Historical and genealogical memoirs of the House of Hamilton

r/2
HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL MEMOIRS
Mag. Sig. Lib. these lands
Mir. No. 175,
Wishaw, MS.
elston. and heiress of Alexander, third Lord
"~ Home, and got with her the lands of
Samuelston, which she possessed in
right of her grandmother, Dame Nicho-
las Ker, Lady Home, sole heiress of
They had a charter of the
lands and barony of Samuelston, dated
24th August 1531. By her he had
issue :
1. James, his successor.
2. John, " brother to the Laird of
Samuelston," who was at the battle of
Langsyde, and forfeited. He is men-
tioned in the list of the Hamiltons, circa
1570, and Gavin his son.
3. Alexander, who was excommuni-
cated, for the murder of his brother,
" the Laird of Samuelston."
I. Daughter, Margaret, married to
David, seventh Earl of Angus, to whom
she had issue. She married, secondly,
Sir Patrick Whytelaw of that Ilk.
II. Jamks Hamilton of Samuelston,
Mag. Sig. Lib. w ho had a charter, under the great seal,
" to James Hamilton of Samuelston and
Janet Seytoun his spouse, of the lands
of Barfurd and Cotwallis, in the counties
of Edinburgh and Haddington," dated
2d February 1577. He is mentioned in
the Haddington sheriff-court books, in
1586, and was slain, by his brother
Alexander, before 1589, at which period
he is termed, " umquhile," in the same
Hadd. Presb.
Records, 1597.
Wood's Peer-
age, i. 438.
;. Si«. Lib.
No. 311.
records. He was succeeded by his son,
III. Patrick Hamilton of Samuel- Hadd. Piesu.
ston, who was excommunicated for the
slaughter of James Ayton, burgess of
Haddington, for which " he confesses
and does penance," in 1589.
He had a remission, " Patricio Ha- Ma
milton de Samuelston, Johanni Hamilton
et Willielmo Cairns, ejus strvitoribus, pro
interfectione guond. Jacobi Ayton, bur-
gensis de Haddinton," dated 18th March
1597. He is mentioned in the Had-
dington sheriff-court records in 1603,
and in the Preston parish records in
1606. He was married to Margaret
Carkettil, by whom he had issue,
IV. William Hamilton of Samuel- ibid. Lib. xlviU
iiii i No. 191.
ston, who had a charter, under the great
seal, " Willielmo Hamilton de Samuel-
slon et Jeannce Home, sponsm sum, ter-
rarum de Whytelaw, in vie. de Edin-
burgh," dated 20th December 1616.
Thomas, first Earl of Haddington,
acquired the lands of Samuelston in
1637. Shortly after which, according
to Ruddiman, in his Notes upon Bu-
chanan's History, p. 126, this family of
Samuelston became extinct.
The Arms were,
Crest. — A mascle, Or.
Motto. — " I'll deceive no man."