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James HAMILTON, 1st Earl of Arran

Male Abt 1475 - 1529  (54 years)


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  1. 1.  James HAMILTON, 1st Earl of Arran was born about 1475; died on 22 Jul 1529.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation / Profession: - Lieutenant General of Kingdom of Scotland - Warden of the Marches
    • Event: Obtained lordship of Bothwell on its forfeiture by the Earl of Angus.
    • Title: From 6 Nov 1479 to 22 Jul 1529; 2nd Lord Hamilton [Scotland. 1445]
    • Event: 11 Aug 1503; Obtained a charter of the lands and earldom of Arran to himself and his hers males in failure of which they were to revert to the Crown.
    • Title: From 11 Aug 1503 to 22 Jul 1529; 1st Earl of Arran [Scotland. 1503]
    • Occupation / Profession: 1513; Admiral of Scotland
    • Occupation / Profession: 1517; A Lord of the Regency

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Elizabeth HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point

    Family/Spouse: Beatrice DRUMMOND. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Margaret HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point

    James married Elizabeth HOME on 28 Apr 1490, and was divorced on 16 Nov 1504. Elizabeth was born in Date of birth unknown; died in 1544. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    James married Janet BEATON on 23 Nov 1516. Janet (daughter of Sir David BEATON, of Creich, Fifeshire) was born in Date of birth unknown; died about 1522. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. James HAMILTON, 1st Duke of Châtellerault and 2nd Earl of Arran  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1519; died on 22 Jan 1574/5.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Elizabeth HAMILTON Descendancy chart to this point (1.James1)

  2. 3.  Margaret HAMILTON Descendancy chart to this point (1.James1)

  3. 4.  James HAMILTON, 1st Duke of Châtellerault and 2nd Earl of Arran Descendancy chart to this point (1.James1) was born about 1519; died on 22 Jan 1574/5.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Title: From 22 Jul 1529 to 22 Jan 1574; 2nd Earl of Arran [Scotland. 1503], 3rd Lord Hamilton [Scotland. 1445]
    • Occupation / Profession: Between 1542 and 1557; Guardian to Mary, Queen of Scots and Governor of the Realm during latter's minority.
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1542 to 1554; Regent of Scotland
    • Event: 13 Mar 1542/3; Declared Heir Presumptive to the Crown.
    • Honor: 1548; Order of St. Michael (France)
    • Title: From 8 Feb 1548 to 22 Jan 1574; Duke of Châtellerault [France. 1548] - created by King Henry II of France, in Poitou, with a pension, to win his consent to the match between Mary, Queen of Scots and the Dauphin of France.

    James married Margaret DOUGLAS on 23 Sep 1532. Margaret was born in Date of birth unknown; died in 1579. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. Barbara HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 6. Claud HAMILTON, 1st Lord Paisley  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1542; died on 3 May 1621.


Generation: 3

  1. 5.  Barbara HAMILTON Descendancy chart to this point (4.James2, 1.James1)

  2. 6.  Claud HAMILTON, 1st Lord Paisley Descendancy chart to this point (4.James2, 1.James1) was born about 1542; died on 3 May 1621.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation / Profession: He also enjoyed the offices of Dean of Dunbar, Canon of Glasgow and Prebendary of Cambuslaug.
    • Occupation / Profession: 1553; Lay Abbot of Paisley
    • Event: 5 Dec 1553; By a papal bull, he was appointed Commendator of the Abbey of Paisly by Pope Julius III on the resignation of his uncle John Hamilton, a natural son of the 1st Earl of Arran. The bull calls him fourteen years of age, but as he is found granting a charter on 6 August 1564 with consent of his father as tutor, it is clear he must have been under age at that time, so that he cannot have been born earlier than 1543.
    • Event: 1568; Commanded the vanguard for Mary, Queen of Scots at the Battle of Langside (having previously helped her escape from Lochleven).
    • Event: 1572/3; Subsequently outlawed and estates forfeited, but restored for loyalty to King James VI of Scotland.
    • Event: 1579; Though again (his estates are) subject to forfeiture for activities in Mary's (Queen of Scots) cause.
    • Event: 1585; Lordship of Paisley restored to him, though he continued plotting for Mary's (Queen of Scots) release.
    • Title: From 29 Jul 1587 to 3 May 1621; 1st Lord Paisley (County Renfrew) [Scotland. 1587]

    Claud married Margaret SETON on 1 Aug 1574. Margaret was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 18 Feb 1616. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Sir John HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 8. Claud HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 19 Oct 1614 in Dublin, Ireland.
    3. 9. Sir George HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Date of birth unknown; died before 1657.
    4. 10. Sir Frederick HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 31 Mar 1646.
    5. 11. James HAMILTON, 1st Earl of Abercorn  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1575; died on 23 Mar 1617/8.
    6. 12. Margaret HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Sep 1577; died on 23 Dec 1577.
    7. 13. Henry HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Dec 1584; died on 15 Mar 1585.
    8. 14. Margaret HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1585; died on 11 Sep 1623.
    9. 15. Alexander HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Mar 1587; died on 21 Nov 1587.


