Historical and genealogical memoirs of the House of Hamilton

OF THE BRANCHES OF THE HOUSE OF HAMILTON. 287
Ibid.
Lib. xxxii.
No. *-20.
Wood, ii. 508. 2. Agnes, married to James, sixth
Lord Somerville, and had issue. She
Mag. Sig. Lib. and her husband had a charter of part
of the barony of Carnwath, dated 25th
June 1550.
3. , married to Alexander Dal-
maboy of that Ilk.
II. Sib James Hamilton of Evan-
dale. In 1543 the family estates for-
feited by his father were restored to him
chiefly through the intercession of his
relation the Duke of Chatelherault.
He obtained a charter, under the great
seal, " Jacobo Hamilton, militi, fdio
quondam Jacobi Hamilton de Fynnart,
militis, et Dominae Helena? Cunning-
hame ejus sponsae, dominij de Evan-
dale," dated 20th April 1565.
He was high-sheriff of Lanarkshire,
and accompanied his kinsmen to the
unfortunate battle of Langsyde, where
both he and his son were taken prisoners.
When Captain Stewart, the usurper
of the Hamilton estates, not content
with these, continued to oppress all the
gentlemen of the name, Sir James suf-
fered equally with the others. A claim
was made to his estates in 1585, and he
and his son were summoned to quit the
castle and lands of Draffan, which were
restored to them not long afterwards.
He married Helen Cunninghame, by
whom he had issue :
1. Sir James, his heir.
2. John, of Gilkerscleugh, of vsbom
again.
3. Eleazar of Auchlochan.
4. Robert of Phillipstoun.
5. Hugh.
6. Alexander of Netherfield.
1. Agnes, married to William Chan- ^isb. Her. i
cellor of Shieldhill. A P' 8t -
2. Annabella, married to James Craw- Craw. Gen.
ford of Ferme.
III. Sir, James Hamilton of Lib-
berton, who had a charter, under the M;1 g- S 'S- LiL >-
xxxvii. No. 1S4.
great seal, to him and Christian Boyd,
and James, his eldest son, of the lands
of Carstairs, dated 29th July 1588.
He had another charter to the same ibid.
destination of the baronies of Evandale, N ' " gcs"
Crawfordjohn, and Carstairs; dated 4th
October 1589.
He married Christian, third daughter Wood's Peer-
Afro n 3*1'
of Robert, fourth Lord Boyd, by whom D
he had issue :
1. Sir James, his heir.
2. Thomas of Columby, who had a Mag. Sig. Lib.
i i , , „ , *'»'• No. 22J.
charter, under the great seal, of the
lands of Gallowhill and Goodisbume,
dated 11th July 1610, and another of Ibid.
the lands of Robertouu and Newholme438.
in Lanarkshire, dated 4th July 1615.
He died unmarried.
1. Mary, married to Sir James Som-Mem. Som. ii.
92.
erville of Cambusnethan.
Sir James died about 1605, and was
succeeded by his son,
IV. Sir James Hamilton of Craw- Wood's Peer-
fordjohn, who married Lady Margaret ° '
Cunninghame, third daughter of James,
seventh Earl of Glencairn, by whom he
had several sons, who all died young,
and one daughter, Jean.
Lady Margaret afterwards married,
and was the third wife of Sir James
Maxwell of Calderwood. She was the