Historical and genealogical memoirs of the House of Hamilton

OF THE BRANCHES OF THE HOUSE OF HAMILTON. 205
inq. Ret. Ayr. toured heir to his father in the lands of
324,
Ruchbank and Crummock. He sold
Rob. Ren. 278. these lands, in 1643, to William Ral-
ston of that Ilk. By Janet, daughter
of William Hamilton of Dalserf, he had
issue,
VI. William Hamilton of Ardoch,
Crawf. Gen. who married a daughter of Alexander,
Coll. Adv. Lib. , „ Tr>1 . . , .
commendator ot Kilwinning, by whom
he had issue :
1. John, his successor.
2. William of Ladyland.
VII. John Hamilton of Ardoch,
Ibid. who was succeeded by his brother,
VII. Captain William Hamilton
Reg. Mag. Sig. of Ladyland, who had a charter of the
lands of Over and Nether Ardoch, in
1665.
He was disarmed, in 1684, and se-
Wodrnw's verely dealt with by the Commissioners
Church Hist. fo t] western sn i res f or refusing the
Test, and for non-conformity. In 1686,
he was one of the commissioners of sup-
ply for the co. of Ayr.
According to report, he was killed
in action against the French, leaving
issue :
1. John, his successor.
2. Lieutenant William Hamilton the
poet, — the contemporary, the friend and
the correspondent of Allan Ramsay. He
resided first at Gilbertfield in the parish
of Cambuslang, co. of Lanark, and af-
terwards at Letterick in the same coun-
ty where he died at an advanced age,
24th May 1751.
VIII. John Hamilton of Ladyland, ardoch.
who, on the 3d September 1690, was i n q. Ret. Ayr.
retoured heir of Captain William, his
father, in Over and Nether Ardoch,
Cassiltoun, &c. in the regality of Kil-
winning.
He sold the property of Ladyland to
Alexander, ninth Earl of Eglintoun, Rob. Cun. 264.
about 1712, who afterwards sold it to
William Cochrane of Edge, whose heirs
now possess the same.
John of Ladyland afterwards went
to the North of Ireland, to an estate Rob. Gen. of
Cun. i. 370.
which he had purchased there.
He married Margaret, daughter of
Sir John Shaw of Greenock, Bart., by Ibid.
Jean, daughter of Sir William Mure of
Rowallan, by whom he had a numer-
ous family. Of these, in the female
line, the descendants still remain in that
country, in affluent and respectable cir-
cumstances. When he died is not men-
tioned, but he was succeeded by his son,
IX. William Hamilton, who sold
the property in Ireland, and, returning
to Scotland, purchased the estate of ibid. i. 371.
Craighlaw in Wigtonshire, from the for-
mer proprietors, of the name of Gordon.
William Hamilton, designed of Lady-
land, had a charter " of the lands of Reg. Mag. Sig.
Craighlaw in the shire of Wigton," ^^IFf/
dated 26th July 1744.
He married his cousin Isabella, daugh-
ter of MacDowall of Logan, and took Rob. Gen. of
. . . , ,, . r Cunn. i. 371.
up his residence in the mansion or
Craighlaw. He died before 1747, as
appears from a charter of adjudication
granted to Mrs Isabella Hamilton or
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