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SOME HAMILTONS andWALLACES of Lancaster Co., PA, Jefferson Co,OH andSouth Carolina
HarrietE. Wallace ~ 1986
INTRODUCTION
When I started to organize the Hamilton and Wallacefamily'informationintoa unit, the family relationships did not make apicturein my mind.In orderto develop this picture and knowing it was alargefamily group,I startedwith large size, plain shelf paper and triedtokeep going..Evenso theshelf paper was not wide enough and soon ranout.The long tollwasdifficult to carry around and awkward to handle.Ihave,therefore,transferred the lengthy 'scroll' to standard sizedsheetsofpiper. If-you lay them end to.end in numerical order on atable orthefloor, youwill derive the same picture as that on the shelfpaper.
There are, however, two parts to the present charts. The firstpartisforthe Hamiltons who came to Lancaster Co, PA around 1730. Inthisparttheyoungest generation shown was born in the first half ofthe19thCentury.So far the only family continued into a chart andbroughtdownto currentpeople is that of Hugh Wallace - my own family.Informationonall of theother families still has to be brought to thepresent.
In most genealogies only one surname is included, and thesurnamesofmostof the female members are ignored. In my mindthefemalememberscontribute equally with their husbands to the qualityandcaliberof thefamily. In the case of this family, it will soon benotedthat, ifonefollows the Wallaces back or the Hamiltons forward, atleasttreeHamilton women married members of the,Wallace family.TheearliestwasAnn Hamilton, daughter of William Hamilton (d. 1781),whomarriedJamesWallace. Two of their sons, William and JohnmarriedHamiltoncousins.Members of both the Hamiltons and Wallacesparticipate inmanydocuments.It seems to me impossible to separate thesetwo families.
The superscript numbers in both parts refer to the numbers ofentriesinthelist of Sources of Information. The information in theprefaceistaken fromother publications studied as well as some of thedocuments.Asyet nonumbers have been given to any of the members ofthese families.
In the first chart the column at the left is blank, because as.yetIhavenot found the name of the parents of John, Anne (Hamilton)'-Seawright,Hugh, Mary, and William Hamilton (d. 1781). If theyall,wereasyoung asindicated in 1733, it seems as if they must havecomewithparents. Thequestion marks in the line connectingtheseindividualsindicate that noproof of the relationship has beenfound.Therelationship is stated inthe history of the Seawright(Searight)family.Considering James Hamilton(1724-1807) to be the brotherofWilliamHamilton (d.-1781) isspeculation. Most of the otherrelationshipsaretaken from one or more ofthe documents listed, except inone ortwocases. In those instances theevidence appears to betherelationshipsshown although they are not sostated specifically.
PREFACE
The Hamiltons and Wallaces are two of the oldest, mostprominent,andmostnumerous families of Scotland. Both families lived inthesouthernor'lowland' part of Scotland.
The ancient family of Hamilton received a grant of land forasmalllordshipin his domain from the Earl of Leicester. Their coatofarmsindicates aclose connection with the family of the EarlsofLeicester Itis fromthis'family that the Scottish Hamiltonsaredescended. Many ofthem wereinfluential in the courts of EnglandandScotland maintainingvery largeestates. They were part of thearistocracyand nobility ofearly English andScottish history. At leastsix membersof this familywere undertakers whoundertook the task ofaccepting largetracts of landin Ulster to which theymoved tenants andother Scots inthe early 17thcentury in an attempt toplant Scottishsettlements in thatarea. Todetermine which Hamilton familyin Ulster thisfamily belongsseemsalmost impossible. James Seawright feltthat they weredescendedfrom SirJames Hamilton, Earl of Abercorn. However,in 1622 thenameHamilton wasone of the five most common Scottish names inUlster, andin1630 it wasone of the four second most common names. Manywere relatedinone way oranother.
d toKingDavid I of Scotland; hence Walter's surnamebecameSteward orStewart.Richard of Wales became known as Richard Waleysandeventuallywith changesover the years, the name became Wallace.Thefirst tract ofland granted toRichard was in Ayrshire and waseightmiles long and threewide. Richardwas the great-great-grandfather oftheScottish hero, SirWilliam Wallace.
