Historical and genealogical memoirs of the House of Hamilton

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HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL MEMOIRS
silverton terrarum de Goslingtoun, infra baroniam
HILL
' . //« Stanehouse," dated 17th September
1528.
He died before his father, and left
issue :
1. Andrew.
2. Alexander, tutor of Silvertonhill,
who carried on the line of this family.
3. John Hamilton of Cubardy.
V. Andrew Hamilton of Silverton-
Mag. Sig. Lib. hill, who had a charter, under the great
xxviii. No. 105. ^^ « Andrea Hamilton, nepoti, haredi
et successori Johannis Hamilton de New-
ton, terrarum de Madinburn, Overtoun,
§r. in vie. de Lanark" dated 19th No-
vember 1541.
He had another charter, of the same
date, of the lauds of Newton, and su-
periority of the lands of Braconrig.
In a charter of settlement of the Ha-
milton estates, granted to the Duke of
Chatelherault, of date 15th September
) 540, he was called next in succession
after David Hamilton of Brumehill.
He married a daughter of James Ha-
milton of Stanehouse, and died in the
beginning of the reign of Queen Mary,
leaving issue, an infant son,
VI. Andrew Hamilton of Silver-
tonhill, who was carefully educated
under the guardianship of his uncle
Alexander.
He married Elspeth, a daughter of
Baillie of Carfin, by whom he had issue,
several children, but only one son sur-
vived him.
VII. Francis Hamilton of Silver-
Ibid. Libxxviii.
No. KM"..
[bid Lib. xxvi
No. 67.
Baronage.
tonhill, a very enthusiastic, wrong-head-
ed man. He fancied himself bewitched
by Dame Isobel Boyd, Lady Blair, which
appears by several extravagant petitions
to Parliament from him in 1641.
He died not long after this, having
greatly squandered away the family
estate, and, as he never was married,
the representation devolved on the de-
scendantsofhis grand-uncle, Alexander:
to whom we now return.
V. Alexander Hamilton, tutor of
Silvertonhill, got from his father the
lands of Goslingtoun, which for some
time continued to be the title of his
family.
He had a charter, under the great Mag. Sig. Lib.
seal, " Alexandro Hamilton, tutori de
Silvertonhill, terrarum de Longkip, Sfe.
in vie. de Lanark," dated 16th January
1545.
He married Catherine Hamilton, by
whom he had issue :
1. Sir Andrew, his heir.
2. John, mentioned in the list of the
Hamiltons, circa 1570.
Alexander's latter will and testament Com.Reg.GlasJ
is dated at Newton, 31st August 1547.
Sir Andrew, his son, and Catherine his
spouse, were appointed his executors.
VI. Sir Andrew Hamilton of Gos-
lingtoun. He was a faithful and loyal
subject of Queen Mary, who conferred
on him the honour of knighthood. He
was at the battle of Langsyde, for which
he was forfeited, but had his possessions
restored to him, by the treaty of Perth,
in 1572.