William (Hamilton) Hamilton IIIrd of Wishaw (1635 - abt. 1724)

Born 1635 in Lanarkshire, Scotland

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Died about 1724 at about age 89 in Lanarkshire, Scotland [uncertain]

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Biography

William (Hamilton) Hamilton IIIrd of Wishaw is Notable.

William was the third son of William Hamilton and Beatrix Douglas.

He married, firstly, Anne Hamilton, his first cousin and daughter of John Hamilton, in 1660. He married, secondly, Mary Erskine, daughter of Hon. Sir Charles Erskine of Alva, on 31 August 1676.

He was an antiquary. He lived at Wishaw, Scotland. He had eight other sons by his first 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: 1. http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/g/a/gah4/HamDNA/GrpA.html

Sources

• Wikipedia: William Hamilton (antiquarian)

• Wikidata: Item Q18531351, en:Wikipedia

• Clan MacFarlane: William Hamilton, 3rd of Wishaw

• The Peerage: William Hamilton

• National Library of Scotland - History of the Fife Pitcairns, page 419