Our families of Hamilton and Wallace migrated fromUlstertocolonialPennsylvania with the flood of Scotch-Irish who leftUlsterinthe 1720'sto escape religious and economic oppression.AlthoughPenn'sQuakersbelieved in religious tolerance, they did not wishtohavethese--'Strangers' amongst them, and urged them to go far awaytothefrontier.Here the Scotch-Irish established their freeschoolsandPresbyterianchurches. It was this,tough, hardy,broad-shouldered,strongminded breedwho developed the frontier and pushedit farther west.Itwas they whoprovided protection for the Quakers againstthe Indians,whowere the mostready to fight for freedom when the call camefromBostonfor theRevolutionary War, and who gave us our civil rightsandlifeandgovernment as we know it. They with the GermansestablishedLancasterCo,Pennsylvania in 1729.
William Hamilton (d. 1781) was in Lancaster Co by 1733.Accordingtodateson his tombstone he was about 13 at that time. It isbelievedthathe hadthree brothers, John, Hugh, and James, and two Sisters,AnnandMary. Maryis mentioned in his will. All were born inNorthern-Ireland. Hemarried Jean(Jane) Mcllwain, and they had sevenchildren.Therwo ofspecial interest to our Wallace family are William (d.1840)andAnn.William Hamilton (d. 1781) was a land speculator andfarmerandhadextensive land holdings in Leacock Township. Hishomepropertywasdirectly east of the Leacock Presbyterian Church.- On5October,1745hewas appointed Coroner of Lancaster Co. In 1767 hepurchasedtheThreeCrowns Tavern (inn) on the Duke if Cumberland Road neartheChurch.Hewas prominent in the affairs of the County and of the Church.Hedied17October 1781 and his wife, Jean, and son, HughHamilton,werehisexecutors.
When the Revolutionary War broke out, William Hamilton (d.1781)wasoverageto be a volunteer, but his sons were ready to defendfreedomandindividualrights.
James Hamilton, son of William, studied medicine with Dr.Shippenin1774.As soon as he heard of the battles near Boston, hereturnedhomeandraised a company of volunteers who elected him Lieutenant.Hefoughtinthe battles on Long Island, around New York City, andacrossNewJerseywhere he was taken prisoner of war. In Stirling'sdivisionhecrossed theDelaware on Christmas Eve, 1776, and participatedinthecapture of theHessians. By this time he had become a captainandonDecember 10, 1778was promoted to Major. Through these battleshebecameone of GeneralWashington's favorite officers. He thenparticipatedinthe importantbattles in Virginia and the Carolinas and waspresentwhenLord Cornwallissurrendered at Yorktown. To him were given thehonorsofplanting theStars and Stripes on the ramparts and of receivingtheflagthatCornwallis surrendered. He remained in South Carolina aftertheWarwherehe married Elizabeth Lynch, daughter of one of thesignersoftheDeclaration of Independence from that State. Theirson,JamesHamilton,served as a major in the War of 1812 and waselectedGovernor ofSouthCarolina in 1830. He became known as 'theGreat-Nullifieril. Helatermoved to Texas where he fought in its war withMexicoand stilllaterreceived other honors. This branch of the familyremainedin theSouth.
William Hamilton (born about 1747 and died 1840)* served ablyandwellinthe Revolutionary War, and a DAR marker has been placed athisgraveinthe cemetery of the first United Presbyterian ChurchinRichmond, OH.Likehis father, he was a land speculator and hadextensiveland holdings.Onthe death of Hugh Hamilton in 1804 and Jean(Mcllwain)- HamiltonWilsonin 1808, William became successor executor ofhisfather's estate.
