Historical and genealogical memoirs of the House of Hamilton

OF THE BRANCHES OF THE HOUSE OF HAMILTON. 277
Nisb. Her. i.
395.
Dechmont. He afterwards succeeded,
on the death of his brother John, to the
Pencaitland estate, and carried on the
line of that family.
Arms. — Gules, a man's heart en-
vironed with two hollin branches dis-
posed orleways, Or, between three dechmont.
cinquefoils, argent.
Crest. — A hand holding a heart,
proper.
Motto. — " No heart more true."
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CO. OF TYRONE, IRELAND.
ELIESTOM.
Mag. Sig.Lib.
xlvi. No. 347.
Craw. Gen.
Coll. MS. Adv.
Lib.
Wood's Peer.
age, i. 2.
I. The Hon. Sir Claud Hamilton
of Shawfield, second son of Lord Claud
Hamilton, commendator of Paisley, was
the first of this family. Some notices
concerning him have been already stated
at p. 188 of this Work.
He was also commendator of Paisley,
which he resigned in favour of his
brother James, Master of Paisley, and
first Earl of Abercorn.
He had a charter to himself and Janet
Hamilton, his spouse, of the lands of
Shawfield, &c. near Rutherglen, dated
28th June 1611.
He married, first, a daughter of
Robert Hamilton of Leckprevick, by
whom he does not appear to have had
any issue.
He married, secondly, Janet, daugh-
ter and heiress of Sir Robert Hamilton
of Manor-Elieston, in co. Tyrone, by
whom he had issue :
1. Sir William, his heir.
2. Alexander.
3. Robert.
4. George.
5. Claud.
6. James.
1. Grizzel, married to Sir William Nisb. Her. i.
Baillie of Lamington. Ap ' ,39 -
2. , married the Laird of Gor-
gonoch-Stewart.
II. Sir William Hamilton of Manor- Mag. Sig. Lib.
Elieston and Shawfield, who had a char-
ter under the great seal of the lands of
Shiells and Leckprevick, united to the
barony of Leckprevick, dated 28th June
1611.
He was retoured heir to his father, lnq. llet. Lan.
Sir Claud, 12th May 1632, in the lands 175 '
of Shawfield, the church-lands of Ruther-
glen, &c, which of old belonged to the
Abbey of Paisley. In 1633, he sold the
tiends, parsonage and vicarage, of Quhit-
tinghame in Berwickshire, to Sir Arthur
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