Alexander Hamilton

• Not the son of John Hamilton & Elizabeth Chandler
• Not the husband of Elizabeth Simpson definitely but possible his wife was Elizabeth Green

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Alexander Hamilton

• Gender: Male
• Birth: 1682 - Ulster, Ireland
• Death: after Jan 22 1730 - Port Tobacco Hundred, Charles County, Maryland
• Parents: unknown
• Wife: Elizabeth Hamilton (born Unknown). Married about 1710 - Prince George's County, Maryland

Children:

1. John Hamilton, b. Abt 1711, Prince George’s County, Maryland. Married Sarah Stewart.
2. William Hamilton, b. Abt 1713, Prince George’s County, Maryland. Apparently unmarried.
3. Capt. James Hamilton, b. Abt 1717, in Port Tobacco Hundred, Charles County, Maryland. Married Mary Anne Coomes.
4. Patrick Hamilton, b. Abt 1717, in Charles County, Maryland. Married Ann Green.
5. Samuel Hamilton, b. Abt 1718, in Charles County, Maryland. Married Elizabeth Green.
6. Mary Hamilton, b. Abt 1719, in Charles County. Married John Stewart.

Biography

https://smsc.library.csmd.edu/agents/families/8

The Port Tobacco Hamiltons descended from Alexander Hamilton, the planter, who arrived in the Port Tobacco River valley about 1714. By about 1730 Alexander and wife Elizabeth Hamilton had come into possession of a rather modest-size piece of property that lay close to the uppermost (northerly) reach of Port Tobacco Run, a short distance southwest of the present day community of White Plains, located on U.S. Route 301. Alexander was not destined to live long on his new plantation. His last will and testament, dated January 4, 1730/1, was admitted to probate in Charles County on February 20th that year by his widow, Elizabeth. Alexander left his dwelling plantation to his wife, Elizabeth, with certain items to be bequeathed later to his daughter, Mary, upon her marriage. His five sons, John, William, James, Patrick and Samuel received more or less equal shares of Alexander’s landed estate and personal property.

In 1741 Alexander’s sons, William, John and James, petitioned the Maryland Land Office for a re-survey of their father’s plantation. There had been questions for some time about the precise limits of the Alexander Hamilton property, which he had purchased from Edward Digges about 1714. Lawsuits brought by the heirs of Edward Digges had clouded the issue of property ownership for many years. Finally, things were straightened out when the Colony’s land agent approved the re-survey of the approximately 200 acres purchased from Digges. It turned out upon re-survey that the Alexander Hamilton estate totaled 248 acres, which included a surprise “surplus” of 48 acres. The sons of Alexander Hamilton called their new, tightly defined package “Spye Park.” It lay on the north side of Port Tobacco Branch just north of the much larger plantation known as Green’s Inheritance.

John Hamilton of Prospect Hill, La Plata, Maryland, was descended from James, fourth child of Alexander and Elizabeth Hamilton. James, 1715-1785, was born in Prince George’s County. He married Mary Ann Coombs. One of their sons, Francis, married Susana Blandford. Their children were Francis Patrick, Jane, Maria, John, Matilda, Susanna, Louisa, and Eliza. It was their son, John, who married Anne Catherine Hamilton, daughter of Lt. Edward Hamilton, and thereby came into possession of Prospect Hill.

DNA

https://www.hamiltondna.com/EAnc.html

Group A or I1-1 Hamiltons

H-243
101728

Alexander Hamilton, b 1682, d 1730, m Elizabeth in Ireland, emigrated to USA about 1710. Son James Hamilton, b 1717 in Port Tobacco, Charles Co, MD, m Mary Ann Coombes. Their son Thomas Hamilton, b 1745 near present day White Plains, Charles Co, MD, moved 1797 with family to Washington Co, KY, d 1807 in Washington Co, KY, m Ann Hodgekin in Prince Georges Co, MD.

Will

Index of Maryland Colonial Will By James Magruder, Jr 1730 Hamilton, Alexander Chas. 20,138

Will of Alexander Hamilton, planter, Charles County, 1/14/1730/1; 2/20/1730. Wife, Exec., dwelling plantation during life and personal estate absolutely; sd. wife to give certain personalty to daughter Mary at marriage. Four sons: John, William, James, and Patrick, real estate equally; John, the eldest, to have his choice and to be for himself 1st Dec. next; son, William the following December, and the rest as they come of age. Sons to pay to youngest son, Samuel certain personalty at the age of 21. Wit.: Richard Combes, Tecla Green, Gilbert Canty

This file to the book about the Hamilton's will explain the mistakes that have been made in past research. Alexander's wife was Elizabeth but her maiden name is unknown. http://karenandmike.biz/graphics/hamilton/lamar.pdf (dead link)

Property

National Register of Historic Places - Spye Park, Maryland < PDF >

Origins

Hamilton ancestry from: Snatches of O'Daniel, Hamilton and Allied Genealogy, by Rev. V. F. O'Daniel, 1933.

Arrived in Charles Town, the old county seat of Prince George's County, Maryland. in the 1700's. After a few years there he bought "Spye Park" in the Port Tobacco area of neighboring Charles Co.

John HAMILTON of Nanjemoy was not their grandfather nor were they related in any way to the Hamiltons of Nanjemoy. The parents of both Alexander and Elizabeth of "Spy Park" are unknown and, in any case, both Alexander and Elizabeth were born in the Old Country -- Alexander in Scotland/or Northern Ireland (Ulster) and Elizabeth in Ireland. 1996 - March - The Connector of the Hamilton National Genealogical Society a monograph by F. Lamar HAMILTON

Will 1730

Inventory 15 May 1731

References

• Family Data Collection - Births about Alexander Hamilton Name: Alexander Hamilton Father: John Hamilton Mother: Elizabeth Burdett Birth Date: 1682 City: Spye Park County: Charles State: MD Country: USA Source Information: Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Births [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001. Comment: user submitted pedigree
• Mrs. Maria Louisa Hamilton Kelley and Mrs. Inez Bateman Cherault. The Hamilton Family of Charles County Maryland, Standard Printing Co., Houston, TX, 1930. Page 14-16 < Archive.Org > comment: lists wife as Elizabeth Shercliffe-Green, which has been disproved.
• https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I2108... (no parents listed) cites
  • 1. [S10] Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624/5. Fourth Edition. Volume Two, Families G-P. Page 158. < GoogleBooks >
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hamilton-257 (no parents listed) cites
• Donnelly, Mary Louise. Imprints 1608-1980 Hamilton, Allied Families. Burke, Virginia: by the author, 1980, pages 7-9.
  • https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I2108...
  • https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C914-N7C7-9
  • https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYMZ-NBB?i=144
  • https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYMF-9VY?i=179
  • https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YMF-YT7?i=202
• Snatches of O'Daniel, Hamilton and Allied Genealogy, by Rev. V. F. O'Daniel, 1933. < PDF > pp 49-54. (document attached)
• https://www.hamiltondna.com/EAnc.html Group A or I1-1 Hamiltons Partici-pant Code Number H-243 Analysis Lab or FTDNA Kit # 101728 Earliest Known Ancestors Group A or I1-1 (Haplo I1a2a1a1a1 or I-L338) < link >
  • https://www.hamiltondna.com/GrpA.html
• https://www.familytreedna.com/public/Hamilton?iframe=yresults
  • Group I1-02 (a.k.a. Group B) (Haplogroup I1-M253>Z63>L1237>Y6615)
• Spye Park including photo from 1978, at Maryland Historical Trust < link >
• National Register of Historic Places - Spye Park, Maryland < PDF >
• https://smsc.library.csmd.edu/agents/families/8