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Margaret Hamilton 1585 – 1623 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1585

Birth Location: Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 11 SEP 1623

Death Location: Douglas Castle, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Claud Hamilton

Mother: Marchioness Hamilton

Spouse(s): William Douglas

Children(s): Jean Douglas, Archibald Douglas, Margaret Douglas, James Douglas, William Hamilton

Margaret Hamilton was born in 1585 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Claud Hamilton and Marchioness Margaret Lyon of Hamilton. Margaret Hamilton married William Douglas, and had children including Jean Douglas, Archibald Douglas, Margaret Douglas, James Douglas, William Douglas Hamilton. Margaret Hamilton passed away in 1623 in Douglas Castle, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Margaret Hamilton was born in 1585 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Claud Hamilton and Marchioness Margaret Lyon of Hamilton.
  • Margaret Hamilton married William Douglas, and had children including Jean Douglas, Archibald Douglas, Margaret Douglas, James Douglas, William Douglas Hamilton.
  • Margaret Hamilton passed away in 1623 in Douglas Castle, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Claud Hamilton
1543 – 1621
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Marchioness Hamilton
1550 – 1616
Birth Location: Seton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

William Douglas
1589 – 1660
Birth Location: Huntly, Scotland, United Kingdom
WD

Children(s)

Jean Douglas
1602 – 1669
Birth Location: Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
JD
Archibald Douglas
1609 – 1655
Birth Location: Dumfries-shire, Scotland
AD
Margaret Douglas
1611 – 1659
Birth Location: Logie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
MD
James Douglas
1618 – 1645
Birth Location: Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
JD
William Hamilton
1630 –
Birth Location: Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
WH

Margaret Hamilton's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Hamilton
1585 – 1623
Birth Place: Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Claud Hamilton
1543 – 1621
Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Marchioness (Margaret Lyon of) Hamilton
1550 – 1616
Seton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
James Hamilton
1515 – 1575
Raploch, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaret Douglas
1511 – 1579
Morton Castle, Dumfries, Dumfries, Scotland
George Seton
1531 – 1585
Tranent, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Isabel Hamilton
1529 – 1604
Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
James Hamilton
1470 – 1529
Janet Bethune
1486 – 1522
James Douglas
1484 – 1548
Catherine Stewart
1491 – 1554
George Montgomerie
1500 – 1549
Elizabeth Hay
1510 – 1562
William Hamilton
1512 – 1569
Katherine Kennedy
1498 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Hamilton
1415 – 1479
Mary Stewart
1453 – 1488
David Bethune
1466 – 1505
Janet Duddingston
1467 – 1541
John Douglas
1459 – 1513
Janet Crichton
1461 – 1515
George Seton
1481 – 1513
Janet Hepburn
1485 – 1558
John Haye
1426 – 1508
Elizabeth Cunningham
1439 – 1529
Alexander Hamilton
1475 – 1513
Marion Cuningham
1488 – 1508
David Cassilis
1462 – 1513
Agnes Borthwick
1465 – 1516

