Historical and genealogical memoirs of the House of Hamilton

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HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL MEMOIRS
FYNNART.
Gen. MS. Hist
penes Gilkers.
cleugfa
sister of Anne, Marchioness of Hamil-
ton.
The male issue of the Hamiltons of
Evandale having thus failed, the repre-
sentation devolved on the descendants
of John Hamilton of Gilkerscleugh, he-
fore mentioned, to whom we now re-
turn.
III. John Hamilton of Gilkers-
cleugh, second son of Sir James Hamil-
ton of Evandale, obtained from James
Lindsay of Fairgoith, a charter of the
four-pound land of old extent of Gilkers-
cleugh, wherein he is designed "frater
Jacobi Hamilton de Libberton, militis,"
dated 5th May 1598. He also obtained
charters of sundry lands in the parish
of Crawfurdjohn, from his brother Sir
James, and from his nephew.
He married Margaret, daughter of
James Hamilton of Neilsland, by whom
he had issue :
1. John, his heir.
2. James.
1. Anne, married to John Weir,
minister of Morton.
He died about 1629, and was suc-
ceeded by,
MS Hist. penes IV. JoHN HAMILTON of Gilkers-
Gilker,cleugh. cleughj who married j eanj daughter of
William Hamilton of Udston, by whom
he had issue :
1. William, his heir.
2. James.
He died about 1668 and was suc-
ceeded by,
V. William Hamilton of Gilkers-
Sher. ltec.
Ham.
cleugh, who married, in 1 653, Margaret,
daughter of Alexander Hamilton of
Haggs, by whom he had issue :
1. John, his heir.
2. Alexander, who was a commis-
sioner for the sale of prizes in Queen
Anne's wars, by which he acquired a
considerable fortune, the greater part
of which he afterwards lost in the fa-
mous South Sea Scheme.
1. Jean, married to George Hume,
minister of Selkirk.
2. Lilias.
3. Rachel.
William died before 1679, and was
succeeded by,
VI. John Hamilton of Gilkers- ibid,
cleugh, who, as representing the house
of Evandale, carried the banner of that
family, as one of the chief mourners, at
the funeral of John Duke of Rothes,
Lord High Chancellor of Scotland, on
the 23d August 1681,— one of the most
superb funeral processions that ever oc-
curred in this country.
He married Catherine, sixth daughter
of James Hamilton of Westport, by
whom he had issue :
1. James, his heir.
2. John, who died unmarried.
3. Alexander, who settled at New
Hamilton in Carolina.
4. Charles of Spittlehaugh, who was Mag. Sig. Lib.
_. . . . -nr , -r ,. xcvii. No. 34.
a surgeon at Nevis m the West Indies.
He had a charter, under the great seal,
" To Charles Hamilton now of Spittle-
haugh, second son of the deceased John
Hamilton of Gilkerscleugh, of the lands