Historical and genealogical memoirs of the House of Hamilton

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HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL MEMOIRS
udstoun. votes given by the said person, under
the title of Lord Belhaven, were not
good, and this resolution was confirmed
by the House of Peers. He had after-
wards a company in the 22d Foot, with
the rank of Major in the Army, and
died on board the Basset transport in
the Downs, 19th January 1796.
I have been unable to ascertain
whether he or his brother left any issue.
The Arms were —
Quarterly, first and fourth, gules, a
mullet, argent, between three cinque-
foils, ermine ; second and third, a man's
heart, proper, shadowed, Or, between
three cinquefoils, ermine.
Crest. — A boar's head, erazed, pro-
per.
Motto. — " Ubique Fidelis."
CO. OF LANARK.
WESTBUKN.
Scots Acts of
Pari.
Wodrow, i.
A|ip. 58.
I. Andrew Hamilton of Westburn*
~ is the first that has been noticed of this
family. He is mentioned in the com-
missary records of Glasgow, of date
13th November 1618. It is probable he
was the father of,
II. Gabriel Hamilton of West-
burn, who lived during Cromwell's
usurpation and the reign of the second
Charles.
In 1648 he was one of the committee
of war for the co. of Lanark.
After the Restoration he underwent
much persecution on account of his re-
ligious opinions, and, in 1662, he was
fined by the Earl of Middleton in the
sum of 1000/.
He married Margaret Cunuiiighame, Com.Rec.i;u>
by whom he had issue :
1. Gabriel, his heir.
2. Archibald, who succeeded Gabriel.
3. James.
1. Anne, who died unmarried in Ibid.
February 1674, as appears from the fol-
lowing preamble to " Ye Inventor" of
her property in her last will and testa-
ment, dated the 19th January preced-
ing. — "Item, ye defunct being ane woman,
young and unmarried, and leiving in
household and familie with her moyther,
had na uther guidis or gear than ye
sowmes aftermentionat," &c.
2. Elizabeth, who is mentioned as the Ibid,
daughter of umquhile Gabriel of West-
burne, of date 15th September 1678.
• According to Nisbet, in his Heraldry, vol. i. p. 396, this family is descended of the Hamilton?
of Torrance.