'Hamilton17'
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Families covered: Hamilton of Ballygally, Hamilton of Bangor, Hamilton of Clanbrassill, Hamilton of Granshaw, Hamilton of Hamilton's Bawn (Baun), Hamilton of Killyleagh (Killlileagh), Hamilton of Monella
| Hans (John) Hamilton (b 1536, d 30.05.1608, vicar of Dunlop) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Janet or Margaret Denham (d 1628, dau of James Denham of Weshiels) named Janet by 'HamiltonHistory'& TCB ('Clandeboye') but Margaret by BLGI1912 | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sir James Hamilton of Killyleagh & Bangor, Viscount Clandeboye (Claneboye) (b c1559, d 24.01.1643/4) | ||||||||||||||
| The following is supported by TCB ('Clandeboye' & 'Clanbrassil') although the former shows James's wives as 1. Ursula Brabazon, 2. Alice Cook, 3. Jane Philips. | |||||||||||||||
| m1. Alice Penicuik | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Ursula Brabazon (d 1625, dau of Edward, Lord Brabazon (by Mary Smith), sister of 1st Earl of Meath) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. Jane Philips (dau of Sir John Philips, Bart of Picton) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Clanbrassill (b c1612, d 20.06.1639) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.1635) 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 (b 1626-7, dsps 12.01.1675, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| The next Earl of Clanbrassill, a kinsman below, obtained his earldom as a new creation. | |||||||||||||||
| m. (05.1667) Alice Moore d 1677, dau of Henry Moore, 1st Earl of Drogheda, m2. John Hamilton, 2rd Lord Bargeny) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | James Hamilton (b/d 1679) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Hans Hamilton (dsp 1669) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne | |||||||||||||||
| iii.+ | other issue - James (b 07.09.1642, d unm 08.05.1658), Jane (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Archibald Hamilton of Halcraig (Hallcraig), Lanarkshire (d before 06.07.1639) | ||||||||||||||
| This Archibald Hamilton of Halcraig is sometimes confused with another Archibald Hamilton of Halcraig. | |||||||||||||||
| m1. Margarey Symsoun (d 1608) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Jane (Jean) Hamilton | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Archibald Edmonstone of Braiden Island, of Redhall and Duntreath (d 1637) | |||||||||||||||
| We speculate that Jane was the 'Lady Duntreath' who also married ... | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sir William Mure of Rowallan (b c1594, d 1657) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (1612) Rachel Carmichael (dau of Walter Carmichael of Crawford) | |||||||||||||||
| C. | John Hamilton of Ballygrot, Ballyskelly & Halcraig (MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ West of Isla-a-Kail | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Jane Hamilton (d by 1722) | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Hogge (son of Lt. Col. John) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Rachel Hamilton | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Stevenson of Ballywooly | |||||||||||||||
| D. | James Hamilton'of Clintonclare' of Neilsbrook, later in co. Monaghan (b before 1623, d 1683, Captain) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1640) Agnes Kennedy (a 1683, dau of Sir Alexander Kennedy of Culzean) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Rose Hamilton (dsp before 10.1696) | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Fairlie (Captain) | |||||||||||||||
| 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) | |||||||||||||||
| E. | Gawen Hamilton of Killyleagh (b c1630, d 1703, 4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1683) Jane Hamilton (dau of Archibald Hamilton, minister of Armagh) | |||||||||||||||
| F. | Robert Hamilton (dsp before 1700, youngest son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Meredith (dau of Sir _ Meredith) | |||||||||||||||
| G. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Fairlie | |||||||||||||||
| H.+ | other issue - Archibald (Captain), William of Killyleagh (dsp unm 1716, WS), Hugh in Dublin, Janet | ||||||||||||||
| 3. | Gavin or Gawen Hamilton of Glasgow & Ballygally (a 1578) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Helen Dunlop | |||||||||||||||
| A. | (Sir) Archibald Hamilton, Bart? (d 1662, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| i.+ | 2 sons (d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | James Hamilton of Ballygally, later in Dumfries (b c1601, d 1666, minister) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Elizabeth Watson (dau of Rev. David Watson of Killeavy) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Archibald Hamilton (d 1699, minister) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Kennedy (dau of Hugh Kennedy of Cultra) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | James Hamilton of Derryboy (d 1718/9) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Hamilton (dau of Robert Hamilton of Killileagh) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Archibald Hamilton of Ballynochan (d 1741) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1736) Alice Lambert (dau of Robert Lambert of Drumlady) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Robert Hamilton of Hill of Hills & The Curragh, co. Kildare (b 1737, d 1814) | ||||||||||||||
| m. May Harrison of Liverpool | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Archibald Robert Hamilton (b 1778, d 1857, minister) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1815) Jane Cotter (dau of John Cotter) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Emily Hamilton | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Dennis | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Mary Hamilton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Cunninghame | |||||||||||||||
| (C)+ | other issue - Ursula, Jane | ||||||||||||||
| (2)+ | other issue - Robert, Anne | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Hugh Hamilton | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Jane Hamilton | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1683) Gawain Hamilton of Liswine & Killileagh | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | William Hamilton in co. Armagh possibly fits here | ||||||||||||||
