Archibald Hamilton (abt. 1562 - abt. 1634)

Born about 1562 in Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland

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Died about 1634 at about age 72 in Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland

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Biography

Archibald Hamilton was the second eldest son of Reverend Hans Hamilton and Janet Denham. (WikiData: Q76294753 Q75441590)

He lived at Halcraig, Lanarkshire, Scotland (1). 2nd s. Writer to Signet (ie lawyer). Later of Limerick, Ireland.

By his second wife, Rachel Carmichael, he is said to have had 22 children including Gawen Hamilton who died in 1703. (2) Rachel Carmichael was the daughter of Walter Carmichael (1557 - 1625) of Park and Hyndford and Grizel Carmichael.

Children with Rachel included:

1. John Hamilton
2. James Hamilton
3. Archibald Hamilton
4. Captain Gawin Hamilton
5. William Hamilton
6. Robert Hamilton
7. Janet Hamilton

Sources

1. http://www.thepeerage.com/p14375.htm#i143742

2. A History of the House of Hamilton. George Hamilton. Skinner and Co. 1933 p 987

3. George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume V, page 371.

4. Bernard, Sir Burke, editor, Burke's genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland, 4th ed. (London, U.K.: Burkes Peerage Ltd, 1958), page 347

5. Sir Bernard Burke, C.B. LL.D., A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire, new edition (1883; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1978), page 259.

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