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Gavin HAMILTON 1520–1571 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1520

Birth Location: Cadzow Castle, South Lanarkshire, Scotland

Death Date: 28 Jun 1571

Death Location: Ardross, Fifeshire, Scotland

Father: Archibald Hamilton

Mother: Isabel Ogilvy

Spouse(s): Helen WALLACE, Jean Dishington

Children(s): Lady Hawkhead

In 1520, Gavin HAMILTON entered the world in Cadzow Castle, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, born to Archibald 5Th Laird Van Raploch Hamilton And Isabel Marion Ogilvy. Gavin HAMILTON married Helen Margaret Wallace, Jean Hamilton Formerly Dishington, and had children including Lady Jean Hamilton Of Hawkhead. Gavin HAMILTON passed away in 1571 in Ardross, Fifeshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1520, Gavin HAMILTON entered the world in Cadzow Castle, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, born to Archibald 5Th Laird Van Raploch Hamilton And Isabel Marion Ogilvy.
  • Gavin HAMILTON married Helen Margaret Wallace, Jean Hamilton Formerly Dishington, and had children including Lady Jean Hamilton Of Hawkhead.
  • Gavin HAMILTON passed away in 1571 in Ardross, Fifeshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Archibald Hamilton
1500–1561
Birth Location: Raploch, Ayrshire, Scotland
AH
Isabel Ogilvy
1508–1573
Birth Location: Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland
IO

Spouses(s)

Helen WALLACE
1525–1595
Birth Location: Craigie, Ayrshire, Scotland
HW
Jean Dishington
1547–1593
Birth Location: Ardross, Fifeshire, Scotland
JD

Children(s)

Lady Hawkhead
1571–1633
Birth Location: Ardross, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
LH

Gavin HAMILTON's Ancestors

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Gavin HAMILTON
1520–1571
Birth Place: Cadzow Castle, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Parents
Archibald 5th Laird van Raploch Hamilton
1500–1561
Raploch, Ayrshire, Scotland
Isabel (Marion) Ogilvy
1508–1573
Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Grandparents
James (II Hamilton Laird Van) Raploch
1477–1529
Brodick Castle, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Isabella) Isabel
1484–1544
Blackwood, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lord (James 11 Dunkeld) Ogilvy
1479–1524
Airlie, Angus, , Scotland
Isobel (Margaretha) Lindsay
1477–1553
Crawford, Lanarkshire, , Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Gavin HAMILTON's Descendants

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Gavin HAMILTON (1520–28 Jun 1571) m. Helen (Margaret) WALLACE (1525–12 Feb 1595) m. Jean (Hamilton formerly) Dishington (1547–1593)
  1. 1. Lady (Jean Hamilton of) Hawkhead 1571–1633 m. Lord (Sir Robert Ross IV Of) Hawkhead 1563–1595
    1. 1. XIX (- James ( Sir ) ( Lord ) -- Lord ( 6th ) of Halkhead -- Earl of Halkhead -- Ross - 1593 - WIP - (r)) (11:16) 1593–1633 m. Sara (( Lady ) -- Countess of Halkhead -- Syme ( Ross) ) 1595–1623 m. Lady (Margaret Scott, of) Buccleuch 1590–1651
      1. 1. Margaret (Ross co-heiress of Balneil) Ross 1623–1692 m. James (Viscount of Stair) Dalrymple 1619–1695
        1. 1. Sir (James) Dalrymple 1650–1720 m. Esther (Cunningham of) Killoch 1671–1700 m. Catherine Dundas 1660–1688 m. Jean (Halket Or) Gordon 1650–1731

Gavin HAMILTON's Timeline

2 Records

1520
1520
Birth of Gavin HAMILTON in Cadzow Castle, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Cadzow Castle, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
1571
28 Jun 1571
Age 51
Death of Gavin HAMILTON in Ardross, Fifeshire, Scotland
Ardross, Fifeshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1520
    Event Place: Cadzow Castle, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 Jun 1571
    Event Place: Ardross, Fifeshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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