William, son of James Hamilton & Nellie Baillie, was born or baptised on 17 Jun 1748 in Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland.[1]
He married Elizabeth Nisbet (1750-1828) of Carfin.
William Hamilton, merchant in Jamaica, and brother of James Hamilton (supra),
William Hamilton died at Edinburgh 15 December 1802, aged 54 [2] [3]
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