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Alexander Hamilton, Captain of Dumbertane Castle 1540 – 1658 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1540

Birth Location: Grange, Banffshire, Scotland

Death Date: 12 Mar 1658

Death Location: Grange, Banffshire, Scotland

Father: David Grange

Mother: Maria Campbell

Spouse(s): Lady Crawford

Children(s): Lady Hamilton***

Alexander Hamilton, Captain of Dumbertane Castle was born in 1540 in Grange, Banffshire, Scotland, the child of David Hamilton of Ladieton & Grange and Maria Campbell. Alexander Hamilton, Captain of Dumbertane Castle married Lady Agnes Margaret Crawford, and had children including Lady Margaretha Hamilton***. Alexander Hamilton, Captain of Dumbertane Castle passed away in 1658 in Grange, Banffshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Alexander Hamilton, Captain of Dumbertane Castle was born in 1540 in Grange, Banffshire, Scotland, the child of David Hamilton of Ladieton & Grange and Maria Campbell.
  • Alexander Hamilton, Captain of Dumbertane Castle married Lady Agnes Margaret Crawford, and had children including Lady Margaretha Hamilton***.
  • Alexander Hamilton, Captain of Dumbertane Castle passed away in 1658 in Grange, Banffshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

David Grange
1521 – 1590
Birth Location: Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland
DG
Maria Campbell
1522 – 1544
Birth Location: Calder, Lanarkshire, Scotland
MC

Spouses(s)

Lady Crawford
1542 – 1658
Birth Location: Dumfries House, Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
LC

Children(s)

Lady Hamilton***
1558 – 1609
Birth Location: Innerwick, Dunbartonshire, , Scotland
LH

Alexander Castle's Ancestors

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Alexander Castle
1540 – 1658
Birth Place: Grange, Banffshire, Scotland
Parents
David Hamilton of Ladieton & Grange
1521 – 1590
Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Maria Campbell
1522 – 1544
Calder, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Grandparents
John (L) Hamilton
1500 – 1544
Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Princess (Jeanette "JANET" "The Beautiful Scotswoman" Stewart, Lady of Edinburgh & Fleming, Baroness of Fleming &) Biggar,
1502 – 1562
Edinburgh Castle, Midlothian, Scotland
Sir (Knight John Campbell, Lord Caulder, 5th Laird of Glenorchy, Lord of) Thane
1510 – 1546
Castle Campbell, Argyll, Scotland
Isabel Hay
1505 – 1601
Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Margaret Stewart
1500 – 1529
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Alexander Castle's Descendants

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Alexander (Hamilton, Captain of Dumbertane) Castle (1540 – 12 Mar 1658) m. Lady (Agnes Margaret) Crawford (1542 – 12 Mar 1658)
  1. 1. Lady (Margaretha) Hamilton*** (1558 – 03 Jul 1609)
    1. 1. Christian Murray (16 Jan 1595 – bef 1677) m. William (Frederick (William Lord of Dawyck Veitch)) Veitch (Abt 1594 – 1654)
      1. 1. Margaret (Kerr) Veitch (1620 – 23 January 1670) m. William Laidlaw (21 Sep 1617 – 1670)
        1. 1. Margaret Laidlaw (1662 – 11 Apr 1750) m. Walter Grieve (11 June 1672 – 28 February 1709)

Alexander Castle's Timeline

6 Records

1540
1540
Birth of Alexander Hamilton, Captain of Dumbertane Castle in Grange, Banffshire, Scotland
Grange, Banffshire, Scotland
1558
1558/1565
Age 18
Alexander Hamilton, Captain of Dumbertane Castle was married in Grange, Banffshire, Scotland
Grange, Banffshire, Scotland
1565
22 Apr 1565
Age 25
Alexander Hamilton, Captain of Dumbertane Castle was married in Grange, Banffshire, , Scotland
Grange, Banffshire, , Scotland
1590
1590
Age 50
Alexander Hamilton, Captain of Dumbertane Castle was married in Scotland
Scotland
1623
22 Apr 1623 (73, when he got married???) or 1565
Age 83
Alexander Hamilton, Captain of Dumbertane Castle was married in Grange Kilmarnok, Ayr, Scotland,
Grange Kilmarnok, Ayr, Scotland,
1658
12 Mar 1658
Age 118
Death of Alexander Hamilton, Captain of Dumbertane Castle in Grange, Banffshire, Scotland
Grange, Banffshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1540
    Event Place: Grange, Banffshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 22 Apr 1623 (73, when he got married???) or 1565
    Event Place: Grange Kilmarnok, Ayr, Scotland,

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1558/1565
    Event Place: Grange, Banffshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 22 Apr 1565
    Event Place: Grange, Banffshire, , Scotland

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1590
    Event Place: Scotland

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Ayr, Lanark, & Stirling: - The commissariot record of Glasgow Register of testamenis, 1547-1800

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Grange Kilmarnok, Ayr, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Grange, Ayr, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 Mar 1658
    Event Place: Grange, Banffshire, Scotland
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