Sir James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn

1575 - 1618  (~ 42 years)

• Name	James Hamilton  [1]
  Prefix	Sir
  Suffix	1st Earl of Abercorn
  Birth	Abt. 12 Aug 1575	Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Title	Baron of Paisley, Hamilton, Mountcastell and Kilpatrick  [1]
  Title	Master of Paisley  [1]
  Title	5 Apr 1603  [1]
  	Lord of Abercorn
  Title	10 Jul 1606  [1]
  	1st Earl of Abercorn
  Death	23 Mar 1618	Monkton, Ayrshire, Scotland   [1]
  Person ID	I10	Hamilton Genealogy
  Last Modified	28 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Claud Hamilton, Lord Paisley,   b. Abt. 1543   d. 1621, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland (Age ~ 78 years)
  Mother	Margaret Seton   d. Mar 1616, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F20	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Marion Boyd,   b. Abt. 1576, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland d. 26 Aug 1632, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Age ~ 56 years)
  Marriage	1595	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  Children	+ 1. James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Abercorn,   b. Abt. 1603, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland d. Abt. 1670 (Age ~ 67 years) + 2. Claud Hamilton, 2nd Lord Strabane,   b. Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland d. 14 Jun 1638   3. Sir William Hamilton,   b. Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland d. 25 Jun 1681 + 4. Sir George Hamilton,   b. Abt. 1608, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland d. 1671, Dunnalong, Donaghedy, Tyrone, Ireland (Age ~ 63 years) + 5. Sir Alexander Hamilton,   b. Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland d. Bef. 4 May 1669   6. Ann Hamilton   7. Margaret Hamilton   8. Isabel Hamilton   9. John Hamilton   10. Lucy Hamilton
  Family ID	F2	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Sep 2024

  
  

• Notes

  JAMES MASTER OF PAISLEY, born 1575; died v.p. 23rd March 1618. On 5th April 1603 he was created LORD OF ABERCORN, and on 10th July 1606 he was advanced to EARL OF ABERCORN, Baron of Paisley, Hamilton, Mountcastell, and Kilpatrick. He married Marion, daughter of Thomas, fifth Lord Boyd, who died 26th August 1632, and had issue:- (a) James (b) Claud (c) Sir William Hamilton, died s.p. 25th June 1681. he was created a BARONET of Nova Scotia in 1627. Before 1st April 1656 he married Jean, daughter of Alexander Colquhoun of Luss, and widow of Alan, fifth Lord Cathcart, and of Sir Duncan Campbell, Bt. of Auchinbreck. (d) Sir George (e) Sir Alexander Hamilton of Holborn, London, died before 4th May 1669. He married Elizabeth Bedingfield, and had a son:- (1) Alexander Hamilton, who was created a Count of the Empire. He was father of:- (a) Julius Hamilton, Count of the Empire, who married Countess Maria Ernestina of Staremberg. She died 1724, leaving three sons. Arms on Seal, 1603.- Three cinquefoils with a label of three points in chief. CREST: An oak tree traversed by a frame saw. SUPPORTERS: Two antelopes. MOTTO: "Through" (Laing). source: Johnston, George Harvey. The Heraldry of the Hamiltons with Notes on All the Males of the Family, Descriptions of the Arms, Plates and Pedigrees. Edinburgh, UK: W. and A.K. Johnston, 1909.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] George Harvey Johnston, The Heraldry of the Hamiltons with Notes on All the Males of the Family, Descriptions of the Arms, Plates and Pedigrees, Edinburgh, UK: W. and A.K. Johnston, 1909.