| The following comes from 'HamiltonHistory' ('Montreal', p1065+). | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Hamilton | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Bulmer of Brookfield, Nova Scotia | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Robert Hamilton (d 12.1814) had issue in Nova Scotia | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1757) Agnes Ferguson (b 1739, d 1835) | |||||||||||||||
| c.+ | other issue - Hans (had issue in Nova Scotia), 6 sons, 2 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Jean Hamilton | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1643) Archibald Hamilton (minister of Wigtown & Bangor, cousin, of Granshaw family) @1@ below | |||||||||||||||
| iv.+ | other issue- Mary, Elizabeth, 11 others (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (before 1653) Anna Pringle (bur 05.09.1691, dau of Sir James Pringle of Gallashiels, widow of William Inglis) | |||||||||||||||
| C.+ | other issue - Richard (a 1615), Rachel, Helen, Jane | ||||||||||||||
| 4. | John Hamilton of Monella (later called Hamilton's Bawn, co. Armagh) & Coronary (co. Cavan) (b c1576, d 04.12.1639, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1617) Sarah Brabazon (dau of Sir Anthony Brabazon of Ballinasloe) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir Hans Hamilton, Bart of Monella (Hamilton's Bawn) (b 1620, d 14.02.1681, Lt. Colonel, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Magdalen Trevor (d 1680, dau of Sir Edward Trevor of Rose Trevor) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sarah Hamilton (dvp c1680) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Robert Hamilton, 1st Bart of Mount Hamilton (d 1703) | |||||||||||||||
| ii.+ | other issue (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | James Hamilton of Baillieborough, co. Cavan (b c1610, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1639) Jane Baillie (dau of William Baillie, Bishop of Clonfert) | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Francis Hamilton of Tullybreck (Tullybrick or Tullybreech, aka Middletown, co. Armagh) & Cran (co. Cavan) (d before 07.11.1705) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Echlin (dau of John Echlin, granddau of Robert, Bishop of Down) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Hans Hamilton of Cavanduggan & Frankfort (d 1727, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Morris | |||||||||||||||
| a. | James Hamilton of Rock Hamilton (d c1736, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary | |||||||||||||||
| (1)+ | issue - Magdalene, Esther, Rebecca, Anne, Mary | ||||||||||||||
| b.+ | other issue - Robert of Ballee & Frankfort (a 1761, dsp, MP), John, Mary, Elizabeth, Margaret | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | James Hamilton of Tullybrick (b 1675/6, d 1729/30, rector) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1708) Anne Waring (possibly dau of William Waring of Warringstown) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Francis Hamilton (b 1709, d c1783, vicar of Dundalk, Treasurer of Armagh) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sarah Waring (dau of Samuel Waring of Warringstown, widow of Montague Lambert) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Catherine Hamilton | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Elizabeth Hamilton | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1732) Paul Read (rector of Leckpatrick) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Jane Leslie (d 1740/1, dau of Rev. Charles Leslie, Chancellor of Connor) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Robert Hamilton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Isabella Hamilton (d before 1701, d before (John?) Hamilton of Caledon) | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Archibald Hamilton (d before 22.09.1712, Lt. Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
| D. | Mary Hamilton | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1647) James Traill of Tallachin (b 10.12.1597/1600, d 18.05.1663, Colonel) | |||||||||||||||
| E.+ | other issue (d unm) - Anthony, Ursula, Jane, Elinor (d 1639) | ||||||||||||||
| 5. | William Hamilton of Newcastle & Bangor (d 1627) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Melville (a 1627, 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 of Ballygrot (dsp, Captain, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Echlin | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Hans Hamilton of Carnysure, co. Down (d 28.12.1655, Captain) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Kennedy (sister of David Kennedy of Killearn) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | James Hamilton of Carnesure (b 1654, d before 10.08.1691) | ||||||||||||||
| 'HamiltonHistory' & BE1883 identify James's wife as Christian, daughter of William Hamilton of Erinagh, but TCP (Desart) identifies her as ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. Christian Hamilton (d by 1692, dau of James Hamilton of Tollymore) @2@ below | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Margaret Hamilton (dsps 1749) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (02.09.1707) John Cuffe, Lord Desart (b 1683, d 26.06.1749) | |||||||||||||||
| b.+ | other issue (dsp) - Christian, Anne | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | William Hamilton of Carnesure | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Jane Hamilton (b c1652, d 1689) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1681) Hugh Montgomery | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Ursula Hamilton | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Ross of Banor 'of Portavo' | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Mary Ross probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Hugh Hamilton of Ballybrenagh (d 16.11.1728) | |||||||||||||||
| v.+ | other issue (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| D. | William Hamilton of Erinagh (d 26.01.1680 (sb 1686?), Captain) | ||||||||||||||
