William (Hamilton) Hamilton IInd of Raploch (abt. 1450 - abt. 1538)

Born about 1450 in Scotland

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Descendants

Died about 1538 at about age 88 in Scotland [uncertain]

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Biography

William (Hamilton) Hamilton IInd of Raploch is a member of Clan Hamilton.

The Peerage does not list a wife for him however Johnson (2) lists his wife as Margaret Baillie. The Clan McFarlane site (3) also lists the same wife.

DNA: Y-Chromosome Haplogroup

I-L338

All male line descendants of this person will be the same haplogroup.

For an explanation of Y chromosome testing for genealogy purposes see Wikipedia at

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genealogical_DNA_test#Y_chromosome_.28Y-DNA.29_testing

Note STR patterns can be used to predict a haplogroup wheresas specific SNP testing accurately defines a haplogroup. The current approved haplotree can be found at http://www.isogg.org/tree/index.html and the current haplogroup designations against specific SNPs can be found at

http://www.isogg.org/tree/ISOGG_YDNA_SNP_IndexSource.html

The Hamilton Surname genetic genealogy project site: http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/g/a/gah4/HamDNA/GrpA.html

Sources

• G. Harvey (George Harvey) Johnston. The heraldry of the Hamiltons; with notes on all the males of the family, description of the arms, plates and pedigrees. p72

• Clan MacFarlane: William Hamilton, 2nd of Raploch

• The Peerage: William Hamilton, wnd of Raploch

• Historical and Genealogical Memoirs of the Branches of the House of Hamilton, George Hamilton, J. Skinner & Company, Limited, 1933 363