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Earl Gavin 2nd of Orbieston Hamilton 1512–1571 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1512

Birth Location: Isle of Arran, Firth of Clyde, Buteshire, Scotland

Death Date: 28 June 1571

Death Location: Stirling, Stirling, Scotland

Father: James Hamilton

Mother: Lady Weir

Spouse(s): Helena Wallace

Children(s): Lord Hamiltoun, Elizabeth Hamilton, Isabel Orbieston, Janet Hamilton

The story of Earl Gavin 2nd of Orbieston Hamilton began in 1512 in Isle of Arran, Firth of Clyde, Buteshire, Scotland. Earl Gavin 2nd of Orbieston Hamilton married Helena Margaret Wallace, and had children including Elizabeth Isabel Hamilton, Isabel Hamilton Orbieston, Janet Hamilton, Lord William Mcclonochane Abercorn Hamiltoun. Earl Gavin 2nd of Orbieston Hamilton passed away in 1571 in Stirling, Stirling, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Earl Gavin 2nd of Orbieston Hamilton began in 1512 in Isle of Arran, Firth of Clyde, Buteshire, Scotland.
  • Earl Gavin 2nd of Orbieston Hamilton married Helena Margaret Wallace, and had children including Elizabeth Isabel Hamilton, Isabel Hamilton Orbieston, Janet Hamilton, Lord William Mcclonochane Abercorn Hamiltoun.
  • Earl Gavin 2nd of Orbieston Hamilton passed away in 1571 in Stirling, Stirling, Scotland.

Immediate Family

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Earl Hamilton's Ancestors

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Earl Hamilton
1512–1571
Birth Place: Isle of Arran, Firth of Clyde, Buteshire, Scotland
Parents
James Hamilton
1475–1531
Raploch, Lanarkshire, , Scotland
Lady (Isabella) Weir
1484–1544
Blackwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Earl Hamilton's Descendants

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Earl (Gavin 2nd of Orbieston) Hamilton (1512–28 June 1571) m. Helena (Margaret) Wallace (1512–25 May 1596)
  1. 1. Lord (William McClonochane Abercorn) Hamiltoun 1528–1558 m. Lady (Barbara M) Hamilton 1533–1577
    1. 1. Lady, (Jean "Jane or Johanna" Fleming) Maitland 1554–1595 m. John (Maitland 1st Lord of) Thurlestane 1537–1595 m. John (Earl of) Cassillis m. John Kennedy 1575–1615
      1. 1. Thomas Maitland 1593–1637 m. Margaret (Elizabeth) Durrie 1593–1633 m. Margaret Melvill –1633
        1. 1. Issobell Maitland 1626–1687 m. William Johnstone 1625–1673
        2. 2. Sir (William) Johnson 1572–1671
        3. 3. Isabel Maitland 1626–1686
      2. 2. John Maitland 1585–1645
    2. 2. Thomas Fleming 1556–
    3. 3. John (Fleming) III 1554–1609
    4. 4. Mary Fleming 1542–1609
    5. 5. James Fleming 1869–1949
    6. 6. Elizabeth Fleming 1881–
    7. 7. Jean Fleming 1554–1609
  2. 2. Elizabeth (Isabel) Hamilton 1533–1596 m. James (Dunlop (Laird of the estate of Dunlop called) Hunthall) 1528–1596
    1. 1. James Dunlop 1574–1617
    2. 2. Margaret (Helen) Dunlop 1573–1625
  3. 3. Isabel (Hamilton) Orbieston 1562–1590
  4. 4. Janet Hamilton 1536–1574

Earl Hamilton's Timeline

2 Records

1512
1512
Birth of Earl Gavin 2nd of Orbieston Hamilton in Isle of Arran, Firth of Clyde, Buteshire, Scotland
Isle of Arran, Firth of Clyde, Buteshire, Scotland
1571
28 June 1571
Age 59
Death of Earl Gavin 2nd of Orbieston Hamilton in Orbiston, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Orbiston, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1512
    Event Place: Isle of Arran, Firth of Clyde, Buteshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 June 1571
    Event Place: Orbiston, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Stirling, Stirling, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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