| BE1883 shows William m1. Ellen (dau of Phelim Magennis, mother of James & Elinor), m2. Christian (dau of Joselin Ussher (son of Mark, son of Henry, Archbishop of Armagh), mother of Joselin & Christian). We follow 'HamiltonHistory'. | |||||||||||||||
| m1. Christian Ussher (dau of Henry Usher) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Ellen Magennis (dau of Bryan Magennis of Tullimore) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | James Hamilton of Tullymore, Governor of co Down (b 1651, d 05.1700, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Mordaunt (da 12.1705, au of John Mordaunt, 1st Viscount of Avalon) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | James Hamilton of Tullimore, 1st Earl of Clanbrassill (b 1690, d 17.03.1758, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| 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(s) 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/Carey (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Jocelyn/Joselin Hamilton of Erinagh (b 1664, sp 1689/90) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Elinor Hamilton | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Matthews | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Christian Hamilton (d 1691/2) | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Hamilton (son of Captain Hans of Cairnysure, cousin) @2@ above | |||||||||||||||
| m3. ?? | |||||||||||||||
| E. | Ursula Hamilton | ||||||||||||||
| 6. | Patrick Hamilton of Granshaw (b c1581, d 1640, minister of Innerwick (Inveresk?)) | ||||||||||||||
| The following is supported by 'HamiltonHistory' ('Granshaw, Co. Down', p955+). | |||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 28.09.1608) Elspeth (Elizabeth) Glen (dau of Robert Glen of Inschkerrie) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | James Hamilton (dsp before 06.05.1668, parson of Hollywood then of Dujndonald, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Echlin | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Alexander Hamilton of Granshaw (a 04.1696, d before 13.11.1700, Captain) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Reading | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Patrick Hamilton of Granshaw (d 13.08.1700) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Leslie or Lettice Norris (dau of Tobias Norris (sb Morris?) of co. Down) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Patrick Hamilton (b 1685, d 1749/50, rector of Killileagh) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Collier (dau of Rev. Isaac Collier of Armagh) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | James Hamilton of Mount Collier (b 1732, d 1796) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1761) Anne Matthews (d 1803, dau of Edward Matthews of Newcastle, co. Down) | |||||||||||||||
| (2)+ | other issue - Isaac (b 1726, a 1744), Thomas (b/d 1729), Somerset Butler (b 14730, d 1746/7), John (b 1731), Margaret (b 1723), Letitia (b/d 1725), Mary Angelica (b 1726, d 1728), Sophia (b 1728, d 1729), Jane (b 1732/3) | ||||||||||||||
| b.+ | other issue - James (d unm), Barbara, Eliza, Lettice, Mary, Sophia, Alice (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Mary Hamilton | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Stewart of Tullynakill | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Elizabeth Hamilton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Philip Wilkinson (Captain) | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Archibald Hamilton (b 1619, d 29.06.1695, minister of Sorbie, later of Bangour & Wigtown) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.12.1643) Jean Hamilton (dau of Rev. James Hamilton of Edinburgh, granddau of Gavin Hamilton of Ballygally) @1@ above | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John Hamilton (b 1651, d 1702, minister of Cramond then Old Greyfriars in Edinburgh) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1673) Ann Rainalds (b c1648, d 1692) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Jean Hamilton | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1699) Henry Hathorn of Edinburgh & Aries | |||||||||||||||
| b.+ | other issue - Archibald (dvp), William (d 1685) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (1696) Jean Blair (d 1697, dau of Rev. Peter Blair of Jedburgh) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. (1698) Maybell Campbell (dau of Hew Campbell of Donaghadee) | |||||||||||||||
| m4. (c05.1701) Elizabeth Cuninghame (dau of Henry Cuninghame of Carlung) | |||||||||||||||
| Not clear which wife was mother of .... | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Dorothy Hamilton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Philip Mair of Bellcleuch | |||||||||||||||
| e.+ | other issue - child (d 1698), James of Ballinkeighley, co. Down (d by 1703) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Archibald Hamilton in Wycombe (Buckinghamshire), later in Glasgow (b c1647, d 1709, minister of Corstorphine) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (24.03.1693/94) Sarah Wynne (d 1724, dau of Capt. William Wynne) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sarah Hamilton (b c1695, d 1775) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (10.1715) John Taylor | |||||||||||||||
| m2. John Kenrick (minister in Wrexham) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Henry Hamilton (a 1700, minister of Kilgour or Falkland, later of Currie then Donaghadee) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Esther Stewart (dau of Rev. Andrew Stewart of Donaghadee) | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Mary Hamilton | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Kelso of Kelsoland | |||||||||||||||
| v.+ | other issue (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| D.+ | other issue - John in Ireland, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| 7. | Jean Hamilton | -- | |||||||||||||
| m. William Mure, 2nd of Glanderston (d 1640) | -- | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s) (see here): 'HamiltonHistory' ('Killileagh, Co. Down' (p983+) & 'Ballygally' (p906+) & 'Holm-Patrick, Co. Down' (p968+) & 'Newcastle, Co. Down', p1020+)) with some support from BE1883 ('Hamilton of Clanbrassill') and further input/support from as reported above
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