Historical and genealogical memoirs of the House of Hamilton

OF THE BRANCHES OF THE HOUSE OF HAMILTON. 253
Brownmuir, and his spouse, of the lands
of Brownmuir."
The last of Brownmuir, an heiress,
married into, and carried her lands to
the Wishaw family. The late Lord brownmuir.
Belhaven, in 1796, sold the lands of r |, H, st . of -
Brownmuir to Hugh Crawford, Esq. Cunn - P- 22(K
in Greenock.
BRUNTWOOD, vide Udstouk.
Catvnr0<
Abr. Ioq Ret.
Gen. 6607.
Part. Reg. Si-
Haiid. L. viii.
f. 307.
Nisbet, in his Heraldry, Vol. I. p.
; 394, but without mentioning his autho-
rity, says, that this family is descended
from the House of Preston; whether
mediately or immediately, legitimately
or illegitimately, is not stated.
In the burgess books of the city of
Edinburgh, there is the following entry,
dated 18th November 1682, "Mr George
Hamilton of Cairnes admitted a burgess
on paying the dues of an unfree man. 1 '
George Hamilton of Cairnes married
Agnes Livingstone. They had issue, Ag-
nes Hamilton, who was served heir-in-
general to her mother, of date 6th Jan.
1685.
. In 1624 (19th Feb.), Sir John Ha-
milton of Preston grants conjunct sasine
of a tenement in Preston to George Ha-
milton, his natural son, and his spouse,
Dorothea Livingstone. We may sus-
pect that there is a clerical error either
in the retour or in the sasine, and this
more probably in the former, where,
either in the original or in the abridger
ment, Agnes may have been twice copied
instead of Dorothea and Agnes. If this
supposition be found correct, the descent
of this family is established.
In mentioning the arms of the family,
Nisbet says, that Mr George Hamilton
of Cairnes was some time minister of
Pittenweem ; but whether he is the same
with either of the George Hamiltons
mentioned above, I have been unable to
ascertain.
Hamilton of Mount Hamilton in Ire-
laud, Bart., is descended from a second
son of Cairnes ; see that title.
Arms. — Gules, on a fess, between Lyon Uegist.
three cinquefoils, argent, a man's heart,
proper.
Crest. — The Holy Bible expanded,
proper.
Motto. — " Ore lego, corde credo."
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