He married Maria Barbara ( Keithleer ) and they hadfivechildren,amongthem, Mary, born about 1770 and died about 1861,andWilliam, bornabout1770 and died about 1870. In 1809 he decided thathewanted tb jointhemembers of his family who had moved west toJeffersonCo, OH, andheturned his appointment as executor of his father'sestateover tohisnephew, John Hamilton, son of his brother, Robert.SoonafterthatWilliam and Maria Barbara did move to Jefferson Co.andpurchasedland inSteubenville and Knox Township. In August of 1820theygave son,James,land in Steubenville for $2.00. Maria BarbaraHamiltondied soonafterthis, and on 18 January 1824 William married Mrs.MaryDrennan.
They had two daughters, Sarah and Mary. On 1 March 1833WilliamandMaryHamilton gave 160 acres in sect. 28, T. 10, R. 3 toWilliamandMaryWallace for 'love and affection' and 1.00. AfterWilliamHamiltondied in1840 his wife, Mary, lived on the family estatetheremainder ofher lifewith daughter, Sarah, who had marriedRutherfordMcClellan.Daughter,Mary Hamilton, never married, and she, too,lived withhersister, Sarah,until her death.
William and Jean (McIlwain) Hamilton's daughter,Ann,-married...JamesWallace. They lived in Lancaster Co on land ownedbyher.father.They had11 children, among them Hugh, John, and William.Itwas William'Wallacewho married his cousin, Mary Hamilton, andeventuallybrought hisfamilyto Jefferson Co. John Wallace also married acousin,AnnHamilton,daughter of Ann (Hamilton) Wallace's brother, John.They,too,moved toJefferson Co. In his will William Hamilton (d. 1781)leftAnn(Hamilton)and James Wallace the land on which they lived so longasAnnlived. Onher death it was to be sold and the proceeds dividedamongherchildrenand her husband.
William Hamilton (d. 1870), brother of Mary (Hamilton)Wallace,wasaprominent physician in the early days of Jefferson Co.Hestartedthecollege that was built in Richmond. He married MargaretNorton12March1812, and they had five children. During his livehelivedinSteubenville and Mount Pleasant where he and Margaret areburiedintheSeceder Cemetery.
Mary (Polley) Hamilton and William Wallace were married inLancasterCo,PA.Four of their children were born in Pennsylvania,includingWilliam,James,John, and Hamilton. John lived just over tenmonths andis buriednear hisGreat Grandfather Hamilton in the cemeteryof- theLeacockPresbyterianChurch. Six of the children, GeorgeWashington,Sarah, Hugh,Ann, Rebecca,and Elizabeth were born in OH.William Wallacedied withouta will.
Hugh Wallace was born in 1819 at the family home in Jefferson Co,OH.On13May 1841 he married Martha (Stone) Ellis. She had had two sonsbyherfirsthusband, William and Reuben Ellis. Hugh and MarthaWallacehadeightchildren. In 1865 she died of breast cancer ':. - On 13June1868HughWallace married Lydia Burris. They had two daughters,EvaandCarrie.Lydia died in July 1874. On 12 May 1878 Hugh marriedMaryE.Welsh in VanWert County, and she brought a long, involvedsuitagainsthim before theyear was out for his ill treatment of her. On11September1868 Hughpurchased the NW1/4, Sect. 5, T 2 S, R 3 E fromJohnCalhoun.On 11February 1847 Congress had granted a patent to-oneJohnFergusonfor thisland as an award for military service. He assigned ittoJohnCalhoun whowas given the patent for the land I July 1851byPresidentMillardFilmore. Hugh Wallace moved his family there about1871,andhisdescendants have lived on that land continually to thepresent.Thisisthe land on which Harold Leroy and Bonnie (Adam) WallaceandAlbertRossand Louise (King) Wallace now reside.
*Note to the family of William and Mary (Hamilton) Wallace.
About 1900 there appeared in newspapers anadvertisementf.orthedescendants of William Hamilton who had given a 99year leaseonpropertyin Philadelphia that had become very valuable. Ourfamiliesweresure thiswas their ancestor, William Hamilton. As young men,myfather,C. EaklWallace, and his brother, Hugh J. Wallace, tracedthefamily, andthe oneclue that my father gave me, besides a chart withnamesandrelationships,was: In Philadelphia they found WilliamHamiltonnevermarried; InLancaster, they found William-Hamilton hadmarried andhad afamily.Indeed, this- is true, except that there were atleastthreeWilliamHamiltons who owned property in Lancaster Co at thebeginningofourCountry, not necessarily related, and many in the othercounties.
