Historical and genealogical memoirs of the House of Hamilton

OF THE BRANCHES OF THE HOUSE OF HAMILTON. 289
Mag. Sig.
Lib. cv. No.
126.
of Spittlehaugh in co. of Peebles,"
dated 12th February 1740.
1. Anne, married to the Rev. Thomas
Linning, minister of Walston.
2. Helen, married to John MacQueen
of Braxfield, by whom she had that emi-
nent lawyer and judge, the late Lord
Justice Clerk MacQueen, and several
other sons and daughters.
John of Gilkersheugh died in 1700. *
VII. James Hamilton of Gilkers-
cleugh, who had a charter, under the
great seal, of the lands and barony of
Monkland in 1753. He had another
charter to him and Alexander his son,
of the lands of Peddersburn in Lanark-
shire, dated 23d February 1760.
He married, first, Barbara, daughter
of Mitchell of Ledath in Fife, by whom
he had issue :
1. Alexander, Ms heir.
2. John, -j
1. Elizabeth, V all died young.
2. Catherine, J
He married, secondly, Henrietta,
daughter of William Wood, surgeon in
Edinburgh, by whom he had no issue,
and, dying at a very advanced age in
1770, was succeeded by,
VIII. Alexander Hamilton of
Gilkerscleugh, well known for his
knowledge and skill in agriculture.
He married his cousin, Helen Mac-
Qaeen, by whom he had issue, nine fynnart.
sons and two daughters :
1. James, who died young.
2. John, a Captain in the Army, who
served in America during the contest of
Great Britain with her colonies, and
died unmarried in 1788.
3. Daniel, who succeeded to the
estate.
4. Robert, who also served in America,
during the whole of the revolutionary
war. On the peace he applied himself
to the study of the law, was appointed
sheriff-depute of Lanarkshire, and pro-
fessor of public law in the University
of Edinburgh, and is now one of the
principal clerks of session.
He married, at Peebles, 27th De-
cember 1805, Janet Hamilton Ander-
son, daughter of John Anderson of
Winterfield, Esq., and has no issue :
5. Alexander, Captain of the Lady
Hobart Packet.
6. Charles, a merchant in Glasgow,
married Isabella, daughter of Mr. John
Campbell, merchant in Glasgow, and
has issue.
7. Stirling, Lieutenant in the 71st
Regiment of Foot : he died on his pas-
sage from India in the year 1797.
8. Thomas, merchant in Glasgow,
who married Elizabeth, youngest daugh-
ter of John Parish, Esq. of Hamburgh,
and has issue.
9. James, writer to the signet, who
« February 8th 1683, " John Hamilton of Gilkerscleugh was fined by the Council in 2000 inerks
for his lady's being present at house conventicles, though nothing was to be laid to the gentleman's
charge ; only it seems, in a former process raised against her, he had become caution for her good
behaviour."— Wodrow's Church History, vol. ii. p. 284.