Generation: 4

  1. 7.  Sir John HAMILTON Descendancy chart to this point (6.Claud3, 4.James2, 1.James1)

    Family/Spouse: Johanna EVERARD. Johanna (daughter of Levimus EVERARD) was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 14 Jun 1638. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 16. Margaret HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 8.  Claud HAMILTON Descendancy chart to this point (6.Claud3, 4.James2, 1.James1) was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 19 Oct 1614 in Dublin, Ireland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: Shawfield, County Linlithgow
    • Occupation / Profession: Gentleman of the King's Privy Chamber
    • Event: Was granted as an undertaker the small proportions of Killeny and Teadane or Eden, containing together 2,000 acres in the barony of Strabane and county of Tyrone to hold for ever as of the Castle of Dublin in common soccage.
    • Occupation / Profession: 11 Feb 1613; Appointed a member of the Privy Council (PC) in Ireland.
    • Event: 16 Aug 1614; A warrant was issued for a new grant, but he died, administration of his estate, wherein he is described as of Baldony in the county of Tyrone, being granted to his son William (28 November 1629).

    Family/Spouse: Janet HAMILTON. Janet (daughter of Sir Robert HAMILTON) was born in Date of birth unknown; died in Sep 1613. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 17. Alexander HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 18. Robert HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Date of birth unknown; died in 1657.
    3. 19. Claud HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 20. James HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 21. George HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 22. Margaret HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point
    7. 23. Grizel HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point
    8. 24. Janet HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point
    9. 25. Sir William HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1604; died on 16 May 1662.

  3. 9.  Sir George HAMILTON Descendancy chart to this point (6.Claud3, 4.James2, 1.James1) was born in Date of birth unknown; died before 1657.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: Greenlaw, County Tyrone and of Roscrea, County Tipperary
    • Event: 1611; He was resident at Derriewoone with his wife and family, and had built a good house of timber, sixty-two feet long by thirty feet wide.
    • Occupation / Profession: 1627; He was appointed a commissioner for assessing the sum of £1,000 English on the country of Donegal.

    Family/Spouse: Isobel LESLIE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Mary BUTLER. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 26. James HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point

  4. 10.  Sir Frederick HAMILTON Descendancy chart to this point (6.Claud3, 4.James2, 1.James1) was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 31 Mar 1646.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation / Profession: Gentleman of the King's Privy Chamber, was in early life in the service of Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden.

    Notes:

    Died:
    or end of May 1647

    Family/Spouse: Sidney VAUGHAN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 27. Frederick HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Date of birth unknown; died before 31 Mar 1646.
    2. 28. James HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 27 Dec 1652.
    3. 29. Christiana HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Date of birth unknown; died after 1700.
    4. 30. Gustavus HAMILTON, 1st Viscount Boyne  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1642; died on 16 Sep 1723.

    Family/Spouse: Agnes. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 11.  James HAMILTON, 1st Earl of Abercorn Descendancy chart to this point (6.Claud3, 4.James2, 1.James1) was born in 1575; died on 23 Mar 1617/8.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation / Profession: Gentleman of Bedchamber to James VI of Scotland
    • Occupation / Profession: 1597; Member of Parliament (MP) (Scotland) for Linlithgow
    • Occupation / Profession: 14 Dec 1598; Was highly esteemed by King James VI, who made him one of the Lords of his Privy Council (PC) (though he did not take his seat at the board till 10 February 1601).
    • Occupation / Profession: 26 Nov 1600; Granted office of Sheriff Linlithgowshire for him and his heirs male.
    • Event: 11 Jul 1601; Another charter of the lands of Abercorn, Braidmeadow, etc.
    • Title: From 5 Apr 1603 to 23 Mar 1617; 1st Lord Abercorn (County Linlithgow) [Scotland. 1603]
    • Event: 1604; He was one of the Commissioners, on the part of Scotland, to treat of a union with England, which did not take effect.
    • Title: From 10 Jul 1606 to 23 Mar 1617; 1st Earl of Abercorn, Lord Paisley, Hamilton, Mountcastell and Kilpatrick [Scotland. 1606]

    Notes:

    Died:
    Died in the lifetime of the father.