William Hamilton in Philadelphia was the grandsonofAndrewHamiltonprominent Colonial lawyer, adviser to the Penns,anddefender ofPeterZenger. William's uncle, James Hamilton, and sonofAndrew, was alsoabachelor. He designed the layout of Lancaster townandwas a governorofColonial Pennsylvania. This family is written up inmanyplaces.ThisWilliam Hamilton was very wealthy and owned large tractsoflandinPhiladelphia including his beautiful homestead, theWoodlands,andsomeproperties in Lancaster Co , especially Lancaster town.Athiseleganthome he entertained all the leaders at the founding ofourCountryandforeign dignateries. This Hamilton family was ofEnglishdescentratherthan Scottish. So far as I have been able toascertain thereisnoconnection between our Hamilton family and that ofAndrew Hamilton.
Ann Hamilton, came from Belfast, Ireland, at the same time,andsettledinabout the same locality near Lancaster City, Penna. ShecametoAmericawith her brothers William Hamilton and Hugh Hamiltonandhersister, MaryHamilton. Her brother William Hamilton wasthegrandfatherof thedistinguished Governor of South Carolina inCalhoun'sday, who wasknownas the Nullifier Governor, in consequence ofhisadvocatingthenullification of certain tariff laws passed byCongress,whichheconsidered adverse to the interests of the people of theSouth. A pretty full though incomplete history of the HamiltonfamilyofLancasterCo, Penna, can be seen in Eagles PennsylvaniaGenealogiesin'Notes andQueries' by Colonel Evans of Columbia. Theancestors oftheLancaster CoHamilton family, of which-as stated-thegrandmother ofthesubject of thissketch was a member, came from ScotlandtoBelfast,Ireland, when it becamethe refuge for thepersecutedCovenanters. Theywere part of thehistorical Scotch family ofHamiltons,one of whom was chosen as the husband of Queen Mary, andanother as the husbandofQueenElizabeth. Family history and familytradition also teachthatAlexanderHamilton of revolutionary fame was alsoconnected with thissamefamilyof Lancaster Co Hamiltons.
There were two William Hamilton of Lancaster Co. PA. OnewasburiedinLeacock Presbyterian church of Leacock twp. and the otherwasburiedinthe Pequea Presbyterian church of Salisbury twp. Both,Ibelieve,sharethe same grandfather. The Williams birth dates wereeightyearsapart(1712-1720) The graveyards of the two churches weremaybefifteenmilesapart. At this point I wish to clarify on the two wivesmarried to thetwoWilliamHamiltons and I believe I am correct. On thetombstone ( slab)ofthe wifeof William Hamilton of Salisbury Twp wasstated as Jane wifeofWilliamHamllton died on Aug 20, 1784, aged 70.Another big clue wasoneof thetrustees of the Pequea church on WilliamHamilton will of May31,1794 wasGeorge MCILVAINE. But what about the wifethat buried to William HamiltonatLeacockcemetery, Leacock twp.PA. On hertombstone slab she was listedasJean,the wife of William Hamilton, diedNov 3, 1808, at the age of89.Fromsources elsewhere and she may be of JeanMcMasters. Not provenbutmostlogic. So this might end the mystery of Jeanand JaneHamiltonofLancaster Co. PA. I look into Ancestry,com treegenealogy on William Hamilton (born1712)ofSalisbury twp. and in itmentioned that William Hamilton wasmarriedtoJane Houston. Naturally, Ihad a big hee-haw when I saw thisinfo.Butchecking the info further andall the births, deaths, andmarriageseemto fall in the correct patterns. Ihave yet to talk ( E-mail)tothegentleman on his info ' Houstons ofPequea'. Searching underGoogleunder' Houstons of Pequea', I came up withthe author, MargaretHouston,whowrote it in 1921. So with thisinformation I may entirelywronginthinking that Jane McIlvaine was buriednext to WilliamHamiltonofSalisbury twp. I do have a burial records ofLeacock cemeteryandtherewere a whole mess of Mcilvaines buried there.Most interesting ononeburialtombstone was Jane Hamilton Mcilvaine born1758 and diedin1790.