Historical and genealogical memoirs of the House of Hamilton

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HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL MEMOIRS
raploch. who married Margaret, daughter of Sir
~ William Baillie of Lamington, by whom
he had issue :
]. James, his heir.
1. Elizabeth, married to William
Mure of Glanderstoun, and had issue.
Original Char- IV. JaMES HAMILTON of Raploch, who
clk^Hamiiton. nac ^ a charter from George, Lord St
John, Preceptor of Torfichen, of the
Temple lands, called the Wairds, near
Hamilton, dated 10th February 1517.
MS. penes Ha- He married Isobel, daughter of Weir
Barnes. of Blackwood, (they had a conjunct in-
feftment of the lands of Raploch, dated
25th June 1508,) by whom he had issue:
1. James Hamilton of Stanehouse.
2. Thomas Hamilton of Raploch.
3. Archibald, who succeeded Thomas.
4. Gawin, Commendator of Kilwin-
ning, who succeeded Archibald.
5. John, the first of Neilsland.
James, the eldest son, having married
Margaret, daughter and sole heiress of
Alexander Mouat of Stanehouse, resign-
ed the fee of the lands of Raploch, with
consent of his father, into the hands of
the superior, James, Earl of Arran, in
favour of his brothers, Thomas, Archi-
bald, and Gawin, and the heirs-male of
their bodies respectively ; upon which a
charter was granted to them, of date
27th November 1521. On the death of
James Hamilton of Raploch, he was,
according to this settlement, succeeded
in the estate by his second son,
V. Thomas Hamilton of Raploch, Mag. sig. Lib.
who had a charter, in 1540, of the lands xxv- '" .
of St Leonards' and Spittleshiells, in the
co. of Lanark.
He married Agnes, daughter of Robert Wood's Peer-
Douglas of Lochleven, by whom he had ° '
no issue. He was succeeded by his
brother,
V. Archibald Hamilton of Rap- charta penes
loch, who was witness to a charter of q 1 ^™^'
excambion between Laurence Crawford
of Kilbirne and Sir James Hamilton of
Fynnart, of the lands of Crawfordjohn,
for the lands of Drumrye.
He married, first, Marion, daughter
of Ogilvy of that Ilk, widow of Weir of
Blackwood, and of Dunbar of Blantyre,
by whom he had no issue. He married,
secondly, Margaret, daughter of John
Hamilton of Newton, by whom he had
two daughters: 1. Margaret, married Mem. Som. ii.
to Sir James Somerville of Cainbus-
nethan. 2. Elizabeth, married to Robert
Baillie of Park.
On the death of Archibald Hamilton*
of Raploch, by virtue of the settlement
of the estate to heirs-male, the succes-
sion devolved on his brother,
V. Gawin Hamilton, Commendator
of Kilwinning, who had a precept of
dare constat, from James, Duke of
Chatelherault, for infefting him in the
lands of Raploch, of date 3d March
1559.
* He had two natural sons, Archibald, and Hans Hamilton, vicar of Dunlop, as appears by their
having a legitimation under the great seal in 1 653.