Historical and genealogical memoirs of the House of Hamilton

OF THE BRANCHES OF THE HOUSE OF HAMILTON. 267
Inq. Ret. Gen. IV. ALEXANDEB HAMILTON of Col-
quhot, " unus ex quatuor clavigeris
ordinariis coram Dominia Concilii et
Sessionis," married Margaret, daughter
of James Lands, merchant burgess of
Edinburgh.
Reg. Mag. Sig. He had a charter of the lands of Col-
No. 4. ' quhot, dated 8th July 1681.
V. Robert Hamilton of Colquhot, colquhot.
mentioned by Nisbet in the Heraldry,
vol. i. p. 396.
The Arms of the Hamiltons of Col-
quhot were, gules, three cinquefoils
between two flasks, argent.
Crest. — Cupid with bow, quiver,
and arrows, proper.
Motto. — " Quos dedit arcus amor."
CRAIGHLAW, vide Ardoch.
Cttfcavfcij,
CO. OF ABERDEEN.
CUBARDY.
Nisb. Her. i.
S96.
I. John Hamilton, son of Andrew
Hamilton of Silvertonhill, was the first
of this family. He went to the north
with Lady Anne Hamilton, Countess of
Huntly, and got the lands of Cubardy
in Aberdeenshire. He was succeeded
by his son,
Mag. Sig. Lib,
lxii. No. 70.
Scots Acts of
Pari.
II.
Hamilton of Cubardy,
who was father of,
III. John Hamilton of Cubardy,
who had a charter of the lands of Cu-
bardy to himself and son James, dated
13th November 1668.
He had a ratification, in his favours,
of the lands and barony of Cubardy,
lying in the barony of Frendraucht,
parish of Forgue, and shire of Aberdeen,
to himself, in liferent, and his son James
in fee, dated in 1681. He was succeed-
ed by the said James.
IV. James Hamilton of Cubardy, Mag. sig.Lib.
who had a charter of the dominical lands * v ' °' 7
of Cubardy, dated 14th July 16T5. He
is the last that I have been able to dis-
cover of this family.
The Arms were, gules, three cinque-
foils, argent, within a bordure of the last,
charged with four saltiers, couped, and
as many interchanged of the first.
Crest. — A cinquefoil, argent.
Motto. — " Non mutat genus solum."
The lands of Cubardy afterwards fell
into the possession of a family of the
name of Gregory.