Hamilton manuscripts

82
Jane, and Ursula. He became a very industrious and usefull man, both to his family and country;
lived well, and died ° much lamented ; was creditably buried at Hollywood, leaving his children
very young.
The fourth son, William, of the same education, was made captain, and behaved very well in
that station ; after the war he married. p That which is most considerable in him is, that, tho' he
was the youngest brother of the family, and so had least patrimony, and had three wives, with
whom he had but very small portions, yet he still lived plentifully both at home and abroad, and,
to boot, purchased a very plentifull estate, which he left almost equal betwixt his two sons, James q
and Jocelin.' He was a man of great understanding in country affairs, and no less industry and
regularity ; was a great artist in courting his superiors, keeping even with his equals, and keeping
his inferiors at a due distance. He was a great honorer of the clergy of his own profession, and
very civil to those of other professions, and, upon all occasions, avoided to be instrumental in perse-
cution of such as were of different persuasions from himself. He died of sixty years of age, leaving
his family very plentifull in all things, and his name under various characters — tho' I believe few
men of his best acquaintance will contradict what I have say'd of him. Perhaps more may be say'd
of him in the subsequent.
6. Of the sixth family, 5 the eldest son was James. He was bred in the University learning ; a
man of good parts and temper; married* * * * but had no children by her ;
was Parson of Dundonald, and Hollywood first ; lived of a good age ; died at Dundonald, where he
o 28th December, 1655.
p His first wife was daughter of Henry Usher ; and his
second, was daughter of Brian MacHugh Aghorley Magennis,
who was mother of his two sons, James, and Jocelyn, and
of two daughters, viz., Eleanor, married to Mr. Mathews, and
Christian, who was married to her first cousin, James
Hamilton, of Carnysure.
i James Hamilton, of Tullymore. — See note + to page
63, ante.
r This Jocelyn Hamilton, was killed in 1690, in a duel
which he fought with Bernard Ward, then Sheriff for the
County of Down. The dispute arose in the grand jury
room, and they immediately went out and fought close to
the Abbey of Down, when they were both killed in the
duel. A letter relating to it is still extant, in the posses-
sion of the Earl of Koden, at Tullymore Park, of which
the following is a copy : —
" Downpatrick, October , 1690.
Dear Brother — I came here upon that unfortunate affair
between the Sheriff and poor Jocelin ; they were both
buried yesterday. Jocelin was basely kil'd by a pistol w h
the Sheriff carried unknown to yr brother, and shot him
with it, tho' he called out it was not fair ; and, having reed
the shot, made so home a thrust that he run the sword
almost to the hilt thro' the Sheriff : for further particulars,
I wave until meeting. The main cause of my writing is
to inform you that severall have designs upon the Sheriff-
ship, upon w* designs uncertain, hut no doubt they have an
eye upon the chattells of the Duellers. I therefore desire
you would consider of it, and make it your interest to have
some honest man put iu, that will neither do you nor the
country any prejudice by their griping and covetes-
ness. I am just going home, and will add no further but
that his will and papers are safe. — I am, your humble
servant,
" James Hamilton."
Hamilton, of Tulla-
— See note to page 64,
Addressed thus — "For James
more, Esquire, now neare Belfast."
ante.
B Patrick Hamilton's. He was sixth son of the Vicar of
Dunlop. — See pages 11 and 45, ante.
' His wife's name was Echliu.