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William Hamilton 1512 – 1569 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: ABT 1512

Birth Location: Sanquhar, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 8 JAN 1569

Death Location: Sanquhar, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Alexander Hamilton

Mother: Marion Cuningham

Spouse(s): Katherine Kennedy, Catherine Kennedy

Children(s): Isabel Hamilton, Margaret Hamilton, William Hamilton, Bernard Hamilton, Betty Hamilton, Elizabeth Hamilton, Agnes Hamilton, John Hamilton, Margaret Hamilton, Margaret Hamilton

The story of William Hamilton began in 1512 in Sanquhar, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. William Hamilton married Katherine Kennedy, Catherine Kennedy, and had children including Isabel Hamilton, Margaret Hamilton, William Hamilton, Bernard Hamilton, Betty Hamilton, Elizabeth Hamilton, Agnes Hamilton, John Hamilton, Margaret Hamilton, Margaret Hamilton. William Hamilton passed away in 1569 in Sanquhar, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of William Hamilton began in 1512 in Sanquhar, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  • William Hamilton married Katherine Kennedy, Catherine Kennedy, and had children including Isabel Hamilton, Margaret Hamilton, William Hamilton, Bernard Hamilton, Betty Hamilton, Elizabeth Hamilton, Agnes Hamilton, John Hamilton, Margaret Hamilton, Margaret Hamilton.
  • William Hamilton passed away in 1569 in Sanquhar, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Alexander Hamilton
1475 – 1513
Birth Location: Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Marion Cuningham
1488 – 1508
Birth Location: Caprington Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Katherine Kennedy
1498 –
Birth Location: Cassilis, Maybole, Ayreshire, Scotland
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Catherine Kennedy
1510 – 1593
Birth Location: Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
CK

Children(s)

Isabel Hamilton
1529 – 1604
Birth Location: Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Margaret Hamilton
1526 –
Birth Location: Scotland, United Kingdom
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William Hamilton
1530 – 1580
Birth Location: Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Bernard Hamilton
1533 – 1553
Birth Location: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Betty Hamilton
1535 –
Birth Location: Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
BH
Elizabeth Hamilton
1536 – 1611
Birth Location: Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Agnes Hamilton
1545 –
Birth Location: London St Bartholomew by The Royal Exchange, City of London, England, United Kingdom
AH
John Hamilton
1548 – 1619
Birth Location: Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Margaret Hamilton
1550 – 1593
Birth Location: Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Margaret Hamilton
1557 – 1603
Birth Location: Scotland, United Kingdom
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William Hamilton's Ancestors

Self
William Hamilton
1512 – 1569
Birth Place: Sanquhar, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Alexander Hamilton
1475 – 1513
Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Marion Cuningham
1488 – 1508
Caprington Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Marion Maxwell
1455 – 1475
East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Adam Cunningham
1455 – 1506
Caprington Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Isabel Crawford
1471 – 1571
Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Margaret Borthwick
1430 – 1464
Adam Cuninghame
1410 – 1460
Catherine Wallace
1425 – 1515
Malcolm Crawford
1442 – 1499
Marjory Barclay
1445 – 1499
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Borthwick
1390 – 1458
Catherine Sinclair
1391 – 1462
Thomas Cunningham
1363 – 1407
Mrs. Cuninghame
1369 –
Duncan Wallace
John Craufurd
1421 – 1499
Margaret Galbraith
1420 – 1499
John Barclay

