanshaw | |||||||||||||||
| (3)+ | other issue - James (d young), daughter | ||||||||||||||
| b. | James Hamilton of Green (a 1717) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Bethia Baillie (d before 06.07.1697, dau of Alexander Baillie of Broadhurst, widow of John Cleland (brother of Lewis of Gartness)) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Patrick Hamilton of Green (a 1716) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Alexander Hamilton (a 1709) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (mcrt 20.03.1699) Jean Dennistoun (relict of John Brisbane of Barnhill) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | John Hamilton of Balloch (a 1709) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1707) Helen Sampson (dau of James Sampson) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Jean Hamilton | ||||||||||||||
| m. (02.03.1735) Robert Herron (cordiner) | |||||||||||||||
| d. | William Hamilton in Edinburgh (d before 1711, "underkeeper of Holyrood Palace") | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.1701) Elizabeth Halyburton (dau of Patrick Halyburton) | |||||||||||||||
| (1)+ | issue - James (d before 31.08.1730), William in Edinburgh (a 01.1755, bookseller) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | James Hamilton 'of Green' | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (c02.1648) Margaret Hamilton ## see here ## | |||||||||||||||
| a.+ | issue - James (b 28.09.1648), William (b 1649) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (mcrt 22/3.06.1657) Jean Hamilton (dau of James Hamilton, bailie of Arran) | |||||||||||||||
| partner unknown | |||||||||||||||
| c. | John Hamilton (b 1652) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Janet Hamilton | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Alexander | |||||||||||||||
| 6.? | Thomas Hamilton | ||||||||||||||
| 7. | Elizabeth Hamilton | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Dundas of Newliston | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s) (see here): 'HamiltonHistory' ('Neilsland (Parish of Hamilton)' (p611+) & 'Udstoun' (p860) & 'Green (Parish of Stonehouse)' (p408+)) with support from 'AndersonMemoirs' ('Neilsland', p325+), HJHeraldry (Hamilton, 'Nielsland', p87)
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