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Claude Hamilton 1543–1621 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 9 June 1543

Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Death Date: 3 May 1621

Death Location: Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Father: James Arran

Mother: Margaret Douglas

Spouse(s): Margaret Seton

Children(s): James Paisley

Claude Hamilton was born in 1543 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, the child of James Hamilton 2Nd Earl Of Arran And Margaret Douglas. Claude Hamilton married Margaret Seton, and had children including James Hamilton 1St Earl Of Abercorn 2Nd Lord Paisley. Claude Hamilton passed away in 1621 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Claude Hamilton was born in 1543 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, the child of James Hamilton 2Nd Earl Of Arran And Margaret Douglas.
  • Claude Hamilton married Margaret Seton, and had children including James Hamilton 1St Earl Of Abercorn 2Nd Lord Paisley.
  • Claude Hamilton passed away in 1621 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Claude Hamilton's Ancestors

Self
Claude Hamilton
1543–1621
Birth Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Parents
James Hamilton 2nd Earl of Arran
1519–1575
Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Margaret Douglas
1515–1578
Harbotte Castle, Northumberland, England
Grandparents
James (Hamilton 1st Earl of) Arran
1476–1529
Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Bethune Beaton
1486–1529
Creich, Fife, , Scotland
Archibald (Douglas 6th Earl of) Angus
1489–1557
Abernethy, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
Margaret Tudor
1489–1541
Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England
Great-Grandparents
James Hamilton
1425–1479
Mary Stewart
1453–1488
George Douglas
1469–1513
Elizabeth Glamis
1472–1514
Henry Tudor
1457–1509
Elizabeth York
1465–1503
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Archibald Angus
1449–1513
Elizabeth Boyd
1450–1498
Edmund Tudor
1430–1456
Margaret Beaufort
1433–1509
King IV
1442–1483
Elizabeth Woodville
1437–1492

Claude Hamilton's Descendants

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Claude Hamilton (9 June 1543–3 May 1621) m. Margaret Seton (1554–10 Feb 1616)
  1. 1. James (Hamilton 1st Earl of Abercorn 2nd Lord) Paisley 1575–1618 m. Marion Boyd 1576–1632
    1. 1. Robert Hamilton 1595–1649 m. Isobel Uln 1598–1696
      1. 1. Annabel Hamilton 1615–1645 m. Andrew (Dugan) Campbell 1609–1689
        1. 1. Duncan Campbell 1645–1727 m. Mary McCoy 1648–1689

Claude Hamilton's Timeline

2 Records

1543
9 June 1543
Birth of Claude Hamilton in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
1621
3 May 1621
Age 78
Death of Claude Hamilton in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Schotland
Paisley, Renfrewshire, Schotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 9 June 1543
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI), Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 1899366
    [2] Millennium File
    [3] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    [4] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source: Historical and genealogical memoirs of the house of Hamilton

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 May 1621
    Event Place: Paisley, Renfrewshire, Schotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI), Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 1899366
    [2] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    [3] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

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