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Margaret Hamilton 1511 – 1579 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 11 January 1511

Birth Location: Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Death Date: 22 May 1579

Death Location: Bo'ness, Falkirk, Scotland

Father: James \Douglas

Mother: Lady Stewart

Spouse(s): James Hamilton

Children(s): John Hamilton, Barbara Hamilton, Johanna Hamilton, James Hamilton, Margaret Hamilton, Lady Hamilton, Henry Stewart, Lady Hamilton, Hon. Hamilton, David Hamilton, Gavin Hamilton, Claude Paisley, Jean Hamilton, Barbara Hamilton, Barbara Hamilton, Christian Hamilton

Margaret Hamilton was born in 1511 in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, the child of James Douglas of Pompherstoun \Douglas and Lady Catherine Countess Morton Stewart. Margaret Hamilton later married James Hamilton, and together they raised children including John Hamilton, Barbara Hamilton, Johanna Hamilton, James Hamilton, Margaret Hamilton, Lady Elizabeth Hamilton, Henry Lord Darnley Stewart, Lady Anne Hamilton, Hon. David Hamilton, David Hamilton, Gavin Hamilton, Claude Hamilton Lord van Paisley, Jean Hamilton, Barbara Hamilton, Barbara Hamilton and Christian Hamilton. In 1579, Margaret Hamilton passed away in Bo'ness, Falkirk, Scotland.

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Parents

James \Douglas
1487 – 1548
Birth Location: Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
J\
Lady Stewart
1491 – 1554
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
LS

Spouses(s)

James Hamilton
1515 – 1575
Birth Location: Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
JH

Children(s)

John Hamilton
1535 – 1604
Birth Location: Arron, Butshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
JH
Barbara Hamilton
1535 – 1558
Birth Location: Brodick Castle, Arran, Scotland, United Kingdom
BH
Johanna Hamilton
1535 – 1560
Birth Location: –
JH
James Hamilton
1537 – 1608
Birth Location: Firth Clyde, Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
JH
Margaret Hamilton
1540 – 1595
Birth Location: Sorn, Ayr, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
MH
Lady Hamilton
1540 – 1558
Birth Location: Arran, Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
LH
Henry Stewart
1540 – 1567
Birth Location: Newsham, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
HS
Lady Hamilton
1541 – 1574
Birth Location: Huntly, Strathbogie, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
LH
Hon. Hamilton
1542 – 1611
Birth Location: Firth Clyde, Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
HH
David Hamilton
1542 – 1641
Birth Location: Firth Clyde, Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
DH
Gavin Hamilton
1542 – 1547
Birth Location: Arron, Butshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
GH
Claude Paisley
1543 – 1620
Birth Location: Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Schotland
CP
Jean Hamilton
1545 – 1596
Birth Location: Arran, Bute Island, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
JH
Barbara Hamilton
1547 – 1577
Birth Location: Arron, Butshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
BH
Barbara Hamilton
1547 – 1558
Birth Location: Arron, Butshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
BH
Christian Hamilton
1549 – 1598
Birth Location: Firth Clyde, Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
CH

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 11 January 1511
    Event Place: Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index, UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 22 May 1579
    Event Place: Bo'ness, Falkirk, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index, UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Bo'ness, Falkirk, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current, Web: Global, Gravestone Photograph Index, 1265-2014
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