Margaret Hamilton's Descendants

1.
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Margaret Hamilton (1585 – 11 SEP 1623) m. William Douglas (1589 – 19 FEB 1660)
  1. 1. Jean Douglas (1602 – 1669) m. John Hamilton (1604 – APR 1658)
    1. 1. Margaret Hamilton (ABT 1627 – )
    2. 2. Grisel( (Grissell)) Hamilton (ABT 1629 – 1678)
    3. 3. Anne Hamilton (1630 – 12 MAR 1678) m. Patrick Houston (ABT 1626 – 1696)
    4. 4. Marjory Hamilton (ABT 1630 – ) m. William Baillie (ABT 1638 – )
    5. 5. Maj (William) Hamilton (ABT 1631 – ) m. Mary Hay (ABT 1652 – )
    6. 6. Sir (John) Hamilton (1632 – 15 MAY 1693) m. Margaret Cunningham (1635 – 1675) m. Alice Moore (ABT 1646 – 1677)
    7. 7. Catharine Hamilton (ABT 1632 – ) m. William Cuninghame (ABT 1643 – )
    8. 8. Margaret Hamilton (ABT 1634 – )
    9. 9. Margaret Hamilton (1635 – 28 MAR 1671) m. John Kennedy (ABT 1612 – 1665) m. David Ogilvy (ABT 1633 – AFT 1682)
    10. 10. William Hambleton (1636 – 10 OCT 1677) m. Sarah Watkins (ABT 1636 – )
      1. 1. William Hambleton (ABT 1663 – 24 JUL 1725) m. Margaret Sherwood (ABT 1663 – 10 OCT 1755)
        1. 1. Mary Hambleton (ABT 1689 – ABT 1760) m. Alexander Grant (1684 – )
        2. 2. Elizabeth Hambleton (ABT 1690 – ) m. Ninian Beall (1686 – 18 MAY 1742)
        3. 3. John Hambleton (1694 – 1773) m. Mary Studham (1698 – 1737)
        4. 4. William Hambleton (1695 – 1741) m. Ester Leeds (1697 – )
        5. 5. Phillemon Hambleton (ABT 1698 – SEP 1757) m. Sarah (ABT 1680 – )
        6. 6. Sarah Hambleton (ABT 1699 – ) m. Robert Dawson (1698 – )
        7. 7. Frances Hambleton (ABT 1700 – ) m. John Camperson (ABT 1700 – )
        8. 8. Lucy Hambleton (1701 – ) m. Philemon Skinner (2 DEC 1701 – 1762)
        9. 9. Katherine Hambleton (21 DEC 1701 – ) m. Charles Spencer (ABT 1700 – 1762)
        10. 10. Margaret Hambleton (1703 – ) m. Cooper
      2. 2. Samuel Hambleton (1665 – 1694) m. Samuel Hambelton (ABT 1665 – )
      3. 3. Philemon Hambleton (ABT 1666 – 1757) m. Sarah Sherwood (30 NOV 1725 – ) m. Sarah Sherwood m. Sarah Sherwood (6 JAN 1744/1745 – )
      4. 4. John Hambleton (1667 – 1716) m. Elizabeth
      5. 5. Frances Hambleton (ABT 1668 – 11 JAN 1708)
      6. 6. Edward Hambleton (ABT 1671 – 1716) m. Elizabeth Quinton (ABT 1673 – ) m. <Living> m. Mary m. Elizabeth Wuinton m. Mary Hambleton (ABT 1675 – ) m. Elizabeth
      7. 7. Mary Hambleton (1675 – )
  2. 2. Archibald Douglas (1609 – 16 APR 1655) m. Anne Stuart (23 NOV 1614 – 16 AUG 1646)
  3. 3. Margaret Douglas (1611 – 1 JAN 1659)
  4. 4. James Douglas (1618 – 21 OCT 1645) m. Mary Hamilton (1620 – )
  5. 5. William (Douglas) Hamilton (ABT 1630 – ) m. Anne ([possibly Scott] Hamblin or) Hamlin (ABT 1610 – 1690) m. Ann Hamilton (ABT 1636 – ) m. Anne Hamilton (6 JAN 1632 – 17 OCT 1716) m. Mary Erskine (21 NOV 1639 – ) m. Ann (ABT 1608/1610 – ABT 1690) m. Anna Shawe (1632 – 9 DEC 1663) m. William Douglas (ABT 1615 – )

Margaret Hamilton's Timeline

3 Records

1585
1585
Birth of Margaret Hamilton in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1623
11 SEP 1623
Age 38
Death of Margaret Hamilton in Douglas Castle, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Douglas Castle, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1623
11 SEP 1623
Age 38
Burial of Margaret Hamilton in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Title

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1585
    Event Place: Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 SEP 1623
    Event Place: Douglas Castle, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 11 SEP 1623
    Event Place: Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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