(James of Aikenhead)


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  • Overleden in 1709 - of Aikenhead, co. Lanark

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James Hamilton of Aikenhead, who was retoured heir to Robert Hamilton, his father, in the lands of Langsyde, with the Mill, in the barony of Renfrew, of date 10th October 1649.
He had a charter, under the great seal, " to James Hamilton, younger of Aikenhead, of the lands of Aikenhead," dated 11th May 1647, and another charter, of the lands of Hagtonhill, dated in 1662.
He suffered severely by fines and imprisonment during the persecutions on account of religion, under the reigns of Charles the Second, and his brother, James the Second.
He was thrice married, and, what is not a little singular, had thirty children in all,— twelve by the first wife, eight by the second, and ten by the third. His first wife was Anne, daughter of John Porterfield of that Ilk ; the name of the second is not known ; the third was Margaret, daughter of James Muirhead of Bredisholme, by Grizel, daughter of James Hamilton of Westport : by this lady he had five sons and five daughters, but no sons by the first two.
Of his numerous family there are accounts of five only:
1. James, his heir.
1 . Lilias, married to her own cousin, James Muirhead of Bredisholme.
2. Mary, married to Mr Maxwell of Morristown.
3. Margaret, married to Mr More of Cairnhill.
4. _______, married to Mr Buchanan.
(Historical and genealogical memoirs of the house of Hamilton: with genealogical memoirs of the several branches of the family" by John Anderson; Pub. 1825)

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James Hamilton †1633 Elizabeth Adam †1616  
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Robert Hamilton †1647..1649 ? ?
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James Hamilton †1709