(unmarried?) So who was buried next to WilliamHamilton of Leacock twp. withthefirstname of Jean? Did JaneMcillvaine change her first name tolet thepublicknow that she was not theJane Hamilton of Salisburytwp? Did thetwoWilliam Hamiltons had afeud between them ?The William of Salisburywas aCoroner of thecounty of Lancaster on Oct 5,1745 ( one yearonly}.Justice of the Peacefor several years.since April18. 1761. In1763, hewas chosen the overseerof the poor for Salisburytwp. In 1772,he wasmade supervisor of roads forSalisbury twp. He had twochildren,Mary andJames. According to theLancaster Co tax of 1771 he owned two hundred acres of land and had twoservants. In the history the William Hamilton of Leacock as foundintheSearightsbook may be accurate as told, but a few questionmark.WilliamHamiltonwas listed a blacksmith and a farmer. In theLancaster CoTax of1771, hewas listed as the second largest landowner with1100 acresofland withtwo servants. Both Williams own a tavern.WilliamsofSalisbury own a 'Lion Heads tavern' and was sold to someoneelse and it was changed toWaterlootavern.Williams of Leacock did have a 'Bricks tavern' and James, his son, was in the process of sellingthetavern.WellI better stop for now and may be confusing you. But you maybeontheright track on the Jane( Jean) Hamilton mystery and I maybelookupon asa great idiot of all times. Your humble servant, Jim
William Hamilton Leacock Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
From the Seawright Book
This is the information from the Seawright book:
William Seawright shortly after coming to LancasterCo,marriedAnneHamilton, a sister of William Hamilton, who settledinLeacocktownshipin 1733, and who was the grandfather of JamesHamilton,'theNullifierGovernor' of South Carolina. For several yearsinquiries have been made from various sectionsoftheUnion, concerning theancestry of Governor James Hamilton,ofSouthCarolina, and the following isgiven on the subject by SamuelEvans,ofColumbia, Pennsylvania: 'WilliamHamilton, the pioneer settler of this name, locatedinLeacocktownship,Lancaster Co, about the year 1733. I find his nameupontherecords asowning land formerly of Robert Clinch, adjoiningJohnorHattel Varnerpatented 1741, who owned the land at and aroundNewLeacockmeeting housealong the old Philadelphia and Lancaster road,aboutelevenmiles east fromLancaster, as early as the year 1734. On April11,1749,William Hamilton,and Jane, his wife, (Jane McIlwain,) soldtwohundredand six acres of landin Leacock township to Philip Eackert,thelandhaving been patented to JohnHerr in 1734. The land uponwhichMr.Hamilton resided and owned, adjoinedLeacock meeting house ontheeast,and extended across the old road, thenknown as the'King'sHighway,' themansion house being near the head of asmall stream,whichran in anortherly direction, and emptied into Millcreek. This landwaspurchasedfrom Hattel Varner or his son John. 'Mr.Hamilton continued to follow agricultural pursuitsexclusivelydowntoAugust 29, 1767. He was a prominent member ofLeacockPresbyterianchurch.On August 29, 1767, he purchased the tavernandtwenty acres oflandadjoining his farm, from Robert Clinch, whichwasknown inprovincial timesas the sign of the 'Three Crowns.' This waspartof theJohn Varner tract.During the Revolution, when Col.Lowrey'smilitiamarched from Donegal toChester, in the summer of 1777,they madeatarget of the old sign. Thisold emblem of royalty wastakendown.Thereafter, while the tavern wasowned and conducted bytheHamiltons, itwas known as the 'Brick Tavern.' 