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Rev James Hamilton 1605 – 1666 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 Nov 1605

Birth Location: Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland

Death Date: 10 Mar 1666

Death Location: Neilsland Hamilton, Stirling, Scotland

Father: Thomas, Hamilton

Mother: Margaretha Foulis

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Rev James Hamilton was born in 1605 in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland, the child of Thomas, Lord Drumcairn, Earl of Melrose, 1st Earl of Haddington, Hamilton and Margaretha Foulis. Rev James Hamilton passed away in 1666 in Neilsland Hamilton, Stirling, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Rev James Hamilton was born in 1605 in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland, the child of Thomas, Lord Drumcairn, Earl of Melrose, 1st Earl of Haddington, Hamilton and Margaretha Foulis.
  • Rev James Hamilton passed away in 1666 in Neilsland Hamilton, Stirling, Scotland.

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Rev Hamilton's Ancestors

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Rev Hamilton
1605 – 1666
Birth Place: Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
Parents
Thomas, Lord Drumcairn, Earl of Melrose, 1st Earl of Haddington, Hamilton
1563 – 1637
Prestfield, Mid-Lothian, Schotland, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaretha Foulis
1580 – 1609
Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
Grandparents
Thomas (Hamilton Liard van) Priestfield
1540 – 1610
Priestfield, Renfrewshire, Schotland
Elisabeth Murray
1540 – 1612
Gladsmuir, Haddingtonshire, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
SCOT (Sir James Foulis, Lord) Colinton
1539 – 1599
Colinton, Mid-Lothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Hamilton
1507 – 1547
Elisabeth Leslie
1510 – 1600
Sir Colinton
1513 – 1578
Margaret Gleneagles
1515 – 1578
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Margaret Erskine
1496 – 1572

Rev Hamilton's Timeline

2 Records

1605
3 Nov 1605
Birth of Rev James Hamilton in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
1666
10 Mar 1666
Age 61
Death of Rev James Hamilton in Neilsland Hamilton, Stirling, Scotland
Neilsland Hamilton, Stirling, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 Nov 1605
    Event Place: Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Mar 1666
    Event Place: Neilsland Hamilton, Stirling, Scotland

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