William Hamilton's Descendants

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William Hamilton (ABT 1512 – 8 JAN 1569) m. Katherine Kennedy (1498 – ) m. Catherine Kennedy (1510 – 14 MAR 1593)
  1. 1. Isabel Hamilton (1529 – 13 NOV 1604) m. George Seton (1531 – 8 JAN 1585)
    1. 1. Marchioness (Margaret Lyon of) Hamilton (1 JAN 1550 – 10 FEB 1616) m. Claud Hamilton (SEP 1543 – 3 MAY 1621)
      1. 1. 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)
        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 – )
    2. 2. Robert Seton (1552 – 22 MAR 1603) m. Margaret Montgomery (1565 – 9 APR 1624)
      1. 1. Hugh Montgomery (1573 – 1669) m. Ann Spilsby (1577 – 1670)
      2. 2. Margaret Seton (ABT 1575 – ) m. Robert Galbraith (ABT 1569 – BEF 5 FEB 1642)
      3. 3. Roger Skelton (1583 – 6 JUL 1609) m. Anne Maitland (ABT 1589 – 6 JUL 1609)
      4. 4. Thomas (Winton) Seton (1583 – )
      5. 5. Thomas Seton (1583 – 1603)
      6. 6. George Seton (DEC 1584 – 17 DEC 1650) m. Anna Hay (1592 – 13 FEB 1625)
        1. 1. Alexander (I Viscount of Kingston) Seton (ABT 1608 – 21 OCT 1691) m. Jean Fletcher (ABT 1612 – AUG 1651) m. Elisabeth Douglas (30 MAY 1632 – 1668) m. Margaret Douglas (ABT 1593 – 1660) m. Douglas (ABT 1651 – 12 OCT 1692) m. Margaret Douglas (1651 – 12 OCT 1692)
        2. 2. Anne Seton (18 DEC 1611 – AFT APR 1666) m. John Stewart (8 MAR 1623 – APR 1666) m. Male Stewart ( – 1666) m. John Stewart (8 MAR 1623 – APR 1666)
        3. 3. (Lord) (George) Seton (15 MAY 1613 – 17 DEC 1650) m. Henrietta Gordon (ABT 1615 – DEC 1650)
        4. 4. Christopher Seton (2 MAR 1617 – 30 JUN 1618)
        5. 5. Elizabeth Seton (24 DEC 1621 – 16 JUN 1650) m. William Keith (1612 – MAR 1671) m. Alexander Keith (ABT 1626 – 1652)
      7. 7. Robert Seton (1585 – 6 JUL 1609)
      8. 8. Alexander (Winton) Seton (1588 – 7 JAN 1660)
      9. 9. Alexander Montgomery (1588 – 7 JAN 1661) m. Anne Livingstone (1593 – 12 NOV 1632) m. Margaret Scott (1590 – 3 OCT 1651)
      10. 10. Alasdair Mongomery (1588 – 1661)
      11. 11. John Seton (1589 – JAN 1634)
      12. 12. Thomas Seton (ABT 1589 – )
      13. 13. Alexander Montgomery (ABT 1590 – 14 JAN 1661)
      14. 14. John (of St. Germans) Seton (ABT 1591 – ) m. Margaret Kellie (ABT 1599 – ) m. Sir (John SETON) Mrs
      15. 15. William Sempill (ABT 1592 – )
      16. 16. Isabel Seton (30 NOV 1593 – 2 NOV 1638) m. James Drummond (1580 – 11 DEC 1611) m. Francis Stewart (1578 – 1639)
      17. 17. Grizel Sempill (ABT 1595 – )
      18. 18. James Semphill (BEF 11 JUN 1618 – 1679)
    3. 3. Alexander Seton, (1555 – 16 JUN 1622) m. Lillias Drummond (ABT 1571 – 8 MAY 1601)
    4. 4. Jane Seton (1556 – 1604) m. Robert Andrews (1554 – 1598)
    5. 5. George Seton (1561 – MAR 1562)
    6. 6. William Seton (1562 – ABT 1620) m. Agnes Johnstone (1564 – ) m. Stirling (ABT 1567 – ) m. Michelle Thornton (ABT 1575 – ABT 1625)
    7. 7. John Seton (ABT 1562 – MAY 1594) m. Anna Forbes (30 SEP 1564 – )
  2. 2. Margaret Hamilton (1526 – )
  3. 3. William Hamilton (1530 – 31 MAR 1580)
  4. 4. Bernard Hamilton (1533 – 1553)
  5. 5. Betty Hamilton (1535 – )
  6. 6. Elizabeth Hamilton (1536 – JUN 1611)
  7. 7. Agnes Hamilton (ABT 1545 – ) m. William Stoddard (27 JUL 1546 – 26 NOV 1603)
  8. 8. John Hamilton (1548 – 1619)
  9. 9. Margaret Hamilton (1550 – APR 1593) m. Hugh Cunninghame (ABT 1548 – ) m. Gilbert Kennedy (1544 – )
  10. 10. Margaret Hamilton (ABT 1557 – ABT 1603) m. John Cairnes (ABT 1557 – 1603)

William Hamilton's Timeline

3 Records

1512
ABT 1512
Birth of William Hamilton in Sanquhar, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Sanquhar, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1569
8 JAN 1569
Age 57
Death of William Hamilton in Sanquhar, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Sanquhar, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
1569
JAN 1569
Age 57
Burial of William Hamilton in Sanquhar, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Sanquhar, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Title

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: ABT 1512
    Event Place: Sanquhar, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 JAN 1569
    Event Place: Sanquhar, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: JAN 1569
    Event Place: Sanquhar, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
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