'Mr. Hamilton was anardent patriot, and was conspicuous in hiseffortsinbehalf of theContinental cause. Being well advanced in years,he wasnotable to endurethe hardships of a military life; but he hadstalwartsons,who enlisted inthe army. His son, Maj. James Hamilton, rosefromtheranks to a highposition in the army. He became the progenitor ofaverydistinguishedfamily in South Carolina. William Hamilton diedinJanuary,1782. His tenderregard for his son James, who was with thearmyin theSouth, was shown whenhe wrote his will. He devised a farm toeachof hissons, Hugh, William,John and Robert. At this time he did notknowwhetherJames was living ornot, and fearing he might return to hishomea maimedsoldier, and unable tomake a comfortable living, gave himtwothousandpounds. 'This JamesHamilton was born upon the parental farm in 1758,inLeacocktownship. Hewas probably one of the classical scholars oftheRev.Robert Smith atPequea church. When the tocsin of warsoundedatMassachusetts Bay, hisheart was fired with patriotic zeal,beforeheattained his majority. OnMarch 16th, 1776, he was enrolledassecondlieutenant in Captain JohnMurray's company of riflemen intheSecondBatallion of Col. Miles'regiment. He must have shown anaptitudeformilitary affairs to an unusualdegree in one so young to beplaced intheline of officers. In his futurecareer he demmonstrated thewisdom oftheselection. He was in activeservice in the Jerseys andparticipatedinthe campaign there. He was in thehottest of the fight onLong Island,inAugust, taken prisoner, and notexchanged until November 2,1777.Forgallant conduct in this action, inSeptember, 1778, he waspromoted toacaptaincy in the First Pennsylvania,commanded by Col.JamesChambers(who subsequently married a Miss Hamilton).On December 10,1778,he waspromoted to Major of the Second PennsylvaniaRegiment oftheLine,commanded by Col. Walter Stewart. In May, 1780,hecommandedadetachment, and, as senior Major, he commanded hisBattalionatYorktown,which was in Gen. Wayne's command. 'After thesurrender of Cornwallis, General Wayne, with hisbrigade,wassent to therelief of Charleston, and Major Hamilton was inservicetherewhen peace wasdeclared. When there he met Elizabeth Lynch,sisterofThomas Lynch, jr.,one of the signers of the DeclarationofIndependence,from South Carolina.They were married, and for yearstheylived upon hisplantation on theSantee. For some time prior and atthetime of hisdeath he resided in thecity of Charleston. Amongotherchildren he had ason James, who was born inCharleston, May 8, 1786,andbecame one of themost distinguished of themany prominent men ofthePalmetto State. Hereceived a collegiate educationand graduated withhighhonors. Hisfather had in view the profession of lawfor his son, buthepreferred amilitary life and entered the army, servingwith greatcreditas a majorin the Canadian campaigns under Scott andBrown, in 1812.Thebattlesthere were the hottest and better contested onboth sides thananyotherduring that war. After the war he commenced thestudy of lawwithJamesL. Petigrew. For several years in succession MajorHamiltonwaschosenthe chief officer in Charleston, which corresponds tothat ofmayorinnorthern cities. He displayed eminent ability inthisposition,whichbrought him into prominence. In 1822 he discoveredtheVeseyconspiracyto raise an insurrection among the slaves. In thesameyear hewaselected to the State Legislature, where he atoncedistinguishedhimselfas a debater. He was chosen a representativetoCongress in 1824and in1826. He espoused the doctrines of free tradeandadvocateddirecttaxation. He believed in the dueling code, andwasRandolph'ssecond inhis duel with Henry Clay, and second to Gov.McDuffiein hisduel withCol. Cummings, of Georgia, and occupied the samepositionuponothersimilar occasions. He was a strong partisan of Gen.Jackson, andin1828,when he became president, he offered him the post ofministertoMexico,with authority to negotiate the annexation of Texas.Thishedeclined. Hequitted Congress to become governor of SouthCarolinain1830, at theinteresting period when his State resolved tonullifytheFederal tarifflaws. He became a 'nullifer,' and was