Alice (Mann) Hamilton (1710 - 1800)

Born 1 Jan 1710 in County Tyrone, Ireland

Wife of William Hamilton — married 1735 in County Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland

Descendants

Died 1800 at about age 90 in Bath, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Alice Mann was born in 1710 in Ulster, Ireland, most-likely in County Tyrone. She was of Scots-Irish heritage and a Protestant. Alice married William Hamilton, b: 1685 in Lanark, Scotland, in 1735 in County Tyrone, Ireland. She was his 2nd wife; his oldest son, Robert Hamilton, had been born earlier in 1720 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland.^[1]

After their first children were born in Co. Down, Ulster, Ireland, William and Alice (Mann) Hamilton emigrated to America, arriving in New Castle, Delaware, in 1741. They had a daughter, Alice Mann, born there in 1742 and then moved into Pennsylvania. Around 1750, with many other Scots-Irish pioneers, they moved south along the Great Wagon Road to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. They were among the early settlers of Kerrs Creek, then in Augusta County; later to be included in Rockbridge County, Virginia.^[2]

Two of William's oldest son Robert Hamilton's children were killed in the 1759 Shawnee Indian "Kerrs Creek massacre" and 3 were taken captive (later ransomed). William Hamilton died there in 1762, possibly in one of the follow-on raids that continued for several years. Robert Hamilton and his wife, Margaret (McKee) Hamilton, survived, living in Kerrs Creek until he died in 1786. ^[3]

Alice (Mann) Hamilton also somehow survived these tragedies. She died in 1800, 90 years old, at the home of her daughter, Mary Ann (Hamilton) Byrd, in Bath County, Virginia, USA.^{[4] [5][6]}

Child of William Hamilton & Agnes Symm:

1. Robert Hamilton, b. 1720, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland; d. 1786, Kerrs Creek, Rockbridge, Virginia, USA. Married: Margaret McKee in Ulster, Ireland in about 1740.

Children of Alice Mann and William Hamilton were:

1. Jane Hamilton, b: 1737, Co. Down, Ireland; d. 1813; m. Wm. Mann
2. Andrew Hamilton, b: ca. 1736; d. 1796 in Greenbrier VA (WV)
3. John Hamilton, d. date unknown.
4. Alice Hamilton, b. 1742, New Castle, Delaware; d. 1820, Gallia, Ohio, USA
5. William Hamilton, d. 1834, Boone Co., Kentucky, USA
6. Nancy Ann Hamilton, b: 1750 in Augusta Co., Virginia; m: John Waters in 1771; d: 1833 in Greenbriar, VA (WV).
7. Mary Ann Hamilton, b. ca. 1752 in Virginia; d. 21 Oct 1836, Bath, Virginia, USA; m. John Byrd Jr. (son of John Byrd and Margaret Dean. John Byrd Sr. was killed on the Jackson River in 1756)^[7]
8. James Hamilton, d. 1761
9. Moses Hamilton, d. date unknown.

The Weir/Wier/Wear Family Tree states:^[8]

ID: I31410

Name: Alice Mann

Sex: F

Birth: 1710 in Ireland

Death: 1800 in Kerrs Creek, Augusta (now Rockbridge) County, Virginia [sic = Bath County VA]

Marriage: William Hamilton, b: 1685 in Ireland

Married: 1735 in Ireland

Sources

1. ↑ Hamilton in Virginia article Discusses William Hamilton's 1st marriage to Agnes Symm (Simms) and son Robert's life 1720 to 1786]
2. ↑ Rockbridge County was formed in 1777 from Augusta and other nearby counties.
3. ↑ Indian Captives: When Blood Flowed in Kerrs Creek Mentions Robert Hamilton's tragedy.
4. ↑ Bath County was created in 1790 from parts of Augusta, Botetourt, and Greenbrier counties. It is adjacent to Rockbridge County, near Kerrs Creek. See: Bath County Virginia Article on Wikipedia
5. ↑ Information on Alice Mann: Information about Alice Mann
6. ↑ Lawrence Swartz Genealogy on RootsWeb - Alice Mann Has basic information but very imprecise dates. Has wrong name for 1st wife (she was Agnes Symm or Simms)
7. ↑ VAAugusta Little Calf Pasture to Jackson River
8. ↑ The Weir/Wier/Wear Tree on RootsWeb - Alice Mann

• Genealogy: "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 26 July 2018, 18:26), entry for Alice Mann(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L6NB-ZVF); contributed by various users.
• The Weir/Wier/Wear Tree on RootsWeb - Alice Mann

• 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=1646

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile UNKNOWN-162988 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.

• WikiTree profile Mann-3801 was created by Darren MacKay, Monday, March 2, 2015. It was merged into profile Mann-2922 on 10 Jan 2017 by Chet Snow.