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James Hamilton 1515 – 1575 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 January 1515

Birth Location: Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland

Death Date: 22 January 1575

Death Location: Bo'ness, Falkirk, Scotland

Father: James Hamilton

Mother: Isabel Hamilton

Spouse(s):

Children(s):

James Hamilton IV was born in 1515 in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, the child of James Hamilton and Isabel Hamilton. James Hamilton IV passed away in 1575 in Bo'ness, Falkirk, Scotland.

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Biography

  • James Hamilton IV was born in 1515 in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, the child of James Hamilton and Isabel Hamilton.
  • James Hamilton IV passed away in 1575 in Bo'ness, Falkirk, Scotland.

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James Hamilton's Ancestors

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James Hamilton
1515 – 1575
Birth Place: Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Parents
James Hamilton
1474 – 1529
Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Isabel Hamilton
1500 – 1544
Blackwood, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Thomas Boyd
1441 – 1473
Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland
Mary Stewart
1453 – 1488
Stirling, Stirling, Scotland
Lord (James) Weir
1483 – 1550
Blackwood, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Ephemia Hamilton
1483 –
Preston Tower, Prestonpans, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Robert Boyd
1425 – 1482
Mariota Boyd
1430 – 1473
James II
1430 – 1460
Mary Guelders
1432 – 1463
2nd-Great-Grandparents

James Hamilton's Timeline

2 Records

1515
15 January 1515
Birth of James Hamilton IV in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
1575
22 January 1575
Age 60
Death of James Hamilton IV in Bo'ness, Falkirk, Scotland
Bo'ness, Falkirk, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 January 1515
    Event Place: Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 January 1575
    Event Place: Bo'ness, Falkirk, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Bo'ness, Falkirk, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

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