    Family/Spouse: Marion BOYD. Marion was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 20 Aug 1632. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 31. Sir William HAMILTON, 1st Baronet  Descendancy chart to this point died on 25 Jun 1681.
    2. 32. Sir Alexander HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Date of birth unknown; died before 4 May 1669.
    3. 33. Anne HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 34. Margaret HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 35. Isobel HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 36. Lucy HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point
    7. 37. James HAMILTON, 2nd Earl of Abercorn  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1604; died about 1670.
    8. 38. Claud HAMILTON, 2nd Lord Hamilton, Baron of Strabane  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1605; died on 14 Jun 1638.
    9. 39. Sir George HAMILTON, 1st Baronet  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1608; died in 1679.

  6. 12.  Margaret HAMILTON Descendancy chart to this point (6.Claud3, 4.James2, 1.James1) was born on 1 Sep 1577; died on 23 Dec 1577.

  7. 13.  Henry HAMILTON Descendancy chart to this point (6.Claud3, 4.James2, 1.James1) was born on 13 Dec 1584; died on 15 Mar 1585.

  8. 14.  Margaret HAMILTON Descendancy chart to this point (6.Claud3, 4.James2, 1.James1) was born about 1585; died on 11 Sep 1623.

  9. 15.  Alexander HAMILTON Descendancy chart to this point (6.Claud3, 4.James2, 1.James1) was born on 18 Mar 1587; died on 21 Nov 1587.


Generation: 5

  1. 16.  Margaret HAMILTON Descendancy chart to this point (7.John4, 6.Claud3, 4.James2, 1.James1)

  2. 17.  Alexander HAMILTON Descendancy chart to this point (8.Claud4, 6.Claud3, 4.James2, 1.James1)

  3. 18.  Robert HAMILTON Descendancy chart to this point (8.Claud4, 6.Claud3, 4.James2, 1.James1) was born in Date of birth unknown; died in 1657.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 40. Claud HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 41. Alexander HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point

  4. 19.  Claud HAMILTON Descendancy chart to this point (8.Claud4, 6.Claud3, 4.James2, 1.James1)

  5. 20.  James HAMILTON Descendancy chart to this point (8.Claud4, 6.Claud3, 4.James2, 1.James1)

  6. 21.  George HAMILTON Descendancy chart to this point (8.Claud4, 6.Claud3, 4.James2, 1.James1)

  7. 22.  Margaret HAMILTON Descendancy chart to this point (8.Claud4, 6.Claud3, 4.James2, 1.James1)

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married name: Margaret Stewart, Margaret Seton

    Family/Spouse: Sir John STEWART. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Sir John SETON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 23.  Grizel HAMILTON Descendancy chart to this point (8.Claud4, 6.Claud3, 4.James2, 1.James1)

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married name: Grizel Baillie

    Family/Spouse: Sir William BAILLIE, of Lamington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  9. 24.  Janet HAMILTON Descendancy chart to this point (8.Claud4, 6.Claud3, 4.James2, 1.James1)

  10. 25.  Sir William HAMILTON Descendancy chart to this point (8.Claud4, 6.Claud3, 4.James2, 1.James1) was born about 1604; died on 16 May 1662.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: Manor Elieston, County Tyrone

    Family/Spouse: Elizabeth JOHNSTON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 42. Sir James HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 43. William HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 44. Sarah HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 45. Margaret HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point

    Family/Spouse: Beatrix CAMPBELL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 46. Claud HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 47. Archibald HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 48. Elizabeth HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 29 Jul 1650; died in Date of death unknown.

  11. 26.  James HAMILTON Descendancy chart to this point (9.George4, 6.Claud3, 4.James2, 1.James1)

  12. 27.  Frederick HAMILTON Descendancy chart to this point (10.Frederick4, 6.Claud3, 4.James2, 1.James1) was born in Date of birth unknown; died before 31 Mar 1646.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Killed in the wars in Ireland.


  13. 28.  James HAMILTON Descendancy chart to this point (10.Frederick4, 6.Claud3, 4.James2, 1.James1) was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 27 Dec 1652.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: Manor Hamilton

    James married Catherine HAMILTON in 1647. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 49. Sidney HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1648; died on 20 Jan 1685/6.
    2. 50. Hannah HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1651; died on 16 May 1733.

  14. 29.  Christiana HAMILTON Descendancy chart to this point (10.Frederick4, 6.Claud3, 4.James2, 1.James1) was born in Date of birth unknown; died after 1700.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married name: Christiana Monroe

    Christiana married Sir George MONROE in 1649. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  15. 30.  Gustavus HAMILTON, 1st Viscount Boyne Descendancy chart to this point (10.Frederick4, 6.Claud3, 4.James2, 1.James1) was born in 1642; died on 16 Sep 1723.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation / Profession: Was a captain in the army in the reign of Charles II.
    • Education: 17 Apr 1661; Trinity College Dublin - as a Fellow Commoner
    • Academic degree: 6 Aug 1677; Doctor of Laws (LLD) from University of Oxford
    • Occupation / Profession: 1685; Privy Counsellor (PC) of Ireland
    • Occupation / Profession: 30 May 1696; Brigadier-general
    • Occupation / Profession: 1 Nov 1703; Major-general
    • Title: 20 Oct 1715; 1st Baron Hamilton of Stackallan (in the county of Meath) [Ireland. 1715]
    • Title: 20 Aug 1717; 1st Viscount Boyne [Ireland. 1717]

