Historical and genealogical memoirs of the House of Hamilton

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HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL MEMOIRS
dalziel. ton estates, by the Duke of Chatelher-
M.iir. Si?. Lib au l t » of date 15th September, 1540.
go^'g?" 5, 67 ' He married Helen, daughter of Wal-
lace of Cairnhill, by whom he had issue :
1. John, bis heir.
2. Robert, provost of the college of
St Andrew's.
3. David.
4. Arthur, the first of Parkhead.
5. James Hamilton of Ruclibank, pro-
genitor of the Hamiltons of Kilbrack-
month.
IV. John Hamilton of Orbistoun,
who, accompanying the cpaeen, along
Craw. MS.
Gen. Coll,
Adv. Lib.
with his kinsmen, the Hamiltons, to the
battle of Langsyde, fell in that action.
He married Margaret, daughter of
Hamilton of Haggs, by whom he had
issue :
1. John, his heir.
2. Gavin, bishop of Galloway, — for
whom vide art. Inchgottrick.
1. Daughter, Isobel, married to Ro-
bert Hamilton of Dalserf.
2. Daughter, married to Robert
Hamilton of Barncluith.
3. Daughter, married to Cleland of
Knownoblehill.
4. Daughter, married to Baillie of
Jervistoun.
Nisb. Her. ii. 5. Marjory, married to David Dundas
pp ' of Duddingstoun.
Com. Rec. ?• Margaret, married to John Rober-
toun, brother of James Robertoun of
Ernoch. The contract of marriage was
dated at Blantyre Kirk, 16th May,
1594. Her brother, John of Orbis-
toun, was her cautioner and witness to
the deed.
Cilas.
V. John Hamilton of Orbistoun. Wishaw MS.
From his attachment to the Hamilton
family, lie shared in all its misfortunes.
During the regency of the Earl of Mor-
ton, his property was confiscated, and
he was driven into banishment. He re-
turned with the exiled lords in 1585,
when they drove from the king's pre-
sence those wicked and despicable
minions who had so long usurped the
royal favour.
He had a grant, in 1604, from his chalm. Caled.
brother Gavin, at that time provost of 1 "' 65U "
Bothwell, of the lands of Orbistoun
and the mill, — the lands of Cairnbrew,
Unthank, Stevenstoun, Alderstoun,
Carphiu, Jervistoun, Richard-Johns-
toun, and Kirklie, in the barony of
Bothwell, in fee-farm and heritage.
He married Christian, daughter of„r ,, ,,
o Wood s Peer-
Robert Dalziel of that Ilk, ancestor of a S e > '• 311.
the Earls of Carnwath ; by whom he
had issue :
1. John, his heir, afterwards Sir
John.
2. James, the first of Dalziel, whose
descendants carried on the line of the
family.
3. Captain Gavin Hamilton.
1. Daughter, Marion, married to
James Hamilton of Bangour.
2. Daughter, Margaret, married to
John Walkinshaw of that Ilk. 1
John of Orbistoun died about 1621,
and was succeeded by his eldest son,
VI. Sir John Hamilton of Orbis-
toun, who had a precept of dare con-
stat, from Mag r Robert Boyd, provost
of the Collegiate Church of Bothwell,