Historical and genealogical memoirs of the House of Hamilton

OF THE BRANCHES OF THE HOUSE OF HAMILTON. 383
2. Janet.
II. John Hamilton, tutor of Stane-
Mag. Sig. Lib. house, who married Joane, or Joneta,
second daughter of Sir David Hamil-
ton of Preston.
Ibid. Lib.
xiti. No. 478
Ibid. Lib. jxiii.
No. 386.
Sec. Sig. Lib.
xxxvii. p. 85.
They had a charter,
under the great seal, " Johanni Ha-
milton de Stanekouse et Jonetce Hamilton
ejus conjugi, terrarum de Mekill Black-
burne in vie. de Linlithgow," dated 26th
November 1554.
He had a charter of apprysing, " to
John Hamilton, the second son of the
late James Hamilton of Stanehouse, of the
barony of Stanehouse," dated 3d July
1562.
He was a faithful and constant ad-
herent of Queen Mary, and followed her
standard to the battle of Langsyde, for
which the Regent Murray confiscated
his lands.
By the said Joane Hamilton he had
issue :
1. James, his heir.
2. John.
1. Jean, married to Gilbert, son of
Thomas Inglis of Murdieston.
2. Abigail, married to Gawin Ha-
milton of Kype.
Mag. Sig. Lib. HI- J ames Hamilton of Stanehouse,
x»sm. No. 102. w jj nac j a charter, under the great seal,
" Jacobo Hamilton de Stanehouse, filio
Johannis Hamilton de Stanehouse, baroni-
arum de Stanehouse et Brochtoun,'" dated
16th February 1578.
He married Elizabeth Hamilton, by
whom he had issue :
1. James, his heir.
Protocol b.Ro- 2. Robert, of Cassiltoun and Tweedie.
bertoun, p. 94. t
Sec. Sig.
Slier. Rec.
Ham.
He was infeft in the lands of Tweedie stanehouse.
and miln of the same, on the 18th No-
vember 1618. His spouse's name was
Janet Dempster.
1. Daughter, married to Mungo Lock- Nisb. Her. ii.
hart of Cleghorn.
His spouse, Elizabeth Hamilton, sur-
vived him, and afterwards married John Sher.iiec.Ham.
Tweedie of Winkstoun.
IV. James Hamilton of Stanehouse,
who was served heir of John, his grand- Inq. Ret. Lan.
30.
father, in the lands of Over and Nether
Braxfield, &c. within the barony of
Braxfield, of date 29th July 1602. In
the lands of Threipwood, in the parish ibid- Ayr, 1 1.3.
of Beith, and baillery of Cunninghame,
4th July 1609; and to his father James
in the lands of Spittleshiells and the Ibid. Lan. 9d.
Mains of St Leonard's, near the town of
Lanark, on the 6th August 1611.
He married Agnes, daughter of Sir
James Maxwell of Calderwood, by whom Baronage, 5.j.
he had issue :
1. James, his heir.
Agnes Maxwell, designed, " Ladie
Stanehouse," survived her husband, and Sher. Rec.
afterwards married Cuthbert Hamilton
of Candor, circa 1624.
V. James Hamilton of Stanehouse,
who was under age at the time of his fa-
ther's death. Gawin Hamilton of Rap-
loch, and Robert Hamilton of Tweedie,
the nearest of kin on the father's side; Ibid.
and Sir James Maxwell of Calderwood,
and John Maxwell of Aikenhead, the
nearest on the mother's side, — were ap-
pointed tutors and curators to him during
his minority. He arrived at full age in
1626.
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