William Hamilton (abt. 1705 - 1762)

Born about 1705 in County Down, Ulster, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Alice (Mann) Hamilton — married 1735 in County Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland

Descendants

Died 1762 at about age 57 in Kerr's Creek, Augusta, Virginia

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Biography

•Name: William Hamilton
•Surname: Hamilton
•Given Name: William
•Occupation: Farmer
•Sex: M
•Birth: ABT 1705 in County Down, Ulster, Ireland
•Death: 1762 in Kerr's Creek, Augusta, Virginia

Name: William Hamilton^[1]

Birth Date: 1705 in County Down, Ulster, Ireland^[1]

Married Alice Mann in 1735 in County Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland

Religion: Presbyterian Protestant (Scots-Irish)

William and Alice Hamilton had the following children: ^[2]

1. Archibald Hamilton was born in 1735 in Ireland and married Francis Calhoun (children: William, Archibald Jr., John, Lettice, Andrew, Audley) +2.
   
2. Robert Hamilton.
   
3. John Hamilton was born in 1733 in Ireland and married ... Stuart. In Feb 1762, James Stuart Jr, age 18, orphan of James Stuart, chose John HAMILTON as his guardian.
   
4. Andrew Hamilton was born in 1715 in Ireland and married Martha Kincaid.
5. Moses Hamilton
   
6. James Hamilton.
   
7. William Hamilton Jr., married Ruth Wilson (children: Andrew, James).
   
8. Nancy Hamilton, died 1833 in Greenbrier County Virginia, married William James McCoy, died 1795 in Greenbrier County Virginia (children: William Jr, James, Andrew). [sic = m. John Waters]
   
9. Jane Hamilton, married William Mann, died 1779 (child: Moses), then married William Marcy.
   
10. Mary Ann Hamilton, married John Byrd Jr (children: Andrew, William).
    
11. Alice Hamilton, married abt 1770 in Augusta County Virginia to Anthony Bowen, died 1787 in Greenbrier County Virginia (children: Andrew, William, Susannah, Anthony, James Hamilton, Jane, Hannah, Mary, Elizabeth).
    

Genealogy Notes

Find William Hamilton Genealogy here: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvnichol/familytree/NicholasFamily/WilliamHamilton/williamhamilton.html NOTE: Alas, the above link disappeared when RootsWeb reorganized its database ca. 2018. WikiTree profile Hamilton-4400 originally had John Hamilton as the father of William Hamilton but the Source linking them is equally invalid. Several "John Hamiltons" lived in Scotland between 1650 and 1685. One possible progenitor's birth can be found at: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTLP-RPX but no link to a son William, born in Ulster, Ireland, or who lived in Ulster, Ireland, has been found.

Most on-line genealogies say the William Hamilton who was born around 1705 in Ulster, Ireland, and who married Alice Mann, and emigrated to America, dying in Augusta County, Virginia, about 1762, came from Audley Harrison Hamilton I (1677-1762).

Data Submitted by Leland Butler: ^[3]

WILLIAM HAMILTON was born abt. 1685 in County Down, Ireland. He may have been a son of an "Archibald Hamilton" [he named his 1st-born son "Archibald"]. He married ALICE [MANN], and they came to America and located in Pennsylvania in 1737 [sic = New Castle, Delaware, in 1740] before settling in Augusta County, Virginia, in 1750. They came with all their children, some of whom were married. On 20 May 1761, WILLIAM HAMILTON was exempted from tax by the Augusta County Court on account of "great age and infirmity". He died about 1762.

WILLIAM HAMILTON and ALICE ... had the following children: NOTE: Birth years reflect a William Hamilton born ca. 1685 - no primary sources have been found to confirm this.

1. Archibald HAMILTON was born in 1710 in Ireland and married Francis Calhoun (children: William, Archibald Jr, John, Lettice, Andrew, Audley).
2. ROBERT HAMILTON.
3. John HAMILTON was born in 1713 in Ireland and married ... Stuart. In Feb 1762, James Stuart Jr, age 18, orphan of James Stuart, chose John HAMILTON as his guardian.
4. Andrew HAMILTON was born in 1715 in Ireland and married Martha Kincaid.
5. Moses HAMILTON.
6. James HAMILTON.
7. William HAMILTON Jr, married Ruth Wilson (children: Andrew, James).
8. Nancy HAMILTON, died 1833 in Greenbrier County Virginia, married William James McCoy, died 1795 in Greenbrier County Virginia (children: William Jr, James, Andrew).
9. Jane HAMILTON, married William Mann, died 1779 (child: Moses), then married William Marcy.
10. Mary Ann HAMILTON, married John Byrd Jr (children: Andrew, William).
11. Alice HAMILTON, married abt. 1770 in Augusta County Virginia to Anthony Bowen, died 1787 in Greenbrier County, [West] Virginia (children: Andrew, William, Susannah, Anthony, James Hamilton, Jane, Hannah, Mary, Elizabeth).

• From family search.com [no exact URL given]:
  

From "A Hamilton Family Story", pp. 9-12: "Our oldest proven ancestor, William Hamilton, Sr., (wife Alse or Alice [Mann])... [was] born in Ireland although [his] ancestors were from Scotland. William Hamilton III of Jackson County, Missouri, relates a story that William Sr.'s wife was from Dublin. No marriage record has been located. William... was born about 1705 and had at least four children when they arrived in New Castle County, Delaware in 1740... This area was part of the state of Pennsylvania at that time [sic = a separate colony but they shared the same British Governor]. The family lived there about eight years and then [moved to Augusta County, Virginia]."

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} US and International Marriage Records: William Hamilton Birth date: 1705 Birth place: Ireland; Marriage date:...; Marriage place: VA.
2. ↑ NOTE: This list is not accurate - see Alice Mann for a more up-to-date list. Chet Snow 10 Jan. 2017.
3. ↑ http://hackerscreek.com/norman/HAMILTON/WILLIAM.htm

• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mckeewc&id=I373

• http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/a/m/Connie-Hamilton-OR/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0658.html

• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases.

• Ancestry Family Trees: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=29961448&pid=1647

* https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:33PZ-G57 - Refers to Ancestry.com Family Tree. Has wrong birthplace but correct parents. Not sourced.

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Hamilton-3215 was created through the import of Vicki Norman family tree v2 (3).ged on Aug 1, 2012 by Vicki Norman. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Vicki and others.

• Thank you to Bob Nichol for creating WikiTree profile Hamilton-4400 through the import of Hamilton.ged on Mar 9, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Bob and others.