    Family/Spouse: Elizabeth BROOKE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  16. 31.  Sir William HAMILTON, 1st Baronet Descendancy chart to this point (11.James4, 6.Claud3, 4.James2, 1.James1) died on 25 Jun 1681.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Title: From 1627 to 25 Jun 1681; 1st Baronet [Nova Scotia. 1627]

    William married Jean COLQUHOUN before 1 Apr 1656. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  17. 32.  Sir Alexander HAMILTON Descendancy chart to this point (11.James4, 6.Claud3, 4.James2, 1.James1) was born in Date of birth unknown; died before 4 May 1669.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: Holborn, London

    Family/Spouse: Elizabeth BEDINGFIELD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 51. Alexander HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point

  18. 33.  Anne HAMILTON Descendancy chart to this point (11.James4, 6.Claud3, 4.James2, 1.James1)

  19. 34.  Margaret HAMILTON Descendancy chart to this point (11.James4, 6.Claud3, 4.James2, 1.James1)

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married name: Margaret Cunningham

    Family/Spouse: Sir William CUNNINGHAM. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  20. 35.  Isobel HAMILTON Descendancy chart to this point (11.James4, 6.Claud3, 4.James2, 1.James1)

  21. 36.  Lucy HAMILTON Descendancy chart to this point (11.James4, 6.Claud3, 4.James2, 1.James1)

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Also known as: Lucrece


  22. 37.  James HAMILTON, 2nd Earl of Abercorn Descendancy chart to this point (11.James4, 6.Claud3, 4.James2, 1.James1) was born about 1604; died about 1670.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Title: From 23 Mar 1617 to 1670; 2nd Earl of Abercorn, 2nd Lord Paisley, Hamilton, Mountcastell and Kilpatrick [Scotland. 1606], 2nd Lord Abercorn (County Linlithgow) [Scotland. 1603]
    • Title: From 8 May 1617 to 1670; 1st Lord Hamilton, Baron of Strabane (County Tyrone) [Ireland. 1617]
    • Title: From 3 May 1621 to 1670; 2nd Lord Paisley (County Renfrew) [Scotland. 1587]
    • Event: Abt 1651; Succeeded his cousin 2nd Duke of Hamilton as heir male of the House of Hamilton.

    James married Catherine CLIFTON about 1632. Catherine was born about 1592; died on 17 Sep 1637. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 52. James HAMILTON, Lord Paisley  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Date of birth unknown; died before 1670.
    2. 53. William HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Date of birth unknown; died before 1670.
    3. 54. George HAMILTON, 3rd Earl of Abercorn  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1636; died about 1683.

  23. 38.  Claud HAMILTON, 2nd Lord Hamilton, Baron of Strabane Descendancy chart to this point (11.James4, 6.Claud3, 4.James2, 1.James1) was born about 1605; died on 14 Jun 1638.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Title: From 14 Aug 1634 to 14 Jun 1638; 2nd Lord Hamilton, Baron of Strabane (County Tyrone) [Ireland. 1617]

    Claud married Jean GORDON on 28 Nov 1632. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 55. George HAMILTON, 4th Lord Hamilton, Baron of Strabane  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 14 Apr 1668.
    2. 56. Catherine HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 57. Cecilia HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 58. James HAMILTON, 3rd Lord Hamilton, Baron of Strabane  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1633; died on 16 Jun 1655.

  24. 39.  Sir George HAMILTON, 1st Baronet Descendancy chart to this point (11.James4, 6.Claud3, 4.James2, 1.James1) was born about 1608; died in 1679.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Title: From 1660 to 1679; 1st Baronet (of Donalong, County Tyrone and Nenagh, County Tipperary) [Ireland. 1660]

    Family/Spouse: Mary BUTLER. Mary was born in Date of birth unknown; died in Aug 1680. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 59. James HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 6 Jun 1673.
    2. 60. Sir George HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Date of birth unknown; died in 1676.
    3. 61. Thomas HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 62. Richard HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Date of birth unknown; died in 1717.
    5. 63. John HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Date of birth unknown; died in 1691.
    6. 64. Lucia HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Date of birth unknown; died in 1676.
    7. 65. Margaret HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point
    8. 66. Elizabeth HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1641; died on 3 Jun 1708.
    9. 67. Anthony HAMILTON  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1645; died on 20 Apr 1719.



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