one oftheablestadvocates of'State Rights.' The war breeze aroused inSouthCarolinacaused greatexcitement throughout the country, and wasnotentirelyallayed until thecompromise of Henry Clay was brought about,whenMr.Hamilton retiredfrom public life, and devoted himself to the careofhisplantation. In afew years he became ardently interested in thecauseofTexas, to whichhe gave his personal services, and a large portionofhisprivatefortune. In 1841, while Texas was an independent republic,hewasherminister to England and France, where he procured therecognitionofherindependence. On the death of John C. Calhoun, in 1852,hewasappointedhis successor in the U.S. Senate, but declined theofficefordomesticreasons. In his effort in behalf of Texas heexpendedhisfortune, and hebecame involved in pecuniary difficulties,whichharrassedthe latteryears of his life. He was on his way to Texastoseekindemnification forhis losses, when he perished by acollisionbetweenthe steamboatsGalveston and Opelouses, in the latter ofwhich hewas apassenger. Withhis usual courtesy he yielded his own changeofsafety toa lady amongthe passengers, to whom he was an entirestranger.Hisconduct was insharp contrast to that of a prominent lawyeratLancaster,who witnessedhis wife's struggles in the Hudson river, attheHenry Claydisaster,without making a supreme effort to save her life.Mr.Hamiltonwasesteemed by his native State, as one of her greatestcitizens.S.P.Hamilton, who resides at Chester, South Carolina, isason.GovernorHamilton had a brother, Robert, who moved to the west, anditissupposedthat Governor Hamilton, of Illinois, was one ofhisdescendants.' The Hamilton family is of Scotch-Irish descent, and wasamongthepowerfuland titled familes of Scotland. The Duke of Hamiltonwasalsoduke ofBrandon, marquis of Douglas and earl of Angus. Relatedtohisfamily werethe Hamiltons, who were baronets of Silverton,BreconandAbercorn, andforty-eight other Hamilton families, whichhadcrests,nearly all of whichwere modifications of theHamilton-Douglasducalcrest that was: 'Out ofducal coronet, or, an oaktree,fructed,penetrated, transversely in mainstem by a frame saw,' whileitsmottowas, 'through,' for Hamilton; and'Jamais arriere,' or neverbehind,forDouglas. Several of the AbercornHamiltons, who only changedtheDouglaspart of the motto to solanobilitat virtus, or virtuealoneennobles,went to Ulster, from whichmany of their descendants weredrivenbyreligious persecution to Americabetween 1715 and 1750. Amongthose who came about 1733 was a John Hamilton, descendedfromJohnHamilton,of 'the Fort' in Ulster, and this first named JohnHamiltonisatrans-atlantic ancestor of A. Boyd Hamilton, ofHarrisburg,whosesonmarried into the William Hamilton family of whichGovernorHamiltonwas amember. William Hamilton's sister, AnneHamilton,marriedWilliamSeawright, of Lampiter township, LancasterCo,Pennsylvania. To William and Anne (Hamilton) Seawright were born fivechildren: 1. Mary, wife of John Glenn. 2. Esther, married GilbertSeawright. 3. Anne, who wedded William Woods. 4. William, married JeanRamsey. 5. Alexander, who wedded Margaretta Logan.
Hamilton, William Date: May 4, 1764 Residence: Lancaster Co. LandRecord ID: 42988 Description: Grantee Book-Page: K-113 Property:55 acres in Leacock Township. Remarks: SALE. Hamilton, William Date:Sept 1, 1761 Residence: Leacock Twp. Land Record ID: 42084Description: Grantor Book-Page: G-66 Property: 22 acres in LeacockTownship. Remarks: DEED. Hamilton, William Date: Sept 10, 1761Residence: Leacock Twp. Land Record ID: 42085 Description: MortgageeBook-Page: G-70 Property: 22 acres in Leacock Township. Remarks:MORTGAGE. Hamitlon, William Date: Jun 29, 1761 Residence: LancasterCo. Land Record ID: 42035 Description: Mortgagee Book-Page: F-367Property: 300 acres in Leacock Township
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